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Press Conference

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These two have given me a twitch in the trouser department!

Both spoke with confidence and were genuinely excited about the club, can't wait for them to get started.


Exciting times on the way.
 
Grumpy Old Man said:
Probably the same wealth bracket as Burnley's owners. Run a football club as a proper business and you end up not spending your own wealth.
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Aye, I think small budget teams can do well in the championship with momentum and good management (See Millwall this year, Burnely, Swansea or Blackpool before). This is not itself a problem for me and I think even with no money at all we would be fine in League One, however, we will need to get the management decision correct straight away and start building a squad with the right kind of players in it. Momentum and squad togetherness will be key for us to try and move forward.

Also I do wonder if our fans have the patience to adjust expectations accordingly, I suppose we will just have to! It is a bit of a shame/ quite scary we no longer have the cash to just blow teams out the water as its all I have known in my lifetime tbh.
 
I enjoyed watching that. I think they come across considered, enthusiastic and confident. Good luck to them, I suspect they've put a hefty chunk of their own finances into this.
 
HarrogateMackem said:
Aye, I think small budget teams can do well in the championship with momentum and good management (See Millwall this year, Burnely, Swansea or Blackpool before). This is not itself a problem for me and I think even with no money at all we would be fine in League One, however, we will need to get the management decision correct straight away and start building a squad with the right kind of players in it. Momentum and squad togetherness will be key for us to try and move forward.

Also I do wonder if our fans have the patience to adjust expectations accordingly, I suppose we will just have to! It is a bit of a shame/ quite scary we no longer have the cash to just blow teams out the water as its all I have known in my lifetime tbh.
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Wages wise we should be able to in League one? Our turnover will still be bigger than all the other clubs in the division.
 
Jgrainger said:
Not sure why anyone would be worried. Debt free, 40mill paid for the club and we will have by far the biggest budget in League 1 next season.
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Because the £40 million hasn’t been paid yet. It’s due to be paid in instalments. If they can’t pay it then Short gets paid through the parachute payments.
The danger is that if things don’t work out - we don’t get promoted as quickly as they hope or they can’t reduce our wages etc. as planned - then these two may not have the required funds available.
The international consortium which we - and presumably Short - were promised; and which could have mitigated any risk - hasn’t materialised.
You have to wonder; had Short known the international investors would back out, would he have still chosen these two over the local fans consortium with Quincy as vice chairman?
 
ftm1974 said:
Because the £40 million hasn’t been paid yet. It’s due to be paid in instalments. If they can’t pay it then Short gets paid through the parachute payments.
The danger is that if things don’t work out - we don’t get promoted as quickly as they hope or they can’t reduce our wages etc. as planned - then these two may not have the required funds available.
The international consortium which we - and presumably Short - were promised; and which could have mitigated any risk - hasn’t materialised.
You have to wonder; had Short known the international investors would back out, would he have still chosen these two over the local fans consortium with Quincy as vice chairman?
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Thought he was dead
 
ftm1974 said:
Because the £40 million hasn’t been paid yet. It’s due to be paid in instalments. If they can’t pay it then Short gets paid through the parachute payments.
The danger is that if things don’t work out - we don’t get promoted as quickly as they hope or they can’t reduce our wages etc. as planned - then these two may not have the required funds available.
The international consortium which we - and presumably Short - were promised; and which could have mitigated any risk - hasn’t materialised.
You have to wonder; had Short known the international investors would back out, would he have still chosen these two over the local fans consortium with Quincy as vice chairman?
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I honestly believe that Donald would have all this considered. I think the £40 mill would have been paid via installments regardless of any kind of investment from elsewhere.
 
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