OCK Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) I doubt it'll continue to the levels Abramovich had it running at given that he clocked up £2bn in debt doing so. If any of the current American owners have shown us is that they're a business first bunch of greedy bastards. Which is nice. 1 minute ago, Kanji said: You might want read about the man and what he said in 2019 in Bloomberg about football before making a randomly generalized view of Americans owning football teams. You might want to post the link about the man and what he said in 2019 in Bloomberg about football before making a post randomly. AMERICANS BOOOOOOO Edited May 7, 2022 by OCK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 3 hours ago, mouldy_uk said: Football club valuations really confuse me (not difficult I know). Are Chelsea really worth these sort of figures whilst we sold for around £300m? I reckon you get a second business with Chelsea with the amount of players on their books and the amount they charge in loan fees for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Just now, Gawalls said: I reckon you get a second business with Chelsea with the amount of players on their books and the amount they charge in loan fees for them. Not to mention the value of playing ‘assets’ compared to ours. Lukaku was £100m alone (granted that wouldn’t necessarily be £100m added to the value of the club as such, but it shows a comparative.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Here you go. It’s been referenced often in the takeover news in your press. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-09-09/why-l-a-dodgers-owner-todd-boehly-wants-to-buy-a-premier-league-club-video Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Fantail Breeze said: It was only 12 months ago we were all complaining that Ashley valued us too highly and was pricing buyers out of the sale. Exactly, something is worth what you can get for It and it took Ashley long enough to sell it at this so let’s not pretend otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 You think I read Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Hi Pixie, How are you today? X Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Gawalls said: I reckon you get a second business with Chelsea with the amount of players on their books and the amount they charge in loan fees for them. How many players a club can load out is being gradually limited though over the coming years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, Pixie10 said: Fine. I hope Saoudis will give a lot of money. Newcastle need a better team. Fire everybody except Saint Maximin . You spelt Bruno wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, Pixie10 said: Hi you re a soccer fan ? Wanna be a part of the game of the decade between the Reds and the White House ? Wanna see the elite of the world of soccer gathered at Paris , may 28? Vinicius piercing Van Dijk ? Benzema displaying his skills in front of the beast Konate ? Rodrygo the new brazilian prodigy who killed Man City in the last minutes of a legendary meeting ? Arnold , the best right foot of the planet ? Salah and Mane throwing some africans spells among Real Madrid defenders ? I got a ticket for this event. You can call me at this number +33762517826 or send an email [email protected] Will you kindly take payment in amazon gift cards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, wormy said: Will you kindly take payment in amazon gift cards? Or used paddling pools? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Armchair Pundit said: It's crap for the league that it'll be another American led consortium, they'll be pushing all the more for changed to our league and game to make it more like the MLS. Genuinely, though...which American sport is worse than the EPL? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mike said: Genuinely, though...which American sport is worse than the EPL? All of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Mike said: Genuinely, though...which American sport is worse than the EPL? Which one is better ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghandis Flip-Flop Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, Mike said: Genuinely, though...which American sport is worse than the EPL? All of them 🤷🏻♂️ How many of them does anyone outside of North America genuinely give a shit about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said: All of them 🤷🏻♂️ How many of them does anyone outside of North America genuinely give a shit about? The...entire world, man. The entire world. You can not like the sports but our approach to pro sports is nothing to dismiss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghandis Flip-Flop Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Mike said: The...entire world, man. The entire world. You can not like the sports but our approach to pro sports is nothing to dismiss. This is about as valid an opinion, as the American National champions declaring themselves World Champions every year. #Bollocks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Let’s aspire to the model where a league has a damn near monopoly on the entire professional sports. Don’t most major American sports make young men perform the sport at university for no money? all them franchises. That move City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 15 minutes ago, Mike said: The...entire world, man. The entire world. You can not like the sports but our approach to pro sports is nothing to dismiss. Lack of relegation or pyramid means it's all boring shite, I'm afraid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) US approach to sporting excellence and development in general is great. And the passion people have for sport in general is possibly unrivalled globally. The league systems of the major sports are all atrocious though. Closed shop, no risk, engineered deliberately to maximise and secure the revenue of billionaires to the detriment of any true sporting pyramid. Draft system to give the illusion of fairness in what is a completely rigged game. Each and every one of the major sports are ran exactly like the proposed European Super League which was rightly lambasted as a disgrace. I know very very few people - those I know in the UK, Europe and Asia - who actually follow US sports through the regular season. I mean why would you bother? It is literally a giant waste of time in a sporting sense. Watching an NBA game in person during the regular season was almost snore inducing. People tune in for the odd big playoff game and the Superbowl. That is it. Edited May 7, 2022 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 The only thing that would ever be worth adopting is the draft. Aside from that, nah, go away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Plenty of people watch regular season games and love them man The fan experience is streets ahead as well, as is the quality of the merchandise, food and drink and that kind of thing. Of course if your prefer things gritty and real, Portsmouth v Milwall in the playoffs is always going to win out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Chaos is a necessary ingredient to sport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number37 Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 I think the fan experience has to be better because there's nowt much else happening on the pitch. At least when you go to a Test Match you know you're there all week but it just feels like that when you go to a baseball or American football game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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