The Pit of Misery (All mess in here)

[mr underhill]

so is it impossible to envisage Hairy Hands having one?

[sirlordbaltimore]

The Howard Hodgson angle is very worrying as it shows Xia has no real plan. Sad  situation.

Does this bloke actually have any 'real' money or is this just some sort of vanity thing ?

[dave shelley]

The Howard Hodgson angle is very worrying as it shows Xia has no real plan. Sad  situation.

Does this bloke actually have any 'real' money or is this just some sort of vanity thing ?

That's a question you could ask of the majority of football club owners here.

[Mossie Hennebry]

So, we have reached the 29th and the club is still here. I don't think Xia is selling up, but I also don't believe that he is behaving like a man of means. Hopefully Bruce will have an epiphany over the summer and play on the front foot come August.

[AV82EC]

So, we have reached the 29th and the club is still here. I don't think Xia is selling up, but I also don't believe that he is behaving like a man of means. Hopefully Bruce will have an epiphany over the summer and play on the front foot come August.

Does he know what the front foot is? He’s never done it before so quite why you think he’s going to start now....

[dave.woodhall]

So, we have reached the 29th and the club is still here. I don't think Xia is selling up, but I also don't believe that he is behaving like a man of means. Hopefully Bruce will have an epiphany over the summer and play on the front foot come August.

Does he know what the front foot is? He’s never done it before so quite why you think he’s going to start now....

He has, occasionally, and that's what was so frustrating last season. When we went forward and attacked we were the best team in the league, and that includes Barcahampton. The key word there, though, is 'occasionally'.

[Mossie Hennebry]

It's the biggest job he'll ever have and he has said as much. So, he has to go for it this season. If he doesn't have a transfer budget, he'll have to throw in the kids and, in that way, maybe his hand will be forced. Much as it was with Keinan. He may, actually happen upon a winning formula despite himself!

[curiousorange]

Reports on Twitter that we can't even afford free transfers. How low have we etc.

[Richard E]

Reports on Twitter that we can't even afford free transfers. How low have we etc.

Yeah but the source is James Nursey so they can be filed under ‘bollocks.’

[mr underhill]

Not necessarily - Tone isn't going to prioritize adding to the wage bill with FFP is he? We need to clear the decks first and foremost of all the big earners.

[eamonn]

We made June's PAYE payment without a peep. Get in!!!  (It's the new "Grealish puts it on a plate for Grabbing, it's there!")

[olaftab]

Reports on Twitter that we can't even afford free transfers. How low have we etc.

Well that should be a known fact. If the club is financially constrained it can not enter into new costly contracts with players even if there is no fee involved. Some minuscule brain cell can figure that out.

[GarTomas]

Reports on Twitter that we can't even afford free transfers. How low have we etc.

Well that should be a known fact. If the club is financially constrained it can not enter into new costly contracts with players even if there is no fee involved. Some minuscule brain cell can figure that out.

Which makes the new contract for Hutton even more baffling (even when seen through the eyes of retaining a player and reducing the wage bill)

[pauliewalnuts]

i wonder who is actually running the club at the moment.

[ronshirt]

The Gnasher. Peel off the prosthetics and make up and there he'll be. The clue is the shoes. The man's an evil genius.