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Post by Lommaren on May 28, 2018 15:40:33 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 11:15:02 GMT -5
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Post by Ariete on May 31, 2018 11:17:44 GMT -5
Oh no.  GG Zizou, I'll always love you! :headbutt: |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 11:20:39 GMT -5
He leaves quite a legacy...
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 13:49:38 GMT -5
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Post by Lommaren on May 31, 2018 15:05:17 GMT -5
The club will be worth a lot of money and be a prime target for any successor as an investor. High sponsorship value, London, a highly-valued squad with Eden Hazard in it as a +100 million value player. No chance of them going down the Everton route I'm afraid. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 15:13:44 GMT -5
The club will be worth a lot of money and be a prime target for any successor as an investor. High sponsorship value, London, a highly-valued squad with Eden Hazard in it as a +100 million value player. No chance of them going down the Everton route I'm afraid. They'll go down the tube once the Russian sugar daddy pulls out. Small stadium, smaller less resilient fan-base, £100 million is nothing these days, etc. Tottenham and Arsenal both have better long term prospects. |
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Post by Lommaren on May 31, 2018 15:16:22 GMT -5
They'll go down the tube once the Russian sugar daddy pulls out. Small stadium, smaller less resilient fan-base, £100 million is nothing these days, etc. Tottenham and Arsenal both have better long term prospects. He'll become an Israeli citizen anytime though which will definitely ease things for him. I read that on the side of that very BBC article. That being said, he seems a bit bored by Chelsea so he might look to get rid. There's always going to be someone shopping around for a club like that though. Hopefully just a Stan Kroenke. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 15:34:46 GMT -5
They'll go down the tube once the Russian sugar daddy pulls out. Small stadium, smaller less resilient fan-base, £100 million is nothing these days, etc. Tottenham and Arsenal both have better long term prospects. He'll become an Israeli citizen anytime though which will definitely ease things for him. I read that on the side of that very BBC article. That being said, he seems a bit bored by Chelsea so he might look to get rid. There's always going to be someone shopping around for a club like that though. Hopefully just a Stan Kroenke. Not sure anyone would see it as a great investment. They have no long term plan, hiring and firing managers, poor record of developing their own young talent, small aging stadium, a team that needs rebuilding, etc. Somewhere like Newcastle would seem more appealing to me if I was a wealthy investor tbh. |
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Post by Lommaren on May 31, 2018 15:47:46 GMT -5
Not sure anyone would see it as a great investment. They have no long term plan, hiring and firing managers, poor record of developing their own young talent, small aging stadium, a team that needs rebuilding, etc. Somewhere like Newcastle would seem more appealing to me if I was a wealthy investor tbh. You can take higher ticket prices in West London than you could in Newcastle. Also a more attractive environment for established players to live in. If you wanted to sign young up and comers Newcastle might work, but for the big guns you need to either have a sizeable city, club reputation (which Chelsea now has) and not to mention less bad weather. Even Liverpool struggle to compete against the London factor, so Newcastle definitely would. If I was an investor with only business in mind West Ham would seem very appealing though. As for me, I'd probably go with Cardiff though. Then you can get (almost) an entire country behind you, lots of space to expand the stadium, could play European games at the Milennium etc. Also would be a cheap club to buy with not much debt either. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 16:10:34 GMT -5
Not sure anyone would see it as a great investment. They have no long term plan, hiring and firing managers, poor record of developing their own young talent, small aging stadium, a team that needs rebuilding, etc. Somewhere like Newcastle would seem more appealing to me if I was a wealthy investor tbh. You can take higher ticket prices in West London than you could in Newcastle. Also a more attractive environment for established players to live in. If you wanted to sign young up and comers Newcastle might work, but for the big guns you need to either have a sizeable city, club reputation (which Chelsea now has) and not to mention less bad weather. Even Liverpool struggle to compete against the London factor, so Newcastle definitely would. If I was an investor with only business in mind West Ham would seem very appealing though. As for me, I'd probably go with Cardiff though. Then you can get (almost) an entire country behind you, lots of space to expand the stadium, could play European games at the Milennium etc. Also would be a cheap club to buy with not much debt either. That theory sounds good, but in practice, with the exception of Arsenal and Chelsea in recent years, the most successful clubs have generally been clubs outside of London, usually in the north, in less glamorous locations. The biggest incoming foreign investments recently have been Leicester, Wolves, and now Everton. Nome of which are "glamorous". The problem with London is that everything is so damn expensive. Climate isn't a big factor, most players are on holiday during the summer. The country is pretty similar across most English cities during the months when the football season is being played. |
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Post by Lommaren on May 31, 2018 16:16:13 GMT -5
Crystal Palace have spent some big money and have foreign owners to be fair Strewthless, but sure, those smaller towns are "untapped markets" in a way. If someone took Bristol City on it might be one hell of a good investment considering how cheap it is and how few teams there are within England around it. The closest real rival is Welsh... |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 19:37:58 GMT -5
I'm thinking more along the lines of Aston Villa, Leeds, Newcastle, Notts Forest, Sunderland, etc. "Sleeping giant" clubs that could all be great investments.
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 1, 2018 9:50:38 GMT -5
Sunderland would be an epic investment considering their Premier League parachute will cancel out any debt remaining Strewthless. The question is obviously; how much over the odds would you have to pay lower-PL tier players to play in League One. That's their biggest issue in such a scenario. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2018 19:15:22 GMT -5
Germany entering the world cup in their worst run of results in 30 years  Although it's only bad form by Germany's amazingly high standards. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 14:43:24 GMT -5
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Post by Giorbanguly on Jun 4, 2018 15:52:54 GMT -5
Germany entering the world cup in their worst run of results in 30 years Although it's only bad form by Germany's amazingly high standards. Kinda rooting against Germany this WC tbh. Not that I dont like the team, but it's just they always make it to at least the Semis. Would like to see someone new |
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 4, 2018 16:56:27 GMT -5
Used to root for Germany due to my heritage until what Frau Merkel did to us. Now I'm indifferent.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2018 5:31:49 GMT -5
I think Germany will win it again.
England to go out in the QFs.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2018 5:31:58 GMT -5
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GG Zizou, I'll always love you! :headbutt:
