Carlton "Virtually Insolvent"
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:22 pm1-2 million $$$$ short for this financial year, won't make it to end of season without additional cash.
Page 1 of 1
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:22 pmPosted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:33 pmI hope they drag* Effendon down with em!
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:40 pmPunk Rooster wrote:I hope they ammalgamate with Collingwood, we could even include the Kangaroos as well
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:44 pmIan wrote:I hope they (Carlton) ammalgamate with Effendon, then I could barrack for Collingwood
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:47 pmThats bad, as much as I dont like Carlton, you never want to see a 140 year old club die.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 8:06 amWill never happen,as some one stated in another thread,the AFL is committed to having 8 games each week in the new TV rights deal.
Fortunately for the 'Ol Navy Blues,the AFL has buckets loads of cash and will be able to afford to continually prop up any club in financial difficulty.
Fortunately for the 'Ol Navy Blues,the AFL has buckets loads of cash and will be able to afford to continually prop up any club in financial difficulty.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 8:58 amI'm sure there are a number of battling clubs - North Melbourne immediately springs to mind - rejoicing in Carlton's on and off-field woes at the moment.
Perhaps the Kangaroos can find a backer to buy out the Blues, take their star players and dedicate a corner in the social club to their history.
Hang on, that can't happen - Carlton don't have any star players...
Perhaps the Kangaroos can find a backer to buy out the Blues, take their star players and dedicate a corner in the social club to their history.
Hang on, that can't happen - Carlton don't have any star players...
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 11:08 amPerhaps Carlton can move up to the gold coast!
Waiting for the backlash after that comment.............
Waiting for the backlash after that comment.............
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 11:46 am..
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:29 pmPhilG wrote:They should never have left Princes Park. That's what's killing them. Their budget is reliant on their social club, and without home games there they aren't getting the revenue they need.
Serves them right!
Didn't they move because the social club was hurting them?
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 1:13 pmMagpiespower wrote:I'm sure there are a number of battling clubs - North Melbourne immediately springs to mind - rejoicing in Carlton's on and off-field woes at the moment.
Perhaps the Kangaroos can find a backer to buy out the Blues, take their star players and dedicate a corner in the social club to their history.
Hang on, that can't happen - Carlton don't have any star players...
Isn't it ironic that when the Blues were a power they owned a big share of North Melbourne!
I think building that stand at Optus Oval killed them.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 1:47 pmJohn Elliott was not so bad after all...
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:58 pmThe AFL will bail em out of trouble for 780 million reasons
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 3:33 pmMW wrote:John Elliott was not so bad after all...
It was his mis-management, arrogance and own financial problems that have caused all this!
After Ian Collins saw how bad it was when his "ticket' took over and no likely fast turnaround cure he quickly jumped ship!
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:22 pmdrebin wrote:MW wrote:John Elliott was not so bad after all...
It was his mis-management, arrogance and own financial problems that have caused all this!
After Ian Collins saw how bad it was when his "ticket' took over and no likely fast turnaround cure he quickly jumped ship!
agreed drebin, if Elliot didn't cheat the salary cap all those years ago, there would be no financial penalty as well as the draft penalty, their finacial sate would be better and the quality of their squad would be too.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 7:05 pmThere is too many Melbourne based teams.... Need another in Brisbane and Sydney..? Maybe too soon for this to happen.....
The AwFuL has too much cash to let them die and really has an obligation to them as a partner of the competition..?
The AwFuL has too much cash to let them die and really has an obligation to them as a partner of the competition..?
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 8:38 pmSpeaking on behalf of every St.Kilda fan who is old enough
to remember Carltons' attempts to have us wound up in the
mid 80s- BOO F$&@(^% HOO!!!!!!
to remember Carltons' attempts to have us wound up in the
mid 80s- BOO F$&@(^% HOO!!!!!!
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 6:37 pmheater31 wrote:agreed drebin, if Elliot didn't cheat the salary cap all those years ago, there would be no financial penalty as well as the draft penalty, their finacial sate would be better and the quality of their squad would be too.
Don't forget that $9m white elephant...