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Thread | England women’s team new manager
at 15:42 11 May 2020
I see that the lobbying has started for the new manager to be paid the same as Gareth Southgate.
WTF!
1. Football is entertainment.
2. No one argues that singer a (male unknown) should be paid the same as singer b (female star).
3. It’s down to unit sales - bums on seats - record sales/downloads or tv and marketing right values.
So men’s football is in a totally different place to women’s.
Equal pay throughout the women’s game would bankrupt the sport.
Would they argue that the manager of the England men’s Netball team (yes there is one) should be paid the same as the manager of the women’s team?
The world has gone mad
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Thread | Football finances
at 18:15 8 May 2020
In recent days there has been a number of interesting articles on football finances and the huge impact that the fallout from the Corona horror story is likely to have on clubs.
“In 2018, the Premier League earned £3 billion from TV money and £2.9 billion went out in wages. Meanwhile, the EFL spent £1 billion in wages despite receiving just £100 million from TV. Parry, formerly Liverpool’s chief executive, described it as a crazy model that requires a “reset.”
The extract above comes from an article in the athletic. It makes very clear that the “throw money at it and hope” financial model in the Championship is unsustainable in the long term, and is only sustainable in the short term with very rich benefactors.
If we add in to this mix the impact of closed grounds, games behind closed doors and possibly loss of TV money it is clear that there are likely to be a number of casualties and clubs failing. This set me thinking that actually I am happy to have an owner who ,though supportive, has run ITFC on a prudent financial basis such that hopefully we will be able to survive as a football club.
That in turn feeds my despair at the negative whiners who complain that we only have loan signings, that all our players are sh** just because they are By and large Div 1 players. Surprise surprise we are in Div 1 and have a Div 1 budget.
The next six months to a year will see clubs fold. We need to hope that our owner keeps the faith and that we do not join them |
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Thread | Club Finances
at 13:02 25 Feb 2020
Interesting article in the Athletic re the divide between Championship and Div 1 finances
https://theathletic.com/1611512/2020/02/22/championship-league-one-gap/?source=s
This season Championship signings total £200 million but in Div 1 only £5 million.
Championship clubs get 80% of central funding but Div 1 just 12%.
The big gap in English leagues is between Championship and Div 1.
We need to pray we get back soon. [Post edited 25 Feb 13:03]
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Thread | Coronavirus - v - the motor car
at 10:25 26 Jan 2020
In view of the mass press coverage of the coronavirus I would just like to throw out there a couple of facts
To date 56 deaths have been attributed to the virus and a number of major Chinese cities are in lockdown.
Every day in China 700 people lose their lives in road accidents.
That’s worth repeating!
EVERY DAY IN CHINA 700 PEOPLE DIE IN ROAD ACCIDENTS
Should Govt. advice be - don’t travel to China you might get killed on their roads |
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Thread | View the bigger picture re the Burys and Bolton’s of this world
at 18:59 27 Aug 2019
There is much handwringing and sympathy on here for Bury and Bolton, and presumably for many other clubs struggling to stay afloat but most of the discussion ignores the real issue.
The structure of a 92 club professional league is derived from times when few people had cars. When in the north whole towns took a charabanc, or a special train for a wakes week in Blackpool. Such a trip was the highlight of the year. Local communities supported local teams, with local newspapers reporting the local team in detail. Players earned little more than the average working man.
A revolution in transport with high speed trains and motorways means that someone in Bolton can easily get to see Man U or City week in and week out. Mass media has destroyed the limited local reporting. It is simply a fact that community based teams are no longer the norm. Also the average supporter has easy access to so many alternative sports and entertainments
Anyone designing a professional structure in today’s world would settle for two, perhaps three professional leagues in England. There are currently far too many clubs and players chasing income and support. The Macclesfields, Oldhams, Burys and Bolton’s of this world can not all survive.
It will of course be too much to expect their fans to acknowledge this reality and regrettably therefore we will almost certainly witness a number of drawn out painful demises. The sharks and wide boys will pick over the bones of once great clubs. It’s all very sad but I fear that it is unavoidable.
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Thread | Should Bolton be punished for cancelling their match
at 16:02 21 Aug 2019
On first take I had some sympathy with Bolton not wanting to overplay their youngsters but on reflection I think they should not be allowed to get away with this. It is not fair on other clubs that play Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday for them to have to play against a Bolton team that is rested and fresh. Sooner or later one of those teams will be leggy and get beaten.
Its sad but either they need to put a proper team out and fulfil their fixture obligations, or they should withdraw from the league.
When you see that Bolton, Bury, Oldham and Macclesfield are all struggling in the shadows of United and City it highlights the fact that a league structure that dates from the forties and fifties, when travel was difficult, is today totally impractical and that the 90 odd teams in the league should be heavily pruned. |
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Thread | Bloody Sunday Prosecutions
at 19:54 14 Mar 2019
Whilst I believe that individuals, both military or civilian, guilty of crimes in the context of the troubles should be prosecuted I am uncomfortable with the prosecution of a soldier when many members of the IRA , who are believed to have committed acts of terrorism, are not being prosecuted, or have been granted early release in the interest of reaching a settlement and end to the troubles.
How can it be right to prosecute one side but not the other.
It might leave a bitter taste not to pursue prosecutions but to pursue one side but not those on the other side, who it is thought were responsible for more deaths, is surely not acceptable.
On the other hand if there is to be a prosecution shouldn’t it be the commanding officers in the dock not the foot soldiers. |
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Thread | Pret a Manger allergy death
at 10:04 26 Sep 2018
The death of 15 year old Natasha is tragic for all concerned and something that would be devastating for any family. As I understand it from press reports Natasha suffered from a number of allergies and a severe allergy to sesame seeds, to the extent that the family carried epipens in case of a reaction.
Whist not wanting to deny the responsibility for food retailers to label products fully in accordance with the law the press comment appears to me to be somewhat one sided. Where someone has a known severe allergy is there no responsibility on the individual/family not to buy general products on the high street or in an airport where they are likely to encounter a degree of uncertainty about ingredients. Alternatively when buying a product surely someone with such known and severe allergy problems should have been primed to automatically ask for confirmation of ingredients.
It seems to me that responsibility here rests not just with Pret A Manger. |
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Thread | The Oscars
at 16:57 5 Mar 2018
Why do the self loving luvvies get such an easy and indulgent ride from the press. This is about the industry self promotion yet the Beeb gives them page on page of free advertising.
Waste of space.
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