It's kind of related as I spotted it reading an article about Man U and Ashworth in the Guardian.
Has anyone else noticed that Jason Wilcox is morphing into Colin Wanker?
The things he is being brought in to do (if the Saudi PIF has any sense) take ages. Sorting out the football side from academy upwards will take years to produce meaningful and measurable results. It's a different story for managers there I'd imagine, but if they've got any sense (and there's no...
Aside from avoiding relegation, I don't think there will be overly aggressive short-term aims. It's not as though they've been bought by a loose-cannon billionaire as a plaything - it's an investment fund with (seemingly) 2 main aims. 1) Invest oil money to diversify the Saudi income streams in...
Yup.
There might be some marginal increases here & there - most likely more generous presents, but I'm not overly fussed about a fancy car, my house is perfectly big enough (though I might buy one with some land attached, but that would be even more rural and potentially cheaper than my...
You've got me spot on there. It would make my blood boil and my heart weep. I was taken to Dubai for a weekend work jolly in 2002 - I couldn't stand the place then and I can't imagine it has improved!
It's about balance. The extra goes off the mortgage because we've got a lifestyle we are very happy with - fewer holidays abroad these days because the penny dropped about climate change, but UK holidays (as many are finding thanks to covid) can be just as good. I don't feel we miss out on...
Maybe I'm abnormal (highly likely TBF), but I have had increases in income where I have kept exactly the same day-to-day lifestyle and channeled the extra £ into mortgage overpayments.
What's the point? A big step towards being mortgage-free and early retirement (in terms of a proper job...