Forum Replies Created
-
Bad debt on a balance sheet would almost certainly be relating to money we are owed that we now no longer think is retrievable. So, who owes us £250k?
Just the use of the words “money we are owed” infers that there was likely to have been some sort of formal loan or repayment agreement. To further walk on eggshells around the elephant in the room, I very strongly suspect that not to be the case.
1 user thanked author for this post.
9 full time staff on the non playing side at the club, the vast majority of them doing more than one task, all of them work incredibly hard and it’s unacceptable that some on here choose to question their commitment or the standard of their work.
Michelle Harness who has been working morning till night up to 7 days a week for over a year to ensure there’s a club for the town to support ably backed by those 9 staff, I’m baffled as to why some on here choose to question it.Lack of awareness of the nitty gritty (what it takes day by day, role by role, task by task) to keep the Club rolling?
3 users thanked author for this post.
Size of operation is a factor. The club is averaging attendances over 4,000, majority home fans, which is a lot more than in the later EFL days. A number of staff part time too.
… plus some volunteering.
1 user thanked author for this post.
Bad debt is a fairly vague term
Isn’t ‘bad debt’ also sometimes used as the accounting term for inexplicably absent money?
1 user thanked author for this post.
There were people at the ground on Saturday handing out flyers for other ‘talk nights’ coming up down at Glanford Park. I think ‘Anfield Legends’ was one, and Andy Cole was the other. Like the motorbike nights, these things are not to everyone’s tastes – but why should they be? Why would every event put on have to appeal to the lowest common denominator? Why, if it’s not to your particular taste, slag it off? As long as the Club makes money on these things then that’s fair enough.
2 users thanked author for this post.
Do we think the accounts will actually surface today? If there’s anything contentious in there, and bearing in mind last week’s drama, won’t the tactic be to wait until after season’s end? There’ll be a small financial hit for late filing – £375 for between a month and three months late, etc…
1 user thanked author for this post.
I think the Board members are probably quite surprised that goodwill appears to have dropped off a cliff, and that the party line is being questioned. Their request for some ‘fan reps’ suggests to me that, partly, they’ve thrown their hands up in the air in frustration this week at their plan being impeded. It’s feels a bit like desperation, like they’re saying “Right, if you know how it shouldn’t be done, give us YOUR ideas on how it should, then!”
They should be talking to the Trust.
1 user thanked author for this post.
It shouldn’t be rushed. Get the process right and the right people, and it could be a huge positive. Rush it or make it a popularity contest, and it’ll go the same way everything else like this goes.
Have to agree with this. It absolutely has to be done properly, with the right people. As much as we trust Michelle and co, this should not be allowed to dissolve into some cosy cuppa and biscuits half-hearted gesture on the Club’s part nor some yes-man nothingness and nonsense from the supporters.
That’s why it should definitely go through the Trust, and why everyone who can join should join. The supporters should unionise, in other words.
1 user thanked author for this post.
I agree. As I said elsewhere I think he’s probably already played his last game for United.
1 user thanked author for this post.
I don’t think the club has trust in the Trust – otherwise why go for this latest, hastily put together, Chat GPT-generated gimmick.
Certainly looks like there’s not enough respect been shown, here. Surely the Iron Trust should automatically have a seat at the table (regardless of any other fan-engagement drive by the Club)? The Trust is the only serious fan-led organisation, and also a shareholder – and actively working towards acquiring more. The organisation should have a part to play in how United develops and is owned and run in the future.
2 users thanked author for this post.
