Swollen ankles 0 Posted February 1, 2013 We would be no better than Leeds, Pompey etc in 3 years max. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0 Posted February 2, 2013 Got to agree we would have debts up to our eyeballs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
City 2nd 191 Posted February 2, 2013 HoltsDerbyDayHattrick wrote the following post at 02/02/2013 2:00 PM:Got to agree we would have debts up to our eyeballs. Errrrr, aren''t we in the process of paying off the remnants of an 11 million pound debt this season, accrued over the last several years before McNally was brought in, and who in fact renegotiated the bank loan to enable the club to survive?Who was to blame for that scenario - certainly not the supporters! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0 Posted February 2, 2013 City 2nd I am sure many fans would have put us in worse debt at least McNally has nearly got us out of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zak Van Burger 0 Posted February 2, 2013 I suspect the same financial experts who advocated putting money we haven''t budgeted on the january transfer roulette wheel would be the first to beat their wives upon learning she''d blown the rent and the housekeeping down the bingo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mahogany 0 Posted February 2, 2013 Yep, no point gambling with the long term future of the club by spending more than we can afford. Our worst case scenario now is getting relegated with very large parachute payments to come as well as a battlechest saved from the current campaign. If we''d paid over the odds for Hooper etc our worst case would still be getting relegated, but also having to sell our best players to try and stabilize our finances. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,530 Posted February 2, 2013 [quote user="Zak Burger"]I suspect the same financial experts who advocated putting money we haven''t budgeted on the january transfer roulette wheel would be the first to beat their wives upon learning she''d blown the rent and the housekeeping down the bingo.[/quote] You will find all sorts of opinions on a message-board, but I don''t think anything like the majority of posters here suggested spending money this January that hadn''t been budgeted for. A very few at most. The argument is not whether we should have spent money we didn''t have, but over the fact that we hardly spent any of the money the board had budgeted for by making available for spending. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zak Van Burger 0 Posted February 2, 2013 [quote user="PurpleCanary"][quote user="Zak Burger"]I suspect the same financial experts who advocated putting money we haven''t budgeted on the january transfer roulette wheel would be the first to beat their wives upon learning she''d blown the rent and the housekeeping down the bingo.[/quote] You will find all sorts of opinions on a message-board, but I don''t think anything like the majority of posters here suggested spending money this January that hadn''t been budgeted for. A very few at most. The argument is not whether we should have spent money we didn''t have, but over the fact that we hardly spent any of the money the board had budgeted for by making available for spending.[/quote]there''s a double argument forming here, if we had budgeted £x and for example Hooper would have cost £x + £y should we have 1) Found £y that we hadn''t budgeted for or 2) Ignored Hooper and spent £x on "any" other available players aka planB?The screaming albeit tiny horde wanted solution 1, others wanted solution 2 and took the failure of the club to implement this solution to mean that there was no Plan B for the jan window. I''m of the opinion that there were more than two options available to the club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,265 Posted February 2, 2013 We''re all closet qualified Football Refs, major business/company Chief Execs, Government Ministers, High Court Judges, ex Professional Footballers, Oxford Graduates, Millionaire tycoons, Top chefs, Accountants, Male/Female Models, Sex icons and Formula one drivers etc, etc, etc.... Me?......I''m just a lawnmower......you can tell me by the way I walk...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites