Kernow,
It's a good question you pose. Perhaps it is best to view football as part of a bigger problem. The FA should check owners - 'fit & proper person criteria' - but I think even these have been bypassed.
I don't understand the economic crisis in detail, but Robert Peston's BBC programmes are enlightening for the layperson. It is all about borrowing against what you don't own (a house), the failure to regulate properly & the bypassing of rules.
So, I guess football, being about money now (it probably always has been with the demise of amateur clubs in the early 20th century due to sides turning professional and paying players) just reflects wider society, unfortunately.
I'll be honest with you. I guess I wouldn't mind a well-to-do owner if they were reputable (Doughty for instance) - but in the meantime, you can/have to do things your own way and draw satisfaction from that.
I'm pleased that our Academy is doing well. We need to give these kids time and not think they are going to be world beaters; if they do a job for us, great. I am looking forward to seeing Will Hughes if I get the chance and take as much as pride/pleasure in seeing a promising player as I do in seeing a big money signing.
Iwas,
We definitely could do with more investment to take us to the next stage, but GSE don't possess the wherewithal. The only alternative I see is that we sell a promising player in the future, like Southampton have done, and then reinvest across the team.
I think we also have to face facts that we, or should that be Mess(e)rs Jewell/Davies, have wasted money. Claude Davis and Robbie Savage probably cost the club £10m regarding transfer fees with no return (£3.25m & £1.5m) & wages (£15k pw for Davis, I think, Savage £24k) & a pay off for Davis who had a year left on his deal, I think.
*Checked an old BBC page and Davis had two years left. I bet it didn't come cheap getting shot of him.
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Gerald-Mortimer-sad-farewell-Davis/story-11592105-detail/story.html
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posted on 1/6/12
Kernow,
It's a good question you pose. Perhaps it is best to view football as part of a bigger problem. The FA should check owners - 'fit & proper person criteria' - but I think even these have been bypassed.
I don't understand the economic crisis in detail, but Robert Peston's BBC programmes are enlightening for the layperson. It is all about borrowing against what you don't own (a house), the failure to regulate properly & the bypassing of rules.
So, I guess football, being about money now (it probably always has been with the demise of amateur clubs in the early 20th century due to sides turning professional and paying players) just reflects wider society, unfortunately.
I'll be honest with you. I guess I wouldn't mind a well-to-do owner if they were reputable (Doughty for instance) - but in the meantime, you can/have to do things your own way and draw satisfaction from that.
I'm pleased that our Academy is doing well. We need to give these kids time and not think they are going to be world beaters; if they do a job for us, great. I am looking forward to seeing Will Hughes if I get the chance and take as much as pride/pleasure in seeing a promising player as I do in seeing a big money signing.
posted on 1/6/12
Iwas,
We definitely could do with more investment to take us to the next stage, but GSE don't possess the wherewithal. The only alternative I see is that we sell a promising player in the future, like Southampton have done, and then reinvest across the team.
I think we also have to face facts that we, or should that be Mess(e)rs Jewell/Davies, have wasted money. Claude Davis and Robbie Savage probably cost the club £10m regarding transfer fees with no return (£3.25m & £1.5m) & wages (£15k pw for Davis, I think, Savage £24k) & a pay off for Davis who had a year left on his deal, I think.
*Checked an old BBC page and Davis had two years left. I bet it didn't come cheap getting shot of him.
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Gerald-Mortimer-sad-farewell-Davis/story-11592105-detail/story.html
posted on 5/6/12
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posted on 6/6/12
I see Gary Crosby gets off scot free.
Are you guys warming to him now?
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