Max Rebo's Big Blue Nose 0 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I still fail to see why they are angry at us and not HMRC and Lloyds bank. They seem angry about the unpaid debts but it's obvious we've been the victims here. Our club had about a maximum of £20m debt which was pretty manageable on a turnover of £50m and was being quickly paid off. Then HMRC put massive pressure on a made up debt of £75m and Lloyds bank put pressure on Murray to sell to a charlatan. That resulted in our new owner not paying taxes and our holding company being put into liquidation - again by HMRC using a made up debt to force this. We came out with another company and debt free but lost £30m of players, a European ban and were demoted to the 3rd division plus fines and other sanctions. How did we gain out of this? We've probably made a net £80m or more deficit. We didn't want what happened and were the biggest losers. How are we to blame? HMRC could have stopped anytime and been at least £30m better off and therefore so would the tax payer and all the creditors. Lloyds could have waited for their money which was a drop in the ocean compared to the rest of their debtors. They are really grasping at straws in trying to demonise us and weirdly are backing the very taxman that caused the problem and decimated the public purse. They are a very strange lot. That doesn't fit her bitter agenda obviously. Why o why would someone starting on the journalistic ladder tie their colours to such a disreputable mast ie. Phil Mcthreenames. She's made her bitter bed and she'll have to lie in it forever now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I still fail to see why they are angry at us and not HMRC and Lloyds bank. They seem angry about the unpaid debts but it's obvious we've been the victims here. Our club had about a maximum of £20m debt which was pretty manageable on a turnover of £50m and was being quickly paid off. Then HMRC put massive pressure on a made up debt of £75m and Lloyds bank put pressure on Murray to sell to a charlatan. That resulted in our new owner not paying taxes and our holding company being put into liquidation - again by HMRC using a made up debt to force this. We came out with another company and debt free but lost £30m of players, a European ban and were demoted to the 3rd division plus fines and other sanctions. How did we gain out of this? We've probably made a net £80m or more deficit. We didn't want what happened and were the biggest losers. How are we to blame? HMRC could have stopped anytime and been at least £30m better off and therefore so would the tax payer and all the creditors. Lloyds could have waited for their money which was a drop in the ocean compared to the rest of their debtors. They are really grasping at straws in trying to demonise us and weirdly are backing the very taxman that caused the problem and decimated the public purse. They are a very strange lot. When you put it like that it puts a very different slant on things. Would be great to see that argument being made in the mainstream media. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,002 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 The reason they are angry is nothing to do with tax. It's the Titles deficit that won't let them sleep at night. That and the senchurries o' oppreshun an' the Normans an' Cromwell an' that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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