A man worth 5.6 billion spends almost 2 million on Danes (aka 0,02% of his wealth) to ummm.......something.
It's up there with his plans to boost the crowds next season so that the 23 home games sell out with 9,500 people paying 30 quid each netting him almost 7 million which is about one day's interest on his current wealth.
People still don't seem to realise how rich Lommy is. His money goes on getting the bloke in charge of Crystal Palace's youth teams to up sticks and join us. Youth and London is where his pocket change is going. That's what seems to interest him.
I agree as I usually believe most things are cock-up (jury is still out on the recent purchases ) rather than conspiracy and talking about only having a small number of billions ignores the fact that they are like...billions...but I'm interested to know if you think the focus on Youth and London is a good thing for little wycombe @Kim_il_Swan
Nothing wrong with youth development but London is a bit ominous. Though we'll be begging for a stadium in Uxbridge when the entire team moves to Astana.
Because that's still the biggest mystery about Lommy, how exactly does moving Wycombe up the leagues benefit football in Kazakhstan? All he's said is that he wants us to have a world class academy with a branch in Kazakhstan. It seems that children over there will be able to train as footballers and then come over here to finish the job and get a place in our first team. And that will make them world class.
This must look great in Lommy's head but will it actually happen? It's going to take quite a few years to find out.
The latest academy news from the Kazakhstan Football Federation President, Marat Omarov, last month.
"Currently, the KFF is actively working with financial and industrial groups aimed at additional construction of three full-fledged football academies in Kazakhstan. It is important to emphasise that these projects are implemented at the expense of the investors themselves.
There is already an agreement with Kaspi Group for the construction of a football academy, the location of which has not yet been determined. There is an agreement with Freedom holding corporation to build a football academy in Karaganda. And also an academy will be built in Zhambyl region, as this region has always been a land of football talents."
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"As part of the methodological support of current football schools, an agreement has been reached with Kaspi Group on training for coaches and possibility for players to visit the football club Wycombe Wanderers, which plays in the English division.''
I’m not a dancer so I must be human but I can more often than not “do” the sums on Countdown in two or three quick steps.
Today, we have had a shock. The roof of our bungalow doesn’t just need a couple of metres of tiles lifted and the felt partially replaced as was thought. It needs a complete new roof. I’ve just worked out that the cost is five times what we paid for a three bedroom semi in Basingstoke in 1970.
I hope you've had more than one contractor to inspect this, as there are so many cowboys out there. However I'm sure I'm teaching grandma to suck eggs, or in your case grandpa!
I did and one was going to simply remove a chimney over a fireplace that has been blocked off for over 40 years - for £1,500 based I think on the fact that evidence of damp started on the chimney breast before spreading to three walls. Another quoted £5,495 to patch up part only (!) of each of two sides of the bungalow roof up to a height of two metres in addition to removing the chimney.
The guy who impressed us most during the competitive tendering process quoted £2,800 plus VAT for the entire length of west and north sides, an amount which has now been subsumed into the cost of replacing the whole roof, the need for which became apparent during the early stages of tile removal this morning. He suggested that my son-in-law should come round to see for himself the extent of the problem. He said he wouldn’t normally invite a customer (or, in effect, his representative) to climb on to the scaffolding to see for himself how bad it was but I was glad that he did because I’m pretty sure I’ve been shown photographs in the past which could have been taken on any old roof!
The work is now well under way and (fingers crossed) should be completed some time next week. The musty, damp smell that family have commented on for many years (and to which we had seemingly become immune) should soon disappear.
When our daughter and son-in-law inherit the bungalow they should have no roofing worries for at least a couple of decades and will have less inheritance tax to pay on the nest egg I’ve been building up for them although I suppose the increased value of the bungalow will offset that saving.
Apologies for the length (and rather oblique relevance) of this post.
Glad everything appears to be sorted and you will soon be watertight. If your contractor completes everything OK I might ask you for his name as we are having trouble with our bungalow roof.
I 'm very disappointed this did not end with @micra saying Magnus and Anders happened to be driving by, claimed to have extensive roofing and damp course expertise and as they presently had time in their hands had offered to do the work at a knock down price.
(The boy Berry doing a bit of cash in hand labouring...)
I thought Westergaard looked very good on Tuesday night, not too dissimilar to the 5 minute cameo we got from Simons.
He got into the box on a couple of occasions in positions to put a ball away had it been delivered well or been pushed back out by the keeper.
His press on their midfielder which lasted some 10 seconds or so was very good. He also tracked a couple of runs very well, something which I also thought Lowry did not do so well.
I think there is plenty to be excited about with Westergaard.
Anders on the other hand, looked distinctly Sunday league with his first touch at Mansfield but let's face it others have been just as bad and gone on to be club legends e.g. Steve Brown!
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I love the money laundering talk.
A man worth 5.6 billion spends almost 2 million on Danes (aka 0,02% of his wealth) to ummm.......something.
It's up there with his plans to boost the crowds next season so that the 23 home games sell out with 9,500 people paying 30 quid each netting him almost 7 million which is about one day's interest on his current wealth.
People still don't seem to realise how rich Lommy is. His money goes on getting the bloke in charge of Crystal Palace's youth teams to up sticks and join us. Youth and London is where his pocket change is going. That's what seems to interest him.
I agree as I usually believe most things are cock-up (jury is still out on the recent purchases ) rather than conspiracy and talking about only having a small number of billions ignores the fact that they are like...billions...but I'm interested to know if you think the focus on Youth and London is a good thing for little wycombe @Kim_il_Swan
Nothing wrong with youth development but London is a bit ominous. Though we'll be begging for a stadium in Uxbridge when the entire team moves to Astana.
Because that's still the biggest mystery about Lommy, how exactly does moving Wycombe up the leagues benefit football in Kazakhstan? All he's said is that he wants us to have a world class academy with a branch in Kazakhstan. It seems that children over there will be able to train as footballers and then come over here to finish the job and get a place in our first team. And that will make them world class.
This must look great in Lommy's head but will it actually happen? It's going to take quite a few years to find out.
The latest academy news from the Kazakhstan Football Federation President, Marat Omarov, last month.
"Currently, the KFF is actively working with financial and industrial groups aimed at additional construction of three full-fledged football academies in Kazakhstan. It is important to emphasise that these projects are implemented at the expense of the investors themselves.
There is already an agreement with Kaspi Group for the construction of a football academy, the location of which has not yet been determined. There is an agreement with Freedom holding corporation to build a football academy in Karaganda. And also an academy will be built in Zhambyl region, as this region has always been a land of football talents."
...
"As part of the methodological support of current football schools, an agreement has been reached with Kaspi Group on training for coaches and possibility for players to visit the football club Wycombe Wanderers, which plays in the English division.''
https://kff.kz/en/news/26452
Take out 'The English Division of Comrade Putin's Mighty Empire...' that was to be included in the 2030 prospectus.
Humans are terrible at understanding very large numbers. The best way to mentally visualise this is...
2 million seconds = 23 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes, and 20 seconds
5.6 billion seconds = 177.45 years
Chimpanzees are better.
I’m not a dancer so I must be human but I can more often than not “do” the sums on Countdown in two or three quick steps.
Today, we have had a shock. The roof of our bungalow doesn’t just need a couple of metres of tiles lifted and the felt partially replaced as was thought. It needs a complete new roof. I’ve just worked out that the cost is five times what we paid for a three bedroom semi in Basingstoke in 1970.
Good to see you, @drcongo.
I hope you've had more than one contractor to inspect this, as there are so many cowboys out there. However I'm sure I'm teaching grandma to suck eggs, or in your case grandpa!
You could get a three bedroom semi in 1970 for around 3,000 quid.
Lommy could buy almost 2 million of them if he has a time machine.
I did and one was going to simply remove a chimney over a fireplace that has been blocked off for over 40 years - for £1,500 based I think on the fact that evidence of damp started on the chimney breast before spreading to three walls. Another quoted £5,495 to patch up part only (!) of each of two sides of the bungalow roof up to a height of two metres in addition to removing the chimney.
The guy who impressed us most during the competitive tendering process quoted £2,800 plus VAT for the entire length of west and north sides, an amount which has now been subsumed into the cost of replacing the whole roof, the need for which became apparent during the early stages of tile removal this morning. He suggested that my son-in-law should come round to see for himself the extent of the problem. He said he wouldn’t normally invite a customer (or, in effect, his representative) to climb on to the scaffolding to see for himself how bad it was but I was glad that he did because I’m pretty sure I’ve been shown photographs in the past which could have been taken on any old roof!
The work is now well under way and (fingers crossed) should be completed some time next week. The musty, damp smell that family have commented on for many years (and to which we had seemingly become immune) should soon disappear.
When our daughter and son-in-law inherit the bungalow they should have no roofing worries for at least a couple of decades and will have less inheritance tax to pay on the nest egg I’ve been building up for them although I suppose the increased value of the bungalow will offset that saving.
Apologies for the length (and rather oblique relevance) of this post.
Glad everything appears to be sorted and you will soon be watertight. If your contractor completes everything OK I might ask you for his name as we are having trouble with our bungalow roof.
Sorry to everyone for highjacking this thread.
I 'm very disappointed this did not end with @micra saying Magnus and Anders happened to be driving by, claimed to have extensive roofing and damp course expertise and as they presently had time in their hands had offered to do the work at a knock down price.
(The boy Berry doing a bit of cash in hand labouring...)
Should I ignore the leaflet that dropped through my door from ‘M&A driveway and garden maintenance’?
I thought Westergaard looked very good on Tuesday night, not too dissimilar to the 5 minute cameo we got from Simons.
He got into the box on a couple of occasions in positions to put a ball away had it been delivered well or been pushed back out by the keeper.
His press on their midfielder which lasted some 10 seconds or so was very good. He also tracked a couple of runs very well, something which I also thought Lowry did not do so well.
I think there is plenty to be excited about with Westergaard.
Anders on the other hand, looked distinctly Sunday league with his first touch at Mansfield but let's face it others have been just as bad and gone on to be club legends e.g. Steve Brown!
If you live in a fifth floor flat, then yes.
Think Keith Ryan does roofing now. Lovely guy, you wouldn't want to argue if it wasn't spot on, kind of think it would be though.