Clapham Saint

It seems to me that the most important thing to RM is stetting up his team to play “the right way”, whereas the most important thing to a professional PL manager should be winning games.

Have you never heard of a "six pointer"?

Somebody who doesn't care how many people die...

Without seeing the contract we'll never know but the obvious solution would be for these buy back clauses to have an expiration date - which I presume that they do. That protects clubs in Saints' position by preventing clauses being used 10 (or however many) years later after multiple new contracts but also protects the club in Chelsea's position from having teh clause invalidated by a new contract.

Basically - if you need to draw lines to be able to tell then it is automatically onside. Sounds doable to me.

Whilst technically yes, tourists visit Auchwitz, calling it tourist attraction suggests, to me at least, a very different place/experience than is actually the case. I challenge even the most liberal amongst us to visit Auchwitz and not have it make an impact upon their outlook on life and make them reflect on how they view people who are different from themselves.

Took me a second read to realise what you meant by "take care of it". Thought you were referring to some sort of orphanage at first...

Interest is accruing though. The repayments not starting until 2025 doesn't mean that it isn't a good idea to reduce the balance before then (which we may or may not be able to do under the terms).

Congrats on the new job. One note of caution though. No matter how aggrieved person A might be it is rarely a good idea to "let rip" in an exit interview - although that isn't what you said that you were intending to do, it sounds as though you might be considering it. By all means let them know that you felt undervalued but I would try to avoid burning bridges unless there is no other option. Congrats again. B

I won't claim to be an expert. Some experience from the employers' side but that's all so happy to defer. My reasoning was that it sounds from the OP as though person A was seconded elsewhere - which implies that they would (in theory at least) be returning. If they were to return then there are now two people and only one role. Hence why I suggested that they might be both asked to reapply for the role as part of a process. N.B. Posts where people question why another poster said that they are wrong can often come across as unnecessarily aggressive. I hope this doesn't come across this way - I'm genuinely interested in why this doesn't work.

Sorry to say this if SO16 is Person A but I think Weston's assessment is correct. Even if Person A has over 2 years experience I would have thought that if there was a redundnacy process and Person A and Person B were both asked to apply for the only remaining post then it would be reasonably easy for the employer to select Person B becuase the end client has asked that Person A not work in that role. I hope it isn't you SO16 but good luck to Person A in either event.

You are correct that if his value is £6.2m and he left now then we would show a cost of £6.2m (plus whatever fees), and so would need to sell for at least that much to avoid showing a loss on the transaction in this year's accounts. However, I wouldn't get too hung up on the amortisation value. It is a short term accounting entry and makes no difference to the medium term profit/loss or cash. Whatever value his contract has in the balance sheet will be written down to zero when he leaves, whether that be in 2 years on a free or being sold, and this can't be avoided. By way of example: If we were to sell him for £1m now, then (ignoring agents fees and loyalty payments for simplicity), we would show a loss of £5.2m on the transaction in this year's accounts. If we keep him to the end of his contract then we show an amortisation cost of £3.1m this year and an amortisation cost of £3.1m next year = total cost £6.2m. We'd also have the cost of whatever his wages are if he does not end up out on loan. When evaluating what we "need to sell for" the key number isn't the profit or loss in this year (£5.2m loss in this example), but the total cash flow over the course of the contract. In this example we're £1m plus his wages (£6.2m - £5.2m), better off by taking the £1m now despite the fact that it would increase costs in this year's accounts by £2.1m (£5.2m - £3.1m). You can make the example more complicated by adding in figures for wages, loan fees, agents fees and assigning a value that we would "gain" from any games which he actually were to actually play for us before he leaves - but the principle that the amortisation value isn't something to get hung up on stays the same. I hope that makes sense....

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Um. I think I can see a link. [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Watching in the app on a Samsung. So far it has been flawless (hope i haven’t jinxed it) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Because, for me this was a new feature. When you get a new game and are presented with the first task, not knowing if it is important or not, do you instinctively skip through it or do you try to do it properly and see what it is about? I still have no idea if the skill points that I was being asked to allocate have any impact on the game or are just cosmetic. Assuming that they have an impact then that in itself would seem a good reason not to just click quickly through. Like I said, many will like this kind of thing but it isn’t for me any more. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I recently tried the demo. After 20 minutes I was still trying to create my manager character. At the point that I had to decide whether I was a technical or something else style manager (essentially was I going to wear a suit or tracksuit at the touch line) and to then assign points to my various attributes I still felt ages away from actually being able to manage even a friendly match and deleted it. There was i time when this series was an awesome football management game. Now, in the search for new features it seems to have morphed into a football RPG. I’m sure some love it but it isn’t for me anymore and probably not for anybody who wants to “pick up and play”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes! Almost every time I open the app. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow... must be really special!! but two lines later: LOL. So Manchester United and Juventus are just two footballing powerhouses that use the same equipment but then again so are Fleetwood and Rochdale.

What is wrong with catering for a minority? If it is of benefit to them and has no impact on you, then why the need to shout it down? Maybe they shouldn't bother with disabled access either. After all disabled fans are only a minority.

I'm not sure that it is getting actively worse but I stopped buying a few years back as it is essentially the same game re-released each year with a database update and some minor tweaks around the edges so that they can claim that it has "new features" and is therefore worth paying full price for. If they were to change to a £10 per year for a database update I might start looking at it again but until then it is not for me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sounds like they will... before "costs".

How much are houses worth in Fratton? He's buying the club, including the stadium, for £5m ish. If they put out some exciting looking plans for a new stadium and ground share "whilst the plans are being finalised" - could he make a profit from just developing the ground into houses/flats and then selling a homeless club for £1 a year or so later?

Price. That's about it... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk