Box_Man

There is absolutely no way new owners will allow the club to sit in league 1 for more than 1 season. I've said in another thread I can see around 15 players coming in. 5 top quality prem loans 4-5 high end Championship free agents who but into the project 4-5 of the best league one free transfers available I will be surprised if they don't throw at least £20 million at the annual wage bill in the short term. You've then got no more front loading of season ticket revenue so that can all help run the club through the year. There will be significant investment and significant expectation we bounce back at the first attempt.

Happy to merge as long as we are called Sheffield Wednesday, play in blue and white and have nice new shiny blue stadium.

Squad come August 2026 5 of the best Premier league loans. 3-4 Championship Free transfers on big wages £30k p/w each that buy into the project and willing to drop a level for 1 season 3-4 of the best league one players available Charles NEW Valery Bernard NEW NEW NEW Weaver NEW Lowe NEW NEW NEW NEW Bannan Ingelsson NEW NEW NEW Brown Cademarteri NEW

Horvath: 3 Poor keeper, occasional decent point blank save but overall really poor Palmer: 2 Time is up, doesn't play with enough urgency, doesn't track back, poor marking and positional awareness for this level. Iorfa: 1 Bomb scare, can't pass, can't tackle, can't head it. M. Lowe: 3 To slow, to casual. Fusire: 1 Never going to be good enough i'm afraid. Amass: 7 on another planet compared to the rest in blue and white. Valery: 3 To casual. Bannan: 3 Cannot keep pace with a high tempo game, signs of age are there for all to see. Ingelsson: 3 awful first touch, losses possession all the time. J. Lowe: 3 ran around a lot but didn't do anything Ugbo: 0 like playing with 10 men. Utterly awful

If we are being serious next year then we need to sign 15 players. We need 5 defenders, 6 midfielders and 4 strikers. Sign the best premier league loans, and the best league 1/ championship players available. £20k per week is £1m a season. 15 players on those sorts of wages with a blend of youth and experience will see us at the top of the division. Crowds / Atmosphere will be decent. Momentum builds and something special. We have been absolutely gutted in terms of creativity. £15m on wages would do the trick.

With every points deduction we can erase the below embargos. HMRC will be happy, EFL will be happy as maintains integrity of the rules. Other clubs cannot complain as we have been given our punishment.

It's not fresh its overdue from all of DC's legacy with failure to pay players, staff, other clubs etc

If the EFL want to help us they will get whatever points deduction needed applied this side of Christmas. Which Kris kind of insinuates is going to happen. New owners, major investment in the team, installed as bookies favorites to win league one. In 12 months time we will be top of league one talking about the prospect of going straight through the Champ into the premier league in 2027/28. Just go to put up with crap for another month.

We've had 5+ embargos this season already. They would normally carry 2-3pts each so we probably have another 12 points getting deducted. No reason to think they will not be applied this season. We have suffered enough and the EFL know it. There also wouldn't be 6 or 7 buyers if there was any doubt about starting next season on minus points. What we need from the EFL is a complete clean slate so we can pay fees and not have any restrictions on signing players from the summer onwards.

Seen walking out of Walmart with a SWFC dippy egg board...

Gi Feet back!

To many people with way to much nostalgia. If this is about competing at the top end of the Championship or being a stable Premier league club long term we MUST maximise non match day revenue. A redeveloped Hillsborough wouldn’t really change anything. We need to relocate near the M1 potentially close to Meadowhall, it does need to be a 50k seater. Roads, restaurants, retail, casinos, hotels, whole infrastructure needs building. Look at what Birmingham are planning…that should be the blueprint.

It’s all about significantly improving the whole infrastructure of the club. New 50k seater stadium away from S6, that can hold concerts, other sporting events and be used on all other non match days. New first team training complex, with gyms, swimming pools, indoor and outdoor state of the art training pitches. Redevelop middle wood road for the Academy. If the above can be done the club will naturally progress with some investment in the squad And a wee statue of Barry.

The kits

Wish list... Blue version of Arsenals Emirates stadium. Just off the M1, lit up like an iconic Wembley of the north to all passers by. Complete future proof infrastructure, new access roads, train station, tram stop. A huge museum located close by dedicated to the birthplace of Football, make it a global attraction that puts Sheffield on the map. More hotels, shops, restaurants, casino's. But would take £2 billion to achieve it

£50 million Owlstalk tek over innit

My mrs used to work for the company Begbies took over 15yrs ago she was on about £15 per hr but they charged her work at £300+ an hour great work if you can get it Would imagine hourly rates are north of £500 per hour in 2025

I do wonder if he has completely misjudged the situation from his point of view. Maybe he has assumed he would get the club back and the admin process would stop HMRC. Now he's lost everything and there is no way he can get it back...whether the rumors of his Dad trying to step in at the last minute and save him are true I think he is already or soon to be absolutely raging he has had the club ripped away from him. Lovey stuff

Perfect senario, he has a vested interest being a season ticket hold and life long owl. And Begbis stand to pocket a serious amount of cash...will be xmas bonuses all round i would imagine

Not surprised we are inundated with interest. But 60 is A LOT Doubt it will be Ashley now, he's usually the type to brinkmanship an 11th hour deal. Doesn't sound like that is the case here with plenty of USA interest. Plus on the face of it its an absolute steal of a deal for whoever wins the race to get us. Chansiri will end up with about £15 million once his 25% is cleared. Might be less. NAP will end up with most of there money back I would imagine as a secured creditor, loan plus interest guessing around £9-10 million HMRC and all other creditors probably £3-5million including Admin costs. Complete fresh start for around £30 million, own entirety of the club, stadium, training ground etc and ZERO debt. With current player salaries at the lowest possible level. Next few weeks are going to be fun

JL and BB moved out of the way of it and Harry ducked underneath it. If they all just stood still that ball goes nowhere near the goal.

We can spend 60% of turnover on players in league one. New owner renames the stadium for £100 million then we can spend £60 million on a new squad. Unlimited spending allowed on infrastructure as well. Think i'm getting a bit carried away

Decisions decisions think I’ll go with Bakinson bargain at £445

We’ve still probably got another 9-12 points of EFL breaches to add on. This season is over but we can plan for a future without DC with the right owner next season is a build phase and then who knows with the right investment back to back promotions…guess the wine is clouding my judgement just over the moon he’s gone. Give me mid table championship with a tilt at the playoffs each year and that will be fine. Only league we are starting in next season is league one. No chance of staying up. But at lest we are going to be starting next season full of hope and ambition!

My Mrs used to work with him before Begbies took over the P&A Partnership, massive owls fan and half the company are owls fans we are in good hands. Only issue is quite a few blades work for them as well so hopefully Kris keeps them away from this deal