Football Business

[alfieconn]

For anyone interested

[alfieconn]

from abrak

Look Alfie I get your point that you are not interested in football finances and are more interested in football matches.

However, the view that as long as a club is progressing its finances are irrelevent is total garbage. Many clubs have gone bust on the 'we will win on the pitch and the finances will look after themselves strategy.' If you wish to ignore finances so be it but it is not irrelevant.

My belief is the total opposite of yours. Essentially it is the business model that drives your success on the pitch and the football is actually pretty irrelevant. Man Utd have long dominated the game because they have the highest revenues which allows them to fund the best team. Now arguably City have a better business model whereby there owner seems willing to spend whatever is necessary to win the league (not a good business model but an effective one)

And the quickest way to financial ruin in football is spending to create a successful team in the belief that the revenues will justify the cost. Success in football is a very expensive business.

Edited November 27, 2011 by alfieconn

[smokie36]

Hope you got a psychiatrist on hand Alf?

[Abrak]

If he is found guilty and given a jail sentence then he must be certain to be sacked. Even if he is heavily fined - hardly the sentence the prosecution are looking for, you would think it unlikely that Levy would stand by him.

On what do you base that assumption ?

A. you know Daniel personally

B. your a physic

C. pure guesswork

Do you really think Levy cares if Redknapp has worked a little tax fiddle when he's probaly been at it himself at some stage.

Why come on here with an opinion about something that you know nothing about i.e Levy's mindset .

[smokie36]

So he was thick enough to transfer some backhanders into his UK account from one hidden abroad?

Its probably just some loose change his mum gave him for his dinner....

Those tax men are way too suspicious.

Edited December 30, 2011 by smokie36

[bkkjames]

Abby, what are the odds for the lucky two digit number for the upcoming lotto draw are 27 or 47?

[smokie36]

Abby, what are the odds for the lucky two digit number for the upcoming lotto draw are 27 or 47?

Doesn't your wife have her own nick?

[alfieconn]

I was going to name this thread "Abrak's waffle" but thought i'd better make it sound a bit more professional

[trevorg]

Our 'Arry

Question for Abrak! In the sentencing guidelines that you kindly posted in the spurs thread (but I haven't read it all), within the foreword and section A2 it states that this does not cover the common law offence of 'cheating the public revenue' or 'conspiracy to defraud', i thought that this was what the offence with which he was being charged, as he didn't commit fraud to obtain the money, he just didn't pay any tax on it? Thank you in advance for your response!