Davefevs

Was gonna post the same last night, but was trying to find the OTIB thread on him from a couple of seasons back, when he scored a hat-trick against the gas and posters were clamouring for him then (whilst at Bradford). Good scoring record over past few seasons. The kind of player who you’d think would be better off staying at Sunderland, even if they don’t go up.

He’s doing well after a mini-wobble a while back. Playoffs minimum, pushing for top 2.

Thought Reading played some pretty tidy stuff and tactically they made good patterns of play to a plan. They were better technically than our ladies.

I’d quite like to see them play after us / on the evening, say 7pm k/o. Quick bite to eat between games. Then 9pm basketball....perfect!

2 yellas off you go. Good player Rowe.

Tv WOTM.

Just seen it, haha, like Brownhill

Evan at the back has done well. Nathan Baker-esque

I missed it....any good?

CB was unlucky with interception and we lost our shape.

Poo, good goal though

Get in there....shoot high....2-1

Good save from their keeper.

I hate poor decisions.

Ref giving them all the soft ones.

Great pass and finish....Wellings

Edward Woodward - The Equalizer!

Jeez, she’s quicker than I thought, and I thought she was rapid. Disastrous cock up to allow Reading to go 1-0 up.

The place we go in Cornwall each year runs Friday to Friday....so perfect....last day is 6th Aug.

Pile on OTIB ???

Just listening to SL in 2013. He said club wage bill of £18m of which £16m was playing staff.

The Devon clubs have traditionally seen a lot of players doing the rounds. Worth getting hold of Ben Smith’s autobiography. It’s a real eye opener for how players in Lg1/2 and Conference “live”, the Merry go-round of renting other players houses, desperate for a pro contract so they get paid over the summer etc.

My gut feel is that’s much more of a consideration in the leagues below us, where wages are much lower.

Being facetious....worth going and having a look how competitive Millwall, Blackburn, Preston, Barnsley, Brentford are on fractions of our budget / costs. It’s almost immaterial whether you take players wages or not, we are still vastly higher....even when just looking at the football club. Here’s the same picture (above) with the football side separated. If you take: Millwall - Income £18.4m / Costs £23.4m (staff costs £16.9m) / Transfer Profit (£5.4m) If you compare that to just our football side, they have bigger revenues (£2.2m more), smaller overall costs (£26.4m less) and smaller wage bill (£10.5m less). Brentford - Income £17.8m / Costs £35.3m (staff costs £16.9m) / Transfer Profit (£27.2m) So you can be competitive on a fraction of the costs City are. I’d suggest we’ve got a bit carried away!

Accrington Stanley jumped over them into 6th tonight. Jon Coleman, what a job he’s doing. Really like like their owner too.