Conflating the two in the single statement is arguably a sub-optimal tactic…

I’d expect their fans to “galvanise” around the issue TBH…let’s put it that way. if I was the Blues manager I’d consider using it as a motivational tool TBH. If the roles were reversed, then as a fan I’d really get behind our player for sure.

His “experience” seems to consist of a lot of watching other people do their jobs.

So would I…👍🏻

This is my personal opinion BTW (though I’ve no reason to suspect that any of the directors/mods/contributors would necessarily feel any differently) - but a message from my heart to all those Rovers fans going to St Andrews on Tuesday… Please go out of your way to acknowledge Neil Etheridge in a positive light pre-game…the Blues fans and team are going to be right up for this & it is a fabulous opportunity to distance ourselves from the actions of a moronic individual and take some of the heat out of a thoroughly unpleasant situation. The media will undoubtedly be scrutinising the visiting fans and looking for how we react…let’s show our true values. Do the right thing…there is no place for racism in society…full stop.

Yes, but I suspect the point is that he was particularly effective in more central/advanced positions…

“10p to look after your car mister..?” “It’s alright kid I’ve left my Alsatian in the back…” “Does he know how to put out fires ?”

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/football/match/990834/blackburn-birmingham?tab=voting

A budget is a budget. The club may choose to “compartmentalise” notionally to track actuals against projected numbers but ultimately there’s not enough money coming in to pay out what we would like.

Went to all of those…proud as punch on each occasion

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/they-played-for-both-rovers-and-blues/130

How do you know whether you can afford them until you bid/offer terms ?

Not Faring Terrifically

There are multiple headhunting/recruitment companies out there who would take on the brief…& I’m not used to being referenced as an optimist so thank you for that 😆

Clearly not…other chief executive options are out there though 😉

Depreciation. [Crudely] Any business with fixed assets divides the total cost over the anticipated useful life & charges that amount to each year’s profit & loss so that it gives a more accurate reflection of true profitability. e.g. a machine costing £5k & expected to last 5 years would depreciate at £1k p.a. Other more sophisticated accounting explanations are available but that’s the basic idea. For football it massively impacts on FFP calculations.

But they might execute it significantly better..? 🤔

From the guru Kieran Maguire…👍🏻

Not really…I’m right though 😂

Mel Morris’s trick was to say (for example) a £10m player on a 3 year deal will be worth say £7m at the end of that deal so we’ll just take £1m p.a. into the P&L rather than the £3.3m every other club would ! Consequently, Derby’s FFP performance was enhanced..! Funnily enough every other club said “hang on a minute..” 😉

Not so. The fee paid is amortised over the duration of the contract.

Correct…the fee is amortised over the duration of the contract. So long term deals are fine unless/until the player loses form & they want to/need to sell…then the P&L chickens come home to roost !