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I mean we might be creatively giving our self “p’s” if what I’ve wrote is anything to go off

The "Rabbit out of the hat"....

I'd say it's less about being a 'big business' and more about whether they're just a very well dressed up tax avoidance/money laundering fund...

Gone down quite the rabbit hole this evening to find out how dodgy this lot are. Apparently owned by a company in Malta called Media Games Malta. On the list of dodgy leaks from the Paradise papers (Curacao) Fronted by a “Raymond Busuttil” whose LinkedIn profile features an elderly gentleman who has apparently been in the casino supplies business for over 50 years. Registered address is a tiny bookmakers on a random street in Malta. Now usually that means BC got their gaming licence in Malta like many others. However the Maltese gambling authorities quickly distanced themselves from BC. BC themselves now state their European gaming licence is from the Isle of Man with a registered address in Curaçao and a gambling licence there also. Theyre also well known to be “VPN friendly” and not big on ID. Basically means anyone in the UK can use their services with a good VPN… even children. In Curacao they were owned by a company called “BlockDance BV” whose managing director appears to be a 29 year old Turkish man called Umut Tuncel who doesn’t appear to have any digital footprint According to a recent article they were bought by “Small House BV”…. Since the day of the takeover, it appears none of their players have won any money and most online forums are calling the company a scam/fraud website who are buying fake reviews on trust pilot (where they have now been banned!!) YESTERDAY… yes yesterday.. the Swedish gambling authority banned Small House in Sweden. I give it 3 months max to be honest. What an utter shit show. UPDATE - "Small House" are owned by IGA Group.... which brings us back to Malta, they're Malta's 'Most reliable Igaming consultancy firm'

The press release specifies "Adult replica shirts" in fairness. Are we sure on this one @LinekersLugs?

In all seriousness though, how on earth can the club justify sticking that on say, a toddler kit?

Ughhh I was hoping it fell under gambling for the exact same reason!!

Intruigued to know how they've not been Sued by PacMan for that logo

The only good news is I can get my little one a sponsor free shirt!

**** right off **** off again And keep ****ing off until you fall off a ****ing cliff

Well we've tried to sign him many times haven't we. Got there in the end Remember we need bodies, losing a lot of players! Feels sensible this one.

Took one look at Rudders and ****ed off

I think he's going to be a man in demand! He'd be perfect for us though, especially given the training ground benefits from a large catchment, much like Chelsea.

Can’t really moan much at the Tory football chants can we stick out like a sore thumb as you scroll down the constituency list. I only really come back for the football these days. But it’s hard to understand how it’s a city that’s still so blinded to vote Tory when you look at the state of some of it. Even the parties that have had an impact elsewhere haven’t got anywhere near in Leicestershire.

Sounds like we might not start with a deduction but will absolutely get one once we've exhausted these appeals?

I'd say maybe we're just being much smarter. Short contracts to start with, give us a big boost to try and get to the latter lucrative stages of tournaments etc. It's gambling but with not tying people down to long contracts it's not unhealthy gambling.

Same agency as Cooper too.

Yeah was being very generalist there. Think that West Ham one needs a black/grey version.

Saturday then....

I never understand why clubs aren’t more picky with sponsor logos. These people are literally throwing money at you. At the very least get them to use a whiteout version of their logo

I love "why are we not all over this" season. I like to come back in November time and reflect on how ****ing dogshit the majority of players we "absolutely should of signed" have been

I had to try and find a last minute removal company while carrying a 3 year old round legoland last week .... we shall be staying here until I die.

I've seen a few clubs try it, Bristol City did a few years back. Never seems to last more than one season though.

There would be nothing more Rudkin than having a player we could have got for free through creative accounting.... to then handing Montpellier 5-10m for him a year later.

Have they released the legislation and requirements yet? I bet clubs are already planning how creative they can be