Ian Holloway on the state of football finance/Project Big Ripoff

[SwalePie]

Apologies if posted elsewhere but this passionate rant is worth a listen...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08v2zsf

[Bridg4d_Pie_]

Ha Ha he is Bang Right. Nice 1 Swale.

[TheBlackHorse]

... the game needs to collapse before that will happen. C'est la vie.

[ncfcog]

Its a difficult one with Holloway because he's enjoyed the trappings of Championship and Premier league football himself. I think he had a bit of an epiphany later in life when he reminisced on his controversial walking out on Plymouth for the Leicester job saying what he did was essentially morally wrong and apologised to the Plymouth fans.

In footballing terms he's probably now seen as a bit of a dinosaur but I'm sure Grimsby fans are enjoying him at the moment and of course as a share holder of the club has a vested interest in voicing the comments he made in that interview. Can never doubt his passion though!

[crazyfists]

He is bang on you're right BP, the levels of greed in all areas of life thesedays is really depressing.

[legs77]

The same bloke who took a percentage of Blackpools transfer when manager ???

Yeah isnt he a knight in shining armour !

Lets face it all clubs/businesses want what is best for THEM not just football clubs.

Greed has taken over but we have known that for decades.

[TheBlackHorse]

... common practice for managers to take 5% of transfer fees for both players in and out. As Murphy, at Notts said, 'we take the risk' ...