Big question for City fans (2 Viewers)

And all this talk about "the trust" is misleading, join the trust and YOU are the trust, not me, Michael Jan etc. it can only work if Coventry fans make it work. The trust is just a name, a legal vehicle to make it happen.

LarryGrayson said:

baracas not trust ownership its member owners and argubal spain dont work barca an real madrid have massive dets propped up by counsels deportivo la coruna cud go bust very shortly along with valencia check this out

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/21/eu-debt-spain-football-clubs

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Barca owned by members might assume that they are fans read the rest of the article Barca are not in danger

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:

Barca owned by members might assume that they are fans read the rest of the article Barca are not in danger

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barca have a massive massive det you want that for city cos i dont but fans always vote for the president who promises to spend most spains a basket case its worse off in football terms then england it proves we shud avoid the spanish model at all costs

TurkeyTrot said:

And all this talk about "the trust" is misleading, join the trust and YOU are the trust, not me, Michael Jan etc. it can only work if Coventry fans make it work. The trust is just a name, a legal vehicle to make it happen.

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id lick to speak frankly but dont want to do so on a public board wud either you or michael or jan be happy for me to email them frankly i dont want to insult but got some concerns won of you might be able to reassure me but lick i say dont want to offend neither

LarryGrayson said:

barca have a massive massive det you want that for city cos i dont but fans always vote for the president who promises to spend most spains a basket case its worse off in football terms then england it proves we shud avoid the spanish model at all costs

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Im just saying that they are owned by the fans however you next point yes they have a massive debt look what they have achieved their debt proportionaly is miniscule to ours and weve achieved nothing. If Barca were to go pop their would be another civil war in Spain if we go under people will say so what even in this city. Time has come to make a stand join the Trust and try and make that stand collectively or give up think of all the excuses you can for not joining and watch OUR club die.

Of course fan-ownership doesn't work. Don't you know that most Bundesliga clubs are about to go out of business? Fans own 51% of each of those clubs. The dozen or so Trust owned clubs here, from Wrexham to Exeter are all in deep doo-doo. And the Green Bay Packers will never make a go of it in the NFL.

MichaelCCFC said:

If a new owner comes in will they be any better than ones over last 10-15 years or do we get serious about fan-led ownership like at Swansea and Pompey?

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As daft as it sounds I don't think we've hit rock bottom yet. We don't know how pompy's fan led ownership will pan out but Swansea were on the verge of falling out the football league. They took a long time to build and lived within their means and still do. The thing on their side was fan expectations, they just wanted a club and were happy with the slow progress.

One of our biggest problems is fans expectations, many believe we are a sleeping giant which should be in the PL. many hope for a sugar daddy to splash out on wages and transfers to get us into the promised land. When mentioning funding losses, they say "football is not like normal business, owners are expected to fund year on year losses". Our fans would not be happy with slashing the wage bill, becoming cost neutral.

LarryGrayson said:

id lick to speak frankly but dont want to do so on a public board wud either you or michael or jan be happy for me to email them frankly i dont want to insult but got some concerns won of you might be able to reassure me but lick i say dont want to offend neither

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I've been on message boards for 15 years and I've never been offended yet! I've probably offended a few in my time I've sent you my e-mail addy

Waldorf said:

Of course fan-ownership doesn't work. Don't you know that most Bundesliga clubs are about to go out of business? Fans own 51% of each of those clubs. The dozen or so Trust owned clubs here, from Wrexham to Exeter are all in deep doo-doo. And the Green Bay Packers will never make a go of it in the NFL.

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Green Bay Packers more Championships than any other team in the NFL last one in 2010, only the Giants have played in more finals so you're right they will never make a go of it in the NFL