Has the Prince got any money to spend?

[brownie4583]

Has the Prince got any serious money to invest in the playing squad or not?
Up to now it seems not even though players have gone out we have only got 1 loan player in,and surely if he has got a few million to spend we would have signed a couple of good players for a fee by now,£300,000 each for example,to improve the squad.
Rotherham have shipped out a few players and brought in a few players on average crowds of 7-8,000 and are 5th in the league after being promoted last season and their income must surely be around half of ours.
It's about time Princey got his cheque book out.....tight t**t

 

[Rodley]

I guess we'll see in the summer, as they have repeatedly said to the press.

 

[Snowman]

The guy is not mega cash rich like some of the Premiership owners and I suppose if he had a few million to use at the start of the season most of that got frittered away paying off Weir and all the back room buddies. I am also told that FFP comes into it but that never seems to worry other clubs.

 

[Blade58]

The guy is not mega cash rich like some of the Premiership owners and I suppose if he had a few million to use at the start of the season most of that got frittered away paying off Weir and all the back room buddies. I am also told that FFP comes into it but that never seems to worry other clubs.

There's somat dodgy about FFP rules. Take Coventry as an example. How can they be ambling along with players that must be on a fair screw, have their transfer embargo (one in = one out) lifted all on home gates of around 2,500? Just doesn't make sense

Their embargo has just been lifted due to proving they have some sort of investment behind them. So surely, as a club with much higher revenue streams coming in together with some so called investment behind us, surely we should not be disadvantaged? There has to be ways and means around it

 

[Kenilworth]

Having no ground must mean lower overheads. No running costs bar a fee per match day must be one factor.
Having better players to begin with is another
Having a youth team striker break into the first team and score goals is another.

 

[raul]

We haven't got a ground either Kenny.presumably all overheads you describe are also factored out of our costs too??

 

[Blade58]

Having no ground must mean lower overheads. No running costs bar a fee per match day must be one factor.
Having better players to begin with is another
Having a youth team striker break into the first team and score goals is another.

True, but the flip side is that they have virtually no match day income, corporate or otherwise. 2500 (Whats that equate to £60K? = £30k/week) paying fans once a fortnight cannot sustain players/backroom staff/travel/hotels etc wage bill and whatever else in terms of overhead imo

As a side note, are they still not in dispute over rent owed for use of the Ricoh?

The point I'm making is that someone is propping them up with some investment. Their wage bill has to exceed 65% of their income which means that surely there has to be ways around FFP.?

 

[Pollingtonblade]

The Investment is about as real as a trannys fanny. Said so when it was announced after deadline day, yet another quote in the long line of bollox from Kevin 'Beattie has flu' Mcabe.

 

[BerksBlade]

I have to admit I'm struggling to see the "game-changing" funds we were promised.
[Although I did make an assumption that games would be changed for the better!]

 

[The Glasshouse Blade]

I still believe

 

[shorehamview]

We've been linked by the media to a player that Clough has said he's not interested in, yet because we've not bought the player our manager doesn't want our prince is suddenly skint. There's no pleasing some people.

 

[Maidenhead]

I know that Mr McCabe has made some mistakes in his time but I can't believe that he has written off the debt owed to him and given away half his shares without having done his due diligence.

On that basis, and based on the comments about the importance of avoiding relegation made when Weir was sacked, I think we should wait until the summer when Clough will be able to significantly reshape his squad whereas now he can only tinker around the edges.

I can't see any argument for hasty decisions now as long as the management feel that we will not go down, and recent form certainly indicates that we will be safe come May.

I also believe that the Prince is contractually obliged to inject funds over a period of time but probably feels that there is no benefit in panic buying now if the players Clough wants are not available.

 

[bladesadviser]

I have to say I can normally follow rules in football but the FFP seems to be made up as they go along or used by clubs who don't want to spend any money.
The only punishment seems to be a transfer embargo so surely you get all the players you want in, pay them what you want then get embargoed and are not allowed to buy any more however you don't need to buy anymore players because you have got them in before the embargo

 

[Pinchy]

The Investment is about as real as a trannys fanny. Said so when it was announced after deadline day, yet another quote in the long line of bollox from Kevin 'Beattie has flu' Mcabe.

The bollox is from you mate. How on earth does it benefit KM or HRH to come up with a load of flannel about investment that doesn't exist, given that it's bound to be exposed very quickly? On your analysis they are voluntarily setting themselves up for ridicule as charlatans without any benefit to them whatsoever. To what point or purpose?

I've asked this repeatedly and nobody has an answer, just bluster. That's because there isn't an answer that makes the slightest sense.

Do have a think, rather than jerking your knees like a demented puppet on a string.

P.S. Baxter and Cuvelier were not delivered by the Tooth Fairy.

 

[grafikhaus]

We've been linked by the media to a player that Clough has said he's not interested in, yet because we've not bought the player our manager doesn't want our prince is suddenly skint. There's no pleasing some people.

True. If he hasn't got any money, there's nothing we can do about it. Anybody who thought we were going to be Man. City Mk. II is deluded (the kind of thing Wendy would be creaming about - remember Wendski?)

All we can hope is that NC gets the players we have motivated and climbing away from the bottom of this God-awful division.

 

[Pinchy]

I know that Mr McCabe has made some mistakes in his time but I can't believe that he has written off the debt owed to him and given away half his shares without having done his due diligence.

On that basis, and based on the comments about the importance of avoiding relegation made when Weir was sacked, I think we should wait until the summer when Clough will be able to significantly reshape his squad whereas now he can only tinker around the edges.

I can't see any argument for hasty decisions now as long as the management feel that we will not go down, and recent form certainly indicates that we will be safe come May.

I also believe that the Prince is contractually obliged to inject funds over a period of time but probably feels that there is no benefit in panic buying now if the players Clough wants are not available.

You are absolutely right but it's all part of the conspiracy, you know.

Neil Armstrong and the Roswell Alien are joining the board in February.

 

[itsinyerblood]

The Investment is about as real as a trannys fanny. Said so when it was announced after deadline day, yet another quote in the long line of bollox from Kevin 'Beattie has flu' Mcabe.

As predicting is your talent, could you please provide the winning numbers on tonight's lottery?

With thanks in advance.

 

[shorehamview]

As predicting is your talent, could you please provide the winning numbers on tonight's lottery?

With thanks in advance.

Given my wife's track record in picking winning lottery numbers you can rule out the ones we've got if that helps.

 

[sheffielder]

You are absolutely right but it's all part of the conspiracy, you know.

Neil Armstrong and the Roswell Alien are joining the board in February.

Remember to check for shadows

 

[Pinchy]

Given my wife's track record in picking winning lottery numbers you can rule out the ones we've got if that helps.

Take a tip from me - Never buy a lucky dip. They take those numbers out of the draw.

 

[itsinyerblood]

Given my wife's track record in picking winning lottery numbers you can rule out the ones we've got if that helps.

shorehamview, don't you know that tea-leaves are so last year?

The fashionable way to predict on the lottery is to count the number of red cars that pass your house in less than a minute. Far more scientific, and at least it suggests you keep up with modern trends. UTB

 

[Pinchy]

shorehamview, don't you know that tea-leaves are so last year?

The fashionable way to predict on the lottery is to count the number of red cars that pass your house in less than a minute. Far more scientific, and at least it suggests you keep up with modern trends. UTB

I'm a lighthouse keeper. What the fuck am I supposed to do?

 

[itsinyerblood]

I'm a lighthouse keeper. What the fuck am I supposed to do?

Count the quantity of seagull droppings? Or, and this might help, does a full moon coincide with the euro lottery?

 

[oldblade]

I can't see any argument for hasty decisions now as long as the management feel that we will not go down, and recent form certainly indicates that we will be safe come May.

I also believe that the Prince is contractually obliged to inject funds over a period of time but probably feels that there is no benefit in panic buying now if the players Clough wants are not available.

That depends on how you define recent form.

In our last 5 games we have picked up just 5 points. That is relegation form, particularly when you consider that 4 of those matches were against relegation threatened sides of which we managed to lose one, draw two and win only one.

I would suggest recent form is at best in conclusive.

 

[Maidenhead]

That depends on how you define recent form.

In our last 5 games we have picked up just 5 points. That is relegation form, particularly when you consider that 4 of those matches were against relegation threatened sides of which we managed to lose one, draw two and win only one.

I would suggest recent form is at best in conclusive.

only the end result is ever conclusive in football but form since Clough took over SUGGESTS that we will be safe come May

 

[shorehamview]

I'm a lighthouse keeper. What the fuck am I supposed to do?

Plug the big lamp in for starters.

 

[oldblade]

only the end result is ever conclusive in football but form since Clough took over SUGGESTS that we will be safe come May

No. It suggests we might be safe.

I think form can be fairly conclusive. For example, had we taken 10 or 12 points from those four matches against our relegation threatened rivals, I think you could reasonably say we would be highly likely to avoid relegation comfortably. But we didn't.