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Looking like same old

Looking like same old

flipper said:
another one talking utter rubbish...the millions in the kitty eh? when will people realise the problem in football is clubs need to pay for themselves...the club must be run as a business so its the people of preston who need to turn out in larger numbers to put the money in the kitty!!
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That works both ways, folk aren't going to turn up if its nothing they fancy or a team that shows no real progress or ambition; even when they do only to be slagged off by folk supporting the club longer for being 'part-timers' 'shit fans' or even glory hunters.
 
Schemer said:
Yes, there probably is more money being put into the club than for many years but it's all relative isn't it? The fact is, the majority of Championship clubs are paying bigger wages and buying better players. Neil's budget is probably the 3rd or 4th lowest in the division. (And yes, we're probably also 3rd or 4th lowest for attendances too and don't have the benefit of parachute payments like some clubs do). So Neil and Grayson before him have done well to achieve the finished they have.

The fact is, though, Hemmings has stated that the aim is to progress year on year and to reach the Premier League. That aim has also been the basis of season ticket marketing. So, surely it's not unreasonable to expect the sole owner of the club to provide sufficient funds to enable that stated aim to be fulfilled? It's the fact that what Hemmings has said doesn't seem to be reflected by his actions - the training ground fiasco/scam being another example - that frustrates people and gives the strong impression that the club lacks real ambition.
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I had a quick look the other week, and I think we're about 8th lowest attendance-wise - so there's an argument for TH at least bringing our budget up to relative parity there, to make it the 8th lowest in the Championship.
 
Baxi - Sold Kilbane for £1m, reinvested straight away on Appleton £500k, Macken £250k and Murdock £140k. Total outlay = £890k or 89% of the incoming. Guess what, we bought some (rough at 1st with SJM) quality and we got promoted. 2 of them were sold on for profit, too.

Hemmings - Sold Hugill for £9.5m - £10m of which we got £8m, bought Stockley for £750k. Around 9.375% spent on a replacement. I do not see Stockley firing us to promotion. Do you?

Before people pipe up with 3 v 1 signings, Kilbane was our big big departure that summer whereas we have had Cunningham, Hugill and Robinson depart the past year or 2 whilst I expect 3 of these 6 minimum to leave in the summer - Davies, Pearson, Browne, DJ, Harrop, Maguire due to having 12 months left.

Baxi, for some of their faults, at least reinvested what was, at the time, big big incoming money from Kilbane.

Imagine if Hemmings just gave half of the Hugill money over this window to spend on at least one quality wow! signing. The type that makes you think "Fuck me, I can't wait till the next game".

Y'know, the type that causes excitement to run through your veins...

Whoops! I got over excited typing out the word "excitement".

I think signing David Healy was the last time I genuinely thought "Wow!!".

Time to get with the program PNE.
 
Ando60 said:
I may have to go and seek solace in a nice bottle of Red....... or I could go round to Edgys for some of Mrs Plunge’s chilli.
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Talking of "red", many years ago, 21 to be precise, on a holiday to France we brought back some cheap wines, and I have kept a 1998 Chateauneuf du pape and it has been in the wine rack ever since. This year we decided to open it on Christmas day, and let it breath for about an hour. I think we paid about £4 for it (approx. 40 francs) IT WAS AMAZING.
 
pnenycx said:
I've got a house and a car, getting feck all interest money from those. Costing me quite a bit mind you.
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Can we please stay on topic. We're talking about a billionaire's wealth.
 
NORTHENDRTOPS said:
Talking of "red", many years ago, 21 to be precise, on a holiday to France we brought back some cheap wines, and I have kept a 1998 Chateauneuf du pape and it has been in the wine rack ever since. This year we decided to open it on Christmas day, and let it breath for about an hour. I think we paid about £4 for it (approx. 40 francs) IT WAS AMAZING.
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To be fair, if you have a decent aerator, a lot of cheap reds will massively improve. Not saying anything against yours as it was certainly aged!! 🙂
 
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