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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 15:20 1 Oct 2026
You make a great point albeit in a lighthearted way. It does make you wonder why the PL and the government didn’t clip the wings of these nation-state investors.
We allowed £BNs of dirty Russian money to infect the City institutions and few got wildly rich on the back of it.
Clearly successive governments have turned a blind eye to corruption at the expense of taking untold riches but at what cost?
You feel for honest investors like Ruben who is throwing £Millions at us in an honest and open way and trying to get the club self-financing. What chance do 90% of English clubs actually have if this crass cheating is allowed to go unpunished?
It won’t take much to collapse the whole PL if there is a multi-£Million pile on against City and the PL.
Is it possible Sky where in the know? |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 12:42 26 Sep 2026
I’d like to see the following punishment:
£2BN fine to be paid to cover potential damages claims. A separate body should be appointed to adjudicate those claims.
£500M of the £2BN to be set aside for grassroots and non-league ground improvements.
A 30 point deduction for the beginning of every season for the next 5 seasons.
5 yr transfer embargo.
Expulsion from the FA and League cups for the next 5yrs. |
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Reply | Frank Beard - RIP
at 13:44 19 Aug 2026
Saw them quite a few times over the years. Their gig at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1981 on the El Loco tour was incredible. One of my top five live gigs.
The audience were all drunk and smoking stuff and completely riotous. They played for 2.5hrs and the playing and sound was off the scale. They literally lifted the roof off the Odeon.
Gibbons is a supreme guitar player but Dusty and Frank were a rhythm machine. |
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Reply | Old Oak Common
at 19:18 16 Aug 2026
One of the most insane decisions on HS2 was to outsource a huge chunk of the project management and design to India. No wonder it’s taking so long to finish.
It has almost bankrupted a huge amount of excellent contractors. Payment terms were in excess of 190 days.
I could go on….. |
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Reply | Fitness / Injury Culpability
at 15:00 28 Jul 2026
Are there any stats from last season showing how many development players played more than six games for any Championship side?
I suspect the number is low.
I watch a lot of step 4&5 non-league football and s few development players let go try to keep playing. It seems a lot of these development players just drift off. |
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Reply | England Thread 🏴
at 09:57 16 Jul 2026
Can you imagine Klopp in the dugout last night? He’d of pushed England on the front foot after scoring to finish the game off. That’s an elite manager. |
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Reply | Aircon
at 07:30 11 Jul 2026
Got a Toshiba a/c unit fitted last year in our main bedroom. £2,500 incl installation was a brilliant investment.
It can literally cool most of the top of my house, it’s quite and costs circa £0.50p a day to run. |
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Reply | Social media ban for under 16’s
at 15:41 15 Jun 2026
Musk is not long for this world.
He’s the J.D. Rockefeller of our times. You don’t march around the globe attempting to shape society and governments in a way that he sees fit and proper without deadly repercussions.
He’s a full on megalomaniac with psychotic tendencies all fuelled by various potions. |
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Reply | Fan sites meeting with Christian Nourry
at 22:11 17 May 2026
Clive - some of us are fortunate to remember the incredible ownership under Jim Gregory in the 70’s.
Self-made millionaire who loved the Rs and allowed Sexton to build that incredible team. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 11:52 17 May 2026
The big pension funds are awash with cash as our many of the private investment banks. It’s all about timing. Sometimes you have to look at what is awaiting planning permission and the scale of proposals.
The investment narrative that “West is Best” in London still holds sway to some extent. However, as anyone in construction (and there is many of you on this site) there are challenges with supply chain and Labour.
Wasn’t in the least surprised to hear Nourry say “no comment “ when asked about the car giant site. Ruben has more than enough financial backing to be a player on this and I assume they are seeing development/investment partners. |
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Reply | Sweaty socks
at 14:14 16 May 2026
Hearts keeper is top draw. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 13:22 15 May 2026
Your last sentence is on the money. It would be foolish and irresponsible to comment on any QPR involvement at this time. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 09:02 15 May 2026
Been involved in these RE investment opportunities in my past professional career- now retired. I would be astonished if the club are not partnering with this initiative. Ruben will not get another opportunity in west London like this again and I’m sure his investment partners are all over this.
Important to remember that it’s highly unlikely the club will comment any time soon given the highly confidential planning and financial details involved.
We should perhaps look out for Ruben creating a new investment venture in amongst his other business interests. |
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Reply | Holidays planned this year....
at 09:20 7 May 2026
Been travelling in and out of NYC with work since the early 90’s plus numerous weekends etc. I was there in January and I was shocked by how expensive the City had become over a short period of time.
Bars and restaurants now offering payment in cash with a 10% discount as merchant fees on cards have become too expensive for small businesses.
Great place to visit but almost taking the piss. Enjoy your trip and the Met Life experience. The stadium is literally anchored in between major highways and is notoriously difficult to get to. |
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Reply | Anatomy of a season – Report
at 13:49 27 Apr 2026
Great report and so accurate.
I can’t believe Ruben will allow the mis-management of player welfare to continue. Three managers in a row all saying the same thing. Eventually the “penny” has to drop.
He rarely travels to the U.K. so something must be afoot. Does he agree a change in another manager or decide to shake up the under performing management team currently burning through £22M of his money?
What do you think? |
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Reply | Cook 100 and out
at 14:17 20 Apr 2026
Top bloke and a top professional. He still has a season or two left in him. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 21:23 17 Apr 2026
Clive - how much longer should we expect Ruben to write out a £22M cheque pa? His benevolence is beyond reproach. At some point the magic money tree has to stop “flowering”.
This is an opportunity for him to turn that unwavering financial support into something meaningful. I know the site reasonably well and most architects will have a work around. Plus the investment opportunities are off the scale.
I’d be amazed if the Board are not all over this. |
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Reply | Cargiant site
at 13:24 16 Apr 2026
I’d be amazed if the Board are not interested in the site. Forget about the football for a second and look at the investment opportunities.
Ruben is chucking huge amounts of cash to keep us afloat. It’s obvious that LR is a bottomless pit and it’s futile to keep throwing money at a failing facility.
The Board probably have a valuation of circa £90M on the sale of the LR site probably for luxury residential development. It’s feasible the club could create an investment vehicle to pursue this sale and the acquisition of the car giant site.
It won’t be just about throwing up a new stadium on that footprint. It will be about leveraging the whole site and its surroundings in a major redevelopment.
Ruben has vast wealth and no end of very willing investors in joining him in a major development. I can’t imagine they won’t miss out on such an opportunity so close to home. |
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