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Odds slashed from 5/1 to 7/2.

Watch this space.

I think we're fucked.

Yep, it looks like relegation. Sullivan is the cause aided by Brady and other board members for not staging an intervention to stop Sullivan having control because even when he appointed Steidten it was not a fully fledged DOF role. It was a Tech Director and Sullivan retained veto power as evidenced by his insistemce on hiring Loppy against the wishes of Steidten, Noble and other board members, the ridiculous idea of Loppy having 3 transfers picks ( Kilman, Guido, Soler), Steidten having 3 ( Guilherme, Todibo, Fullkrug) and himself having 3 ( AWB, Foderingham, Summerville). Its not about how goid or not they were. Its no way to run a football club. No strategy, philosophy, operational plan, a half implemented DOF. The man ( Sully ) is totally incompetent but psychologically unable to take any responsibility or culpability like most narcissists / meglimaniacs

We won't get relegated even with dopey in charge. 

Betway are offering 25/1 to finish bottom 
they must be feeling guilty about Paqueta as that’s way more generous odds than anyone else is giving 

"It's our turn"

Had £100 on at 7s months back, tipped it all summer in work. 

Thought with our start could be a good cashout best around christmas time. Surprised how nailed on it looks already. 

Westside wrote: ↑17 Aug 2025, 17:02 "Sullivan has borrowed against expected future income - TV rights, footfall and merchandise."

Not yet he hasn't. He's arranged a £145 million overdraft facility, for two years but not drawn down on it yet. The facility is lower than it might of been, in case of relagation this season, so it can be serviced by "parachute" payments, in the 2026/27 season. The overdraft is only secured against TV income, not other income. 


 

"Sullivan has borrowed against expected future income - TV rights, footfall and merchandise."

Not yet he hasn't. He's arranged a £145 million overdraft facility, for two years but not drawn down on it yet. The facility is lower than it might of been, in case of relagation this season, so it can be serviced by "parachute" payments, in the 2026/27 season. The overdraft is only secured against TV income, not other income. 

 

If we get relegated the club is more than fucked. Sullivan has borrowed against expected future income - TV rights, footfall and merchandise.

If all/any of those drop due to us falling off the top table, we probably won't have enough income to service those loan payments, and one or more could well be called in, meaning we'd need to find some way of raising capital.

Not even player sales would really help as I suspect very few of our recent purchases have been paid for up front and in full, so even if we shift a few we'll still be lumbered with their outstanding payments to their original club.

Sullivan's only real guarantee of making sure that relegation doesn't happen is to bring in the quality of player to elevate team performance and create more wins, only he can't actually do that because he's pissed what money is/was available on dross from his agent/mates.

Save your money, Sullivan won't pull the plug anytime soon. He's paralyzed, sitting in a corner watching Russian porn

That's a good call, hadn't thought of that, Potter is 2/1 favourite to be first prem manager sacked.

You could double it with Potter gone before the 11th game.

I don't think you'd be wasting £100, I think we're nailed on.

muskie wrote: ↑17 Aug 2025, 08:07 Best price now is 3/1.

People are lumping on.

Best price now is 3/1.

People are lumping on.

I said before the season started I can see us gannin doon. 
We were in relegation form most of last season and there's no reason for optimism.

The only blessing in disguise is that this leaves no excuses not to buy. The 5 at the back needs to be scrapped too

nychammer wrote: ↑16 Aug 2025, 17:44

Jaan Kenbrovin" wrote: ↑16 Aug 2025, 17:11 The worst thing that indicates us being obvious relegation fodder, is that there isn’t any obvious change of manager we could make that will turn things around with this squad.

It looks like a disjointed mess of players that don’t believe in themselves any more than our fans do.

We've missed opportunity after opportunity to really improve and yet we double down on bad signing after bad singing. 

That's likely because the manager probably isn't in full control of the signings. Who in their right mind signs Callum Fucking Wilson?!

The positives …
Our utter shitness is obvious as early as possible (one game)
Being beaten 3-0 by the nailed on relegation favourites leaves no room for false hope
The transfer window is still open so no excuses
Potter is another day closer to the sack
Sullivan is another day closer to dying 

Next 7 games are 5 x London derbies, plus Forest and Everton away
.

Jaan Kenbrovin" wrote: ↑16 Aug 2025, 17:11 The worst thing that indicates us being obvious relegation fodder, is that there isn’t any obvious change of manager we could make that will turn things around with this squad.

It looks like a disjointed mess of players that don’t believe in themselves any more than our fans do.

This thread is at least a year too late.

Relegation could be good. Maybe we could win some matches down there 

Depends on who next comes in.

The worst thing that indicates us being obvious relegation fodder, is that there isn’t any obvious change of manager we could make that will turn things around with this squad.

It looks like a disjointed mess of players that don’t believe in themselves any more than our fans do.