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The frightening increase in losses in lower league football continues

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Jordan, Feb 18, 2026.

  1. Bradford End

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    How are you calculating that figure please? Given his level of investment against the value and cost of the lease on VP?
     
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    Agree with @QCFC BANTAM@QCFC BANTAM if Rupp has invested £4.5 million, which you seem to suggest is, ‘almost enough to purchase Valley Parade twice over’, then I would be surprised that the ground is only valued at £2.25 million or thereabouts. Have I missed something? Who has come up with that price? I would think an offer to the Gibbs Pension Fund, offering that figure would be rejected, especially if the stadium generates around £500,000 per season, to the Pension Fund.
     
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    Ok - thank you also to @Lard Arse@Lard Arse

    As others note above, I think an offer of 2.25m would be soundly rejected by FLPT so probably not enough to buy VP twice over…?

    If ‘investment’ is also supposed to include the club e.g 5.5m to make a total of 10m to get to VP twice over, that would make a bit more sense , but, I can’t count that as investment as it involved the purchase of the club.

    Don’t get me wrong, I feel like we’re in safe waters at the moment - but, what’s the next step? We’re probably all a bit surprised at the promotion opportunity that’s available this season and it’d be a shame if we haven’t given it the best shot we possibly can.
     
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    @Bigrod@Bigrod / @Pablo@Pablo - it’s probably worth noting that the £4.5m figure stems from investment over the past 20 months. However, the purchasing of VP analogy came off the back of my question to @NorthernMonkey@NorthernMonkey, where I asked him how much he thought Rupp had invested since 2021.

    You’re correct to suggest offers to purchase VP for £2.25m would be laughed off, but I never suggested this was the case, either.
     
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    Why did you need to ask me how much he'd invested? Apparently you already stated that you know the answer and it's all in the public domain?

    Mind you, if I'd booked a taxi to Leeds and he'd taken me in the completely wrong direction at first then spent £40 in fuel just getting me back to where I was originally I definitely wouldn't be on my knees thanking him.
     
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    Eh!

    Did I ask you before or after it was disclosed? Timelines matter,
     
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    Doing otherwise would be akin to buying a house and letting it fall to the ground through neglect thus becoming of no value .
     
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    I'm not sure it has been disclosed, it's just been suggested at in your word salad posts.

    Similar to "infrastructure is night and day" since Rupp came in and "we generate 150% more commercial revenue than in 2016".

    All meaningless, throwaway comments really, kind of like the thing I'd expect to hear from Ryan Sparks himself.
     
  11. NorthernMonkey

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    Did @Bradford End@Bradford End decide I'm now not called Tony and edit the post or did a mod decide to keep my secret identity er, secret?

    Ps, there's one further back in the thread that you missed if it was a mod ;)
     
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    I think the sole purpose of that amendment was due to me highlighting your lack of intellect, as opposed calling you Tony, Tony.
     
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    I thought It was Dave , But wadda I know :x3:
     
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    What about Rodney?
     
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    My understanding is that, pre-Rupp, when Jack Tordoff "negotiated" with Gibb / the Pension Fund, the figure quoted for the ground was £5.5 million.

    I would say that Stefan Rupp's "investment" in the Club to date is somewhere in the region of twice that amount.
     
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    All is not lost - someone actually gets it!
     
  17. Bradford End

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    Meh, they’re practically joined at the hip anyway.
     
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    Don't worry Tarquin your secret is still safe
     
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    Ah, yeah it could be. The mods get a bit touchy about that sort of stuff.
     
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    That'll just trigger another Dave
     

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