Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 13, 2019 12:45:22 GMT
As a spin off to this. Im going to try and see things from Ken Andersons side. Heres my take on Honest Ken.
Q. You paid yourself £500k is that justified?
A. Well that league one season I worked endlessly. Fighting with FA and trying to bring in players to boost the side. I had to trim a huge wage bill too as well as dealing with the Dean Holdsworth issues. Did Dean ever put his hand in his pocket? Is he a villian? We brought in several players that season which got us promotion. I think what i did deserves a pay out.
Q. Is 500k too much?
A. Well lets compare. Darren Pratley would have taken £800K that year. Ben Amos would have taken close to that and wasnt even here. Did any of those players have conflicted emotions about taking the money from Bolton?
Q. What about Lee's £150k?
A. Lee is a football agent. That season we brought in a squad of players mainly from league above and some premiership signings too. Should he work for free? Do you want to know how much Gartside paid agents. If Lee wasnt my son would anyone ever mention this?
Q. Should you have been allowed to take over a club?
A. Not for me to say. When Joe Public buys a house he doesnt have the means to buy it outright. He borrows. If he borrows and then realises he cannot manage he has a few options. One is to prioritise the payments. Make sure mortgage and tax is paid and everyone else can wait. Which ive done.
2nd is to sell. Which was my plan since day one. Know anyone?
If Joe Public does confess that he cannot afford to pay does he get vilified? Is he a criminal? Conman? Or is he just a regular person that found things didnt turn out as planned.
Q. What about the Doidge deals?
A. It looks bad. But by taking Christian back it means we dont pay £1M for a striker with 1 goal to his name and who isnt a regular. Had he banged in 10 goals we would have found the money. Doesnt look great but saved me, and the club a million pound.
Q. He bought a house though?
A. Know what they say, bricks and mortar.
Excellent OooM
And quite believable too.
I almost wanted to interrupt the interview and punch Ken in his fizzog the slimy parasite😂