I wasn't expecting to write this tonight but he's bought a club in Gibralta

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/garlick-bu ... tball-club

He's a life long fan of theirs presumably

He has got a lot of spare dry powder hanging about.

I wonder if he's keeping the transfer budget for himself?

Any chance of a friendly ?????

I had to write that because had I written what I wanted to, I would have
undoubtedly been banned from the forum !!!!!!!

Words fail me, they really do.

He'll only ever act in their best interests, allegedly.

Has he hired Neil Hart to front up for him yet?

Tax reasons possibly?

He's starting to remind me of Robert Maxwell.

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:15 pm

He's starting to remind me of Robert Maxwell.

I'll arrange the whip round for the boat hire.

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:21 pm

I'll arrange the whip round for the boat hire.

No need to go overboard.

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:22 pm

No need to go overboard.

There would be if I was stood near the cheeky b@stard.

Good grief, am I fuming ?

Well, he’s plenty of spare change to throw around these days.

Dyche to St. Joseph’s?

Does that mean he’ll be giving up his seat on the board here? Surely you can’t own one club and be a director of another?

FeedTheArf wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:02 pm

Does that mean he’ll be giving up his seat on the board here? Surely you can’t own one club and be a director of another?

No problem in this case, just as there wasn't when Flood was involved at Burnley & Austin

I see theyve drawn Larne in their European tie

BFC indirectly buys a football club.

Let’s hope fans don’t push him out of this club.

A face you want to ..........

After the supposed abuse that he received from the Burnley faithful which apparently forced him to sell the club it’s amazing he would entertain staying in football…..

Remarkable.The absolute brass neck of the guy...and yet there are people on here who still think the sun shines from his posterior.
I wonder how much of the money we didn't spend on players when we needed to he has spent on this odd project?

Well, I wont be following St. Joseph’s FC in Gibraltar.

Will he fatten their bank balance and then sell.....

Jesus Christ we have some miserable “fans”. You wanted him out, he sold his shares, (probably like many of us) he got out. I don’t see the issue. Prick and Co are a far bigger worry to me.

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:58 am

Jesus Christ we have some miserable “fans”. You wanted him out, he sold his shares, (probably like many of us) he got out. I don’t see the issue. Prick and Co are a far bigger worry to me.

He got out and took all the money. That's the issue.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:22 am

He got out and took all the money. That's the issue.

“He took all the money” No. he sold his shares to a Mr Pace, who choose to pay for them with the clubs money.

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:47 am

“He took all the money” No. he sold his shares to a Mr Pace, who choose to pay for them with the clubs money.

Well, he did sell, with all the care taken to ensure we had the right buyer..........

Wokingclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:52 am

Well, he did sell, with all the care taken to ensure we had the right buyer..........

And who are we to know what what said. Pace probably ticketed all the boxes. Only time is going to tell. But if Garlick had waited and waited. The Garlick haters would’ve been bursting blood vessels. He was on a no win mission because the queue of buyers would’ve fit in a phone box.

But, he tricked us, looking for investment he stated....then he went. Don't worry, he won. He obviously doesn't care what we think.

I'm more surprised to hear that they play in the Gibraltan National league. Yes, National league. Its smaller than Accy!

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:41 am

And who are we to know what what said. Pace probably ticketed all the boxes. Only time is going to tell. But if Garlick had waited and waited. The Garlick haters would’ve been bursting blood vessels. He was on a no win mission because the queue of buyers would’ve fit in a phone box.

And still people defend him .

Needs removing from the board of director’s,the blokes greed cost this club

joey13 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:25 am

And still people defend him .

There are two sides to this issue. I’m just giving a possible other side.

But like a lot of so called Burnley “fans” it’s only the narrative that suits your agenda and ignore the rest. Also no one knows the nitty gritty.

Directors are a necessary evil in football but the way Garlick ended his time at Burnley, taking the money that our support earned him does leave a bitter taste.

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 8:54 am

Directors are a necessary evil in football but the way Garlick ended his time at Burnley, taking the money that our support earned him does leave a bitter taste.

I would suggest that the money earned was by his employees as much as anything

Are we gonna be their feeder club?

Wokingclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:52 am

Well, he did sell, with all the care taken to ensure we had the right buyer..........

Don't the FA have certain regulations on ownership?
Seems that Alan Pace passed the "Owners and Directors Test"

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:15 am

Don't the FA have certain regulations on ownership?
Seems that Alan Pace passed the "Owners and Directors Test"

Our current directors passed the Premier League's Owners and Directors Test. I assume the FL accept that, I wouldn't expect in any way that they'd have to go through it again.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:17 am

Our current directors passed the Premier League's Owners and Directors Test. I assume the FL accept that, I wouldn't expect in any way that they'd have to go through it again.

Sorry, yes the PL test, which accepted that our current director met the necessary criteria.

Solely in my opinion, he appeared to hold back on transfers to increase the clubs coffers.
This in turn, would make it more appealing to a buyer and enable him to ask for higher price.

Therefore, in my opinion, he openly allowed the demise of our club to get 30 (more) pieces of silver for himself on the way out.

What happened to club funds for me after that is beside the point.

I find this news quite befuddling... why? springs to mind but it is his business.

The Garlick apologists will always be here.

But they simply can't change the fact that much of the PL cash that the vast majority of clubs invest to enhance their end product was skilfully diverted into his own wallet.

Of course there was no queue for buyers....it was bang in the middle of covid ffs!!!

An established PL club with cash in hand would have attracted a credible buyer given an opportunity....to suggest otherwise is fatuous.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:38 am

Of course there was no queue for buyers....it was bang in the middle of covid ffs!!!

He'd been trying to sell long before that - must have been around four years ago now that the prospectus was published.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:27 am

Sorry, yes the PL test, which accepted that our current director met the necessary criteria.

The PL fit & proper test is not a yard stick to measure anyone's suitability is it really? Let's face it, if you fail that test I'm sure the police will be wanting a word with you.

Notsosuperstevedavis wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:28 am

Solely in my opinion, he appeared to hold back on transfers to increase the clubs coffers.
This in turn, would make it more appealing to a buyer and enable him to ask for higher price.

Therefore, in my opinion, he openly allowed the demise of our club to get 30 (more) pieces of silver for himself on the way out.

What happened to club funds for me after that is beside the point.

I'm not sure that's how it works. Cash in the bank doesn't win football matches. Spend the cash on the right players and the team will win football matches. If the team is winning enough football matches in will stay in the Premier League and receive all the tv rights money. So, if Mike Garlick wanted to make the club attractive to sell the best strategy was to spend the cash on the right players. Of course, all this assumes that the right players were available for the money that Burnley could afford to pay. From what we saw, Sean Dyche had his views on the "right players" and Mike Garlick had other views. If Mike Garlick was all about building up cash reserves he may have, for example, insisted on selling Tarks a couple of seasons ago, maybe even Ben Mee before that when Ben was stalling on signing a new contract. Of course, we know that losing Ben Mee and Tarks wouldn't have made the club more attractive and made a buyer pay more money. Difficult thing to get these balances right...

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:39 am

He'd been trying to sell long before that - must have been around four years ago now that the prospectus was published.

Granted... But it wouldn't have been as easy then to label us as established despite the success.

Notsosuperstevedavis wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:28 am

Solely in my opinion, he appeared to hold back on transfers to increase the clubs coffers.
This in turn, would make it more appealing to a buyer and enable him to ask for higher price.

Therefore, in my opinion, he openly allowed the demise of our club to get 30 (more) pieces of silver for himself on the way out.

What happened to club funds for me after that is beside the point.

You think he held back on transfers, but there's proof out there he bought players over Dyche's head?

The only mistake Garlick made, was not potting Dyche as soon as they fell out so bad, they weren't on speaking terms.

In truth, he has bent over backwards to allow these chancers the best way of making it work for Burnley. Delayed staged payments- probably the only thing we're not paying high interest on.

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 8:54 am

Directors are a necessary evil in football but the way Garlick ended his time at Burnley, taking the money that our support earned him does leave a bitter taste.

Love the thought that the fans support earned all the money. Should we all have been putting more into the transfer budget every window so that we could outbid some of the billionaire backed clubs and pay a few more million to sign our target?

Who was it that entitled a chapter in their autobiography "The Average Director's Knowledge of Football" and left a blank page?

Wokingclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:52 am

Well, he did sell, with all the care taken to ensure we had the right buyer..........

What other serious offers did he have?

Wokingclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:46 am

But, he tricked us, looking for investment he stated....then he went. Don't worry, he won. He obviously doesn't care what we think.

Do you blame him?