May as well get going with this since with Sullivan at the helm, season ticket renewals slow, and the football vacuum to commence, this will soon be all the "news" there is.
Can Potter and MacCauley pull multiple rabbits out of the hat, or will Sullivan 'try really hard' with all of them before grabbing a few aging bargains from Big Willie Salthouse?
Window this close season comes in two parts:
Part 1: 1st June to 10th June
Part 2: 16th June to 1st September
There is absolutely nobody in football who respects our diminutive chairman and his performative feminist sidekick...
As soon as they clock his methods it's a case of put on your tin hat and wait for the redundancy payoff and if you can get away with the odd backhander at his expense then...so be it.
It's a MENTAL situation
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 14 Jun 2025, 10:44
by Massive Attack
Linked to another 30+yo (32 this year) Free transfer, Semedo. See the policy of significantly lowering the age of the Squad is going well..
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 19:54
apparently just confirmed by that minge romano, emerson on his way. the midget asset stripping is in full flow
Where’s he going?
Don't worry, nowhere in Ireland thank god.
Or worse, it could be Austria and I’d have to spend hours explaining that although it sounds like Australia it’s a completely different country.
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 19:54
apparently just confirmed by that minge romano, emerson on his way. the midget asset stripping is in full flow
Where’s he going?
Don't worry, nowhere in Ireland thank god.
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 21:14
by Fauxstralian
Emerson rumoured to be going to Lazio
Interesting as a former Roma player
Article I was reading said there was interest in him & Potter will allow him to leave
Was supposed to be leaving last summer & wasn’t the same player last season
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 21:11
by goose
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 19:54
apparently just confirmed by that minge romano, emerson on his way. the midget asset stripping is in full flow
Where’s he going?
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 21:03
by Mike Oxsaw
Hmmm.
OK, a potentially mildly amusing start to next season:
Potter absolutely refuses to include in the squad any players Sullivan has bombed on him and uses (what is left of) this season's academy players instead.
Would fully expect Sullivan to clear out the whole youth of this year's sector to ensure that can't happen..
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 20:02
by Massive Attack
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 19:54
apparently just confirmed by that minge romano, emerson on his way. the midget asset stripping is in full flow
Has Burnley got a Left Back we could either borrow or that's available on a Free this summer we could get? Asking for a faux Russian paedo skint Billionaire..
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 19:54
by Takashi Miike
apparently just confirmed by that minge romano, emerson on his way. the midget asset stripping is in full flow
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 15:57
by Massive Attack
goose wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 15:10
so you can say the move to the new stadium was the right thing to do (financially).
For them (The Board).
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 15:43
by RBshorty
Money gets Tight.
The SHIT gets Real.!
Fortunately. Or unfortunately. (Depending on how you view ownership.?) The people at the top are having to show their cards.
Real shame.....
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 15:10
by goose
I'm making the point that we do a poor job of recruiting players. The size of amortisation impact will be driven by the size of the fees we pay (and the length of the contract).
we also dont have the overheads of running a football stadium, so you can say the move to the new stadium was the right thing to do (financially).
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 15:00
by John Drake
As long as you don't buy any players.
Anyway, it is rare for any club to have negative EBITDA. West Ham aren't an exception as you suggested.
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 14:36
by goose
It’s part of player trading, not a reflection of day to day running of the club.
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 14:10
by John Drake
So, you agree. An operating loss of 30 million.
Almost every club has a positive EBITDA. Ridiculous to exclude player amortisation when analysing football club accounts
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 13:36
by goose
John Drake" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 13:27
You are wrong. Please check your working
the loss was driven by player trading.
outside of player trading we made a profit.
the issue is our player trading............ we're not very good at it.
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 13:22
by John Drake
West Ham made a 30 million operating loss in the last financial accounts.
The move from Upton Park to Stratford only earned approx 10 million in the first season. Revenues have since increased in line with a general uplift in EPL
Re: Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread
Posted: 13 Jun 2025, 12:55
by eusebiovic
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 11:38
goose, but he/they knew that before moving us to that shithole in stratford. it was all done on lies, the next level was bullshit and the way they've wasted money (on depreciating talent due to shit managers) was always unsustainable. he/they either need to sell up, or attract increasingly more negativity and hatred from those still bothering to go over there
My feelings entirely.
If you buy a football club then every process within it has to be hugely improved or what is the actual point?
They have a bigger stadium which has almost doubled the revenue but we're stuck with an inefficient, crusty old dinosaur who still manages it like when he bought Birmingham City over 30 years ago.
it's run like his own personal fiefdom - dictator style.
It ain't getting any better, don't hope for it or expect it to happen even if you're an eternal optimist...there is no plan in place other than his own exclusive mindset.
