by Royal Ginger » 21 Jan 2024 22:39
by Sutekh » 22 Jan 2024 07:57
Royal Ginger I’d largely say the Thai consortium was neutral at worst. Saved us from Zingarevic and had the decency to duck out when they were done.
Downside is they let Dai take over but that’s a him thing and it’s always a roll of the dice.
by Snowflake Royal » 22 Jan 2024 08:37
SutekhRoyal Ginger I’d largely say the Thai consortium was neutral at worst. Saved us from Zingarevic and had the decency to duck out when they were done.
Downside is they let Dai take over but that’s a him thing and it’s always a roll of the dice.
Thais only cared about getting the car park! Although he saved the club (the first time) by buying it, I never took to Smee for the ridiculous sacking of Maurice Evans and then the seeming failure to support the manager after getting to the 2nd tier.
by Orion1871 » 22 Jan 2024 09:45
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 22 Jan 2024 10:00
Snowflake RoyalSutekhRoyal Ginger I’d largely say the Thai consortium was neutral at worst. Saved us from Zingarevic and had the decency to duck out when they were done.
Downside is they let Dai take over but that’s a him thing and it’s always a roll of the dice.
Thais only cared about getting the car park! Although he saved the club (the first time) by buying it, I never took to Smee for the ridiculous sacking of Maurice Evans and then the seeming failure to support the manager after getting to the 2nd tier.
They sorted out Vibrac and HMRC. Started bringing the wage bill down to manageable levels, and had the club moving in the right direction.
They were good for the club.
by Snowflake Royal » 22 Jan 2024 12:47
YorkshireRoyal99Snowflake RoyalSutekh
Thais only cared about getting the car park! Although he saved the club (the first time) by buying it, I never took to Smee for the ridiculous sacking of Maurice Evans and then the seeming failure to support the manager after getting to the 2nd tier.
They sorted out Vibrac and HMRC. Started bringing the wage bill down to manageable levels, and had the club moving in the right direction.
They were good for the club.
Yeah I do think it's a bit of a shame that they couldn't sustain the club in the long-term, although that's probably only because of what Dai has done to the club since he came in. I'd have hoped the Thai's weren't asset stripping and taking money out of the club and running us at a bare minimum.
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 22 Jan 2024 13:00
Snowflake RoyalYorkshireRoyal99Snowflake Royal They sorted out Vibrac and HMRC. Started bringing the wage bill down to manageable levels, and had the club moving in the right direction.
They were good for the club.
Yeah I do think it's a bit of a shame that they couldn't sustain the club in the long-term, although that's probably only because of what Dai has done to the club since he came in. I'd have hoped the Thai's weren't asset stripping and taking money out of the club and running us at a bare minimum.
Well we did basically get to a PO Final and FA Cup Semi under them ... and it seems like letting McDermott go was more personal circumstances they couldn't talk about, which was my only real bone of contention with them.
by Sutekh » 22 Jan 2024 13:45
YorkshireRoyal99Snowflake RoyalYorkshireRoyal99
Yeah I do think it's a bit of a shame that they couldn't sustain the club in the long-term, although that's probably only because of what Dai has done to the club since he came in. I'd have hoped the Thai's weren't asset stripping and taking money out of the club and running us at a bare minimum.
Well we did basically get to a PO Final and FA Cup Semi under them ... and it seems like letting McDermott go was more personal circumstances they couldn't talk about, which was my only real bone of contention with them.
Yeah sorry I wasn't very clear there - I meant as if they'd have stayed on instead of selling to Dai. All immaterial as it happened and they didn't have the finances to keep up with us unfortunately.
Still had some strange moments under them with the season where we made several loan signings and we all know about "that" song...
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 22 Jan 2024 14:00
SutekhYorkshireRoyal99Snowflake Royal Well we did basically get to a PO Final and FA Cup Semi under them ... and it seems like letting McDermott go was more personal circumstances they couldn't talk about, which was my only real bone of contention with them.
Yeah sorry I wasn't very clear there - I meant as if they'd have stayed on instead of selling to Dai. All immaterial as it happened and they didn't have the finances to keep up with us unfortunately.
Still had some strange moments under them with the season where we made several loan signings and we all know about "that" song...
Agree that the Thais were on the whole beneficial and so much better than the current problem. Best things IMO were the aforementioned on field "successes", appointing Tevreden, then Clarke and then appointing BM after Clarke had shot his own foot off.
Worst things were selling off the car park, getting shot of BM then failing to find the necessary £300k for Ten Hag.
by WestYorksRoyal » 22 Jan 2024 14:23
by From Despair To Where? » 22 Jan 2024 14:28
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 22 Jan 2024 14:35
by WestYorksRoyal » 22 Jan 2024 14:38
From Despair To Where? As for the Aluko signing, we signed Barrow that summer as well who was twice the player for a fraction of the cost.
Signing Aluko made no sense regardless of the cost.
by From Despair To Where? » 22 Jan 2024 14:43
by WestYorksRoyal » 22 Jan 2024 14:51
From Despair To Where? Going back a few years, I remember someone at Bradford saying they got a call from Aston Villa offering £100,000 for Ian Ormondroyd. Although he wasn't a 1st team regular, they weren't particularly looking to sell him so as a joke, they replied if you come back with a £500,000 bid, we'll think about it, knowing no-one in their right mind would buy Ormondroyd for £500k.
20 minutes later they get a call back from Villa offering £500,000 for Ian Ormondroyd.
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 22 Jan 2024 15:08
From Despair To Where? Going back a few years, I remember someone at Bradford saying they got a call from Aston Villa offering £100,000 for Ian Ormondroyd. Although he wasn't a 1st team regular, they weren't particularly looking to sell him so as a joke, they replied if you come back with a £500,000 bid, we'll think about it, knowing no-one in their right mind would buy Ormondroyd for £500k.
20 minutes later they get a call back from Villa offering £500,000 for Ian Ormondroyd.
by Snowflake Royal » 22 Jan 2024 15:31
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Yeah I do think it's a bit of a shame that they couldn't sustain the club in the long-term, although that's probably only because of what Dai has done to the club since he came in. I'd have hoped the Thai's weren't asset stripping and taking money out of the club and running us at a bare minimum.
Well we did basically get to a PO Final and FA Cup Semi under them ... and it seems like letting McDermott go was more personal circumstances they couldn't talk about, which was my only real bone of contention with them.
Yeah sorry I wasn't very clear there - I meant as if they'd have stayed on instead of selling to Dai. All immaterial as it happened and they didn't have the finances to keep up with us unfortunately.
Still had some strange moments under them with the season where we made several loan signings and we all know about "that" song...
by From Despair To Where? » 22 Jan 2024 15:32
by Snowflake Royal » 22 Jan 2024 15:34
YorkshireRoyal99 Barrow is one player that I genuinely missed out of all the one's we let go. Not sure what he was earning (or what fee we actually received for him) but he had plenty of pace which seemed to have caused teams all sorts of problems and had an eye for goal.
Assuming the Thai's were still in charge, I could have easily seen a front 3 of Barrow, a CF and Meite being a threat, especially with players like Swift and someone like Olise coming through in behind as well there. Admittedly, that's quite an attacking line up.
by Snowflake Royal » 22 Jan 2024 15:35
From Despair To Where? Going back a few years, I remember someone at Bradford saying they got a call from Aston Villa offering £100,000 for Ian Ormondroyd. Although he wasn't a 1st team regular, they weren't particularly looking to sell him so as a joke, they replied if you come back with a £500,000 bid, we'll think about it, knowing no-one in their right mind would buy Ormondroyd for £500k.
20 minutes later they get a call back from Villa offering £500,000 for Ian Ormondroyd.
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