| Scunthorpe United 20:06 - Mar 23 with 5233 views | James_Paddocks |
Next in the firing line for that mad 'online fans make the decisions' ownership.
Pretty sure the scheme nearly destroyed Ebbsfleet.
Deal signed with FC100,000.
Not the Top 20 podcast lads involved as some sort of data analysts. Massively disappointing from them.
Sounds like a complete freak show. |  | | |  |
| Scunthorpe United on 13:33 - Mar 28 with 646 views | GaryHaddock |
I have to ask this question of the forum.
Let’s imagine the perfect financial regulation was invented and inacted tomorrow, and all clubs were banned from financially doping their sides.
Where do you think we‘ll realistically finish on average?
I appreciate we were the dogs bollocks at various points between the 1970s and early 1990s bit take the Tune Group money away and we‘re basically a Championship / League One YoYo side like Plymouth and Rotherham. |  | | |
| Scunthorpe United on 13:54 - Mar 28 with 613 views | TheChef |
| Scunthorpe United on 13:33 - Mar 28 by GaryHaddock |
I have to ask this question of the forum.
Let’s imagine the perfect financial regulation was invented and inacted tomorrow, and all clubs were banned from financially doping their sides.
Where do you think we‘ll realistically finish on average?
I appreciate we were the dogs bollocks at various points between the 1970s and early 1990s bit take the Tune Group money away and we‘re basically a Championship / League One YoYo side like Plymouth and Rotherham. |
16th. |  |
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| Scunthorpe United on 13:57 - Mar 28 with 599 views | Juzzie |
| Scunthorpe United on 13:33 - Mar 28 by GaryHaddock |
I have to ask this question of the forum.
Let’s imagine the perfect financial regulation was invented and inacted tomorrow, and all clubs were banned from financially doping their sides.
Where do you think we‘ll realistically finish on average?
I appreciate we were the dogs bollocks at various points between the 1970s and early 1990s bit take the Tune Group money away and we‘re basically a Championship / League One YoYo side like Plymouth and Rotherham. |
If stadium capacity simply becomes the main determining factor of main income capability then mid-lower at best.
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| Scunthorpe United on 17:17 - Mar 28 with 464 views | Clive_Anderson |
| Scunthorpe United on 12:00 - Mar 28 by Northernr |
The problem is, unless they all do it, you’d immediately put yourself at a massive disadvantage. The two clubs in the Champ who gave stuck to only spending what they earn are Plymouth and Rotherham. Explanation from the Plymouth chairman here…
https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/chairmans-chat-march-2025
If we operated on a break even budget here we’d be relegated. Look at what happened last season when we had to reduce our loss to “ONLY” £13m.
It’s a sick sport really, in both senses of the word. What spending rules they do have are constantly dodged to one extent or another - sale and lease back of stadiums at Derby, Villa, Stoke, sale of hotels at Chelsea, questionable sponsorship work arounds at QPR, Stoke, Man City.
If you got all the clubs in a division to agree to break even spending there will always be one who says “ah well if we push the boat out now we’ll have an advantage”.
The rules atm basically seem to me to hammer clubs like us and Forest the most - mega rich owners who want to spend to elevate their club but are prevented from doing so. It protects a little group at the top who got in before the rules, often (city, Chelsea) by doing exactly that themselves.
I’d take the handbrake off and say you spend what you like but you personally are responsible for the debt and the wage bill, the debt is yours as an individual not the club’s. |
I think you need to cap the spending at the top end as well, as otherwise the only way to compete is to get a rich owner and you'll just get the teams owned by oil countries just winning everything forever.
Let owners put money up to the cap for the division to let smaller teams compete, but the big teams wouldn't be able to spend billions which currently pushes up costs for all clubs. |  | | |
| Scunthorpe United on 22:36 - Mar 28 with 319 views | OldPedro |
| Scunthorpe United on 12:00 - Mar 28 by Northernr |
The problem is, unless they all do it, you’d immediately put yourself at a massive disadvantage. The two clubs in the Champ who gave stuck to only spending what they earn are Plymouth and Rotherham. Explanation from the Plymouth chairman here…
https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/chairmans-chat-march-2025
If we operated on a break even budget here we’d be relegated. Look at what happened last season when we had to reduce our loss to “ONLY” £13m.
It’s a sick sport really, in both senses of the word. What spending rules they do have are constantly dodged to one extent or another - sale and lease back of stadiums at Derby, Villa, Stoke, sale of hotels at Chelsea, questionable sponsorship work arounds at QPR, Stoke, Man City.
If you got all the clubs in a division to agree to break even spending there will always be one who says “ah well if we push the boat out now we’ll have an advantage”.
The rules atm basically seem to me to hammer clubs like us and Forest the most - mega rich owners who want to spend to elevate their club but are prevented from doing so. It protects a little group at the top who got in before the rules, often (city, Chelsea) by doing exactly that themselves.
I’d take the handbrake off and say you spend what you like but you personally are responsible for the debt and the wage bill, the debt is yours as an individual not the club’s. |
Not sure about his line Forest - doesn't their owner get around the rules by owning other clubs and transferring players for inflated fees? |  |
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| Scunthorpe United on 22:46 - Mar 28 with 315 views | Northernr |
| Scunthorpe United on 22:36 - Mar 28 by OldPedro |
Not sure about his line Forest - doesn't their owner get around the rules by owning other clubs and transferring players for inflated fees? |
That and threatening to shoot the referee, yes. |  | | |
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