We need new owners

[am_yisrael_chai]

This is not a rant at Daniel Levy based upon last night's window bollocks but rather a realisation that the Abu Dhai takeover of Man Shitty changes the game. There is simply no way we can hope to compete with the top4 or Shitty now based upon an ENIC "make the numbers stack up" business model. If we want to see Spurs compete we need a sugar daddy. The good news is that of the clubs in the Premier League who haven't been sold yet we are the most appealling - London based, large fan base, reasonable squad, no debt - the only problem is the huge premium ENIC want. It is time now for ENIC to move on and hand over Spurs to a more financially able owner so Spurs can compete at the top table.

 

[TrueYid]

That is what we said last year when the crook took them over, oh and the year before when wet spam got the two argies, grass is always greener, la la la la.

 

[piedpiper]

This is not a rant at Daniel Levy based upon last night's window bollocks but rather a realisation that the Abu Dhai takeover of Man Shitty changes the game. There is simply no way we can hope to compete with the top4 or Shitty now based upon an ENIC "make the numbers stack up" business model. If we want to see Spurs compete we need a sugar daddy. The good news is that of the clubs in the Premier League who haven't been sold yet we are the most appealling - London based, large fan base, reasonable squad, no debt - the only problem is the huge premium ENIC want. It is time now for ENIC to move on and hand over Spurs to a more financially able owner so Spurs can compete at the top table.

:hump: agree, this changes all the dynamics here, we will not be able to compete for players when they will go on a team building exercise, those wanting the likes of Veloso,Diarra,Huntelaar can forget it when Man City will outbid us to get the right quality, they've just outbid $$ Chelski$$

 

[Rabbi_Krustofski]

Once Man City have the squad they want it dosen't mean they will continue to sign every decent player out there. Players will be wise to the experiences of players like SWP, Scott Parker etc.
Man City won't be anything like Chelsea, as Chelsea always had the lure of London life on top as a major factor to come over here.

 

[striebs]

What is needed is for the football authorities to put a limit on the amount that clubs can be subsidised from outside sources .

Also for owners to act with a bit of class and play properly .

 

[DC_Boy]

well citeh show again the power of a billionaire benefactor - but they haven't altered the dynamics irrevocably - CFC did that when they won the lottery a few years back

what I'm interested in is whether there will be a groundswell of opinion from Spurs fans realising what I (and others) have said for years - the only realistic wayinto the top 4 is via a billionaire benefactor

all those jibes about plastic Chelsea with their plastic titles - I understand them and sympathise them - but do CFC care - no-

look at the excitement on Citeh faces last night over robinho
will Citeh fans care if they finally buy a trophy after 32 years in the wilderness - of course they won't

would I care if we 'bought the title' too bloody right I wouldn't - I'd be singing all the way down the tottnham high Road - either literally or metaphorically

 

[stemark44]

well citeh show again the power of a billionaire benefactor - but they haven't altered the dynamics irrevocably - CFC did that when they won the lottery a few years back

what I'm interested in is whether there will be a groundswell of opinion from Spurs fans realising what I (and others) have said for years - the only realistic wayinto the top 4 is via a billionaire benefactor

all those jibes about plastic Chelsea with their plastic titles - I understand them and sympathise them - but do CFC care - no-

look at the excitement on Citeh faces last night over robinho
will Citeh fans care if they finally buy a trophy after 32 years in the wilderness - of course they won't

would I care if we 'bought the title' too bloody right I wouldn't - I'd be singing all the way down the tottnham high Road - either literally or metaphorically

100% right - football is all about the money,the money buys whatever players are needed and they then win all the titles!
Its not about the fans,its not about bringing youngsters through the system - its only about who has the most money!
Would I be happy today if we were bought by Arab billionaires instead of feeling sick watching our best player smiling beside that smug bastard Ferguson?
Life is way too short to have to constantly wait for success and have to take the selling club jibes from other fans.
I would be walking around today with a permanent smile on my face,safe in the knowledge that my club was about to embark on a journey that was going to make them the biggest club in the country and possibly the world!

 

[Chimbo!]

I think people do not fully undertsand the implications of constant spending. The premier league bubble is continually expanding and at some point it will burst.

When that happens the only clubs that will come out unscathed are those that are financially run to be self-sufficient. In other words clubs with little or no debt or debt that has been managed so its easily payable. A burst bubble would cause a crash in prices, so the billionaire investors will walk away or lose interest and players will want to bail out. Arsene Wenger has the right idea, keep the club financially healthy so it survives the economic down-turn with minimum damage. When theres less money about clubs wot be able to afford to pay players 90k a week and with the dificulty in getting loans unless at high interest rates, makes what City are doing very dangerous. Money does not last forvever, look at west ham and city before the takeover they had billionaires with lots of money to spend but suddenly it dried up.

Levy has a long-term goal and right now there is no club in England which is financially more secure. The major investor in our club lost half a billion pounds in Bear Stearns, the club did not even flinch because its self sufficient. Other premier league clubs are not.

 

[LinekersToe]

What is needed is for the football authorities to put a limit on the amount that clubs can be subsidised from outside sources .

Also for owners to act with a bit of class and play properly .

You mean the monopoly and mergers commission? Unfortunately, football clubs are exempt as they aren't - in the terms of the rules governing that organisation - a business.

 

[night-watchman]

good post chimbo have some rep. The premier league is nearing its peak at the moment and it will have to fall at some stage. Because so many people are invovled worldwide in the financing of clubs all it takes is the smallest of financial events somewhere in the world for a club to be screwed over. And it will happen.

I genuingly think levy cares for the club and is in it for the long haul. He knows that the long term future of the club is more important than some quick fix in the shape of arshavin or someone. He is not willing to throw the clubs money around like no tommorrow and put it into debt.

 

[900triumph]

I think that it is only a matter of time before UEFA and FIFA make some changes, probably an embargo on clubs running at an operating loss of more than a set amount for longer than a set period. That amount and period could then be tapered off over time to allow an adjustment rather than a revolution, so that the clubs' current investments are not devalued overnight. The way to more even competition is to prevent the market from distortion by an element of control, which is sadly lacking at the moment - and we are not as badly affected as most Prem teams. How do you feel today if you are a Stoke, Hull or West Brom fan? Doomed, probably.

Man City's dosh probably helps to even things out a bit as far as we are concerned - Chelsea don't have Robinho, Man City don't have Berbatov (pity!), Man Utd don't have Cech, and there is no guarantee that City will stroll straight in to top 4/5. It's also a fact that only one team can win the Prem. and only one team can win Champs league. At some stage some multi billionaire with a planet sized ego is going to cop the hump at being second best and disappear, leaving chaos behind. Chelsea first please, Mr Abramovich!

 

[900triumph]

You mean the monopoly and mergers commission? Unfortunately, football clubs are exempt as they aren't - in the terms of the rules governing that organisation - a business.

Is this still the case if they are a plc?

 

[worcestersauce]

Thaksin Shinawatra has got £200m burning a whole in his pocket.

I'm still not sure about all this I am growing more concerned about football and where it is heading good luck to City but all we have now is fans of all the other clubs shouting sell sell sell to anyone with a few bob in his pocket which I believe is dangerous.
If for instance the new owners swamp Man City with money and out do Chelsea all down the line will Abramovitch stick around or will he say bugger this and go get an Italian team or even a Russian team, he don't like losing, and if he does chelsea are finished, literally finished. Now I don't care about chelsea but that could be anyones fait.
If old man glazier passes away will his sons keep their faith in Utd and lets hope Abu Dhabi doesn't have a military coup otherwise City are going to be buggered, you never know.

I lean towards the current Tottenham & arsenal method I'm afraid.