Would you support a chairman that would invest £20 million in the club in return...

[Dandyman]

Do we have a say now then ?

Unless of course you believe Knight when he said that he listened to us over the sacking of Mcgee.

We have some dialogue now and if a Supporters Trust were established could gain a foothold in the ownership of the club. If the value of the club massively increased then the "value" of any shareholding we held collectively would probably decrease in importance and influence unless we already held shares and could afford to obtain more.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Anyone who has said YES is an ill-educated moron.
IMO of course.

Why?

Yes, if someone that is trsutworthy and has our best intentions at heart. I.e. Mandaric or Madjeski. Men who were honourable and trustworthy...

 

[Man of Harveys]

Why?

Yes, if someone that is trsutworthy and has our best intentions at heart. I.e. Mandaric or Madjeski. Men who were honourable and trustworthy...

Christ, I wouldn't trust either of those two dodgy weirdos further than I could chuck 'em.

Belloti seemed trustworthy and yes, almost honourable when he first turned up. My impression was that many were happy to have him on board.

 

[rool]

I personally think the 'no one person' thing is complete folly and that at some time in the future the club may well have to give someone more control for it to move forward.

You cannot say just because we had a bad experience that every person looking to invest in a club , except Dick Knight, is a crook.

I'm sure Reading and Portsmouth fans are regretting the day the two dodgy weirdos ever set foot in their clubs.

I can imagine that we'd have a split like the kuipers/hendo one on here should we ever get a new chairman. That'll be fun.

 

[Brovion]

Anyone who has said YES is an ill-educated moron.
IMO of course.

Spot on. There are some people on here who could do with a crash course in basic Accountancy. Leaving aside the Rights and Wrongs of one person having sole ownership where do they think the 20 million is going to go?

 

[Dave the OAP]

Definately NOT

then of course the Falmer thing goes tits up, we go bust and everyone says,....we should have taken whatsisfaces offer


But that will never happen..

Keep the faith

 

[Hoggy]

Although an investment of this size would secure the future of our club, it would be an empty achievement,

I honestly can say, if I was a Chelsea fan I would have been content with the progress the club was making before abramovic, having just secured champions league position by beating liverpool!

but their two league titles have been bought for them, I feel we'd have the same thoughts on a smaller scale!

 

[Scoffers]

The answer has to be a YES IF the right man/woman put themselves forward. We could still have a constitution that protected the ground and that other measures in place to protect the club.

 

[supaseagull]

Yes - we can never expect BHAFC to be a viable business proposition on the basis of supporters trusts, joint ownerships, etc.

Look at clubs such as Chelsea, Newcastle, Man U, Reading & Arsenal.

They all have chairman with a majority shareholding...whereas you look at teams like Bournemouth - struggling to pay debts and to stay afloat.

We are never ever going to reach the Premiership even with Falmer if we refuse a multi millionaire complete control of the club.

Archer was a one off and, what happened to the Goldstone was like having your stomach ripped out, but it was always going to happen - it was prime land for development and would have been sold even if Knight was in charge of the club at the time. The difference is that Knight would not have sold the ground without having a new one to go to or just to profit as Archer did.

 

[BensGrandad]

Is this £20m after he has bought the club i.e after paying the other shareholders for their shares. If so that becomes a possible but if not a resounding No.

I have no objection to a single wealthy man owning the club as this has proved to be successful in more cases than not, that is if we are talking seriously wealthy, Jack Walker types who could provide for the future of the club as he has.

 

[Brovion]

Is this £20m after he has bought the club i.e after paying the other shareholders for their shares. If so that becomes a possible but if not a resounding No.

I have no objection to a single wealthy man owning the club as this has proved to be successful in more cases than not, that is if we are talking seriously wealthy, Jack Walker types who could provide for the future of the club as he has.

Absolutley. I can't BELIEVE that people are just going "Yeah, 20 mil, great, let's have it and you can have 100% of the club" No wonder Meridian get people to swallow all that crap about a hotel.

Blimey, I've just agreed with BensGrandad. I'm off for a lie-down ....

 

[Dave the OAP]

I honestly can say, if I was a Chelsea fan I would have been content with the progress the club was making before abramovic, having just secured champions league position by beating chelsea.

working with a few Chelsea fans all i would say is...." Dont you believe it mate"


they are having the time of their lives and as far as they are concerned long may it continue.

 

[BensGrandad]

working with a few Chelsea fans all i would say is...." Dont you believe it mate"


they are having the time of their lives and as far as they are concerned long may it continue.

If it suddenly came to an end, and they reverted back to being one of the also rans in that division, as they were in the original 1st division, they would all say it was good while it lasted.

 

[bullshit detector]

not in a million bloody years.

 

[itszamora]

Hell no, not for £20 million or any sum of money. I don't want this club to lose it's identity the way Chelsea has, or ever be in the hands of any one person again as we know what happened the last time.

 

[Woodchip]

No. Once biten twice shy.

 

[attila]

Well, bloody hell. I log in for one of my sporadic looks at NSC after the pub shuts and I find a 'majority' (well, about 40 people actually)
who would hand over our club to anyone with 'money'.

No.


Read 'Build A Bonfire'!

Attila

 

[supaseagull]

Well, bloody hell. I log in for one of my sporadic looks at NSC after the pub shuts and I find a 'majority' (well, about 40 people actually)
who would hand over our club to anyone with 'money'.

No.


Read 'Build A Bonfire'!

Attila

That was 10 years ago and a unique situation that would almost certainly never happen to this club again. Most of us were there and bought the T-Shirt in the 90's - but it's now time to move on and stop harping back to the bad old days because I would rather completely forget them...It was a depressing time to be an Albion supporter and despite the fact that people seem to think what is going on at the club now is terrible, it goes to prove how short people's memories are. That said, it's now time to stop harping back to what is a closed chapter in our history and whilst I respect and admire what you have done for the club's profile, times are different now and the circumstances have changed completely and it IS time to start looking forward to the future of the club not backwards.

If a businessman came in and was willing to invest millions into the club, like Mike Bamber in the 70's did then the board must seriously consider this.

 

[Simster]

NO.

And since Chelsea have been mentioned, I'd rather bumble along in division 3 as we are now than be like them.

Chelsea have lost touch with their fan base, you're only one of a number of clients there (if you can afford the £55 ticket prices). They are every bit as interested in securing a fan base in China as one on the Kings Road which says it all really. Their players are a mercenary bunch (why bring in Sevchenko when it took so long and so much money, he was never going to live up to it) half of whom seem to want out as soon as they've picked up their Championship medal (which comes free with ten pounds worth of petrol if you sign up).

They're not a proper football club. They're not a proper big club (such as Man Utd). And if Abramovich leaves, they'll struggle and within 2 years they'll be struggling for a decade.

I'd much rather be a Reading fan than a Chelsea fan.

 

[Woodchip]

That was 10 years ago and a unique situation that would almost certainly never happen to this club again. Most of us were there and bought the T-Shirt in the 90's - but it's now time to move on and stop harping back to the bad old days because I would rather completely forget them...It was a depressing time to be an Albion supporter and despite the fact that people seem to think what is going on at the club now is terrible, it goes to prove how short people's memories are. That said, it's now time to stop harping back to what is a closed chapter in our history and whilst I respect and admire what you have done for the club's profile, times are different now and the circumstances have changed completely and it IS time to start looking forward to the future of the club not backwards.

If a businessman came in and was willing to invest millions into the club, like Mike Bamber in the 70's did then the board must seriously consider this.

If we forget the past the same mistakes can be made.

Shall we just forget the two World Wars as they are "history"? Shall we forget about apartheid? Shall we forget that America has been discovered (actually that would be quite nice!)?