Semi-Official English Football League Thread; Soccer hipsters welcome

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  1. El_Pato

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  2. Paddy Murphy

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  3. RockHardJawn39

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    Yellow, huh. Wow
     
  4. Gallant Knight

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    Derby is fucked

    they owe £25m in unpaid taxes, £6m in unpaid transfer fees and £5m to former manager and staff
     
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    we're trying to help out
     
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  6. TheFreak55

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    Rooney been paying traveling and lodging expenses so far
     
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  7. Gallant Knight

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    has he really? good for him.

    i really don't know how they come out of this.

    even if the club is given away it's going to cost 40m lbs and apparently their current owner was putting in between 1.5-2m lbs a month before he had enough.

    so all in it's going to cost something like 60m over the next two seasons. and derby don't really have any assets worth anything

    villa was in a similar situation a couple of years ago when they had to mortgage the parking lot at villa park to pay a 4m tax payment. the club was bought for like 60m--but villa had over 60m worth of players so it wasn't as expensive as it seemed

    there are probably something like half of the clubs that are for sale in the efl if someone makes an offer. derby without the debt would probably be top 10. with the debt they have, they might legit be the least attractive club to buy rn.

    i think they're going to go the way of bury

    it's really sad.
     
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  8. Gallant Knight

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    sounds like there are 2m in potential add-ons

    it might benefit both parties for liverpool to buy that out for 1m and send it to derby now
     
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  9. Gallant Knight

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    if i win the lottery tonight and buy the club that would actually be one of my first calls to try to buy that out for half.

    it sounds like they also owe something like 11m in unpaid transfer fees+coaches salaries. go get a loan for 11m and pay that off over 5-7 years. would have to use the stadium or something to guarantee it

    sell every senior player over 23 that has any value in january

    play the kids second half of the champ season while preparing for league one

    even then they're probably fucked.
     
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  10. Gallant Knight

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    sounds like 12 point deduction will be made official tomorrow
     
  11. Gallant Knight

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    Peterboroughs #9 just got suspended for four matches for tweets he sent 9 years ago when he was 17-18

    he is their only fit striker

    ffs
     
  12. BayouMafia

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    on pace for 46 goals
     
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  13. Gallant Knight

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    The posh two wins in a row leggo
     
  14. BayouMafia

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  15. Pasta88

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    Surprised he’s stayed with you guys for so long
     
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  16. Gallant Knight

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    Loves working for Tony khan
     
  17. BayouMafia

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    Wasn’t a lot of interest in him after last season in which he was a casualty of Parker’s system which didn’t fit him in the PL at all. Either we or he turned down a low offer from Lokomotiv but that was it as far as anyone knows. Silva has built his offense around him which shows.
     
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  18. BayouMafia

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    Two more goals for Mitro in the first half. Have to admit West Brom got jobbed on the penalty though

     
  19. RockHardJawn39

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    But also, fuck West brom
     
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  20. Gallant Knight

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    i *really* need a bournemouth win by more than one goal
     
  21. BayouMafia

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    If anyone bet on Blackburn +6.5 sorry for the bad beat

    Our five matches since the international break:
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  22. Gallant Knight

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  23. RockHardJawn39

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    Is this the EFL Thread?I guess Wayne's direct deposits are still going into his account, or maybe it's such a nominal figure that he doesn't notice either way.


     
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  24. Gallant Knight

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    I thought it would be been more

    I’m not sure I see anyone buying them. Like 30m lbs owed in taxes and 15m in transfer fees are owed before you even take into account any of the other debts/expenses.

    Hull just sold for ~40m lbs and they’re basically debt free. The dude who owns the majority of Charlton paid under 20. You can get a league two team for free basically.

    it is really amazing how poorly like 90%+ of football teams are run.
     
  25. RockHardJawn39

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    How many tesla puts before you can buy the club and the soccer board can buy in as minority owners?
     
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  26. Gallant Knight

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    I want to buy a club in the next 15 years
     
  27. Gallant Knight

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    Imma buy some puts fuck it

    only need to increase my net worth by I think 80x to afford scunthorpe
     
  28. Andy Reocho

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    Can I be the kitman :pray:
     
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  29. Gallant Knight

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    yes. root for tesla to go down like 10% tomorrow
     
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  30. Andy Reocho

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    Rooting against Elon Musk? I don’t need a job promise to do that.
     
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  31. CoastalOrange

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    I still don't fully understand these things but count me in for my normal $25.
     
  32. The mad Puto

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    Top of the table for Scotty Parker I see. Up and coming manager and exceedingly handsome as well.

    Fulham played pretty well in the prem last year under him. Their finishing was just shocking. The way they built that team with all those loans was also odd.
     
  33. Iron Mickey

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  35. Iron Mickey

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    lmao
     
  36. Gallant Knight

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    did he eat a wigan kebab

     
  37. The mad Puto

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    Will Grigg’s on fire your defence is terrified Will Grigg’s on fire nanananananana
     
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  39. Pasta88

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    The Tractor Boys is an elite nickname. Hopefully they lose on Saturday though
     
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  40. Gallant Knight

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    is plymouth doing this with smoke and mirrors or do they legitimately have a good side? their manager is on football daily some thursdays when they do 72+ about the EFL and he seems like he is pretty sharp for a young manager. i think he said his chairmans goal for this season was a top half finish
     
  41. Iron Mickey

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    Some real optimism in the club which is fun to jump into
     
  42. Iron Mickey

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    just watched. thoroughly frustrating but fair enough result really.
     
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  43. El_Pato

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  44. Gallant Knight

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    Honestly this would be a good outcome for them. He will get their finances straightened out
     
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  45. Andy Reocho

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    Sports Direct Stadium almost guaranteed.
     
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  46. Gallant Knight

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    Better than a stadium owned by a bank and a team that ceases to exist
     
  47. Andy Reocho

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    Oh for sure. I feel sorry for the fans, but at same time, if he’s their only option, he will get the ship righted.
     
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  48. Andy Reocho

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    But he will never do more than the bare minimum for him to make money.
     
  49. Gallant Knight

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    I mean derby county is about as fucked as you can possibly imagine

    they just need someone to sort out their books and keep them in the championship
     
  50. Andy Reocho

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    Well I’m not sure that they will be able to survive this year. So it’ll be interesting to see what happens if the takeover is successful.
     
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