True

But once promoted, your aims become totally different (and indeed opposed).

Your aim: see the money invested in a stronger and deeper squad, with plenty held in reserve for a new manager and new players if you look like doing a Derby.

His aim: to get as much money out of the club and into his pockets as quickly as possible, so as to enable him to recoup what he paid NU for their debt, and to get back the £12m he invested to get you up. The only question will be whether he will reckon that he could keep you up for a season or whether he will think that the odds are against that and he might as well scalp you for the cash while he can

Posted By: Old Git on December 3rd 2007 at 17:38:10

Message Thread

Statement from Evans the Binman (Other Football) - BSE Canary, Dec 3, 16:59:18
- That's not from Evans the Bins, it's from Sheepy the Shagger (Other Football) - Old Git, Dec 3, 17:03:17
  - But, as I said below, £12Mis not a lot to do that. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 3, 17:09:43
    - Sheepy has said he will invest more money if he needs to! Also he can't sell our debt on (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, Dec 3, 17:12:16
  - Come on now! (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:08:11
    - No, fair enough, I shouldn't think he would (Other Football) - Old Git, Dec 3, 17:21:48
      - Yep, he's not a fan though he claims to have attended matches (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:27:54
        
        True (Other Football) - Old Git, Dec 3, 17:38:10
        
        I think we'll have to agree to disagree there... (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:51:45
        
        I fail to believe Derby's money problems have just disappeared (Other Football) - pants, Dec 3, 17:58:51
        
        I don't to be honest. (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 18:01:39
        
        you obviously missed the headlines about Derby being a target for takeover by Disney then (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, Dec 3, 17:53:19
        
        I think they were just rumours... (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:55:17
    - He gets a return of £600K a year (Other Football) - Jim, Dec 3, 17:13:20
      - Really How? (n/m) (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:16:58
        
        ... (Other Football) - blindasabat, Dec 3, 17:29:40
        
        But he's paid out £20m in total... (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:46:55
        
        except the bank wouldn't also owe him £32m (Other Football) - blindasabat, Dec 3, 17:52:23
        
        Well if we got promoted.. (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:58:33
        
        if you really believe that your naivety is rather touching... (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, Dec 3, 18:02:11
        
        Each to his own.... (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 18:07:28
        
        So he must be looking for a bit more ... (Other Football) - Old Git, Dec 3, 17:50:50
        
        I think they can work together though... (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:53:45
        
        it's early days for Mandaric at Leicester, but the Leicester fan at work is not a happy (Other Football) - blindasabat, Dec 3, 17:55:55
        
        Oh come on, it's black and white basab, the guy has just ploughed loads of free money in (Other Football) - pants, Dec 3, 17:44:02
      - It's a £20 million pound loan idiot! (n/m) (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, Dec 3, 17:14:29
    - Be well funny if he did though, eh? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 3, 17:10:32
      - Funny, but very unlikely! (n/m) (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, Dec 3, 17:13:08
      - Would be a bit of a shock! (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:12:55
        
        And wages to match (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Dec 3, 17:23:26
        
        That's true.. (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:25:46
        
        Surely that £12M will have to cover current running losses (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 3, 17:16:03
        
        Hopefully we're not going for that sort of player.. (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:21:39
        
        £12m is stated as to be spent on playing staff AND (Other Football) - Jim, Dec 3, 17:14:48
        
        i can't think of a club that couldn't do with £12m.. (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:24:00
        
        It's good to get £12m (Other Football) - Old Git, Dec 3, 17:26:28
        
        I agree completely.... (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:32:06
        
        You could have 4 Carl Robinsons for 200k (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, Dec 3, 17:34:03
        
        Now THAT would be a good midfield! (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:36:34
        
        You'd need 8 Carl Robinsons to have any sort of midfield at all (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Dec 3, 17:38:42
        
        I'm no ITFC expert, but doesn't "exactly the same situation" = "shit creek, no paddle" ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 17:14:41
        
        Not if we've proved we can attact investment! (n/m) (Other Football) - BlueFury, Dec 3, 17:22:13
        
        ie it = Cardiff (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 3, 17:16:34

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.