Doncaster had a webchat last summer

Someone specifically asked him about the Ashton/cashflow point. He didn't deny it, and instead made the point that we'd been ambitious and taken a risk by buying Ashton in the first place: in the absence of which, the board would've been castigated. The implication being that we overspent in the Prem, and paid a heavy price soon afterwards.

On the Worthington/cashflow point, I don't know. It's what Creo thinks, and his grasp of the finances is pretty impressive I'd say. And in fairness, it was always a puzzle as to why the board stuck by NW, then allowed him desperately little to spend in Summer '06 (we only bought Croft that close season): it seemed as though they didn't trust him with any more money, but in the process, were neither backing him nor sacking him. In which regard, Creo's explanation would make sense.

Posted By: thebigfeller, Aug 17, 02:40:05