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I think its a very good analogy.
In 2003, DW contributed a (then) significant sum of money on quality players in an attempt to get Wigan from 3rd division to Premier league as quickly as possible. In 2015, the amount that would be needed to repeat the feat would be around 10 times the amount spent on the likes of Roberts, Ellington etc.
Wigan circa 2015 is about developing young local players, not buying imported merceneries.
Your understanding of that analogy is as subtle as a hand grenade is a barrel of sh1t. The ruse is to provide more information about a difficult concept by comparing it to an already understood idea. But then, it’s what I expected.
You ‘scattergun’ some information in your post relating to the money Mr Whelan contributed during a specific period in the clubs history. How much is ‘significant’? How do you realise the cost differential to be ’10 times the amount spent on the likes of Roberts, Ellington etc’? Why do you think that the boards policy may or may not have included the purchase of ‘imported merceneries’ (sic)? How would you explain or consider the relationship between total revenue profits of player purchases/sales and total costs when you calculate the overall value of the clubs overall business.
Now tell us all again how that was a good analogy.[/quote]
So are you saying my analogy was s**t?
I don’t know why I bother, but let me try and explain the finances again.
Imagine you’ve had a job that pays £40,000 pa. You’ve got yourself a nice house and bought a BMW.
However you lose that job. You’ve got some redundancy money coming your way, that will last a you a couple of years maybe, but after that you will have to claim benefits if you don’t find a job. You almost had one, but it fell through. Your income has hugely dropped.
Now – do you hold onto your BMW in the belief that it will get you to job interviews better (although it isn’t as reliable as it used to be and costs a fortune in petrol), or do you sell it, get yourself a smaller more economical job that could still get you to job interviews?
Are you able to now use the money you now have to continue to pay the gas, electric, council tax etc that still have to paid, while still being able to feed yourself and the family? Or do you hold onto the BMW, see your redundancy money disappear, and find you can’t pay the bills and become bankrupt?
Which is it to be?
Why are we selling our best players when we have raised several million on transfers and are still in receipt of parachute money?
If you need to ask that then you really do not understand football and its finances.
Talk about “deluded”!
I will certainly be going, but not panicking to get a ticket.
Don’t think there’ll be a rush on them :)
I went to watch Ashton Athletic in a friendly last night, and a fellow Latics fan jokingly said “we might be playing back here one day”.
I doubt it – but if we were then so be it. I’ll be there.
“Anyone know what pub the Millwall boys drink in? Planning an ambush before the game. Fire. Chairs. Bats. Madness.
They’ll be drinking in a pub somewhere near Port Vale that day. In case you weren’t aware, 3rd division clubs still have fixtures on international weekends.
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What’s that got to do with anything? He wasn’t referring to the rugby game. A bit of news for you – no-one gives a stuff about peanut hugging.
He wrote that in June about football.It’s Fleetwood we need to fear.
They’re rock hard, they are.
“Anyone know what pub the Millwall boys drink in? Planning an ambush before the game. Fire. Chairs. Bats. Madness.
They are trying something different to spread the gospel nowt wrong with that :dry:Because Millwall fans are exactly what everyone needs
Friendlies? What are they good for? Absolutely nothing, say it again…
Oh sorry – got carried away there.
People seem to miss the point of friendlies. It’s not about seeing how the squad play together necessarily. It’s looking at individual players in a match situation rather than training.
“Why did X only play 30 minutes if he’s going to be a regular?” Because that’s enough for the manager to see he’s OK, and have a look at someone else.
If you really judge how we’re going to do, how we’re going to play, who is going to play, etc etc, by friendlies then you need to give your heads a wobble.
Liverpool seemingly.
Obviously, they nick more sky boxes :evil: :evil: :evil: :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote]
That would only work as a stereotype joke if Everton were up there tooIn 1920 at Croke Park British troops without cause massacred 12 Irish men and 2 young lads watching a Gaelic football game (and that’s not hyperbole – it’s accepted by the British Government and the findings of a British Army inquiry of the time whose findings were hidden).
In 2007 the British anthem was listened to with respect and applauded by the crowd at that very same stadium, which has for nearly 90 years represented Republicanism.
McClean is showing a distasteful edge to his beliefs seriously out of kilter with others.
