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The Moneymen 2

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Now all the clubs chased the dream
Endeavoring to reign supreme.
The price for some of this wrong doing?
Devastation, financial ruin.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 But wait! What’s this? A wealthy saviour
To put an end to this behaviour;
A tycoon willing to invest
With genuine enthusiasm, zest.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Our hero has sound business links;
He’ll use them to help us out methinks.
He’ll prob’ly invest ten million pound,
Help us build a brand new ground.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 First he appoints an experienced man,
One who’s known to every fan.
Pays him twenty grand a week:
Men like that, they don’t come cheap.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 While the fans think they’ve got the best
The youth team bus is repossessed.
Wrong priorities I hear you cry,
But money man’s a shrewd, sly guy.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 About soccer he understands naff-all,
But business-wise he’s no-one’s fool.
Pays himself a consultancy fee,
Witholds this news from you and me.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Whilst the outlook on the pitch is bright,
In the inner sanctum things ain’t right.
Money man wants progress quick,
But council boys suspect a trick.

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 A new ground built on flood plain land;
This surely can’t be very sound.
A new ground built on a flood plain!
Is he for real or quite insane?

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Money man’s getting itchy feet,
Threatening to turn up the heat:
The outlook’s very far from sunny:
He’s saying he’ll withdraw his money.

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 Within the month our chap’s departed,
Supporters sobbing, broken-hearted.
The manager has jumped ship too,
No-one knows quite what to do.

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 Gradually the truth emerges
Through the press in daily surges.
Our friend had expensive taste,
Nearly laid the club to waste.

12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 Paid himself a whacking sum
For merely sitting on his bum.
Champagne quaffed when with his mates;
Told you he’d expensive taste!

13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 The moral of this sad tale then?
Just never trust the moneymen.
True, they may just save your team,
But most of them run out of steam.

14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 They play the most appalling trick;
You know? The one to get rich quick.
But we’re the ones who foot the bill
When greedy hands reach for the till.

Notes

This kind of thing could happen to your club. Who knows…………..perhaps it already has.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-moneymen-2/?shared=email&msg=fail