en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/786578 Comments by Letsby_Avenue http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/02/09/are-gold-sullivan-pinning-their-hopes-on-the-academy/#IDComment56080509 Just wanted to add this. Karren Brady is noted for becoming an MD at a football club at the age of 23. AND....earning that football club their first ever proffit in 120 years odd. 1996 we made £1.2 mill credit. HOW...you all ask I bet. She closed down our Academy. "Why spend a fortune growing your own when you can buy them cheaper at the supermarket?" One thing I've always respected at West Ham is the conveyor belt, the Academy before it was called that. Just be careful. We were without an Academy for 8-10 years until Francis insisted on rebuilding it. Spending money like that earned him Brady's total hatred. If your Academy absorbs a lot of dosh - be very careful. It's not the mobile phones Karren will go for, but the big expenditure. Good Luck mates - AFTER Wednesday. (You only need 16-18 points, don't sweat it. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 23:04:11 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/02/09/are-gold-sullivan-pinning-their-hopes-on-the-academy/#IDComment56080509 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/02/09/are-gold-sullivan-pinning-their-hopes-on-the-academy/#IDComment56079645 It's not all over if you lose. Don't be silly. Theres 42 points to play for - you need 16-18 for safety. Blimey mate, you've only had Gold & Sully a fortnight and you sound like a bluenose who's had their pick-me-up chats for 16 years :-) They'll hit you with guilt soon. That you aren't doing enough, paying enough, promising to pay enough, at the moment they're still blaming everyone else - the fans turn will come. Good Luck - AFTER Wednesday :-) Tue, 9 Feb 2010 22:56:46 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/02/09/are-gold-sullivan-pinning-their-hopes-on-the-academy/#IDComment56079645 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/02/09/are-gold-sullivan-pinning-their-hopes-on-the-academy/#IDComment56078158 Visiting bluenose <SPAN class=idc-smiley><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0pt 0pt"><SPAN>:-)</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> True, Mclaeish was appointed by Gold & Sulls. Untrue, signings made in the January window nothing to do with them. Additionally, under Gold & Sulls we had an offer for Sporting's Michel accepted last summer. Then it ran aground because G & S would not increase the first payment ( of three) which came to about an extra £750k up front. Transfer fell through. G& S then used that available capital saved on the Michel transfer to pay themselves nearly half a million "consultancy fees" for the season 2009-2010. Then they jumped ship with their £81 million. They are both the worst kind of media whores, obsessed with being interviewed and giving their opinions on everything. You'll find that once it gets going, David Sullivan and Karren Brady will run a very tight ship - David Gold will be told things but will not be involved in the day to day. Bit like Corporal Jones in Dad's Army most times. . . Good Luck - AFTER Wednesday. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 22:44:24 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/02/09/are-gold-sullivan-pinning-their-hopes-on-the-academy/#IDComment56078158