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hertsmackem said:
MG looked at how much was needed to buy the club and to rebuild it and his people if there ever were any people decided it was way too much. It didn’t go further than this fact
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Yeah it's a solid £150m commitment before you see any money back, let alone make a profit. Even getting us onto our feet in the Championship and avoiding relegation is likely a £75m+ investment from this point (including the purchase price)

That's why I worry about someone coming in now who isn't comfortable with that amount. Someone who thinks we only need a £20m bump is going to get us into the Championship, but every year will be a struggle in that division if there's no more investment forthcoming and we have to be self sufficient at that level.
 
KittenMittens said:
Yeah it's a solid £150m commitment before you see any money back, let alone make a profit. Even getting us onto our feet in the Championship and avoiding relegation is likely a £75m+ investment from this point (including the purchase price)

That's why I worry about someone coming in now who isn't comfortable with that amount. Someone who thinks we only need a £20m bump is going to get us into the Championship, but every year will be a struggle in that division if there's no more investment forthcoming and we have to be self sufficient at that level.
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With good management you dont necessaily need that type of money to get to the premiership...plenty have done it Sheffield Utd as a recent example.

Of course major financial backing would be great but good savy management is the key.
 
Northumberland Rocks said:
With good management you dont necessaily need that type of money to get to the premiership...plenty have done it Sheffield Utd as a recent example.

Of course major financial backing would be great but good savy management is the key.
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You can’t plan for that though and anyone looking at the figures for a sustained period in the championship is going to realise they’d be funding us every year. It’s impossible for us to be sustainable in the championship via our regular income streams. No one is going to take that risk at present
 
KittenMittens said:
Yeah it's a solid £150m commitment before you see any money back, let alone make a profit. Even getting us onto our feet in the Championship and avoiding relegation is likely a £75m+ investment from this point (including the purchase price)

That's why I worry about someone coming in now who isn't comfortable with that amount. Someone who thinks we only need a £20m bump is going to get us into the Championship, but every year will be a struggle in that division if there's no more investment forthcoming and we have to be self sufficient at that level.
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which is a massive problem for us as fans if someone like Storey took over, how do we know he has the £50 mil for players like he says he has as an example we could be in another Donald situation. He might just buy the club and hope he gets lucky same as Donald
 
The Beautiful Game said:
You can’t plan for that though and anyone looking at the figures for a sustained period in the championship is going to realise they’d be funding us every year. It’s impossible for us to be sustainable in the championship via our regular income streams. No one is going to take that risk at present
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you can’t plan to have good management in place?

of course you can.

I think the fact we have had such bad ownership who just throw money at problems because they dont know what they are doing has poisoned some people’s minds.

it doesn’t have to be that way.
 
Nelson! said:
you can’t plan to have good management in place?

of course you can.

I think the fact we have had such bad ownership who just throw money at problems because they dont know what they are doing has poisoned some people’s minds.

it doesn’t have to be that way.
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No, you can’t plan to do a Sheffield United. There’s plenty of well managed clubs that are stuck in the championship. The only way you can be sustainable in the championship at the same time as being competitive is selling players you’ve bought for more than you bought them for. If that was easy then everyone would do it. Just because that’s the aim doesn’t mean it will work out for you.

Anyone doing due diligence is looking at the actual figures that will be coming in and going out. They arent going to speculate on what they could do if they got an Ollie Watkins.
 
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The Beautiful Game said:
You can’t plan for that though and anyone looking at the figures for a sustained period in the championship is going to realise they’d be funding us every year. It’s impossible for us to be sustainable in the championship via our regular income streams. No one is going to take that risk at present
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Ok if we cant plan like Sheff Utd lets plan like Bournemouth or Burnley...and other clubs have got from where we are to establish themselves in the premiership without spending silly money. Surely some savy rich business people, given our history, superb infrastructure and large fan base will think we are worth a little gamble.

Good management is the key but of course good financial backing will make it easier.
 
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