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To paraphrase one of the great tv adverts of the 80’s

This is the man who put 1b debt on red, but can’t get in the black.
This is the man who ‘married’ into the Glazers, just as they laughed all the way to the bank.
This is the man who moved into Trafford, just as the smart money left it alone.

This is the man who drives a Grenadier

 
JASR said:
Come on Brighton, end the never-ending home tie (matchday income), tv arse-licking (broadcast income) in the FA cup, just like Grimsby did in the LC.

If they go out of FA cup in 3rd round, and fail to get CL position… then next years financial results are going to be awash with even more red ink …
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40 games for a full season if they lose to Brighton, must be a record/ joint.?
 
Kinell 1bn? Is there any other club allowed that sort of debt yet keep on spending on players, it’s fucking farsical how these cunts get away with it.
Supposedly the biggest club in the world with 650m fans worldwide yet somehow
Are still in business. They have a rotating credit facility which is allowed but 1 fucking billion!!. This after fucking off 100s of loyal employees and all the other cuts they’ve made. I think all their eggs are in the new stadium basket, it’ll takes years and years to pay that amount off with the interest alone almost wiping out what little profit they make. Long may it continue. SCUM!!
 
JASR said:
Come on Brighton, end the never-ending home tie (matchday income), tv arse-licking (broadcast income) in the FA cup, just like Grimsby did in the LC.

If they go out of FA cup in 3rd round, and fail to get CL position… then next years financial results are going to be awash with even more red ink …
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CNUTS
 
Is there an actual headline saying they are 1bn in debt or is it the usual powderpuffed, sugarcoated fuckin bollocks saying how great they are and how well they have done cutting their cloth and sacking loads of staff?
 
roach3 said:
Kinell 1bn? Is there any other club allowed that sort of debt yet keep on spending on players, it’s fucking farsical how these cunts get away with it.
Supposedly the biggest club in the world with 650m fans worldwide yet somehow
Are still in business. They have a rotating credit facility which is allowed but 1 fucking billion!!. This after fucking off 100s of loyal employees and all the other cuts they’ve made. I think all their eggs are in the new stadium basket, it’ll takes years and years to pay that amount off with the interest alone almost wiping out what little profit they make. Long may it continue. SCUM!!
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UEFA and the Premier League will be conducting a full 10 year non stop inquiry into this, hundreds of charges coming their way and in this case they might well not be bollocks.
 
roach3 said:
Kinell 1bn? Is there any other club allowed that sort of debt yet keep on spending on players, it’s fucking farsical how these cunts get away with it.
Supposedly the biggest club in the world with 650m fans worldwide yet somehow
Are still in business. They have a rotating credit facility which is allowed but 1 fucking billion!!. This after fucking off 100s of loyal employees and all the other cuts they’ve made. I think all their eggs are in the new stadium basket, it’ll takes years and years to pay that amount off with the interest alone almost wiping out what little profit they make. Long may it continue. SCUM!!
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And the best part of this is they haven't paid a penny off the debt and the costs of servicing it keeps going up, they've no staff left to sack, the scum have nowhere left to turn. Happy Days
 
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BlueMonkey79 said:
They've had precisely 3 Saturday 3pm kick offs this season.

PL busting a gut to finance them.
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From now until 7 Feb (after which the tv schedules have not been decided) EVERY ONE OF RAG’S MATCHES IS ON TV (I make that the next 11 of their games)

There is definitely some brown envelopes being passed by scruffy Jim to the media to help him with their HUGE debt.

What other explanation is there!!
 
Blue Mist said:
When City drew Exeter in the cup, all we heard about was how the underdogs were skint, how a bumper crowd and the gate money would keep them afloat, how thousands would come to support them in the desperate hope of glory.

I suppose it's the same for the rags against Brentford.

Just sayin'
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The rags are playing Brighton.
 
CC1 said:
From now until 7 Feb (after which the tv schedules have not been decided) EVERY ONE OF RAG’S MATCHES IS ON TV (I make that the next 11 of their games)

There is definitely some brown envelopes being passed by scruffy Jim to the media to help him with their HUGE debt.

What other explanation is there!!
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The country is infested with rags and the tv companies are cashing in on it….
 
This might be a daft question, but who are they actually in debt to?
I mean, is there a specific bank or company that is clearly stated as being the lenders?

And furthermore, could it be possible that the glaziers themselves are the lenders, via some clever jiggery-pokery accounting through another business, so that in fact they are themselves receiving the interest on the debt?


@Prestwich_Blue you know about these sort things. Am i being fanciful?
 
pepguardiola'smoustache said:
This might be a daft question, but who are they actually in debt to?
I mean, is there a specific bank or company that is clearly stated as being the lenders?

And furthermore, could it be possible that the glaziers themselves are the lenders, via some clever jiggery-pokery accounting through another business, so that in fact they are themselves receiving the interest on the debt?
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That wouldn’t surprise me at all.

The debt was originally put on the club to pay for it, wasn’t it?

High-level economics is not my sphere of expertise, but it’s ludicrous to me that debt isn’t taken into account, when assessing à club’s viability under FFPR or PSR or whatever the latest idea is to try and screw the only team in Manchester.

Hopefully, if and when the regulator is in place, he or she will start taking steps in that direction.
 
pepguardiola'smoustache said:
This might be a daft question, but who are they actually in debt to?
I mean, is there a specific bank or company that is clearly stated as being the lenders?

And furthermore, could it be possible that the glaziers themselves are the lenders, via some clever jiggery-pokery accounting through another business, so that in fact they are themselves receiving the interest on the debt?


@Prestwich_Blue you know about these sort things. Am i being fanciful?
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It’s in two parts the debt the Glazers bought the club with and then their operating debt. The operating debt has gone up with their summer transfer activities, which is shocking considering all the lay offs they made to save money. Their policy of paying for players over an extremely long period of time means they are still paying for Sancho and Casemiro’s transfers as an example. They simply don’t have the cash reserves to pay up front to shorten the payment periods.

The piss funny thing is after all the noise the raggy fan base made about boycotting the Glazers and reducing their revenue streams. The merchandising and retail part of the business was one area of the business which showed growth from last years accounts. You can’t make this shit up.
 
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