Echo News Southend United pay off HMRC debt in full

[mfurok]

Why on earth john white was retained is beyond me? Although a good player at this level he is seriously injury prone and was injured when we gave him a new deal! We need someone running recruitment asap.

No he wasn’t.

 

[thenobster]

hallelujah, our season is saved and the last few weeks of absolute awful times both on and off are now a long distant memory..........or are they?

 

[Mr Browns Ghost]

Some good news today, maybe we can get behind MM as he is the right man for the job, takes time to get things right and from where im looking its improving, even if we go down hes the man to get us back up but i still think we will survive.
On the money side how long till we go through all this again ?
Southend live to fight another day.

Why do the call you nutter ?

 

[Mr Browns Ghost]

No he wasn’t.

Would you wear an arm cast if your arm ain’t broken?

 

[Ricey]

Would you wear an arm cast if your arm ain’t broken?

Depends if I was being paid or not

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Obviously I am delighted that the money has been paid, I am very surprised that RM has been able to fund the running of the club and pay the owed money. I doubt the recieved transfer money, any ticket sales or club shop would have brought in the necessary money.
What does this mean?
Is there another behind the scenes backer?
Has there been an advance on FF?

 

[Mr Browns Ghost]

Depends if I was being paid or not

You’re suggesting that you know John whites been on strike then

 

[Mr Browns Ghost]

Obviously I am delighted that the money has been paid, I am very surprised that RM has been able to fund the running of the club and pay the owed money. I doubt the recieved transfer money, any ticket sales or club shop would have brought in the necessary money.
What does this mean?
Is there another behind the scenes backer?
Has there been an advance on FF?

NEXT have brought one of the retail outlets on the corner of the north and west stand and it’s the money from that apparently

 

[londonblue]

Would you wear an arm cast if your arm ain’t broken?

I wouldn't, but my understanding is that JW did because he was protecting a twice broken arm. Moreover, Gary Lineker played at the World Cup with his arm in a special lightweight cast. He even scored a hattrick with it. It's not the worst injury for a footballer...

Gary Linker

 

[Ricey]

You’re suggesting that you know John whites been on strike then

Nope, I’m on a wind up. I have no knowledge of such information and personally think it’s a load of bollocks. I’m not the biggest fan of John White as a player but as a person I doubt he would do something like that.

 

[Rob1920]

So, sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but do we actually know yet if what happened today means we are or will shortly be out of the embargo? Regardless of whether we do sign anyone, it would be nice to know if we could..

 

[Harry Bullocks]

We have more lives than a cat................................thankfully

 

[stuey26]

Well, since march, the clubs income isn't going to attract too much tax debt surely?

The tax Ron owes is usually the withheld PAYE and VAT, we don't make a profit so no tax on profit.
Effectively the tax we always end up owing was never our money in the first place it was just cash we either withhold from employees or VAT. Ron just uses the tax money as a line of credit, it was never the clubs or his money in the first place

 

[Fitz]

NEXT have brought one of the retail outlets on the corner of the north and west stand and it’s the money from that apparently

Bollox, no retailers buy retail outlets, they lease them from property investment companies. No capital investment here.

On another note Ron is as devout as us most loyal and devoted Southend fans, he is investing significant sums of money in this club. Yes he has a long term plan, which I am sure will realise financial opportunities for both our club and his property companies, but he has been invested in this for 20 years now. Yes I find his comments from time to time bizarre, contradictory and inconsistent, but nobody can deny his commitment to the cause. I still believe we should be careful what we wish for. If it takes us getting relegated to the National League to rebuild and go again, I don’t care as long as we still have our club.

His biggest downfall over the last few years is bad managerial appointments and too much faith in those appointments in poor backroom staff and recruitment. Plus nobody can deny a real run of bad luck, especially on the injury front.