• The forums will be unavailable for a few hours on Saturday 6th June, when they do return they will initially be in a degraded state with some features missing, but normal posting/reading will be possible. The main website will not be affected by these updates.
    New user registrations are currently disabled.
    Some other features of the forum are also currently disabled.

Donald turns down 70m bid

Status
Not open for further replies.

Northumberland Rocks said:
Agree to a point mate. What Mr Short did in wiping the debt has made the club a very attractive proposition. With good management and good investment we are a top 8-10 premier league club given our fan base, infastructure and sheer potential to be even bigger.
Click to expand...


I'm not sure I'd agree with you there. I don't think we've been a big club in my lifetime, a good hardcore of supporters' though.
 
Fact Hunt said:
I agree with that, and it nearly busted the club too.
Click to expand...

Spot on this. We can make decent money as a club, our infrastructure allows it, but push too hard, or even a little often (death by a thousand cuts) and we can never pay it off. We have to live within our means and the short term that will mean fortunate smaller clubs or smaller clubs overspending doing better than us.
 
The Rat said:
I agreed

Not suggesting Donald and co haven't done decent, I just think the major factor in all this is the debt going, it gave anyone a chance to do well as the will of the supporters was there too.

I think we needed Donald in between Short and any potential new owner too, as we may have made previous mistakes
Click to expand...
Wrap it up however you like, you’ve had it in for him, for whatever reason, since the moment he walked through the door. I like the owners ...but. Has been your constant mantra. And anyone who supports them is deluded, or has a messiah complex.
Fact is, they probably aren’t perfect, but they took a club, on its knees and have worked incessantly to make it more secure and financially safer.
You peddle dislike any chance you can get. The inference is there in every one of your posts.
 
Last edited:
RTG said:
A story in the national media today claims that Stewart Donald is willing to sell Sunderland, and that he’s just turned down an offer of £70m from a mysterious Malaysian bidder. Donald rejects £70m offer Stewart Donald has made no secret of the fact that he would sell Sunderland if a potential owner came along that he believed would take the club...

You must be logged on to see external links
Click to expand...
Reading roker report it looks like the deal fell through because of the way the money wa going to be paid and not the price donald wanted........are roker report simply repeating the story or suggestibg its true ......... i always thought they would sell it on but not as soon as the next few months ..is that why they are letting the kids go from the accadamy for a pittance !
 
I'f prefer them to stay if at all possible. The more the merrier IMHO. do they have to leave because someone else is interested? Can they not sell their controlling interest but remain on the board?
 
janey said:
Wrap it up however you like, you’ve had it in for him, for whatever reason, since the moment he walked through the door. I like the owners ...but. Has been your constant mantra. And anyone who supports them is deluded, or has a messiah complex.
Fact is, they probably aren’t perfect, but they took a club, on its knees and have worked incessantly to make it more secure and financially safer.
You peddle dislike any chance you can get. The inference is there in every one of your posts.
Click to expand...
They’ve seen an opportunity to make a few bob as well don’t forget.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top