Pecunia est quia ibi non est numerus.
This is the motto which should now be on BFC shirts, it is particularly relevant to our club. To save anyone having to translate this from Latin it simply says “Money is for counting not spending”.
It is rumoured that a planning application has been submitted to Burnley Council to build an extension to the dry powder store as it is becoming rather cramped in there at present.
Tomorrow I am expecting to here the same old familiar phrases.
1) We are little ol’ Burnley.
2) We are punching above our weight.
3) There are fine margins in the transfer market.
4) We can’t compete with the big boys.
When will the magnificent seven (our board of directors) realise that in football as in business you need to invest to get the maximum return. Pity we don’t have Yul Brynner instead of Mike Garlick, Yul knew how to lead from the front.
So, what do we have.
1) A board of directors with no ambition.
2) A Chairman who only appears when the team is successful.
3) A Chief Executive Office who very few people have heard of.
4) A Director of Football who thinks replacing Sam Vokes with Peter Crouch was doing good business.
5) A recruitment team who should be being made redundant since they are surplus to requirements.
6) A one dimensional manager.
What do we need, just one thing a miracle.
While I am very disappointed, I am not surprised.
We are supposed to have made a bid of £12M for Wilson with Liverpool wanting £15M so the bid fell through. We did sign Stephens for £1M with addons meaning it could be £2.5M. Since we did not need to sign a central midfielder already having Brownhill, Cork and Westwood, why did we not pass on Stephens and offer Liverpool £14M for Wilson thereby filling a much needed position.