I posted this a while ago when our fate was still undecided, but I'll make the point again.

If Green was a shrewd businessman, and I've no reason to think otherwise, then at the start of the season he will have drawn up several budgets depending on how our season transpired.

One budget would be based on us matching last season's feat of reaching the mpg - he'd make reasonable estimates for attendances, ticket sales and central funding.

What he would also do is draw up a budget (or budgets) for us not making the mpg and ultimately finishing in any of the other final positions, adjusting the central funding gradually downwards as a result.

So, one of these budgets would presumably focus on us finishing bottom of the middle 8s (where Fev are now, basically). As I understand it, the team in this position gets £450k funding. By finishing in 5th, we only get £275k, which is a difference of £175k.

There will certainly be some discrepancies for the lower gate receipts as a result of missing out on the playoffs, but there is no way in hell Marc will have budgeted for Leeds finishing in the bottom 4 come the end of the season. So while that would have been a great money spinner, it would have been an unforeseen bonus as opposed to some income he was counting on or budgeting for.

So if he's done all of this, we're looking at a shortfall of £175k funding plus the drop in gate receipts. Let's say another £150k for that. Gives a total of £325k down on his budget.

So if we're going with a squad of about 28 next year, down from 42 this year, plus losing some big names like Gaskell, Ferguson, Clough, Addy etc. it doesn't sound [itoo[/i unreasonable to think that we might be able to patch a semi decent squad together for next year.

It will all depend on what sort of cuts those budgets factored in, and what level of reserves we've been bringing forward from 2015.


Having said all that, watch Marc come back from Ibiza and wind the company up

This is not unusual for us (or this league). Mark Campbell always finds a way to pay at the last minute. It's far from ideal, but that's how it is in this division.

I imagine this one will be swiftly settled with the £80,000 or so we made on Sunday.

Radio Yorkshire just tweeted they understand we could go into admin in next 24 hours

If true then we are done for, unless a big money man appears out of the very thin air we are screwed.

If it must die, die quickly

agreed. still won't go for Koucash's cash?

Nope. The world will know that I am a man of principles.

Looks like we'll be in league one next year. can it get any worse?

Being a Bulls fan, it can ALWAYS get worse.

This Tasker character that has suddenly apeared clearly has a major Green chip on his shoulder, and it's bloody tedious.

Yes yes we all get it the buck stops at the top etc etc but that does NOT mean the problems are Green's FAULT.

He was no rugby man and had to heavily rely on others including Ferres and we are none of us happy with what that produced but as a businessman Green has been a breath of fresh air, and has slowly won I think the respect of most. As I've said many times, it seems plain to me he's also bankrolled the club, even though he has always been frank saying that he wouldn't be doing that. So I give him credit for all that.

He has been let down as much as we have, by a complicated mixture of coaching players and bad luck too, but without him we'd have been dead as a dodo anyway, instead we came within one kick of being back in SL. Let no-one forget that, whatever mistakes were made.

Anyone with half a brain would plainly know that after Sunday, we are now in the financial mire, and that is no revelation but stating the fookin obvious. Sure if we can remain the right side of solvent there may be a way to rebuild some passable top-half Championship side from the wreckage but CAN we, (my straw poll suggests ticket sales Aramgeddon), and does Green actually WANT to run a part-time struggling also-ran? I doubt it. I don't want to watch one.

So you could easily see and understand why he may feel the time is right to pull the plug. I wouldn't blame him. In charge he may have been, but he has been badly let down as have we all, yet I can't see any reason at all to say Green himself has let anybody down. On the contrary, he has done a helluva lot more than I for one was expecting.

But in short while some always have a way of looking on the bright side, I can't actually see a way out of the hole we have dug, and I'm sorry to say that. Well, there would be, but it would need a RL version of a mini-Abramovich to fund it, and that ain't gonna happen.

Why would you be in league one?

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the bill owed to HMRC was the biggest warning that the club was struggling but did anyone ever see a third spell in administration?

Why yes, only last week Gypsy Rose Petulengro at Blackpool said so

Edited for accuracy