Don’t wanna have to watch my club play out of Coventry again. I know it’s silly but by owing it we can at least control our own destiny (or at the very least get a long long lease).
Read somewhere about Sunderland (if they went up)They're sniffing round a championship club. Millwall evidently then they came out and said not them
I wish. Saudi takeovers don't happen to clubs like us unfortunately
Yeah completely get that, but it should never of happened and the only way to guarantee it imo would be to own the stadium.In reality even with a moustache twiddling villian owner in Wasps, a bumbling and angry council and a bumbling and angry ownership, we still ended up back in Cov because the club and the stadium have a codependent relationship. No one else brings that footfall and there’s no realistic chance of another 30k stadium being built in the city.
London is an appeal all on its own tho. Plus haven’t they got planning permission to do up their stadium?Surely we’ve gotta be more appealing than fucking Milwall
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Comes at a price though roughly £5m a year and Doug can’t afford that forever
Read somewhere about Sunderland (if they went up)
Given they've tried to take the moral high ground over Newcastles Saudi ownership the mental gymnastics would be glorious
Which makes the whole conversation around ST price increases seem more ridiculous. If you lose millions a year, you need to do something to mitigate those losses. Particularly when the expectation of the owner is to plough in more money for players and other operational costs.
It’s all well and good the owner pandering to fans and indefinitely freezing prices but if the losses become more extreme and we go the way Derby did with Morris… I’d rather not.
Too high and people won't all buy , so there has to be balance
You want the club to become an advert for an authoritarian Muslim state? Alhamdulillah!You don’t want us owned by multi billionaires that would take us straight to the premier league?
You want the club to become an advert for an authoritarian Muslim state? Alhamdulillah!
I assume you would be appalled?The reality is if the club succeeded no one would care - some will pretend to - but they will just still go anyway
Championship clubs and at least one team in the Premier League are trying to lure Saudi Arabian billionaire Turki Alalshikh into investment, according to a report.
Sky Sports journalist Kaveh Solhekol says clubs are turning to Saudi in a bid to strike it rich and help them win promotion to the Premier League. Alalshikh, with an estimated wealth of $2.8 billion, has a number of business interests and has transformed the sport of boxing by putting on a host of incredible shows in the Middle East.
Some might, some will care, and act accordingly.some will pretend to
I think that's why he used the word "some"Some might, some will care, and act accordingly.
You do not speak for all.
The whole quote. I've highlighted the relevant bit for you.I think that's why he used the word "some"
But, you know, I'm only guessing that "some" doesn't in fact mean "all"
He's probably right tbf.The whole quote. I've highlighted the relevant bit for you.
"The reality is if the club succeeded no one would care - some will pretend to - but they will just still go anyway."
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The reality is if the club succeeded no one would care - some will pretend to - but they will just still go anyway
He's not.He's probably right tbf.
Ethics never stopped us signing Marlon King. And I only remember 1 person saying they wouldn't attend again. (Not that I'm saying it's right, but in reality it soon blows over)
And the person who wouldnt go again she then promptly screwed the club over via the council maligned view of the club and SISUHe's probably right tbf.
Ethics never stopped us signing Marlon King. And I only remember 1 person saying they wouldn't attend again. (Not that I'm saying it's right, but in reality it soon blows over)
And the person who wouldnt go again she then promptly screwed the club over via the council maligned view of the club and SISU
Fwiw, I don't judge fans for not boycotting; football support is ingrained over decades, you can't switch off love for a club any more than you can for a person. Football supporters also can't be blamed for who owns their clubs.A tiny proportion of the fanbase would be bothered. Vast majority would still turn up week after week.
You say it as if it's a good thing.
Fwiw, I don't judge fans for not boycotting; football support is ingrained over decades, you can't switch off love for a club any more than you can for a person. Football supporters also can't be blamed for who owns their clubs.
What stuck in the craw with Newcastle was just how much they embraced it.
I assume you would be appalled?
I find that slightly hard to believe.Well I would still go. I wouldn't give it much though in truth.
Yeah, sorry, edited post; realised after posting you weren't passing comment on your own thoughts, rather speaking more generally.It's neither here nor there really it's just highlighting human nature and what's realistic in the context of the discussion.
You're entitled to take whatever position you want but the fact is the vast majority won't care and that's been proven from several case studies.
Like you said the wider footballing community was in uproar while Newcastle fans were dancing around in Arabic attire.
I find that slightly hard to believe.
Personally I wouldn't want the club ownership to become enmeshed in any political project. And that goes for Dale Vince's vegan burgers as much as it does for some Saudi tycoon's petro-utopia. Doubt it would stop me going, but I've given plenty of thought to a random Finnish hedge fund owning the club over the years, I imagine I'd do the same if it was someone who "represents prejudice and atrocity".
Way before then in fairness. World Cups in Italy in 1938 and Argentina in 1978 are just the immediately obvious ones. Football administrators generally never had much of a social conscience.The reality is though football sold its soul in 1992.
Way before then in fairness. World Cups in Italy in 1938 and Argentina in 1978 are just the immediately obvious ones. Football administrators generally never had much of a social conscience.
It's just so blatant now, though. Infantino will crawl up the arse of every autocrat he meets.
My fears exactlyNot overly concerned about owning it
Hugely concerned over:
Does Mike Ashley want to own the club and if so what is he willing to do to leverage this?
Does the club have enough leverage in the fact of what you are saying to ensure a long term licence at a rate that enables us to compete at the highest possible level?
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