Whatever next? John D's quoting Goebballs and I'm directing traffic to the Gruniad! I searched for somewhere to put this and ended up starting a new thread......
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...eague-clubs-bail-out-bolton-bury-nigel-clough
Now personally I think sod the Premier League clubs. Real should insist Gareth Bale squares up the finances of these two oldLancashire oops Greater Manchester teams as a condition of allowing him to go to China for a reported £1,000,000 per week. Of course by the time the Chinese taxman finishes with him that should be down to £999,999.00 per week! Just as an aside with 3 years left on his contract why shouldn't Real ask for a transfer fee?
BUT tongue out of cheek and in all serious is the demise of Bolton and Bury perhaps a consequence of the rise up the footballing superpower ladder of Man City? Lets remember at this point that Manchester's traditional second club has become the envy of the footballing world on the back of dodgy dealings by Thailand's Shinawatra and Abu Dhabi's Sheik Mansour.... both hardly champions of Human Rights are they?
However there but for the grace of God and presumably the foolish pride* of the venkys go us! (btw *same foolish pride that made them buy us I assume is keeping them signing cheques!). Not only us but in this area there go Blackpool, PNE and Wigan too!
In this instance Nigel Clough is wrong, way wrong. No one should bale anyone out. Might sound a little Thatcherish but if clubs cannot cut their coat according to their cloth then tough shitski. Why bale out a club when that money is not going to improve the facilities for spectators or employees. It's simply going into the bulging pockets of assorted average players and their agents. Most on here and BRFCS will know that it's been my opinion for decades that there are simply way too many clubs competing in today's Premier League and EFL. The number of empty stadium seats would be a Marketing man's nightmare in any other business, whilst the accounts of most of these club's would make any accountant worth his salt blush to his roots. The plain truth is that the players and their agents rule the roost. The tail really is wagging the dog! N0w I'm reluctant to single anyone out but when I see the money going to average talents of the likes of Ben Brereton and apparently this kid whose name I can neither remember nor pronounce from Citeh who we are informed is on 30k pw then something is way wrong. We the fans are being subject to one massive extortion racket. Our money is no longer going to support our club per sae, instead it's going to provide millionaire lifestyles and a full life without the need for employment after football for footballs wandering journeymen.
An excellent and decidedly relevant blast from the past as we ALL attempt to defy gravity on the world of football. Take 5 and enjoy.....
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...eague-clubs-bail-out-bolton-bury-nigel-clough
Now personally I think sod the Premier League clubs. Real should insist Gareth Bale squares up the finances of these two old
BUT tongue out of cheek and in all serious is the demise of Bolton and Bury perhaps a consequence of the rise up the footballing superpower ladder of Man City? Lets remember at this point that Manchester's traditional second club has become the envy of the footballing world on the back of dodgy dealings by Thailand's Shinawatra and Abu Dhabi's Sheik Mansour.... both hardly champions of Human Rights are they?
However there but for the grace of God and presumably the foolish pride* of the venkys go us! (btw *same foolish pride that made them buy us I assume is keeping them signing cheques!). Not only us but in this area there go Blackpool, PNE and Wigan too!
In this instance Nigel Clough is wrong, way wrong. No one should bale anyone out. Might sound a little Thatcherish but if clubs cannot cut their coat according to their cloth then tough shitski. Why bale out a club when that money is not going to improve the facilities for spectators or employees. It's simply going into the bulging pockets of assorted average players and their agents. Most on here and BRFCS will know that it's been my opinion for decades that there are simply way too many clubs competing in today's Premier League and EFL. The number of empty stadium seats would be a Marketing man's nightmare in any other business, whilst the accounts of most of these club's would make any accountant worth his salt blush to his roots. The plain truth is that the players and their agents rule the roost. The tail really is wagging the dog! N0w I'm reluctant to single anyone out but when I see the money going to average talents of the likes of Ben Brereton and apparently this kid whose name I can neither remember nor pronounce from Citeh who we are informed is on 30k pw then something is way wrong. We the fans are being subject to one massive extortion racket. Our money is no longer going to support our club per sae, instead it's going to provide millionaire lifestyles and a full life without the need for employment after football for footballs wandering journeymen.
An excellent and decidedly relevant blast from the past as we ALL attempt to defy gravity on the world of football. Take 5 and enjoy.....
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Only problem is that the big two would then be inundated with begging letters from struggling NW clubs, no doubt with Bolton's letter dropping on the door mat first.
