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5 minutes ago, rickygoo said:

 

Doddle - why didn't they think of that before?

 

Incompetence? 

 

Finding their own TV deal to compete with the Premiership won't be an option any more under Operation SoccerBallFranchiseGame.  They will have no choice but to accept the crumbs they are given from the big table. 

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1 minute ago, owlinexile said:

 

Incompetence? 

 

Finding their own TV deal to compete with the Premiership won't be an option any more under Operation SoccerBallFranchiseGame.  They will have no choice but to accept the crumbs they are given from the big table. 

 

The Championship TV deal is always going to be a pale shadow of the Premier League one - especially now Leeds have got promoted. It's not going to save the clubs. 

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Got the fix last night, went to Buxton Vs Scarborough

 

600 capacity set by Covid restrictions £10 anywhere in the ground

gates closed 10 mins before kick off because it was full

attendance figure announced at the end as 473 (remember when that used to happen)

grudge match because Buxton poached two Scarborough players in the pre season

beer available throughout the game, not only that but the barriers had flat tops so you could put your pint on the barrier, reasonably priced, pint of Worthington's Creamflow £3,70

circa 150 Scarborough fans on the same end as the Bucks, lots of old school verbal's and chants'

small scrap between two Scarborough fans over not supporting the team

level of football abysmal, still couldn't work out the formation by the second half

saw three other Wednesdayites in the terrace

Mat Killgallon still displaying donkey tendencies at the heart of Bucks defence

ex blunt wonderkid Diego DiGirolama finally found his level

 

Bucks 4 Scarborough 1

 

Happy days

 

 

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6 hours ago, HarrowbyOwl said:

It’s an interesting theory, but dividend income is taxed at source at 10% in Thailand. Can loses on foreign ‘investments’ be used to offset?

Yes that's exactly my theory. The Chansiri family own circa £300m of the TUG company and rake about £20m from yield annually from dividends just on that. Their other investments probably double that and that's without interest, salaries and other sources of taxable revenue which are taxed at up to 35%. Losses on foreign investment appears, from what I have read to be tax deductible for personal taxation. It makes absolute sense for the family to have a go at the riches of the Premier league with tax deductible losses. They aren't the first.

 

Chansiri's are worth £525m according to Forbes but some estimate their wealth at around £1bn.

And what's more it appears that there are tax laws in Thailand that allow family groups to become the taxable person. Happy to be proved wrong by an expert on that. 

Anyway - it would make absolute sense. Dejphon doesn't have the personal wealth to do what he has done. The Chansiri family followed what the Niruttinanon fam who own 6% of TUG did at Reading but the Chansiris have deeper pockets collectively and more tax losses to get rid of. 

 

The family connection is hiding in plain sight in front of us to be honest.. What better way to signal back to the fam what's happening with their money.

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I dont think even Dejphon is such a megalomaniac as to put just his name on there. Its for the family name, and even though he is owner its their wealth that's backing us.

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On 13/10/2020 at 11:25, @owlstalk said:

 

 

I honestly couldn't care one bit if the Premier League just foooooooked off


I'm sick of how our club is so absolutely screwed because of a greedy desire to get there

If we did get there Chansiri can't even compete with the bottom third of clubs there in terms of spending power


We'd go up, we'd sign players on astronomical wages, lose every week, get relegated and go under anyway


The Championship is better to watch and more fun


Not saying that because we're in the Championship either and bitter we're not in the top flight


I just want all this greed, finances,  FFP, EFL, PPV nonsense to all just GO AWAY once and for all and leave us to talk about 11 blokes on a pitch kicking a ball about with 11 other blokes on a pitch


Football right now is DISGUSTING

Football mirrors the world, capitalist corruption rules it! 🤬

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