Bigtoe Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 who the fuck puts their face on a letterhead? I always do And insert a speech bubble with my thought of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 10, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 10, 2015 out of interest, is holdsworth (and team) still holed up at the ground? im not one of these 'why does it take so long merchants' but what are they talking about surely holdsworth has lawyers looking at it i mean, what is there to haggle over? its a simple as having the cash to buy us 6/18 months, isn't it and you either have it or you don't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Honestly don't believe he would let the club go to the wall so he could recoup some of his money but interested to know the process. ! If he had the choice this wouldn't be happening. Why do folk still think he's sat there like Cyril Sneer counting his gold watching us go bust? His company can't afford to finance Burnden leisure anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOWTUN BAKED Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 agreed but theyre not the same issue they were til a couple of years ago Also agreed Too many clubs forced their hands. I'm just reading about Northampton... Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 If he had the choice this wouldn't be happening. Why do folk still think he's sat there like Cyril Sneer counting his gold watching us go bust? His company can't afford to finance Burnden leisure anymore. I think a lot of flak still don't get this, they think as you say that he's sat there like Cyril Sneer on a mountain of cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeBWFC Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Dont think he is sitting there with piles of cash letting this happen. I presume this is happening because of the exact opposite. However he has said he would write the debt of for any buyers does this get taken into account by administrators or would he get sorted during that process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I think a lot of flak still don't get this, they think as you say that he's sat there like Cyril Sneer on a mountain of cashAye what a ridiculous notion He's obviously much more like Scrooge McDuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) I was thinking Birch has this all mapped out and that we would avoid administration through player sales, asset sales, but I now believe we will enter administration, if that's the case what a waste of time bringing Birch in, waste of time borrowing the money off nucleus and BW. Thoroughly pissed off. Edited December 10, 2015 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Anewman spotted this coming several years ago..........and most laughed at him. It looks like he wasn't the mentalist some though he was...... Edited December 10, 2015 by Sweep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoopJohnnyJohn Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Anewman spotted this coming several years ago..........and most laughed at him. It looks like he wasn't the mentalist some though he was...... A broken clock is right twice a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOWTUN BAKED Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Anewman spotted this coming several years ago..........and most laughed at him. It looks like he wasn't the mentalist some though he was...... Bet they're not laughing now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 He's obviously much more like Scrooge McDuck I was thinking more C Montgomery Burns with Trevor Birch as Smithers..... Anybody else think PG might have been the only thing stopping this process happening much earlier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted December 10, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 10, 2015 It's been obvious for years that this "debt" isn't getting paid off. That's kind of by the by. The real problem is our outgoings are still far, far too high. This is a fairly recent problem as the parachute payments are meant to cover this period of adjustment. We appear to have instead spunked them on players we can't realistically afford. We are still losing money above the point Eddie is allowed to cover, even. Fucking ridulous, but this is a modern day problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 we need anewman back on here talks sense, just most don't like to hear it on here he's ways right, like it or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarian1979 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Bring back anewman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted December 10, 2015 Site Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2015 we need anewman back on here talks sense, just most don't like to hear it on here he's ways right, like it or not I agree His Facebook page just isn't the same. #JusticeForLiftman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 If he had the choice this wouldn't be happening. Why do folk still think he's sat there like Cyril Sneer counting his gold watching us go bust? His company can't afford to finance Burnden leisure anymore. He is letting it happen. He can afford to pay the bills until we are sold. He is choosing not to. Now that ain't a criticism, it's his cash, he thinks he's spent enough, but let's not pretend the blokes on his uppers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 He is letting it happen. He can afford to pay the bills until we are sold. He is choosing not to. Now that ain't a criticism, it's his cash, he thinks he's spent enough, but let's not pretend the blokes on his uppers. Don't think either of us know if that's the case. I personally don't think it's just his money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyldesley_white Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 What your worth and what you can get your hands on are 2 different things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcolmW Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Don't think either of us know if that's the case. I personally don't think it's just his money. If the bidders can't copper up to pay the outstanding bills they cannot have the funds for on-going running costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyRiddle Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Can someone explain to a dyed in the wool PAYE type how multi-millionaire owners of businesses can legally be allowed to fuck it up to such an extent they can't pay the tax or staff wages?? We have pretty much guaranteed income streams so surely the board/owner can have no excuses for not operating within these parameters. So while staff don't get paid and the tax payer doesn't get their share what is the actual cummopence for those responsible for the total mismanagement of a business? I am not intimating any illegality here either; just rank incompetence!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Because football is like no other business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Don't think it's generally considered the 'owners' fault - if you think about the likes of HMV, Woolworths, JJB all going bust it wasn't the shareholders fault I suppose they should have given the board a vote of no confidence and replaced them A bit simpler in this instance as ED owns the club lock stock and barrel so PG was his man It's tgen down to the running of the club by the board and we have overspent since getting relegated when with the benefit of hibdsight we should have stopped giving any players more than £3k a week as soon as we got relegated from the Prem That said though, it would have gone down like a shit sandwhich with the fans if they did that. We'd have been relegated to league 1 already We've only just stayed in the championship by continuing to overspend ffs It's not long ago we were asking the club to stretch a little further for the likes of ALF, Juke, Dawson, Rhodes etc I guess we didn't know what was coming down the road though if we didn't get promoted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcolmW Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Court hearing for Winding Up Petition set for 18th January. At this point I'll give highlights of Lin Homer's work this century. 1998 Chief Executive, Suffolk County Council (based in Ipswich) 2002 Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council criticised by the Election Commissioner over postal vote-rigging scandal in 2004 when she was Returning Officer as "an election that would disgrace a banana republic. 2005 Director-General, Immigration & Nationality Directorate, which in 2008 was renamed UK Border Agency criticised by Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs for "catastrophic leadership failure" and "more like a Whitehall farce than a Government Agency operating in the 21st century." 2010 Permanent Secretary (head civil servant) of Department of Transport while there the cock-up over the West Coast Main Line franchise letting cost £100M. 2011 Chief Executive, HMRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passmosster Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 November tax bill overdue and a winding up petition issued? I personally know that far worse cases have had no petition issued. A closet red at HMRC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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