oldskyblue58
CCFC Finance Director
I think you have to separate what CCFC might do from what SISU might do. The two do not have the same aims and objectives. Just my opinion but CCFC is a tool to be used for the SISU objectives. Keep in mind that SISU's (Seppala's) objective is a return for the investors, that doesn't mean a couple hundred thousand pa for the next 20 years by the way. They have adopted a high risk plan and that demands large returns. No where is there a mention of a "return" in any real tangible sense for the fans
You can not look at it from a football club perspective to answer the question. They really are not interested in the PR being positive or interested in the fans I feel. Only thing they perhaps rely on from a fans perspective is that they will never lose all the fans. Of course they would like the PR and fans to be on side with them but it is not a problem to their objectives if they are not. Every time the PR goes against they go quiet for a week or so, let it die down and try to release some positive news, then move on...... (partly sheltered by the team doing so well...... so bad PR they let the team do the talking for a while and have been lucky with that this season)
So having got to the place SISU are, spent all that money and effort, what would I do? Exactly what they are doing, play real hard ball, give no ground in terms of position, press on with trying to maximise investors returns, keep battering away at the legal cases where ever a "threat" might appear or to simply drain funds of opponents, sit tight and try force a settlement on SISU terms, wear down the oppositions ability and desire to fight on. Has nothing to do with football to be honest. It is going to be about the JR and the legal cases that follow it so why change direction now?
The march did not change anything. The Arsenal protest as good as it was (and it was good from the fans point of view) will not have changed anything for SISU (indeed they could spin it as a reason why the Council should give in and sell). Neither actually changed the SISU objectives or the means by which they plan to achieve those objectives
Just my opinion............. the reality could of course be different............ I just do not think it is
You can not look at it from a football club perspective to answer the question. They really are not interested in the PR being positive or interested in the fans I feel. Only thing they perhaps rely on from a fans perspective is that they will never lose all the fans. Of course they would like the PR and fans to be on side with them but it is not a problem to their objectives if they are not. Every time the PR goes against they go quiet for a week or so, let it die down and try to release some positive news, then move on...... (partly sheltered by the team doing so well...... so bad PR they let the team do the talking for a while and have been lucky with that this season)
So having got to the place SISU are, spent all that money and effort, what would I do? Exactly what they are doing, play real hard ball, give no ground in terms of position, press on with trying to maximise investors returns, keep battering away at the legal cases where ever a "threat" might appear or to simply drain funds of opponents, sit tight and try force a settlement on SISU terms, wear down the oppositions ability and desire to fight on. Has nothing to do with football to be honest. It is going to be about the JR and the legal cases that follow it so why change direction now?
The march did not change anything. The Arsenal protest as good as it was (and it was good from the fans point of view) will not have changed anything for SISU (indeed they could spin it as a reason why the Council should give in and sell). Neither actually changed the SISU objectives or the means by which they plan to achieve those objectives
Just my opinion............. the reality could of course be different............ I just do not think it is
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