Investment on the Horizon? (1 Viewer)
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Senior Vick from Alicante
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I am not but have lots of friends in La Marina next door. Gran Alicante is a bit more expensive and hillier but your right on the sea their, only ever heard good reports about the place.
AVWskyblue
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I thought programs were nothing to do with the club any more, hadn't they sold the sales rights a while ago
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Wiseoldfool
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If there is something going on could it be our shirt sponsors behind it .I understand they are well respected in Dubai and have just seen on cov telegraph that our situation has been broadcast over there on Keys and Gray radio with an interview with Simon Gilbert.
NorthernWisdom
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Problem is, I find this more realistic than many of the possibilities!
The Gentleman
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It has been fairly well publicised about Sisu's failings with us and the simple fact that they do not have a fucking clue what they are doing. No one in their right mind would jump into bed with Sisu as a partner. Only thing I can see is a takeover but to be honest, I couldn't see how even that would happen because someone would have to spend huge amounts of cash over a sustained period, with no guarantee of a return when there are far better placed clubs out there.
clint van damme
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that, unfortunately, about sums it up wen you look at it in the cold light of day.
Maybe if we still had the option on the stadium but now that ship has sailed I can't see why anyone would throw money at us.
Brylowes
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It's worth remembering, down the years many many clubs have found themselves
In a similar (or worse) position to the one we are in now. I can remember hearing
About clubs weeks from extinction, a couple I can think of are now plying there
Trade in the premier league.
There's a lot of talk on here about "who would buy us" and "the club is worthless"
But in football these things tend to run in cycles, I still believe that some how this
Club will rise again. If it was any other business it would have been gone years ago,
But it isn't and when it comes to "buying" or "investing in" a football club it rarely
Comes down too money alone, sentiment, love, nostalgia, pride can fire peoples
Imagination and make them do things no other business could.
Our day will come again, it has too.
Irish Sky Blue
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It's worth remembering, down the years many many clubs have found themselves
In a similar (or worse) position to the one we are in now. I can remember hearing
About clubs weeks from extinction, a couple I can think of are now plying there
Trade in the premier league.
There's a lot of talk on here about "who would buy us" and "the club is worthless"
But in football these things tend to run in cycles, I still believe that some how this
Club will rise again. If it was any other business it would have been gone years ago,
But it isn't and when it comes to "buying" or "investing in" a football club it rarely
Comes down too money alone, sentiment, love, nostalgia, pride can fire peoples
Imagination and make them do things no other business could.
Our day will come again, it has too.
I feel this way too. Brighton were in a similar position, losing their ground, initially having to play 60 miles away at Gillingham and having few tangible assets but their name. I think we will come back from this, starting from when Sisu leave.
Otis
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Yeah, and I'm sure my daughter's, children's, children's, great, great, great, great grandchildren will jump up and down with delight when that happens.
NorthernWisdom
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Maidstone meanwhile, lost their ground and went bust.
Stockport meanwhile, plunged to Leamington's level when they lost their ground (albeit having now got it back, they have hope).
Brighton are, alas, the exception rather than the rule. You'd look at them for hope, not reassurance.
mrtrench
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Yes, but unfortunately by then we live underwater.
Otis
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And then the only team left to survive and still be in existence will be Gillingham I suppose..
Hi Guys
Are any of you like me and not very optimistic about any future investment in the foreseeable future. Let us be honest, apart from the OP who with respect only passed on what he genuinely believed ,there has been nothing else forthcoming. In this day and age it would be almost impossible to keep the prospect of new investment a complete secret without even a tiny tit bit getting out.
I hope I am being pessimistic for nothing and that in the very future something does happen to the benefit our beloved football club.
Regards.
Are any of you like me and not very optimistic about any future investment in the foreseeable future. Let us be honest, apart from the OP who with respect only passed on what he genuinely believed ,there has been nothing else forthcoming. In this day and age it would be almost impossible to keep the prospect of new investment a complete secret without even a tiny tit bit getting out.
I hope I am being pessimistic for nothing and that in the very future something does happen to the benefit our beloved football club.
Regards.
Isn't the Hawthorns the highest ground above sea level? Sounds like in 500 years there will be a Gillingham vs WBA premiership.
rupert_bear
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You have
You have a valid point, apart from a little so called attempt to do something by the trust there's not been a real peep from anyone trying to move in. We have protest groups trying to shift sisu which is okay to a point but if there was known interest in taking over there would be a point to intensify these protests perhaps. I suspect January will be very interesting with loan players leaving and of course there is the manager issue to sort out, as said interesting times in the near future.
Terry Gibson's perm
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I can see players going in January and few being replaced, I can see Venus being the manager until the summer if we are out of the bottom four they will say everything is ok and if in the bottom four will be preparing for division four and keeping costs down
Otis
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Yeah, but while the Baggies can only play on land, the Gills can do both land and underwater too.
ccfcway
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"and your great great great granddaughter is pretty fine"
A quick point, by the year 3000, she will be at least 400 years old,
Erm, what has this, and some of the other replies got to do with the original post?
Regards.
ccfcway
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its likely that SISU will be gone by the year 3000
NorthernWisdom
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Satire is the greatest form of wit, and all that.
A spotlight of truth is showcased by comedy.
OK, Otis's comedy is more Karl Marx than Groucho, but the theory's the same...
Irish Sky Blue
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None of these clubs had the potential that we do, even Brighton. Maidstone incidentally have reformed and are making progress up the leagues.
NorthernWisdom
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...now they have their own ground in Maidstone, and a mere two and a half decades later.
Brylowes
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Irish Sky Blue
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Maidstone- population 113,000,
Stockport- population 136,000
Brighton- population 281,000
Coventry- population 337,000
All figures from Wikipedia so must be true!
No surprise that Brighton survived and flourished while the other two have lost their league place. I think we can do the same. However it did take Brighton a long time to get from the stage of leaving the Goldstone to arriving at their new stadium. I am 60 next birthday. Sisu leave ASAP please so that hope might return and that fans around my age can still hope for better times and think of football not this continual mess.
Stockport- population 136,000
Brighton- population 281,000
Coventry- population 337,000
All figures from Wikipedia so must be true!
No surprise that Brighton survived and flourished while the other two have lost their league place. I think we can do the same. However it did take Brighton a long time to get from the stage of leaving the Goldstone to arriving at their new stadium. I am 60 next birthday. Sisu leave ASAP please so that hope might return and that fans around my age can still hope for better times and think of football not this continual mess.
More likely on Mars assuming we can get past the Space junk on the way up and out!
Brylowes
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Might give us an advantage, most of our forwards run like they're upto
Their waists in water
NorthernWisdom
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Going to ignore the likes of Bradford PA too...?
Irish Sky Blue
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Second club in a two club city. No where near our potential.
NorthernWisdom
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You're picking some arbitrary parameters, because you're desperate to show that Brighton is the norm, rather than the exception.
I'm afraid however that is untrue. Clubs such as us tend to fade away, and not return to the level they were at originally.
Irish Sky Blue
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Can you name a club as big as us that has faded away? I suppose it depends on how you define "big". You could say we are a third division club with gates of 9000 and are therefore small fry. However, history, tradition and potential supporter base has to be taken into consideration. I can't think of any club with our history, tradition or crowd potential that has faded away. The clubs you mention, don't have, for want of a better word, our pedigree.
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oucho
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Beat me to it !!
