Hes also the reason we had the likes of Keane and co i guess not that i am pro RichardsonThat man should be kept a million miles away - he’s a big reason we’re where we are
Bit random, why are they interviewing him?
Can't listen to it at work so will have to wait until later. Doubt he's going to reveal anything we haven't heard before though.
Possibly... but the whole selling Highfield Road and the deals to build the Ricoh Arena surely outweigh the 6 months we had of Robbie KeaneHes also the reason we had the likes of Keane and co i guess not that i am pro Richardson
Hes also the reason we had the likes of Keane and co i guess not that i am pro Richardson
To be honest if I recall - Robinson funded Keane basically to flip him for profit. That still could have happened.Vicious circle. "the likes of Keane", players we couldn't afford to pay. Got into debt, sold HR, got into even more debt, moved to Ricoh, etc etc.
In hindsight (easy I know), I would rather we hadn't watched and paid McAllister, Keane and co, consolidated our position and finances and stayed at HR. How things could be different now.
Obviously impossible to ever know for sure but the ITV Digital collapse caused big problems for a lot of club. Add in relegation from the PL and trying to build a new ground and even if we'd been run perfectly to that point its not hard to imagine it causing a few headaches.I’d imagine the Honduran and Peruvian adventures didn’t pay off like they wanted on top of renting back HR, ITV Digital collapse and paying for a stadium we couldn’t afford had more to do with the financial disaster
To be honest if I recall - Robinson funded Keane basically to flip him for profit. That still could have happened.
I’d imagine the Honduran and Peruvian adventures didn’t pay off like they wanted on top of renting back HR, ITV Digital collapse and paying for a stadium we couldn’t afford had more to do with the financial disaster
I’m very much in agreement with you - Richardson is for me the devil incarnate. If I recall a lot of the stadium plan was built on England getting the 06 World Cup and the grants from FIFA and the FA we’d have receivedTrue Robinson did pay for Keane. However, we were paying McAllister 20K a week for example. Easy to blame ITV Digital. We seem to be the only team who have moved out of their own stadium twice in recent years. You may blame other factors. Richardson, for me, is the catalyst to our current issues.
Trotting out the man that started all this probably isn’t best ideaThis is about ramping up the PR against the council
To be honest if I recall - Robinson funded Keane basically to flip him for profit. That still could have happened.
I’d imagine the Honduran and Peruvian adventures didn’t pay off like they wanted on top of renting back HR, ITV Digital collapse and paying for a stadium we couldn’t afford had more to do with the financial disaster
Yes but that was also the model that brought in the three players in your username. None of H, D or W arrive at Coventry without the Newmarket scheme he Introduced.
What was the Newmarket Scheme?
That individual investors (usu G Robinson iirc) bought players and cd take a share of the profits if they moved one for higher fees. My understanding is it’s the sort of scheme that got West Ham in so much trouble with the Tevez signing. I’ll dig around for some references to it...
I accept this, but the building of the RA is the catalyst to our downfall - it was his brainchild.Yes but that was also the model that brought in the three players in your username. None of H, D or W arrive at Coventry without the Newmarket scheme he Introduced.
This id imagine is not technically banned - as they’d be owned by the club, the money was provided by a director - I just suppose he’d have a say at when the player is soldAh yeah, third party ownership type stuff? Guess it is all banned now.
I accept this, but the building of the RA is the catalyst to our downfall - it was his brainchild.
This id imagine is not technically banned - as they’d be owned by the club, the money was provided by a director - I just suppose he’d have a say at when the player is sold
Dublin signed in 95 didn’t he? The model weren’t around until 98Dublin said that when he signed for Cov, Richardson showed him a model of the sliding roof/sliding pitch arena that we would be moving to “soon”!
Dublin said that when he signed for Cov, Richardson showed him a model of the sliding roof/sliding pitch arena that we would be moving to “soon”!
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