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Tony Bloom is a renowned gambler and poker player right?
If I had sunk £100 million, into a poker hand pot, pre-flop (and bear in mind that the man has made this an unsecured interest free debt in the form of the money for the AMEX) . How much would you invest to protect that investment?
Surely he'd be looking at it and thinking I need to raise a significant amount on the flop, Turn and River.
Also I keep hearing all the time from Gus that we won't have much spending power this year. Maybe 7th or 8th in the league? This was also pre West Ham, Birmingham and Blackpool dropping so implicit maybe 10th or 11th.
Wouldn't it be advantageous to let everyone else think that there was a limited budget on spend this summer? "oh Brighton have thrown a bid in for this player or that player that we have our eye on.... it won't be too much they have a limited budget don't worry Governor"
Wouldn't it make sense if you can afford to spend 100 million on a stadium with no real business minded plan to have that paid back, in any real sense, to throw some serious cash after that to safe guard Championship status? Maybe even push for play offs or automatic promotion?
Massive investment in a new stadium, getting Gus Poyet to manage the club, having an amazing season, winning the league (when it wasn't really a prediction/possibility)?? He's gambled and the very best result has come out of that gamble! Surely this gambler is thinking it's a good time to push harder with his cash? Maybe with some actual business minded safeguards this time?
Even if he made a directors loan of say 10 million, for example, with a reasonable interest rate attached and a payback structure in place over the long term for that cash, doesn't it make sense he'd throw good money after good? The stadium is generating money already with sell out season tickets, corporate and 1901 ticket sales. There's money flying about here !
Last point. First signing. 1 million pound! Next decent rumor KLL, 1.2 million pound......
Any ideas on what money GP has to play with?
BTW my first Brighton game was in 1984 with my dad. He said there was probably 25k-30k people at the game. I went every week until the last game at the goldstone. I am a JCB. I'm terribly excited about next season.
If I had sunk £100 million, into a poker hand pot, pre-flop (and bear in mind that the man has made this an unsecured interest free debt in the form of the money for the AMEX) . How much would you invest to protect that investment?
Surely he'd be looking at it and thinking I need to raise a significant amount on the flop, Turn and River.
Also I keep hearing all the time from Gus that we won't have much spending power this year. Maybe 7th or 8th in the league? This was also pre West Ham, Birmingham and Blackpool dropping so implicit maybe 10th or 11th.
Wouldn't it be advantageous to let everyone else think that there was a limited budget on spend this summer? "oh Brighton have thrown a bid in for this player or that player that we have our eye on.... it won't be too much they have a limited budget don't worry Governor"
Wouldn't it make sense if you can afford to spend 100 million on a stadium with no real business minded plan to have that paid back, in any real sense, to throw some serious cash after that to safe guard Championship status? Maybe even push for play offs or automatic promotion?
Massive investment in a new stadium, getting Gus Poyet to manage the club, having an amazing season, winning the league (when it wasn't really a prediction/possibility)?? He's gambled and the very best result has come out of that gamble! Surely this gambler is thinking it's a good time to push harder with his cash? Maybe with some actual business minded safeguards this time?
Even if he made a directors loan of say 10 million, for example, with a reasonable interest rate attached and a payback structure in place over the long term for that cash, doesn't it make sense he'd throw good money after good? The stadium is generating money already with sell out season tickets, corporate and 1901 ticket sales. There's money flying about here !
Last point. First signing. 1 million pound! Next decent rumor KLL, 1.2 million pound......
Any ideas on what money GP has to play with?
BTW my first Brighton game was in 1984 with my dad. He said there was probably 25k-30k people at the game. I went every week until the last game at the goldstone. I am a JCB. I'm terribly excited about next season.
