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[The H]

It's not about MK Dons for me - it's about losing money

My back-of-the-envelope calculations are as follows:

£30,000 deferred payment means £30,000 extra overdraft for the club. Say the overdraft rate is 7.5% and the payment has been deferred four months (June,July,August,September)

I make that about £700 lost. All of the above numbers are assumptions but I bet I'm not far out.

maybe the board couldn't trust themselves not to spunk the full payment up the wall..

 

[Egham Pete]

Do we have to put a roof on Ealing Road? Are there other improvements like the stuff at the back of New Road and general sprucing up of the ground that are more likely to improve the clubs income?

 

[Nurse Betty]

Questions:

Budget:

• I asked why we couldn't put in £100m in the transfer budget and therefore we wouldn't have to pay that **** Noades any money. No-one seemed to have an answer to that. Noades doesn't have to agree the budget - he is entitled to see it though. BB said at one stage that "the budget has to balance" then withdrew it I think. So no answer to that one.

Banana, I asked exactly the same thing at the last BU Board meeting - why can't we put in to the budget all the possible transfer fee money we could expect during the coming season? We are a selling club so there's no player who we would refuse to let go if the right offer was made. I was told by Joe and Brian that Altonwood wouldn't wear an 'abuse' of the arrangement.

 

[Nurse Betty]

If that's the shape of things with the catering next season then i think Weighwatchers will be getting a fee Bees signing up.They served loads and loads of food all free as a sample to what they will be on offer next season.Burgers,pizza,noodles,pies and even curry.

They announced they will be selling curry in the Brook Road

Bloody hell! Someone ask Ian Jones to match the selling of curry with the state of the facilities. In other words - no curry in Brook Road. Unless it comes with an Immodium chaser.

 

[Nurse Betty]

But he cannot do anything about how we got here, we are here. His job is to keep us going and improve all aspects of the running of the club

No, that's not his job. He made it quite clear when he arrived that he wanted to be as hands-off as possible. The new MD will be responsible for improving all aspects of the running of the club. Mr Dyke is responsible for handling the media and some footballing matters.

 

[Nurse Betty]

Ok let's be nasty to him and see if he asks for the full £1.25m straight away.

Well, depending on who's being nasty, Les, he may well do.

It doesn't make any difference whether we are pleasant or unpleasant towards Altonwood in terms of the £250k loan. They have a legal agreement with us and we are bound to abide by it. They are due to be repaid £250,000 in January 2007.

That's not something that has been sprung on BU - Brian Burgess would have been aware of that when the deal to buy the majority shares went through. Altonwood only have to give us 3 months notice if they want repayment. So they didn't have to serve notice on us until sometime in October. They served it about 3 months ago (can't remember exact date), giving us plenty of time to get our repayment of the debt organised.

Eddie Rogers has said repeatedly that he didn't think Ron Noades was going to call in the £250k and he was completely wrong. I have no idea whether Mr Rogers and perhaps Mr Herting have met with Ron Noades to discuss the situation but this BU Director is still under the impression that January 2007 is the drop dead date for this particular loan.

There is also an agreement that no-one in their capacity as a Board Director (BU or BFC) should be critical of Altonwood. Again, this is not something that has been sprung on anyone. It was agreed to and signed off by Brian Burgess on behalf of BU when we were buying the majority shares. All Directors on both Boards are aware of the situation.

 

[Banana]

Banana, I asked exactly the same thing at the last BU Board meeting - why can't we put in to the budget all the possible transfer fee money we could expect during the coming season? We are a selling club so there's no player who we would refuse to let go if the right offer was made. I was told by Joe and Brian that Altonwood wouldn't wear an 'abuse' of the arrangement.

I also asked if Altonwood had to agree the budget and the meeting was told they didn't. If that's the case I fail to see what they can do if they fail to "wear" it,

However I was told after the meeting that the majority of the BFC Board don't believe that Noades is as bad as all that and therefore that we shouldn't be trying to tuck him up at every opportunity :shrug:

 

[RodBee]

.............. the majority of the BFC Board don't believe that Noades is as bad as all that and therefore that we shouldn't be trying to tuck him up at every opportunity :shrug:

I bet I know one board member who does not subscribe to that theory!!!!

 

[Banana]

Maybe Altonwood will "come up trumps" again and not ask for the 250,000 back at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

[Brickie Chap]

Maybe Altonwood will "come up trumps" again and not ask for the 250,000 back at the earliest possible opportunity.

Havent they already done this though

 

[Banana]

Havent they already done this though

There goes that reason for not puting a enormously large figure in the transfer budget then

Anyone else know what Altonwood could do if they refuse to "wear it"

 

[No_sting_Bee]

With Noad£s now accruing portions of transfer fees I hope we keep them to the very last minute in a special fixed term, no withdrawal account and only pay on the final demand notice. That should earn a fair bit of interest.

 

[abee]

Banana, I asked exactly the same thing at the last BU Board meeting - why can't we put in to the budget all the possible transfer fee money we could expect during the coming season? We are a selling club so there's no player who we would refuse to let go if the right offer was made. I was told by Joe and Brian that Altonwood wouldn't wear an 'abuse' of the arrangement.

How can it be "abused".......you either sell the players or you don't...

But surely as a basic budgetary item you would lob in a reasonable figure for all of your saleable players just in case.....and send that nice Mr Noades copies of the press reports claiming interest in Sodje at anything up to £2million. Did we all know that was bollox....of course we did but there's more than one way to play Noades at this game. Anyway who ever came up with the £400k players sales figure for the current year certainly called it wrong did they not. My understanding is that they thought this would cover Tabb and Sodje but surely someone would have said....."Hang about... we'd better chuck a number for Turner and K O'C in there just in case..."

.....nah forget it.........it's me.....

 

[IsleofWight_Bee]

£400k players sales figure for the current year

...and next year when we are even deeper in the mire without the family jewels?


Just asking like!!

 

[wanderer paul]

...and next year when we are even deeper in the mire without the family jewels?


Just asking like!!

we'll find players just like other seasons gone past when the 'family jewels' were sold off.

at least we got money this time and not see Tabb,Turner and Sodje go the same way as Ivar, Sonko, Rowlands, Hunt etc.

there will always be Brentford, players come and go.

 

[Banana]

That's an undertstatement. It sounds dynamite. Michael Dobson doesn't like Martin Allen. lol

I bear ex-boss Allen no grudge - Dobson

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk...objectid=17978748&siteid=50002-name_page.html

from there

"Given the kind of person he is I would have thought he'd search me out," he said.

"He likes to follow up on players who have been with him and show he's not going to give them the cold shoulder.

"I would have thought he'd say hello and try to be nice to me - probably more so than when I played for him.

"That's fine by me. I'll shake his hand, look him in the eye and say all the best to him.

"I was with him for two years so I know what gets to him. I know the bad points and the good points so I can use it to my advantage."

 

[Wee Dave]

there will always be Brentford,

 

[Gee Bee]

http://www.brentfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10421~917961,00.html

Another one on the agenda plus a race night.