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You'd have a point if we were talking about a dollar amount. What I have repeatedly said is that the transfer budget is likely entirely dependent on player sales. In that respect it would be no more or less than what Aidy got. The point is that the sizable wage packets were made available...

C'mon man, I'm making an effort to have a discussion here. That doesn't help.

It's not about wanting a specific name. That would be an unfair demand, of course. It's more about wanting a profile of a possible buyer considering all that we know about the club. It's a money-hemorrhaging liability with zero assets. What kind of buyer has the money and the motivation to...

See, this is what I don't get. We, as fans, have been complaining for two or more years about SISU's unwillingness to dip into their pockets. We know that they only buy once they've sold. So why should Thorn, of all people, have believed any different? I don't think there's any 'twisting' in...

1. Not 'facts' at all, but suppositions. Unless you have access to the boardroom and their Powerpoint slides. 2. The budget is likely determined by player sales, eg if Thorn can sell a player then he gets X% back to spend. That would be keeping the consistency of the transfer budget, and also...

How do I know? Only AT and the board are privvy to that information. What I will say is that in the case of CCFC, it's been clear for a couple of years now that the 'transfer budget' is based on player sales, and it was a pretty lean summer for that. We also know that a substantial offer was...

I know the difference between a transfer budget and wages for starters... Yes, Keogh and Juke were signed, but you'd be nuts to think that it was anything more than a nominal fee for Keogh (from Carlisle) and a small downpayment for Juke. This, incidentally, came after a year in which Simpson...

I'd rather not, but that's more a reflection on some of the crazy ideas around here rather than any desire to be their champion.

Ha, Thorn 'promised the same transfer budget as last year' - City had a summer of free transfers in 2010. He knew what he was getting into.

SISU will service themselves. They are a hedge fund and their first obligation is to their investors, not the club. Bad publicity didn't stop Charles Koppel doing what he wanted to do with Wimbledon.

Was he? I have no recollection of that. And even if he was, he must have known what the score was, and his utter lack of experience give him no entitlements. Thorn took the job, rightly, because it was a huge step-up in his career. He's 45, I doubt anyone else was lining up to offer him a...

It's an important question, and needs to be considered by anyone pushing for an administration scenario. For all the talk about rich investors who want to own football clubs, how many actually have super-wealthy, super-generous owners? Why would a super-rich individual wish to pick up...

I would blame him if he walked away blaming SISU's stewardship. He should know as well as anyone that he was hired as the cheap option. He knew what he was taking on when he accepted the job...or does anyone believe that he was promised millions to spend? To walk away would be an actual...

That begs the question - why have they chosen to continue pumping money in rather than going into administration? The financial issues at CCFC are nothing new.

SISU are decent owners if we're talking about simply paying the bills. Hoffman...at this point all we know is that he served on the board, and made a failed bid to buy the club. There's no good reason to lionise him or to put him in the Dhinsa category either.

It is all very well to balance the books, but the problem is that you have to take a somewhat Keynesian approach to the growth of a club like CCFC. In other words, if SISU want to get to where they want, they need to pump significant money into the club: better players = more success = more fans...

That's misplaced irony. Southampton got extremely lucky to find a profoundly wealthy backer in Markus Libherr who, if rumours are to be believed, chose to save them partly based on religious motivations. My cousins have been hardcore Soton fans for 20 years, and they were terrified about the...

He wasn't everybody's cup of tea, but I always found him objective, insightful, and straight-talking on the radio - a good foil for Gurney. As for his CET reporting, he got quite a lot of scoops that make him look like Nick Davies in comparison to the hapless Turner. No question, though, that...