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I think he'd only turned 21 when this photo was taken

The rumours of Coady and Aarons suggest that we're building from the back ,which is a very good thing imo. Also now talk of an Aaron Ramsdale loan, which would be even better.

Ramsdsle rumour now being discussed on Talksport.

"(spɪv ) noun. British slang. a person who makes a living by underhand dealings or swindling; black marketeer." For someone that accuses others of 'waffling', you don't half talk some amount of crap.

Some fans don't appear to like positive news. Always twist it to suit their own mindset.

Ok, as I said I apologise for the Rat comparison , yet I strongly believe Spiv’s is more suitable, everyone of us was sick to the back teeth of the constant failures/ lack of investment at some point, also being told one thing and being kept in the dark over matters that are vital.

The new owners have litterly just said, at an AGM, we'll be surprised by the quality of signings.

A spiv is literally someone that makes a living making disreputable decisions. Outgoing board fit that absolutely. Move on, they are what they are.

The outgoing Board were what we needed to get out club back from those who intended to harm it. We should be forever grateful for that. However, they took us to the brink, we were unable to function as a football club due to a catalogue of bad decisions and horrific financial mismanagement. The next chapter has the possibility of taking back to where we belong, and beyond. Whether it does, only time will tell. Let's be honest with ourselves, the outgoing Board had ran out of runway, they were a busted flush, we simply had to move on, we had no choice.

Criticising the outgoing board is justified to some extent. Calling them rats and suggesting there was some kind of sneaky, malicious intent about mistakes that were made is rubbish.

Ok, my word of Rats was probably the wrong word to use and Spiv’s was indeed the right terminology to describe the whole situation in which every person at one point was sick of the way in which our club was being run to the point we are at today with fresh investment with a plan in place. These wrong decisions be it the shocking Sydney super cup or the delays/over budget of E/H along with the board not reinvesting or poor recruitment, Despite us the fans investment the club continued to incur multi million pounds loses season after season and. Nothing to show for it, Club 1872 despite there owns faults even showed a dislike about communication and governance.

Absolutely were. Again, eroded the club to the point that it needed sold to recover. Legacy projects, using it to boost their own businesses etc, getting conned off crypto scams, losing in court again and again, making an absolute mockery of our standards. Originally heroes, but there's the old saying, stick round long enough you become the villain. They ran us into the ground, spiv behaviour, from Rangers men no less.

Utter madness if he goes down that road , but wouldnt surprise me.

Whyte, the Green circus and then Ashley were the spivs. Those coming afterwards may have had their faults but they were never spivs.

Look at Edwards’ physique. He could probably have picked up the other two and carried them one under each arm. Billy Wright a great defender but not very tall. Dwarfed by Geordie Young leading out the teams and tossing the coin in the centre circle.

🤔 While initially they had the clubs best interests at heart and restored some sort of standards and order, in the end they became the very thing they chased out. Making decisions that benefited themselves along the way, legacy projects for directors and board members in flinging everything at NEH, a building that isn't even big enough to host our AGMs. The football department was ignored, and at times completely decimated during their tenure, the only one good appointment would have to be Gerrard, and initially Warburton for actually getting the club back into the Premiership, other than that there isn't much to write home about. Other than the club being so eroded to the point we needed sold to save it...

I was simply calling it out for what it was.if you sell Arsenal shares or simply sell trophy’s that belong to our club there isn’t another word you can use apart from Spiv’s Sure Rat is below the belt but it’s still the lowest of the low. Wasn’t too long ago that fans were moaning in the way our shareholders were just taking profits before reinvesting. Sure these Spiv’s have been removed and we are looking in one direction for the future of our club!

Some way to refer to the men who stepped up and helped get the club back from the likes of Whyte and Ashley. "lurked about wanting to erode as much of our club as possible" - that is utter horseshit.

Yes Rats is a strong word 🤣 I do apologise the Spiv’s as L72 mentioned is more suited. I was simply referring to the ones who lurked about wanting to erode as much of our club as possible be it financial bad decisions etc.

No chance.

Clark held the keys to the gate. Not a big bloke and not fast but he didn’t need to be either. His positional sense and his knowledge of when to make the tackle were more than enough.

(Will also add to OP)