who'd a thought it, this mook posting something negative

We also have more football clubs in trouble, businesses going belly up - money is a bit tight at moment I think. Are you blaming franchises for this too ? I was watching a documentary the other week about the banking collapse, and RL was mentioned as the first domino to push the rest over because of franchising - Northern Rock had nowt over problems this caused the financial world. One quote from a financier on the Tokyo stock exchange was quoted as saying "That boody wewis haaz a lock to answer for!"


Just my little joke against the exagerations that are said on here.

Its irrelevant to me because unlike RL football fans would not have it. Football season is actually supported week in week out, and is nationwide with excellent facilities for supporters. Promotion and relegation is exciting, so why change it?
But getting back to my football club, we last won league in 1968 with all English side (sounds familiar), with a side comprised of a lot of lower league players who became legends. This will never happen again. Thats how football has progressed. OK, PL is biggest league in the world with all that money and media attention - but clubs deffo not doing things the right way.

No club is in financial difficulty because of franchising , as for the rest I wont disagree

Ohh I dunno Steve how many are in credit at the bank?

But nothing would be different if we still had P and R Fred , the reason most clubs are basically insolvent is because they dont follow basic business principles , but instead treat clubs almost as charities , requiring donations to survive

As we were discussing at the weekend , Ted Moult



If what you sell wont pay the bills , find new things to sell , hardly ' Rocket surgery ' as Big barrie would say