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• Have you had the nod for the fan advisory board? (NT) -- Watneys Party Seven, Tuesday, May 14, 02:53:03pm (82-132-212-238.dab.02.net/82.132.212.238)

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• Far too rational for this board. You need to take a Racial Awareness Course. (NT) -- old codger, Tuesday, May 14, 03:35:46pm (NoHost/92.118.61.20)

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• Agreed. Good post. (NT) -- GA, Tuesday, May 14, 03:41:24pm (ool-18b90125.dyn.optonline.net/24.185.1.37)

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• They made mistakes. 2013-17 was a disaster. But since the son came in, things have been getting better. 3 promotions, better managers & better signings. Whatever the shambles with the stand, it's actually being built (Mo never did) & they've not tried to take us out of the Cottage (Mo did). We have a good team playing nice football under a great manager & have re-established ourselves as a mid-table Prem club. Despite fears, season ticket renewal prices were kept in line. Not bad! (NT) -- eganonoa, Tuesday, May 14, 03:53:33pm (pool-108-56-230-228.washdc.fios.verizon.net/108.56.230.228)
  • I think summer 2015 window hit and miss, 2016 good and 2017 totally scattergun, mainly down to Kline. Slav know Mitro huge plus a mid season friendly during that season led us to Targett. Summer 2018 and January 2019 were, on the whole, woeful. Summer 2019 nothing fantastic. Transfer business certainly better since Silva arrived. (NT) -- Beano Reader, Tuesday, May 14, 04:13:04pm (82-132-212-184.dab.02.net/82.132.212.184)
    • As I say, in that time we've had better signings, managers and results. 3 things. I'm not saying that the signings have all been great since the son arrived. But they have made some good ones and you can't say its all Marco. Ream, Cairney, BDR, Tosin, Robinson, Tete all precede Marco. And the argument that Mitro came because of Slav is pointless. The owners' job, done right, should involve knowing when to sanction a signing irrespective of which one of their employees suggested it. (NT) -- eganonoa, Tuesday, May 14, 04:26:02pm (NoHost/172.58.240.193)
      • Ream and Cairney also arrived before TK. As for my point about Mitrovic. Do you think he'd have been signed on loan without Jokanovic being there? (NT) -- Beano Reader, Tuesday, May 14, 04:37:22pm (82-132-212-184.dab.02.net/82.132.212.184)
        • Good point on Ream & Cairney. Irrelevant on Mitro. Have you ever owned or run a business? You judge an owner/director by the results of their employees. The skill is in knowing when to listen, when not to, when to leverage an employee's background & connections, when to see they are holding them back. We both agree signings are good since Marco. It's the club leadership that decided to hire him and that decides to sanction the players he wants or when to suggest or pursue others. They get credit (NT) -- eganonoa, Tuesday, May 14, 04:49:36pm (pool-108-56-230-228.washdc.fios.verizon.net/108.56.230.228)
          • I think SK gets far more credit than TK. When the Kline/Jokanovic problem reached it's peak in Autumn of 2017, SK told Kline to sling his hook. Who do you think TK would have backed? (NT) -- Beano Reader, Wednesday, May 15, 09:28:47am (82-132-245-247.dab.02.net/82.132.245.247)
            • I've said it a few times - that interview Jokanovic gave in Serbia in the summer of 2017 was absolutely incredible, and showed the difference in his relationship between the two Khans. Respect 'i have a great relationship' for SK, to scathing comments 'that guy' 'even a 10 year old could see' etc, about Tony. I have to assume the club never caught wind of that, otherwise I can't believe he could have stayed. (NT) -- Same Old Story, Wednesday, May 15, 01:09:02pm (NoHost/81.79.78.209)
              • Interesting. Do you have a link to that? (NT) -- eganonoa, Wednesday, May 15, 03:21:44pm (pool-108-56-230-228.washdc.fios.verizon.net/108.56.230.228)
                • I can try and find it, but it was an interview in a relatively obscure Serbian Sports magazine 8 years ago, so may not be able to. It was also in Serbian, but it was a great interview, and Jokanovic's love for the club really came through. Let me have a look. (NT) -- Same Old Story, Thursday, May 16, 03:14:55pm (webdefence-pool-01.cluster-a.forcepoint.net/85.115.52.201)
                  • Struggling to find it. Whilst the website (englesli-fudbal) is still up, i cant see any archives that go back that far. I've found a reference to the article on another site (mozzart sport) which dates it as about Jun 8th 2017, but it doesn't mention the part of the interview i'm referring to (more about English football culture, generally). I'll look a bit more as would be a shame if it was lost in the ether, it was a great interview (NT) -- Same Old Story, Friday, May 17, 09:29:50am (NoHost/81.79.86.94)

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• Quick question. Are you STH or you're are buying matchday tickets? I'm still looking for this one elusive Fulham supporter who is regularly paying £80-£160 for a single ticket and is happy with Khans (NT) -- Exile Matt, Tuesday, May 14, 04:13:05pm (89-64-31-230.dynamic.chello.pl/89.64.31.230)
  • “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time.” Blame the likes of Putin, Farage, Johnson, Truss, Mr. & Mrs Covid for rising prices more than our owners. Raising match-day prices while sustaining season ticket prices, renovating the stand & staying in the world's most expensive league during an inflationary period is not exactly a Bulstrode-level attack on our club's integrity. (NT) -- eganonoa, Tuesday, May 14, 04:40:07pm (pool-108-56-230-228.washdc.fios.verizon.net/108.56.230.228)
    • I have seen some bizarre arguments in defence of Khans, but this is by far the most ridiculous post. It has been proven many times over how little matchday ticket revenue brings to our budget. To price out non STH holders is literally the strategy of the club for at least 3 years. (NT) -- Exile Matt, Tuesday, May 14, 05:16:35pm (89-64-31-230.dynamic.chello.pl/89.64.31.230)
      • Match day sales of food, drink and merchandise are probably similar each in isolation. But they shouldn't stop selling because together they are meaningful. When you are making little, or indeed losing, money annually every little bit helps. I don't think the Khan's bought the club as a charitable donation, and if they did I'd urge them to put that money somewhere more constructive. Keeping season ticket prices down while permitting increases elsewhere seems entirely reasonable (NT) -- eganonoa, Tuesday, May 14, 07:05:43pm (NoHost/172.58.241.6)
        • A plausible conversation between SK & Ali Mac. SK: "I knew with Fulham I would lose money every year, but its much more than expected. Things are tough in the auto industry, especially with the Covid-related supply chain issues & inflation from Putin's war. And Brexit & that crazy lettuce lady have devalued sterling, making my underlying investment look a lot poorer. Do what you can to minimize losses without taking it all out on our season ticket holders or getting relegated." Ali Mac: "OK". (NT) -- eganonoa, Tuesday, May 14, 07:50:21pm (NoHost/172.58.241.6)
          • I don't think that's unreasonable, given our recent fiscal position, but the simple fact is, the initial poor management was the direct reason for that initially poor position. You can see that clearly from the club accounts. We've lost £600m under the Khans - £500m of that loss has happened whilst in the championship. Likely, we would have made a loss anyway, but we'd be talking a third or better of what we have. So I guess it grates for fans who are being priced out because of prior errors (NT) -- Same Old Story, Wednesday, May 15, 01:04:33pm (NoHost/81.79.78.209)
            • Absolutely! Those first four years were a disaster. Not entirely their fault. They were new to the game & Mo had a significant period of under-investment. But they share the blame & its hard to think where we could be today if not for those years. But still, they stuck with it, learnt their lessons & have been steering a steady ship since around the time TK came in. Given what has happened with other clubs' owners in that time, the fact that they've stuck with it and improved is impressive. (NT) -- eganonoa, Wednesday, May 15, 03:20:20pm (pool-108-56-230-228.washdc.fios.verizon.net/108.56.230.228)
            • Personally don’t think prices have gone up because of previous poor spending and trying to claw back losses, just think as a business they felt prices were low given the product and what it works out as price per game and jumped them to what they and the market see as fair price. I don’t think prices will be pumped again by such a substantial amount for the foreseeable. (NT) -- Henry1879, Wednesday, May 15, 04:48:54pm (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)

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• No one could deny we stood still last summer, made few signings and sold our best striker. We have a worse league position and points total than last season. We also have scored less and one of the worst defences away from home. Fans have been discarded by Khan in favour of tourists, and the ground turned in part turned over to "hospitality" (i.e no interest in Fulham FC). We had 2 tourists behind us at the weekend arguing over whether it was our last league game or not! (NT) -- Waterboy, Tuesday, May 14, 05:18:03pm (NoHost/90.243.145.95)

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• Very nice of them to hasten the demise of our planet with their stupid new mega boat. (NT) -- Shellfish., Tuesday, May 14, 10:42:25pm (5ad587d4.bb.sky.com/90.213.135.212)
  • Agree, it’s like his current one isn’t big enough! Guess he’ll keep that as a runaround. Ocean liners biggest culprits in the World 🌎 (NT) -- CB, Wednesday, May 15, 08:57:36am (213-18-168-120.customer.gigaclear.net/213.18.168.120)
    • Take away the lifestyle of the 1 percent and the situation would improve quite quickly I would think. (NT) -- They are mostly deeply damaged and insecure., Wednesday, May 15, 09:35:37am (5ad587d4.bb.sky.com/90.213.135.212)