Discussion: Ferran Soriano (2015/16)

[The blue phantom]

He's def better at a football club thats for sure.
Is he still banned from being a director of a company in spain, not that it matters as he's here now but i'm pretty sure he got a two year ban.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Doing an excellent and visionary job. The rest need to mirror this sustained, impressive success onto the pitch now.

 

[Ric]

The role he's played in transforming this football club should not be underestimated. His book, Goal: The Ball Doesn't Go In By Chance, is well worth a read for anyone interested. CFG was pretty much his idea.

 

[Father Paul]

Both of which ended up leaving for about the same price as they arrived. Silly talk.

Yes and Garcia was not nearlly as bad as was made out on here. Rodwell was bought for his potential which perhaps due to chronic injury problems never materialised.

 

[aguero93:20]

*whistles nonchalantly*

 

[Father Paul]

What has he alone done? Not a lot. Virtually all our deals have been achieved without his input. If people want to sing his praises fine, but the facts are he won't be missed ask Barcelona if their struggling without him.

Hard to fathom this statement. Clearly the man has been engaged for his business acumen. On the basis of all the observable facts he has achieved considerable success.Not sure how involved he gets in transfers but I don't think thats a fundamental part of his job spec. With respect to Barcelona while they are certainly not struggling on the pitch they would appear to be facing serious financial problems

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Hard to fathom this statement. Clearly the man has been engaged for his business acumen. On the basis of all the observable facts he has achieved considerable success.Not sure how involved he gets in transfers but I don't think thats a fundamental part of his job spec. With respect to Barcelona while they are certainly not struggling on the pitch they would appear to be facing serious financial problems

He won't understand 40-50% of the words on that post.

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

He's been a game changer. The scum at their height could never compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona when it came to transfers (Zidane, Ronaldinho) despite at times having higher revenue. The setting up of the CFG and the subsequent Chinese investment it has attracted now leave us on the cusp of world domination. For a club with "no history" : 4 league titles and no European Cups we're already seen as on a par with the Spanish giants. Think about that. In ten years time our revenue will dwarf theirs and we will be every player's destination of choice whether they are 25 year old world beaters or 10 year old kids with potential, across the planet. We really are in a new football era. This is similar to when Franco decided that Real Madrid would represent Spain in the 1950s and whatever it took they would be number one. Soriano's vision backed by the Sheikh's cash is a similar break point in the history of the game.

 

[crazyg]

He's been a game changer. The scum at their height could never compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona when it came to transfers (Zidane, Ronaldinho) despite at times having higher revenue. The setting up of the CFG and the subsequent Chinese investment it has attracted now leave us on the cusp of world domination. For a club with "no history" : 4 league titles and no European Cups we're already seen as on a par with the Spanish giants. Think about that. In ten years time our revenue will dwarf theirs and we will be every player's destination of choice whether they are 25 year old world beaters or 10 year old kids with potential, across the planet. We really are in a new football era. This is similar to when Franco decided that Real Madrid would represent Spain in the 1950s and whatever it took they would be number one. Soriano's vision backed by the Sheikh's cash is a similar break point in the history of the game.

Could have sworn we won the Cup Winners Cup in 1970.

 

[blueinsa]

Yes and Garcia was not nearlly as bad as was made out on here. Rodwell was bought for his potential which perhaps due to chronic injury problems never materialised.

Rodwell along with many other young British talents are bought because of a stupid home grown rule rather than bad decisions made by clubs.

 

[prof-taf]

Excellent. So there'll be a happy ending where we live out of dreams and our foes are vanquished.
Anyway, it'll be a Warner Bros ending now. That's all, Folks! [I think not]

Did Warner bros do shrek? Christ he's not signing is he?

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

Could have sworn we won the Cup Winners Cup in 1970.

Yes we did, so what? They are different competitions. Newcastle won the Inter City Fairs Cup in 1969 but I wouldn't say they were European Cup Winners would you????

 

[its a Barm]

Is there any club in the world that is run better than ours, we are blessed with the right people running our club, anyone who thinks otherwise is a dickhead.

 

[blueinsa]

Is there any club in the world that is run better than ours, we are blessed with the right people running our club, anyone who thinks otherwise is a dickhead.

+1

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Is there any club in the world that is run better than ours, we are blessed with the right people running our club, anyone who thinks otherwise is a dickhead.

Have you spoken at the Oxford Union?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Have you spoken at the Oxford Union?

He was picked because of his username, so he could cast some light on the great debate of our age.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

He was picked because of his username, so he could cast some light on the great debate of our age.

Only a "knobhead" would say muffin

 

[oakiecokie]

Could have sworn we won the Cup Winners Cup in 1970.

Well if we havn`t, I must have been dreaming it for the last 45 years, seeing I was there in Vienna getting pissed wet through.

 

[The Richard Wright Fan Club]

I hate how he back stabbed King Mancini by sacking him. The Spanish ****.

 

[malg]

I hate how he back stabbed King Mancini by sacking him. The Spanish ****.