If selling clubs looked into the finances of purchasing clubs there would be no more transfers!Then again, surely in this sort of deal the onus is on the selling club to carry out appropriate due diligence. Bolton's financial problems are widely reported, why did FGR believe they could afford £1m?
Why arent teams dragging their players back after the first month of them not paying wages?
Surely that is where the fit and proper stuff should come in? I know it doesn't do too much but that's exactly the sort of stuff it should be finding out.
When a club is on deaths door I do wonder whether the 'fit and proper' test is carried out as strictly... I'm assuming not given the lack of time available for it to be conducted.
Surely with things like that it's public knowledge to find stuff like that out? Same as credit checks etc.
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This seems to think he passed because his ban from being a director was up... Surely that's like saying a convicted money launderer could run a club because they have done their time in jail?
There's not much point in it really if it still allows them to carry on.
It's hard to say on a moral basis if people are fit and proper as a lot of it is opinion but when there's convictions involved it's there in black and white.
That's the problem, believing someone shouldn't own a football club from a moral standpoint is subjective and will never hold up. Another example is the Nottingham Forest owner. Previously was charged with match fixing offences whilst chairman/owner of Olympiakos but was still allowed to take over the Forest. I suppose our judicial system is 'innocent until proven guilty' but come on 90% of the time there's no smoke without fire. He's now being tried for bribery charges.
The FL is useless.
When it's there in black and white it's not the same as subjective. Not sure why they would allowed somebody who has dabbled in match fixing (a sport related crime as well).
Well no but I more was getting at the FL can't deny someone taking over a club due to a moral basis. E.g. The Osytons for instance who clearly use it as a cash cow.
But yeah like you said the Forest Chairman was under trial whilst he was taking over Forest. You have to worry about the effectiveness of the 'fit and proper test' when plain and simple it allows criminals to run football clubs. It's clear to me that realistically their standpoint is: if your bank account checks out then you're good to go.
I imagine the test is they call the person in and say are you fit “yes” are you proper “yes” ok you’ll do for us
Blimey, selfish c-unit.The Times report today that Bolton owner Anderson bought the club for £1 in 2015
He paid himself £525k in consultancy fees last year
But in 2005 he was banned from being a company director for 8 years for offences relating to 8 companies
Transgressions included diverting company funds for personal use, VAT discrepancies and failing to cooperate with receivers
It's not just us is it?
If it is mid trial, then you would think they should delay it until the outcome.
I'd call that a good return on his investment.Blimey, selfish c-unit.
I'd call that a good return on his investment.
Now, I have a pound burning a hole in my pocket. I don't want to waste it on a Snicker - has anyone got any good investment ideas?
Ok m8.I'd call that a good return on his investment.
Now, I have a pound burning a hole in my pocket. I don't want to waste it on a Snicker - has anyone got any good investment ideas?
Ok m8.
A good investment for him, indeed, putting a lot of people at risk of losing job's = selfish c**t (given his track record).
A good investment idea? Hmmmmm, buy a failing organization...something like a football club and pay yourself instead of who you owe money too.ompus:
Ok m8.
A good investment for him, indeed, putting a lot of people at risk of losing job's = selfish c**t (given his track record).
A good investment idea? Hmmmmm, buy a failing organization...something like a football club and pay yourself instead of who you owe money too.ompus:
Disagree, thought you were a fan of Wolf on Wall Street? :emoji_grin:Selfish people like that don't ever spend it on good stuff anyway.
Yeah but the people like him at Bolton wouldn't be like that. I bet the club staff aren't getting drugs and prostitutes or midget throwing.Disagree, thought you were a fan of Wolf on Wall Street? :emoji_grin:
Ah yea, all that good shit, now we're talking!Yeah but the people like him at Bolton wouldn't be like that. I bet the club staff aren't getting drugs and prostitutes or midget throwing.
I only mentioned a few of the things the evil bugger has been up toBlimey, selfish c-unit.
We should get him to sign up on here and get in the Brexit Thread.
He’d be the type who would go into a thread he has no interest in just to say he has no interest in the topic and it’s a load of bollocks.
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