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The fact that Blitz kept the land and gave up the club with ease, tells us all we need to know in that regard....

I don’t think we’re far off Phoenix territory.....

You still love him Alf, don’t you? He might be a lovely fella, but he was out of his depth here and at Halifax. A shocking gamble by Corney & his cronies inc Big Bad Baz.

Top post. All the best to you. After what you suffered you deserve it. I hope our time comes one day.

I can’t argue with that. It’d be nice to get hysterical about Latics achieving something, alas I suspect i’ll be a while longer yet. If it could be when my little boy is just getting into football that would fkin handy.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/premier-league-epl-efl-league-one-two-championship-miguel-delaney-a8926126.html

.....of course.... but the investment now - including renting out of their new stadium to London Irish, will see them become self sufficient in the near future..... and £50m profit on transfers for Brentford should not be brushed under the carpet either, it’s unbelievable trading for a club of that stature, demonstrating what can be done. Benham is a class act and a man with a proper business Plan. I live just up the road and know a few Brentford fans who give me the lo-down every now and again. They’re all so grateful he’s their owner and he one of their own.

....has he not accepted a position on the board because his company are employed / paid money, by Mr. Lemsagam? I.e His money and the money of those he knows / has access to, are irrelevant?

If you remove/ignore the prediction and look at things today, I don’t believe - unless you are one of the big 6/7 - there has been progress. ...I guess you could argue Burnley too.... but the majority of those clubs gate crashing the greedy league do so from the benevolence of rich benefactors, as opposed to organically.... and as a result, are often unsustainable. See Bolton.

....but they wanted more. To be free to negotiate their own terms and to hell with the 3 leagues beneath them.... leagues they could be relegated to if they recruited poorly, or appointed the wrong manager. I reckon you could manage City to a champions league place.

....the day the top 22 clubs - and we were one of them - voted to leave the football league and set up a separate league able to retain the vast, vast majority of money generated, was the day the gap began to widen. Now, if you agree wholeheartedly with free market economics - I’ve just watched the Thatcher documentary on BBC2 - then I agree with you both, there is nothing wrong with it. The problem is, it just perpetuates the security of the richest clubs at the top table. United, Liverpool, Spurs, City & Chelsea (numerous times) were relegated between the 60s and the 80s..... they will NEVER be relegated again. This filters down - via parachute payments, able to invest in infrastructure, with those clubs that yoyo between the top two Tiers. They acquire the potential customers of smaller clubs/businesses and mop up all the available workforce by employing hundreds of more employees than they could once afford.... so the mini-marts will NEVER be able to compete without enormous injection of funds, or without borrowing that will see them go out of business if their gamble fails. Wimbledon, Northampton, Carlisle, Luton, Oxford, us.... all teams that made it to the promised land on merit before the Premier League began, it won’t happen again. I firmly believe we will see many L1 & L2 clubs go out of business in the years to come, and both leagues will eventually end up as regional leagues again (Div 3 N & S) and probably part time. Is this progress? I’d suggest not.

....but Accy will NEVER be able to compete in the Championship, say, because a) The system is so f*cked in favour of the few and b) because he’s unwilling to gamble their very existence on trying to. His answer is fairer regulation to encourage more responsible behaviour for all, to protect what are in effect assets of community value, as opposed to capitalist companies that should expect mergers/acquisitions, to be liquidated and created at will. I marvel at the hypocrisy of some folk I know, liberals or socialists, who deplore the city, bankers, fat cats and yet celebrate the opening of their multi billion pound stadia and multi millionaire footballers without any concern for the lower league football club down the road who can’t afford the gas bill.

Do a quick search on his name on Twitter and there’s plenty of Dutch folk ridiculing him. His CV does look interesting however....

Andries Jonker? 1/2 on BetVictor.

I am led to believe the match maker was Adam Pearson - Hull RFC owner and formerly involved with Hull City, Leeds United & Derby County, however Adam Morallee lists this as one of his cases, so Brandsmiths could easily by the common denominator. Leeds United v The Football League (Independent Arbitral Tribunal) [2014]

Apols if posted elsewhere; https://trustoldham.co.uk/trust-club-meeting-notes-from-03-05-19/ I'm particularly drawn to the suggestion that Mr. Lemsagam says he is increasing our playing budget next season by a significant amount.

Interesting. The insinuation being that he had let finances/budget get out of control, something of course be may deny. Should be a match made in heaven with Liesagain.

So what are the Play Off finals? Championship: @aidan_latics v @HarryBosch League One: @al_bro v @Nohairdontcare ......with @maddog missing out? The Championship Play Off has the smell of Leeds v Aston Villa doesn't it? I'll leave you all to decide who you think Leeds is.......

I assume Liesagain - he said he was moving his family over here in an early interview he gave - is back in Dubai now.

...how very optimistic of you.

He did..... but then he resigned..... I'll do my own maths from there.....