Agent Balti Madejski bottled it when he knew we could get into Europe, but at a cost. Happy to be the saviour, but un-willing to make us a force.
We are just another toy for him.
Unused at the botom of his big toy box.....
by ScottishRoyal » 18 Aug 2008 11:31
Agent Balti Madejski bottled it when he knew we could get into Europe, but at a cost. Happy to be the saviour, but un-willing to make us a force.
We are just another toy for him.
by papereyes » 18 Aug 2008 11:32
Super Kevin Bremner! A business that's attempting to redress the losses of the past 15 years will not invest heavily until that objective is fully met.
Regards Bolton, the words Bolton and success should never be mentioned in the same sentence. They are an ugly club with an ugly tradition of bullying, mediocre football that has snuck them into Europe once and nearly gotten them relegated several times.
Portsmouth is a given - their fans are genuinely enjoying the Prem, so I kind of take your point there, but assuming they don't strengthen anymore now the purse strings are tight, what do you think will happen to the club should Crouch/Defoe not fire on all cylinders?
by papereyes » 18 Aug 2008 11:44
by Schards#2 » 18 Aug 2008 12:07
StreetsSuper Kevin Bremner! So how many people ever thought we'd start a 2nd tier season as favourites to go up?
How many people, not having known 4 years ago what success was imminent, would have bitten someone's hand off if offered that.
And, who made that a reality? How did that become a reality?
By slowly building and empowering the likes of Coppell and Pardew to do a job however they wanted without going crazy with the cheque book.
It's a joke that people can even think about slating JM.
If I ever have millions of pounds then I'm buggered if I'll give a toss about how anybody thinks I should spend it.
And for the guy who replied that 'all we want is to get an LB and an RM in - not go mad with the money like Leeds', well you have missed the whole point of the thread. This isn't a 'why haven't we got the players in we need' debate, it's about Madjeski's attitude to the inappropriate way money is spent on the game.
And on that note, when we've needed to bring players in for certain positions in the past, we've done it, and almost always for sensible prices and with a successful outcome.
If you'd just seen 2.5m pissed down the drain on Greg Halford (albeit we got the money back) and then even more on Emerse Fae, then wouldn't you become synical about spending vast sums of cash?
Stand up and applaud JM's what I say.
Cracking post!
by Platypuss » 18 Aug 2008 12:36
Schards#2StreetsSuper Kevin Bremner! So how many people ever thought we'd start a 2nd tier season as favourites to go up?
How many people, not having known 4 years ago what success was imminent, would have bitten someone's hand off if offered that.
And, who made that a reality? How did that become a reality?
By slowly building and empowering the likes of Coppell and Pardew to do a job however they wanted without going crazy with the cheque book.
It's a joke that people can even think about slating JM.
If I ever have millions of pounds then I'm buggered if I'll give a toss about how anybody thinks I should spend it.
And for the guy who replied that 'all we want is to get an LB and an RM in - not go mad with the money like Leeds', well you have missed the whole point of the thread. This isn't a 'why haven't we got the players in we need' debate, it's about Madjeski's attitude to the inappropriate way money is spent on the game.
And on that note, when we've needed to bring players in for certain positions in the past, we've done it, and almost always for sensible prices and with a successful outcome.
If you'd just seen 2.5m pissed down the drain on Greg Halford (albeit we got the money back) and then even more on Emerse Fae, then wouldn't you become synical about spending vast sums of cash?
Stand up and applaud JM's what I say.
Cracking post!
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Jays like that character off "The Fast Show" who just agrees with whatever the last person said
by Agent Balti » 18 Aug 2008 12:39
Platypuss
Oy - that's © me.
Jay IS Indecisive Dave, though.
by Hoop Blah » 18 Aug 2008 12:58
Royal RotherThe 17 Bus And can I add that any profit would have been after any loans had been repaid.
Loan repayments are not an overhead of a business so do not have an impact on the Profit made, therefore the above statement is completely incorrect.
If the club made a profit of £20m then there will have been surplus funds that may have enabled JM to take some repayments on his loans to the club; to be absolutely clear on this, loan repayments do not have an impact on the Profit.
I usually explain this once every couple of months - twice in 3 days is pushing it a bit, but I suppose, unfortunately, it is the hot topic once again!
by Hoop Blah » 18 Aug 2008 13:11
by Nick Shorey my Lord! » 18 Aug 2008 13:14
Hoop Blah I dread to think what will happen when Madejski finally does call it a day.
by Tony Le Mesmer » 18 Aug 2008 13:21
papereyes My problem is that I just can't see what we're aiming towards at the moment. I get that feeling from Madejski's comments, I get it from Coppell's. Is it really the case that he's simply waiting for someone to buy him out?
by premiership_bound » 18 Aug 2008 13:21
by Arch » 18 Aug 2008 13:22
To whom?Tony Le Mesmer So please JM, sell the club and let a new era begin.
by Tony Le Mesmer » 18 Aug 2008 13:41
ArchTo whom?Tony Le Mesmer So please JM, sell the club and let a new era begin.
by Tony Le Mesmer » 18 Aug 2008 13:45
by premiership_bound » 18 Aug 2008 13:52
Tony Le Mesmer "Over the past three years we've spent everything that we've had"
by SpaceCruiser » 18 Aug 2008 13:55
by brendywendy » 18 Aug 2008 13:59
by working class hero » 18 Aug 2008 14:05
SpaceCruiser I would have thought it was a little more on the signings. After all, we spent £2.5m on Halford and £2.5m on Fae....
by Hoop Blah » 18 Aug 2008 14:09
brendywendy we will make a loss this season
any incoming transfer money will be weighted towards offsetting the loss we make on the day to day business side of things.
just look at the accounts for our 1st year to see where the money went while in teh top flight , and how much mr mad is "lieing" to us and "stealing " all our money
just taking a look down the leagues at previous prem teams, and the perilous financial state some of the more recently demoted teams are in to see what hes on about
the money is all in plain view, and what we did with it
if we are getting 22 M less in tv money after parachute payments, have fewer fans coming through the gates, and each fan paying considerably less for their tickets,while only making 6m profit when we were up anyway, it doesnt take a rocket scientist to see why we need to"cut our coat according to the cloth" in order to stop us losing money this season
by SpaceCruiser » 18 Aug 2008 14:10
working class heroSpaceCruiser I would have thought it was a little more on the signings. After all, we spent £2.5m on Halford and £2.5m on Fae....
And we received how much for Halford?
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