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« on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 18:13:50 » |
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After the discussions regarding the Trust etc, in 'The Board, consultancy fees...' thread, I thought I'd set this up..
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 18:42:51 » |
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For those who want Complete Control...
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Peter Gibbons
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 18:43:57 » |
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...and for those wanting Some Control:
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It's not that I'm lazy. It's that I just don't care.
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Dr Pierre Chang
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 18:44:18 » |
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The Trust have looked an embarrassing outfit recently - fuck knows how they could run a football club and provide any meaningful funds.
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 19:28:04 » |
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The Trust have looked an embarrassing outfit recently - fuck knows how they could run a football club and provide any meaningful funds.
you could say the same of the current board, or what's left of them. |
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 19:38:15 » |
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The fans could have complete control of the club. Sadly we dont have the numbers really to make it count...3-5 thousand hardened fans will not get the job done. 20 odd thousand or so would make an impresion of sorts....a good fan ownership with passion and zeal would encourage backers into the club...just cant ever see it happening  |
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 19:40:23 » |
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The fans could have complete control of the club. Sadly we dont have the numbers really to make it count...3-5 thousand hardened fans will not get the job done. 20 odd thousand or so would make an impresion of sorts....a good fan ownership with passion and zeal would encourage backers into the club...just cant ever see it happening Not sure we'd need 20,000 at this level, getting that many through the turnstiles would be a good start though! |
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 19:50:29 » |
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Not sure we'd need 20,000 at this level, getting that many through the turnstiles would be a good start though!
http://www.football365.com/f365-features/8641798/Has-Tide-Turned-For-Fan-Ownership-We will never get 20,000 fans .....what i meant to say was 20,000 pledging money...industry maybe and fans who pop in now and again...some well off fans donating a lot more to make up for others etc....i am not an expert but maybe someone could bring some figures together regarding fan numbers and say £200 pledges to get it up and running. |
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 20:00:07 » |
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I agree with the earlier post that 51% fan ownership, 49% investor(s) would be the holy grail. I can't see that in the short term though.
The current board (a fat man and some mates who appear, disappear, reappear, disappear) just make you feel we would be in no worse off place if we had a go ourselves via The Trust.
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 21:05:23 » |
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I'd like to see the club wholly owned by fans who then appoint a board to actually run the club. This is due to most fans being fuckwits who would bankrupt the club in weeks given the opportunity.
Would be good to understand how it works in other countries, such as Germany and Spain. Don't Real Madrid (or is it Barcelona) fans own the club and then appoint someone to run it, normally the person who promises to spend the most amount of money buying the biggest star players on the planet?
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« Reply #10 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 21:09:48 » |
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As mentioned on the other thread, has to be (b)...à la Bundesliga. German clubs are run by the fans, for the fans. Sadly, we are where we are, and I can't see how we could emulate that given where we are now.
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 21:21:07 » |
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I'd like to see the club wholly owned by fans who then appoint a board to actually run the club. This is due to most fans being fuckwits who would bankrupt the club in weeks given the opportunity.
Would be good to understand how it works in other countries, such as Germany and Spain. Don't Real Madrid (or is it Barcelona) fans own the club and then appoint someone to run it, normally the person who promises to spend the most amount of money buying the biggest star players on the planet?
It's Real Madrid AND Barcelona. |
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 21:35:38 » |
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It's Real Madrid AND Barcelona.
Barcelona are a true co-operative. The difference between them and us is that they've got over 100, 000 equal owners. We'd be lucky to get 5000. Oh and they also generate a huge amount of income. Bundesliga clubs, as someone has already mentioned, are subsidised up the arse. I can't see Swindon Borough Council spending vast amounts on the club. |
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 21:50:17 » |
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I agree with the earlier post that 51% fan ownership, 49% investor(s) would be the holy grail. I can't see that in the short term though.
The current board (a fat man and some mates who appear, disappear, reappear, disappear) just make you feel we would be in no worse off place if we had a go ourselves via The Trust.
I can't imagine too many businessmen queuing up to part with their money with a load of eggs in replica shirts with their name on dictating how's it's spent (spunked) |
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 21:59:27 » |
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Bundesliga clubs, as someone has already mentioned, are subsidised up the arse. I can't see Swindon Borough Council spending vast amounts on the club.
Aren't Barcelona / Real Madrid being investigated by the EU for illegal government subsidies? |
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