Jonathon Disley - The King of Marbella

Breadman wrote:I might be being very naive now but if I were ED, I'd at the very least pay the non-footballing staff from my own pocket as a one off gesture, without prejudice and written off on the spot.

It's Christmas, FFS.

Guess that's why I'm not a captain of industry.

But I can sleep at night.

Chairmanda wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:I am starting to unlove the club i once loved, what horrible people running it.

I'm feeling less proud of being a Wanderer right now too, scott. To me, paying people what they are owed is not a nice to have, its not even integrity, its the least any company should do.

Chairmanda wrote:Theres now talk of a £2m VAT bill outstanding, on top of the £600k PAYE also owed to taxman...I think I might stop reading this stuff till we have something definitive

Bollotom2014 wrote:I heard total sum in the region of £3 Million so perhaps Manda is right to include VAT. But VAT from where. I thought VAT was only paid once a year. If the Trotters haven't paid there VAT for the last year it's no wonder HMRC are looking to wind us up.

Chairmanda wrote:

Bollotom2014 wrote:I heard total sum in the region of £3 Million so perhaps Manda is right to include VAT. But VAT from where. I thought VAT was only paid once a year. If the Trotters haven't paid there VAT for the last year it's no wonder HMRC are looking to wind us up.

VAT is paid quarterly, and if you look at ticket sales alone, getting to £2m in a quarter is possible dependent on how season tickets are accounted for, but more likely to be 2 quarters behind. If a club in trouble, sometimes HMRC requires monthly payments.

Boggersbelief wrote:I'm struggling to understand why ED is not keeping the club ticking over until the takeover is done. It's his duty. And to leave his staff unpaid and also choose to not pay the HRMC is shitty of him, as he has the money to do so.

Norpig wrote:totally agree with you Boggers, i said as much on another thread. He has gone from hero to zero over the last few weeks

p.s who's the avatar? I can't see her face 

Breadman wrote:It's because "St Eddie" doesn't actually give a shit about BWFC or the people who work for the club.

Someone mentioned the writing off of the debt to Boggers' mate Nixon on Twitter last night and his response was a simple one: "Don't fall for the £175 million crap."

He's made his money (or rather whoever's really in charge at Moonshift have) and he's throwing us to the wolves because if they retain ownership of the club any longer, it's going to start costing them money.

All this bullshit about him demanding an upfront payment of £10 to £15 million from potential new owners "to safeguard the future of the club" is a nonsense which proves my point in my view.

So long as he's still the owner, he's the one liable for paying bills and wages but the cheeky twat is still trying to get someone else to carry the can - This new money would cover any wages owed, the HMRC bill and God only knows what else is outstanding in terms of money owed by the club.

But he doesn't want to pay it, so he's trying to offload it to some other mug.

And in doing so, he's harming the prospects of a (much needed) speedy resolution.

It's the last throw of the dice from a greedy, deceitful owner who has proven over the course of the last ten days or so that he's happy to deal with convicted criminals if it means he gets what he wants and who doesn't give a shit about BWFC and its loyal staff.

Breadman wrote:The problem is, it's very hard to believe a word that comes out of the club these days, Lusty.

On Nov 5th, they scoffed at the very notion of Administration and said everything was still ok.

A week later Gartside disappears and Trevor Birch arrives - definitely to "facilitate negotiations with parties interested in a teakeover" and not at all because he's a specialist in preparing football clubs for going into Administration, oh no, definitely not that - honest.

On the 25th of November we were told that a deal was "imminent" and would happen within "the next couple of days"

Well, it's Dec 9th now and (the possibility of HMRC securing a winding up petition in the next few days aside) not a lot has happened.

Oh, apart from Holdsworth being photographed inside the ground with a convicted fraudster sat next to him, let's not forget that.

According to the local press, the stumbling block appears to be that none of the potential investors meet with ED's criteria for success (whatever that means).

It's a mess and it doesn't look like this takeover is happening any time soon.

And time is the one thing we haven't got much of.

ED seems to be very good at dictating terms and time-scales at his micro level but he can't control HMRC and very soon, it'll be them in control, not him.

And then all bets are off.