by Dark Knight Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:03 pm
trevdee wrote:maybe tall accountant can verify this but I am pretty sure, Irving's company as the main sponsor throws in a bit of sponsorship money (or maybe quite alot) that would have gone to the tax man anyway, so does he really actually put his hand in his pocket, I doubt it..........That piece of land that the ground sits on however could make him a pretty packet in the future, worth taking a pot of cash destined for the taxman and putting it into a club that could earn him a very pretty penny in the future. Obviously this is just my personal thought
Well to be honest this is exactly what I've been hinting at for a while now. His disciples on here keep throwing the investment line at us but how much of his OWN money out of his OWN pocket does he actually invest into the club? Not a lot I'll wager. He's a building magnate who on the whole, as we all know, are a bunch of corrupt crooks, who bend all the rules to the limits and exploit every loophole going. That's the biggest laugh about the whole charade really isn't it? We're lumbered with his son because we're beholden to his dad's money but the truth is that most of it probably isn't even his own money. It's the way of the world but we shouldn't accept it nor fear changing the regime.
paulstreet wrote:
I mean. lets face it, IW is so rich he can more or less pay players what he wants: no wonder they all flock to the club every summer, pound signs glittering in their eyes. And, presumably, the word has got around that we are a 'soft touch' in that regard. I love it when every new player says they joined because they were convinced the club was really 'going somewhere', none of them mention the pay packet to come. But that applies at every level of football.
Paul Arnett: So what made you join Harrogate Town Player X ?
Player X: Because I'm going to have my pockets stuffed with cash, of course.
And yet despite all of that, the few genuine, honest individuals who give up so much for the club get virtually nothing in return and are treated by Irving with utter contempt, used by the club, their loyalty exploited. Such a great chairman, people keep saying, such a well run club, people keep saying...so why aren't these individuals rewarded for their efforts? We're happy to chuck money at criminals but not at club stalwarts. Mentioning no names of course but one person, for example, who I believe improved the clubs social media content no end, amongst other things, in my opinion should have been made full time, given more responsibilties and rewarded befittingly. Instead we now have an illiterate chimp, who managed to alienate himself from even the most easy going supporters, putting out a large part of the club's media content. Total amateurism. Still it adds to the laughs for the rest of the league I suppose.
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