Joined: Jul 22 2012 Posts: 6848 Location: Hill Valley
tad rhino wrote:one bad, or unlucky, owner yes. but how many is it now? 3 or 4?
Indeed. Again, it's the true fans i feel for, they have been let down terribly over the last decade, it should never have been allowed to get to this point.
Joined: Feb 27 2002 Posts: 18072 Location: On the road
tad rhino wrote:one bad, or unlucky, owner yes. but how many is it now? 3 or 4?
Why would a very clever businessman invest in a business like this?
The quality of the business attracts an appropriate level of manager/owner - this is a rotten business with zero prospects of it ever being much else. Why would anyone risk their reputation on a lost cause - it is only the desperate who see an opportunity to pay themselves a serious wedge until the money runs out. That is what has happened at this club.
Your job is to say to yourself on a job interview does the hiring manager likes me or not. If you aren't a particular manager's cup of tea, you haven't failed -- you've dodged a bullet.
Joined: Sep 12 2010 Posts: 11412 Location: Behind the picket fence on the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.
SmokeyTA wrote:Success in business is a confluence of luck, circumstance and skill. There are many very very skillful businessmen who have failed because of luck and circumstance, and some pretty damn average ones have been hugely successful in spite of their decisions.
Its easy for anyone to sit in judgement after the fact and point out mistakes and say what should have been different, even someone with no experience or knowledge of running a business can do so. Cant they
Yes you do it all the time with telling us all how the sport should be run, safe in the knowledge that you can say your ideas would work because we'll never find out.
Ahh so Bradford have just been unlucky then, bless.
"The Golden Generation finally has its Golden Fleece! They have Wembley Cup Final winners medals to add to their collection."
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Printer posted: "Yes you do it all the time with telling us all how the sport should be run, safe in the knowledge that to can say your ideas would work because we'll find out."
I've tried very hard to parse this sentence but I admit you've got me beaten with this one.
Joined: Sep 12 2010 Posts: 11412 Location: Behind the picket fence on the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.
Old Feller wrote:Printer posted: "Yes you do it all the time with telling us all how the sport should be run, safe in the knowledge that to can say your ideas would work because we'll find out."
I've tried very hard to parse this sentence but I admit you've got me beaten with this one.
Sorry missed out a word, should've been
"Safe in the knowledge that you can say your ideas would work because we'll NEVER find out."
"The Golden Generation finally has its Golden Fleece! They have Wembley Cup Final winners medals to add to their collection."
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