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Another thing they got wrong. Paying over the odds for a 'name' with no real tangible assets. They would have been better picking up a struggling club for peanuts and shoving their money into its infrastructure rather than spunking money on a club that was punching above its weight.

 

Madness isn't it. There is way more mileage in Portsmouth Fc than Bradford City Fc. If i was a businessman looking to invest in football its a no brainer. If Rahic or Rupp had asked me their opinion on investing their reputed millions they paid for Bradford i would have told them they would be stark raving mad to pay that sort of money.

 

. It's the only way it would make sense. You can't give away lower league clubs these days, the modern trend seems to be owners of clubs like Fleetwood, Fylde, Forest Green Rovers and Salford, clubs with little to no history that cost nothing to buy but have owners with local ties to the club who have invested money in the long term development of these clubs with grounds and training facilities they own. No coincidence these clubs are moving in the right direction. Now if R & R had paid a minimal fee for City and then earmarked say 5 to 10 £million for the ground buy back and long term improvements to the infrastructure facilities with money earmarked to a long term strategy in squad strengthening and manager recruitment then i could see some sort of plan. As it is, its always been a disaster waiting to happen since the day they took over, the only surprise being to me is how quickly they've managed to completely f*uck it up, i thought it might have taken a season or two longer.

 

You guys speak to fairly regularly to Rahic i guess, what is Edin's whole take on how we have got to this position? Does he understand the full implications of the impact of his decision making and the implementation of his strategy?

 

Yeah and we know why. 2 reasons. Nahki Wells and the two cup runs. Problem with this is it is not an infinite solution, assets like Wells come along once in a blue moon unless you have a transfer policy like Peterborough and chances are we won't get another cup run like the two we had under Parky, i think we had to wait well over a decade for those two cup runs alone. The only way to stay in 'the black' without the above is to cut your cloth accordingly and that means diminishing lower budgets. Football is all about the money, try cutting corners to pay the 'bank' and it will bite you on the arse.

 

It was a simple concept. This club couldn't afford to think about a long term future, it was heading out of the football league. So any available funds are put into first team strengthening and the manager is left alone to run the ship the way he sees fit. It worked, it got us to the playoff level in league 1 but had reached a plateau. The news of a new regime with what seemed a long term approach to sustainability and a realistic tilt at the championship seemed like a no brainer. But heres the kicker in all this. Money. And as @Dennis has correctly spoke about previously, look at the club who have gone up in the past few seasons, their owners have backed the club to attain this promotion.

 

Is there a club that actually makes money in the championship that hasn't been to the promised land of the premiership? If they wanted to make money i'd suggest lower league football is the last place you would invest.