Crawley did well today, but in their league, they're about as popular as herpes. They went into admin, didn't honour the CVA, yet are now paying way more than anyone else for players. They've signed players for ã100k-250k and many feel they abused the system and are now buying themselves league football on the cheap. They're the non league equivalent of Pompey.
At least it gives the people of Crawley something to be happy about. At least Hull has the decent nightlife!
Man City and Chelsea have sugar daddies who pay for everything, at least the didn't shag their creditors to fund it. Man United are too highly geared and are using an enormous turn-over to fund an enormous debt, but they're still not shagging anyone else either.
I find the hypocrisy laughable All supporters would love someone to buy their club and invest millions They may say not but are talking utter bollocks Let me see,would I rather be watching city play Macclesfield without a pot to piss in but have a board consisting of fairly wealthy city fans or be challenging for trophies/champions league with a mega rich sheikh as his play thing? Not a tricky question really
Didn't Man U use the proceeds of their success to maintain it rather than buying the initial success? I wouldn't. When the Allams takeover was confirmed I said I was disappointed they'd put the money in as a gift rather than as a director's loan to be repaid when the club was able to. From the point when Molby was sacked the club was run as a sound business (PT reducing the cost of the playing staff season on season until we were in the Championship) as well as a football club and that was one of the things that made our promotions most enjoyable, the fact we were doing it cleanly (Chesterfield) and using the funds the club was legitimately generating for itself (Leicester when they were responsible for the 10 point penalties being introduced).
Disagree Ricardo, IMO they bought their success, but, I will give you they then used the proceeds to maintain it
I'm not old enough to remember the pre-premier league bits which is where my curiosity comes from. I was under the impression it was the introduction of the PL money (to all the clubs) that allowed them to win the first title by spending it better than everybody else did?
Unfortunately, even back Ye Goode Old Days before PL times, it was well off Boards, of clubs, that would fund player buying over and above any profits that the club had generated. The better off the board, the better the chances were of that club getting more players than their turnover/profit could afford to purchase
That's true enough. I wonder what Jack Walker would have made of the chicken mob, not a lot probably.
