Eddie pays 1m players wages to stop them leaving for free

Mr Magoo wrote:

Breadman wrote:

y2johnny wrote:I am not sticking up for eddie one bit.

But who said he has business acumen?  He invented a kettle element so he has brains but doesnt mean he cant be easily mislead by the wrong people.

He built the kekkle business up from a small shop in Bolton to a multi-million pound enterprise, so I'm assuming he's no Magoo.

I started my business with £1500 it turned over 1.6 mil so piss off bread.

Mr Magoo wrote:

Breadman wrote:

y2johnny wrote:I am not sticking up for eddie one bit.

But who said he has business acumen?  He invented a kettle element so he has brains but doesnt mean he cant be easily mislead by the wrong people.

He built the kekkle business up from a small shop in Bolton to a multi-million pound enterprise, so I'm assuming he's no Magoo.

I started my business with £1500 it turned over 1.6 mil so piss off bread.

Mr Magoo wrote:It does Y2  want some

Mr Magoo wrote:

Breadman wrote:

y2johnny wrote:I am not sticking up for eddie one bit.

But who said he has business acumen?  He invented a kettle element so he has brains but doesnt mean he cant be easily mislead by the wrong people.

He built the kekkle business up from a small shop in Bolton to a multi-million pound enterprise, so I'm assuming he's no Magoo.

I started my business with £1500 it turned over 1.6 mil so piss off bread.

Breadman wrote:This act in and of itself tells you everything you need to know about the man.

Has he prioritised payment to the poorly paid minions who rely on their wages month to month to survive?

Nah - They aren't assets which he can recoup money on when the administrator starts flogging stuff off to pay the creditors, ie him.

So he finds this mystery money to pay the millionaire players instead.

Arsehole.

Breadman wrote:

Mr Magoo wrote:

Breadman wrote:

y2johnny wrote:I am not sticking up for eddie one bit.

But who said he has business acumen?  He invented a kettle element so he has brains but doesnt mean he cant be easily mislead by the wrong people.

He built the kekkle business up from a small shop in Bolton to a multi-million pound enterprise, so I'm assuming he's no Magoo.

I started my business with £1500 it turned over 1.6 mil so piss off bread.

Apologies - no offence meant.

I only said to see if you'd bite.

karlypants wrote:

Mr Magoo wrote:

Breadman wrote:

y2johnny wrote:I am not sticking up for eddie one bit.

But who said he has business acumen?  He invented a kettle element so he has brains but doesnt mean he cant be easily mislead by the wrong people.

He built the kekkle business up from a small shop in Bolton to a multi-million pound enterprise, so I'm assuming he's no Magoo.

I started my business with £1500 it turned over 1.6 mil so piss off bread.

I was just about to say that you have had some very successful businesses over the years Magoo.

I can vouch from what I know that Magoo is telling the truth

Mr Magoo wrote:Had being the appropriate word.

Norpig wrote:

Mr Magoo wrote:Had being the appropriate word.

 he spent it all on booze, drugs and sheep 

Breadman wrote:Lusty,

Do you honestly believe that someone with the acumen to become a successful business owner (I don't mean BWFC, I mean the other stuff he's involved in) would not be bright enough to see if he was being mislead by his lieutenants?

luckyPeterpiper wrote:Lusty, in answer to your question about the staff preferences I would ask what's the point in having a job if you don't get paid for it and get left skint at Christmas? Personally I think this shows Eddie's true character to a T. He paid the players in order to protect an asset that might bring him money back. The much lower paid staff who needed the money a lot more don't have a commercial value so he didn't give a damn about them, they can go skint at Christmas and it won't bother him for a moment.

wanderlust wrote:

luckyPeterpiper wrote:Lusty, in answer to your question about the staff preferences I would ask what's the point in having a job if you don't get paid for it and get left skint at Christmas? Personally I think this shows Eddie's true character to a T. He paid the players in order to protect an asset that might bring him money back. The much lower paid staff who needed the money a lot more don't have a commercial value so he didn't give a damn about them, they can go skint at Christmas and it won't bother him for a moment.

Conversely if you've been paid for the last 11 months and have the choice between receiving one more months pay and then being laid off or being paid late and having a job to go to in the future I'd have thought most folk would prefer to wait and keep their jobs. 

As to your insight into EDs mind, I've absolutely no idea if it bothered him or not and neither have you, so why speculate?