A sad history of CCFC
To answer the original thread. CCFC were considered a well run but unambitious club that were around the lower third in the premiership. Phil Neal was the manager and we had a squad that were hard working but with no major stars. The bucks were piling in due to the Premiership funding and we had a small, easily manageable debt. Robinson took over by using Richardson as a front (according to Robinsons unauthorised biography) to buy the shares from Derek Robins. Robins who had made CCFC a football force observed in a true Greek tradgedy phrophecy that Robinson would destroy CCFC and they would end up back where they started when he took over...here we are. Richardson appointed Big Ron who had been lampooned by Spitting Image for his profligacy. He pursued a spend spend spend policy with no noticable improvement on the pitch. From here on in the debt just piled up. It appears Richardson pursued a policy of speculating on players that would increase in value so money made could be spread to all the stakeholders. Sounds possibly like a Ray Ranson policy to me. Looks like the wrong policy was chosen by Richardson with poor quality Honduran internationals and Hadji aside below average Moroccans. Richardson had the visions of grandeur but no money to realise the vision. There were rich arabs wanting to take us over but the fans scared them off ho ho. SISU apparently saved us, at the expense of the shareholders, but the best players are continuing to be sold. We continue to employ directors who have failed elsewhere and before Robins managers who were sacked from their previous employment. Football is a complex game but there are simple rules to suceed you need money, talent in the boardroom, talent in the managers seat and talent on the pitch. I think we may have one of those at present. Draw your own conclusion.
To answer the original thread. CCFC were considered a well run but unambitious club that were around the lower third in the premiership. Phil Neal was the manager and we had a squad that were hard working but with no major stars. The bucks were piling in due to the Premiership funding and we had a small, easily manageable debt. Robinson took over by using Richardson as a front (according to Robinsons unauthorised biography) to buy the shares from Derek Robins. Robins who had made CCFC a football force observed in a true Greek tradgedy phrophecy that Robinson would destroy CCFC and they would end up back where they started when he took over...here we are. Richardson appointed Big Ron who had been lampooned by Spitting Image for his profligacy. He pursued a spend spend spend policy with no noticable improvement on the pitch. From here on in the debt just piled up. It appears Richardson pursued a policy of speculating on players that would increase in value so money made could be spread to all the stakeholders. Sounds possibly like a Ray Ranson policy to me. Looks like the wrong policy was chosen by Richardson with poor quality Honduran internationals and Hadji aside below average Moroccans. Richardson had the visions of grandeur but no money to realise the vision. There were rich arabs wanting to take us over but the fans scared them off ho ho. SISU apparently saved us, at the expense of the shareholders, but the best players are continuing to be sold. We continue to employ directors who have failed elsewhere and before Robins managers who were sacked from their previous employment. Football is a complex game but there are simple rules to suceed you need money, talent in the boardroom, talent in the managers seat and talent on the pitch. I think we may have one of those at present. Draw your own conclusion.