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Asterix said:
What is forgotten, discounted, totally ignored, call it what you will, is the increase in prem prize money that year. We received way, way, more for being relegated than the team that won the thing the year before. The secondary effect of that was an explosion in transfer fees. Bruce bought at sensible prices. The club subsequently sold at insane prices. Never mind the rest, c'mon 10% for Harry Maguire going to Man U? Kerr f******g ching.
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What also seems to be forgotten is we came down with much heftier parachute payments than anyone previously also, so a huge competitive advantage. Yet we spunked it on the likes of Kevin Stewart and failed to even mount a playoff push.
 
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petersaxton said:
Have you any experience of "accountants running a company"?
John D. Rockefeller started off as an accountant
many accountants have founded companies such as Nike for example
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I’ve worked for two companies where costs have been the prime focus , one guy was a chartered accountant and owner , the other wasn’t but neither focused on pouring it in at the top so they could benefit from the bottom line - one company shut a year or so after I left due to lack of positive out look and efforts . The other dumped me in the last recession for their personal reasons and they shrunk and went through staff like a dose of salts , they are a much smaller limited enterprise now - they survive on most of the services I got them to provide . You need people with ideas and bravery - but granted considerable business sense .
 
springtiger said:
I’ve worked for two companies where costs have been the prime focus , one guy was a chartered accountant and owner , the other wasn’t but neither focused on pouring it in at the top so they could benefit from the bottom line - one company shut a year or so after I left due to lack of positive out look and efforts . The other dumped me in the last recession for their personal reasons and they shrunk and went through staff like a dose of salts , they are a much smaller limited enterprise now - they survive on most of the services I got them to provide . You need people with ideas and bravery - but granted considerable business sense .
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Obviously not all accountants are suited to running a successful business
Some are just owning due to inheritance
Accounting is good experience before starting a business but you still need the right attitude
 
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petersaxton said:
Obviously not all accountants are suited to running a successful business
Some are just owning due to inheritance
Accounting is good experience before starting a business but you still need the right attitude
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I always felt that behind every successful entrepreneur there was at least one 'steady Eddie' who knew about how to run a business, often an accountant.
 
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Mckechnie Orange said:
Without the academy they would have been risking losing him for nominal compensation regardless of who scouted him.

The Allams provided the infrastructure and sanctioned the fee.
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With the money they had from 2 PL promotions they could (should) have set us up with a fit for purpose training centre for both the seniors and the academy, not revamped prefabs and renting of BB. I give them some credit for elevating the academy to cat 2 but let's not get carried away - they failed to leave the infrastructure that we should have had from 3 golden opportunities (2 under them).
 
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Gone For A Walk said:
Wow. Just wow!

Cant believe what some are writing You want a proper example of what lying, deceitful, vindictive, self serving, conceited owners actually look like then thats the Allams. Have people really got that short a memory to be rewriting history so soon?
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Seems like it.
 
Gone For A Walk said:
With the money they had from 2 PL promotions they could (should) have set us up with a fit for purpose training centre for both the seniors and the academy, not revamped prefabs and renting of BB. I give them some credit for elevating the academy to cat 2 but let's not get carried away - they failed to leave the infrastructure that we should have had from 3 golden opportunities (2 under them).
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Fully agree
 
Gone For A Walk said:
With the money they had from 2 PL promotions they could (should) have set us up with a fit for purpose training centre for both the seniors and the academy, not revamped prefabs and renting of BB. I give them some credit for elevating the academy to cat 2 but let's not get carried away - they failed to leave the infrastructure that we should have had from 3 golden opportunities (2 under them).
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Wasn't the step up from cat 3 to cat 2 academy status a relatively small and low cost one.
Much bigger investment needed to get to cat one.
 
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springtiger said:
Well there’s a lot of major companies HQ’d on the edge of Dublin to avoid paying taxes elsewhere in Europe . Seems odd that the EU allow ‘inequality’ of tax laws when it’s supposed to be some form of collective that aids all members. ? Or have I missed the point of its existence ?
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At times I think I’m quite bright - then along comes OLM usually with FACTS and I’m put in my place and have to read up a bit more . LOL
It’s not a pop OLM - just trying to brighten the mood and you can tell I’m stuck in a hotel with nowt to do !
 
springtiger said:
At times I think I’m quite bright - then along comes OLM usually with FACTS and I’m put in my place and have to read up a bit more . LOL
It’s not a pop OLM - just trying to brighten the mood and you can tell I’m stuck in a hotel with nowt to do !
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You’re bang on with this one, Corporation Tax in Ireland is only 12.5% and lots of international companies base their EU operations there.

I’ve never actually been to Dublin, I need to sort a trip there at some point.
 
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