Sale and Leaseback - What It Means

[Hildy 0]

MP certainly is a top facility. For what it costs though we need to get more out of it.And judging by what we saw on the park last season we're not doing that

 

Murray Park could be ten times the facility at half the price but it won't see an appropriate return on investment if the management and coaching staff aren't able to properly exploit it.

 

That's the crux of the matter. Blaming Murray Park for not turning out enough young talent is like blaming Ibrox for Rangers not winning the league.

 

The problem lies with the personnel, not the facilities.

[andy steel 0]

I may have missed something, but I thought the context of this thread was losing MP in order to escape an onerous s&lb deal which hampers the club in future, rather than getting rid of it because it's not producing the goods?

[Super Cooper 0]

MP certainly is a top facility. For what it costs though we need to get more out of it.And judging by what we saw on the park last season we're not doing that

 

Whos fault is that Rab?

[Oleg_Mcnoleg 50]

I may have missed something, but I thought the context of this thread was losing MP in order to escape an onerous s&lb deal which hampers the club in future, rather than getting rid of it because it's not producing the goods?

Quite.

The point is that we'd still be using it, we'd just not own it anymore. And the amount we paid to use it would be the same plus whatever mark-up whoever bought it charged. Sale and leaseback will provide a short-term injection of cash followed by increased out-goings thereafter.

We can argue the toss about youth development and whether it's good enough (it's not but then the expectations of it are over-inflated too). But it's a first team training ground and club HQ as well. And none of this discussion is in the context of some overhaul of training or development. It's an attempt to cash in in the short term and is a fucking dreadful idea.

Stadium next...

[buster. 5,257]

Quite.

The point is that we'd still be using it, we'd just not own it anymore. And the amount we paid to use it would be the same plus whatever mark-up whoever bought it charged. Sale and leaseback will provide a short-term injection of cash followed by increased out-goings thereafter.

We can argue the toss about youth development and whether it's good enough (it's not but then the expectations of it are over-inflated too). But it's a first team training ground and club HQ as well. And none of this discussion is in the context of some overhaul of training or development. It's an attempt to cash in in the short term and is a fucking dreadful idea.

Stadium next...

 

It's the type of thing people who didn't have the longterm future of the club in their thoughts, would do.