Birch’s programme notes 12:09 - Dec 29 with 25454 views | marchamjack | Can’t do the linky thing on my phone...thanks in advance to whoever puts them up...if anyone is still in any doubt about Trev being a puppet of the Yanks, have a read 😠| ![](/images/avatars/9149.gif) |
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Birch’s programme notes on 11:48 - Jan 1 with 1438 views | Badlands |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:33 - Jan 1 by hammy | And how many clubs have achieved this mythical "legacy" status without a very rich sugar daddy backing them ? The football business model is a basket case and there are no winners without very deep pockets … |
and as for all that money coming in? What happened to it all? Because there's no evidence it was spent on transfers, wages and setting up facilities ... oh hang on! | ![](/images/avatars/23858.gif) |
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Birch’s programme notes on 11:49 - Jan 1 with 1429 views | londonlisa2001 |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:33 - Jan 1 by hammy | And how many clubs have achieved this mythical "legacy" status without a very rich sugar daddy backing them ? The football business model is a basket case and there are no winners without very deep pockets … |
Clubs aren’t at the same starting point as we were to be able to do it. Most clubs incur debt to get there. The unique advantages that we had at the start of the seven years were not capitalised on. They were wasted. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:50 - Jan 1 with 1425 views | Dr_Winston |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:48 - Jan 1 by Badlands | and as for all that money coming in? What happened to it all? Because there's no evidence it was spent on transfers, wages and setting up facilities ... oh hang on! |
It was all pissed away on transfers and wages. That's precisely the problem. Instead of sticking to recruiting players based on a style of play we binned all that, handed the reins of the team to the new Tony Pulis, and started signing players for the sake of it. | ![](/images/avatars/8802.gif) |
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Birch’s programme notes on 11:53 - Jan 1 with 1401 views | londonlisa2001 |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:48 - Jan 1 by Badlands | and as for all that money coming in? What happened to it all? Because there's no evidence it was spent on transfers, wages and setting up facilities ... oh hang on! |
It being spent on transfers and wages is exactly the issue. Thanks for elaborating on my point. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:55 - Jan 1 with 1382 views | 3swan |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:53 - Jan 1 by londonlisa2001 | It being spent on transfers and wages is exactly the issue. Thanks for elaborating on my point. |
Add paying off a number of managers and assistants | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:59 - Jan 1 with 1369 views | Dr_Winston |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:53 - Jan 1 by londonlisa2001 | It being spent on transfers and wages is exactly the issue. Thanks for elaborating on my point. |
Innit. Had we retained control of the wages, had we continued to insist upon relegation clauses, had we continued to recruit smartly, perhaps we'd have been in a much, much stronger position to bounce straight back up. We are where we are, in the state we are as a direct result of Jenkins and Co's mismanagment, and the failure of the owners to properly supervise them.
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Birch’s programme notes on 12:12 - Jan 1 with 1347 views | londonlisa2001 |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:59 - Jan 1 by Dr_Winston | Innit. Had we retained control of the wages, had we continued to insist upon relegation clauses, had we continued to recruit smartly, perhaps we'd have been in a much, much stronger position to bounce straight back up. We are where we are, in the state we are as a direct result of Jenkins and Co's mismanagment, and the failure of the owners to properly supervise them.
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I’ve said for years that I think one turning point was the recruitment of Gomis. We thought we were being clever bringing in a ‘free’ transfer like that. Did the same with Ayew. Costs out of control thereafter. Should have recruited someone who could run a multi million pound business when we went up. Could have easily done so (more than one) for the amounts paid to Jenkins and Dineen. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Birch’s programme notes on 12:25 - Jan 1 with 1333 views | waynekerr55 |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:55 - Jan 1 by 3swan | Add paying off a number of managers and assistants |
And big pay rises pre sale, even though we had to sell JonJo to stay solvent... | ![](/images/avatars/8681.gif) |
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Birch’s programme notes on 12:47 - Jan 1 with 1301 views | A_Fans_Dad |
Birch’s programme notes on 11:50 - Jan 1 by Dr_Winston | It was all pissed away on transfers and wages. That's precisely the problem. Instead of sticking to recruiting players based on a style of play we binned all that, handed the reins of the team to the new Tony Pulis, and started signing players for the sake of it. |
Not quite all of it, some of it went in to paying over the top prices for some of the work done for the club wasn't it? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Birch’s programme notes on 12:48 - Jan 1 with 1298 views | dobjack2 |
Birch’s programme notes on 12:12 - Jan 1 by londonlisa2001 | I’ve said for years that I think one turning point was the recruitment of Gomis. We thought we were being clever bringing in a ‘free’ transfer like that. Did the same with Ayew. Costs out of control thereafter. Should have recruited someone who could run a multi million pound business when we went up. Could have easily done so (more than one) for the amounts paid to Jenkins and Dineen. |
Yep - free transfer means big signing on fee and wages. Big wages means others wanting pay rises and so it spiralled. The more desperate our recruitment became, the more power transferred to the player and their agents. Up go the wages out go any real relegation clauses in new contracts. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Birch’s programme notes on 14:10 - Jan 1 with 1254 views | Dr_Winston |
Birch’s programme notes on 12:12 - Jan 1 by londonlisa2001 | I’ve said for years that I think one turning point was the recruitment of Gomis. We thought we were being clever bringing in a ‘free’ transfer like that. Did the same with Ayew. Costs out of control thereafter. Should have recruited someone who could run a multi million pound business when we went up. Could have easily done so (more than one) for the amounts paid to Jenkins and Dineen. |
For a player Monk had no idea how to use properly. Can't disagree. | ![](/images/avatars/8802.gif) |
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