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- Thread starter bhadeb
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Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I'd have no problem with Mike Ashley investing in us whatsoever.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
I'd love to see someone with some proper money take over at the Albion.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Someone 'like' Mike Ashley - possibly/probably.
Mike Ashley himself - not sure.
He invested in Newcastle United to see it do well, and immerse himself in all those things that success would bring. I think seeing a return on his investment would have come on the back of his club doing well. However, on his one true love for whom he wished great things, he made a right dog's cock of it.
So what would he do with a club he wouldn't feel so passionately about? Still prepared to dip his hand further and further into his pocket? Doubt it.
Mike Ashley himself - not sure.
He invested in Newcastle United to see it do well, and immerse himself in all those things that success would bring. I think seeing a return on his investment would have come on the back of his club doing well. However, on his one true love for whom he wished great things, he made a right dog's cock of it.
So what would he do with a club he wouldn't feel so passionately about? Still prepared to dip his hand further and further into his pocket? Doubt it.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Ashleys clearly a bit of a nobber (his King Kev shirt made me cringe every time I saw him wearing it), but I think he bought Newcastle with the best of intentions. Unfortunately for him, once you fall out with "The Messiah", it doesn't matter what else you do up there, your name is mud and thats that.
It was an ill-advised ego trip that Ashley embarked on, and he's got his fingers burnt. But he's clearly not an asset stripper - he bought into football for the publicty and the glory, he got off on fans chanting his name and all the backslapping after he got rid of Allardyce, but it all turned sour really because of his naivity at how he was trying to run the club.
He's a bit of a buffoon, but I'd still be more than happy to have his money at the Albion, thats for sure.
It was an ill-advised ego trip that Ashley embarked on, and he's got his fingers burnt. But he's clearly not an asset stripper - he bought into football for the publicty and the glory, he got off on fans chanting his name and all the backslapping after he got rid of Allardyce, but it all turned sour really because of his naivity at how he was trying to run the club.
He's a bit of a buffoon, but I'd still be more than happy to have his money at the Albion, thats for sure.
Knotty
Well-known member
It's a bit of a no-brainer really.
Surely every football club would like more investment, and we are no different. Our board would love more investment, but they have always said it should be from people with the best intentions, and that has to be right.
No-one who invests in the Albion is going to see a return on his/her investment for a very long time, if ever.
Mike Ashley would have to be able to see well into the future to get any glory out of buying us. I simply can't see how we could be attractive to him in any way compared to Newcastle - Premier League football, 50,000 gates, plenty of assets, fantastic merchandise sales. The Albion? None of those!
Surely every football club would like more investment, and we are no different. Our board would love more investment, but they have always said it should be from people with the best intentions, and that has to be right.
No-one who invests in the Albion is going to see a return on his/her investment for a very long time, if ever.
Mike Ashley would have to be able to see well into the future to get any glory out of buying us. I simply can't see how we could be attractive to him in any way compared to Newcastle - Premier League football, 50,000 gates, plenty of assets, fantastic merchandise sales. The Albion? None of those!
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Well, we're only hypothesising
NMH
Banned
We were almost getting Gold from Birmingham to invest, so how much different is Ashley?
Zed Seagull
New member
ewe2
Well-known member
Can someone explain to me why one would invest in Brighton unless you were a fan of the club.......Where would this investor earn a return .......?.or will this person just give us money,asume gates of 12 to 15 thosand in the championship.Come on NSC would you invest......
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
People invest for all sorts of reasons. Pompey were on their knees at the arse-end of the second division when Mandaric turned up. And what was so attractive about Reading when they were dossing around at Elm Park in the third division when Madejski bought them lock-stock ? Just look at the state Birmingham were in when Gold and Sullivan took over. For some its a challenge, for others no doubt its an ego thing to "own" a football club and then hobnob it with the other rich businessmen up and down the country with their club in tow.
Football doesn't always run on logic. Some folk just have swathes of money thats not doing much, and fancy a project to run with. Gets yer name in the paper, dunnit.
NMH
Banned
Well, it'll be a new-build sports venue that has potential for a return on the moneys, and according to its' success would be sale-able on that sliding scale.
Why does anyone invest in any business?
Certainly there are those in the big clubs with little chance of any big return, like Abramovich, and this new camel jockey at Man City.
Some businessmen actually need a loss to write off against their hugely taxed income
SussexHoop
New member
- Dec 7, 2003
- 887
Would you be so eager to jump into bed with a sugar daddy if he then turned around and said tickets up to £50 depending on who we're playing?
New tickets prices at Loftus Road
New tickets prices at Loftus Road
If he'd learnt his lessons at Newcastle (don't try and be a 'regular' fan, don't try and be too populist, sort out the senior management structure and chain of command before appointing the team manager) I'd LOVE Mike Ashley to turn up here.
Mendoza
NSC's Most Stalked
I am going to latch on to the runt of the litter on Wednesday night, the one that the other 23 Man City dignatries dont really like as he only pumped in £2billion into their £500billion fortune.
BensGrandad
New member
Right or wrong I believe that a new stadium is still a very long way off because of the cost and that the only way that it will materialise is with investment and the financial power of somebody like him or David Gold. Without that I am afraid it will be an extended stay at Withdean.
Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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