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Tony Blue Williams wrote:TBH I think the £36m Sky money is a bit of a red herring. Yes it will arrive in CCFC's bank account this season but it is probably only enough to cover this years wage bill if we are lucky.
We don't receive (rightly) any of the Championship TV money apart from when we are televised. Those amounts are pitiful in the great scheme of things as one poster quipped the £130k received for our televised game against Bristol C will only cover Harry Wilson's income for just over a month.
We have to play clever and think ahead. I would imagine we have an excellent FFP/P&S record over the past 3 years so if VT needs to bail us out then there is scope to do so without sanction, after all no-one wants to be the next Sheffield W.
As for the overall window I would have to say on paper it looks excellent but of course time will eventually be the Judge.
Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:07 pm
snoopystorm wrote:We’re in a better position now than we was a week ago, last week without signing we would have been looking at relegation battle, now we’re in with a good shot at promotion. We’re still losing a lot of money every season by having “Visit Malaysia” in its various forms on the front of the tops for free. As for court... we’ve still got to go to court over the Sala deal, tbh I think we should just pay it in full, put it in the past and move on (the money was apparently put into a separate account to pay it).
As for being “lucky to have Tan as an owner” I wouldn’t say lucky at all. He’s done good for us I do admit but he’s also done a lot of damage over the years and yes he has made up for it. I can’t see anybody else swallowing the debt the way Tan has.
Hope he does dig deep to push us back to the Prem
Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:43 pm
MoodyBluebird wrote:snoopystorm wrote:We’re in a better position now than we was a week ago, last week without signing we would have been looking at relegation battle, now we’re in with a good shot at promotion. We’re still losing a lot of money every season by having “Visit Malaysia” in its various forms on the front of the tops for free. As for court... we’ve still got to go to court over the Sala deal, tbh I think we should just pay it in full, put it in the past and move on (the money was apparently put into a separate account to pay it).
As for being “lucky to have Tan as an owner” I wouldn’t say lucky at all. He’s done good for us I do admit but he’s also done a lot of damage over the years and yes he has made up for it. I can’t see anybody else swallowing the debt the way Tan has.
Hope he does dig deep to push us back to the Prem
I wouldn't say we're "lucky to have Tan as an owner" either. I would say we're very lucky.
You only have to see how the standing of the club has grown since his arrival, compared to the total mismanagement of the club prior to him coming here. Yes the rebrand was not great but he put that right and has kept the club afloat in very difficult times.
Are you expecting an oil-rich sheikh with oodles of spare cash to turn up on our doorstep any time soon ?
Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:57 am
snoopystorm wrote:MoodyBluebird wrote:snoopystorm wrote:We’re in a better position now than we was a week ago, last week without signing we would have been looking at relegation battle, now we’re in with a good shot at promotion. We’re still losing a lot of money every season by having “Visit Malaysia” in its various forms on the front of the tops for free. As for court... we’ve still got to go to court over the Sala deal, tbh I think we should just pay it in full, put it in the past and move on (the money was apparently put into a separate account to pay it).
As for being “lucky to have Tan as an owner” I wouldn’t say lucky at all. He’s done good for us I do admit but he’s also done a lot of damage over the years and yes he has made up for it. I can’t see anybody else swallowing the debt the way Tan has.
Hope he does dig deep to push us back to the Prem
I wouldn't say we're "lucky to have Tan as an owner" either. I would say we're very lucky.
You only have to see how the standing of the club has grown since his arrival, compared to the total mismanagement of the club prior to him coming here. Yes the rebrand was not great but he put that right and has kept the club afloat in very difficult times.
Are you expecting an oil-rich sheikh with oodles of spare cash to turn up on our doorstep any time soon ?
That would be a great deal tbh![]()
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TBH Tan has had the club up for sale for years.... he will only listen to offers if they meet his valuation/criteria as mentioned time and again by Dalman and Choo.
It’s nice to see our club stable after the Ridsdale conglomerate years, but on the flip side we had better caliber of players with Ridsdale and Hamman.... since Tan has been here we’ve had ‘yes men’ managing the club, Ole was well out of his depth, he was given an open cheque book and didn’t go for the “best options available” he over paid for players and over payed wages too, since then NW worked to a tight budget for transfer fees and wages, NH has an even tighter budget and to be fair he’s done exceptionally well to get the players in that he has at the prices and reduce the wage bill.
As I said I hope he does dig deep if we get back to the Prem this year
Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:35 pm
snoopystorm wrote:Tony Blue Williams wrote:TBH I think the £36m Sky money is a bit of a red herring. Yes it will arrive in CCFC's bank account this season but it is probably only enough to cover this years wage bill if we are lucky.
We don't receive (rightly) any of the Championship TV money apart from when we are televised. Those amounts are pitiful in the great scheme of things as one poster quipped the £130k received for our televised game against Bristol C will only cover Harry Wilson's income for just over a month.
We have to play clever and think ahead. I would imagine we have an excellent FFP/P&S record over the past 3 years so if VT needs to bail us out then there is scope to do so without sanction, after all no-one wants to be the next Sheffield W.
As for the overall window I would have to say on paper it looks excellent but of course time will eventually be the Judge.
FFP has been suspended for this season due to Covid-19, teams can spend if they want hence Chelsea’s high transfer bill, teams will have next season to balance the books though