Brighton Sky Blue
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It would be fairer to say they were gullible idiots who had no idea about Ranson and how football operates.
Think that's pretty much what he agreed to, having his own hedge-fund based in the Cayman Islands he'd know that the way that they do business.
Are you saying that Ranson is a gullible idiot who had no idea about Sisu and how they operated?
Not exactly the greatest of recommendations to be fair.
@ summerisle...And Septic is not guilty in any of this eh?.......£70m over 6 years........£12m a year.............Fuck off!
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/sisu-responds-sky-blues-probe-3025458
I think you'll find Ranson left a full year before SISU set up the cayman islands ARVO
I believe Ranson had CCFC at heart and wanted to make us a premiership club again, but was "Hog tied" by Igwe and Septic. We could have had a hundred men on the board but Igwe overuled Ranson and Hoffman every time. Why did the other 3 board members resign eh?....Coz they could see evn at that early stage in the SISU tenure, that they had no intention of financing some decent players for a promotion push. Players that could have made a massive difference were sold(Dann and Fox) If you can support the SISU stance after that, then you need to think again what football is all about!
I believe Ranson had CCFC at heart and wanted to make us a premiership club again, but was "Hog tied" by Igwe and Septic. We could have had a hundred men on the board but Igwe overuled Ranson and Hoffman every time. Why did the other 3 board members resign eh?....Coz they could see evn at that early stage in the SISU tenure, that they had no intention of financing some decent players for a promotion push. Players that could have made a massive difference were sold(Dann and Fox) If you can support the SISU stance after that, then you need to think again what football is all about!
The business model was to make a profit from buying and developing young players and reinvest it into the team to build a quality squad. This actually looked like paying off in Coleman's first full season in charge but ultimately his failure as manager led SISU to hit the panic button and abort the model when in reality had they persisted with it but pushed for a more competent manager then who knows, it could've worked.
Then you disguise it exceptionally well
I've never supported the Sisu stance, and never supported the man who brought them in here.
The business model was to make a profit from buying and developing young players and reinvest it into the team to build a quality squad. This actually looked like paying off in Coleman's first full season in charge but ultimately his failure as manager led SISU to hit the panic button and abort the model when in reality had they persisted with it but pushed for a more competent manager then who knows, it could've worked.
It was the "football man" Ranson who brought him in and persisted with him well beyond what a competent person should.
A high risk strategy, which works if you can unearth "gems" like Dann and Fox regularly. Unfortunately, despite the much heralded scouting abilities of Thorn, we never really replicated those heights again.
Hussey and Wood "going on to become as good as, if not better than Dan and Fox" springs to mind.
Though of course, with Coleman as the manager could have unearthed the new Messi and we would still have been shite.
Or we could have had double the debt we have now.
It was the "football man" Ranson who brought him in and persisted with him well beyond what a competent person should.
A high risk strategy, which works if you can unearth "gems" like Dann and Fox regularly. Unfortunately, despite the much heralded scouting abilities of Thorn, we never really replicated those heights again.
Hussey and Wood "going on to become as good as, if not better than Dan and Fox" springs to mind.
Though of course, with Coleman as the manager could have unearthed the new Messi and we would still have been shite.
We've discussed Ranson's gems many times before I think. The most incredulous case of them all was Westwood going for nothing-how on Earth did we manage to make a loss on him?
One of the worst pieces of business this club has ever done....when you get such a talented and potentially extremely valuable player pleading for a contract offer through the local paper, which was far too long in forthcoming you know your club really is a 'basket case'.
We should have got a 7 figure sum for him and we got nothing-I don't want Ranson anywhere near the club off of that alone. Just a stupid version of Tim Fisher with a slightly less smug look on his face.
Totally agree with you there BSB...The way I see it, with all the players who were allowed to run their contracts down but seemingly did want to sign at some stage...including MK9, athough I did think he was a scumbag! What are you losing by signing them up for 2 or 3 years? If you want to cash in then just sell them afterwards...surely that's better business sense than letting them go for sweet FA!
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