Originally Posted by
EalingGreen
Where was I factually incorrect about DCFC?
As for Glentoran, like DCFC they engaged in a financial arms race to try to keep up (with Linfield) and "buy" success etc.
But unlike DCFC, they never went bust, they never walked away from unpaid bills and they cleared their debts (partly by selling land which they owned). On the contrary, they did what it took to get the club back on an even keel even when the team on the pitch was suffering and all without receiving any public money to rebuild their stadium, or with European prize money.
So that with the mess having now been cleared up as much by by the club itself as this new investor, there is no valid comparison with the financial mismanagement at the Brandywell.
Of course, with the new regime's plans to take the club to the next level (f-t status), it may turn out that this is just the next arms race - who knows?
But as my dear old mother would have said: "Let me fall before you catch me".
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