RUMOUR - Noel Hunt

[ZacNaloen]

Doesn't mean the club haven't accepted an offer for him, Noel is doing a soccer school in the states at the moment so maybe out of the loop

[bigmike]

Doesn't mean the club haven't accepted an offer for him, Noel is doing a soccer school in the states at the moment so maybe out of the loop

That will be the Soccer School that is the Reading thing with Charlotte Utd..

Do you not think that the club would have contacted him if they had accepted a bid to see his thoughts on it..

Its all press crap at the moment

[ZacNaloen]

Depend on whether he checks his voicemail or not

[Terminal Boardom]

Too injury prone. Drifts out of games too often. That said, he appears to have a hell of a lot more between his ears than his brother.

[Svlad Cjelli]

That said, he appears to have a hell of a lot more between his ears than his brother.

That's not saying a lot, though....

[Terminal Boardom]

That said, he appears to have a hell of a lot more between his ears than his brother.

That's not saying a lot, though....

I was being polite

[Royal Lady]

Where are Ipswich getting all their money from?

[bigmike]

Where are Ipswich getting all their money from?

Same place as last season and the season before.. They have been spending a lot recently just to finish 13th

[Svlad Cjelli]

Tue 16th Nov 2010 | Money & Finance

Ipswich Town Football Club have announced a loss of just over £14million for the 12 months to June 2010, in their latest accounts released today.

According to the accounts the club's wage bill increased to over £17m, a 108 per cent of annual turnover, which stood at £15.8m.

The precise loss on ordinary activities before taxation was £14.176m, as opposed to £12.674m from 12 months ago.

Commercial profit at Portman Road was down by approximately £0.25m during 2009-10, in comparison to 2008-09, with a profit of £1.87m as against £2.16m.

Turnover increased from £14.7m in 2008-09, which was Marcus Evans’ first full year as owner, to £15.8m, due primarily to additional income from the Football League.

Gate receipts were down from £6.702m to £6.362m, despite an increase in ticket sales due to Town’s extended Carling Cup run, coupled with a lucrative FA Cup fourth round tie at Chelsea, during the 2008-09 campaign.

During the last financial year, the Club purchased six players at a total cost of £7.2m, and sold four players for proceeds of £1.1m.

Since the end of the financial year, a further £0.8m has been committed on transfer fees, and £3.3m accrued from the sale of players.

The additional costs of players’ wages, due to the influx of new players during the summer of 2009, led to the Club’s direct costs rising from £18.7m to £19.4m.

[Barry the bird boggler]

And still have money to buy Chopra who can't be that inexpensive!

[brendywendy]

And still have money to buy Chopra who can't be that inexpensive!

and to be buying, or be interested in buying every player moving within the championship this summer

[Svlad Cjelli]

Betting the farm - they either have an owner prepared to underwrite those sort of losses, or they don't believe that tomorrow will ever come.

[Terminal Boardom]

And this is for the period to June 2010. The figures up to June 2011 could make for very interesting reading. Will clubs never learn?

[Vision]

Betting the farm - they either have an owner prepared to underwrite those sort of losses, or they don't believe that tomorrow will ever come.

Jewell did the same at Derby. He changed the whole team over in the Prem when he took over from Davies. Then bought a whole new one again the following season. When Clough took over he had over 40 senior pros and spent most of his first year persuading (paying) those that were surplus to requirements to oxf*rd off.

[andrew1957]

Think the Ipswich Chairman might well be deciding to go "all in" in an attempt to buy PL promotion and so recoup losses. But as we have seen this is a dangerous strategy if you fail.

They seem to be lined with every available player at the moment.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Think the Ipswich Chairman might well be deciding to go "all in" in an attempt to buy PL promotion and so recoup losses. But as we have seen this is a dangerous strategy if you fail.

They seem to be lined with every available player at the moment.

Plus you don't make that much "Profit" in the PL - as we discovered, if you go up and try to compete there, the wages bills you need at that level swallow up all the extra income.

[Mr Angry]

Think the Ipswich Chairman might well be deciding to go "all in" in an attempt to buy PL promotion and so recoup losses. But as we have seen this is a dangerous strategy if you fail.

They seem to be lined with every available player at the moment.

Plus you don't make that much "Profit" in the PL - as we discovered, if you go up and try to compete there, the wages bills you need at that level swallow up all the extra income.

Added to which I would imagine that a lot of the transfers coming in will have clauses that give the selling club a chunk of extra money if Ipswich get promoted; when Wolves went up last time, they had to fork out nearly £10M overnight for this reason.

[Terminal Boardom]

Meanwhile, I find it amusing to see that the Barry Fry School of Football Management has another graduate

[Sarah Star]

Presumably Ipswich are planning on paying people 1p for every £ they owe, like Plymouth, if/when it all falls down. If I was doing any business with Ipswich FC I'd be a bit worried... unless I knew they had unlimited funds.

[roadrunner]

Betting the farm - they either have an owner prepared to underwrite those sort of losses, or they don't believe that tomorrow will ever come.

And when tomorrow does come they get their debts wiped away, lose a few players and it's BAU. Until things change and punishments are made more servere (i.e. an instant or double relegation), clubs will continue to take the p*ss while the likes of us do it the right way, and almost look like mugs for doing so - Yet I wouldn't change how we do things. When success comes our way at least we deserve it.