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Media Thread 2020/21
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wolviedinho
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Leaving any decision to supports is mental. We cant even agree on who should play in the first 11.Lots of talk about supporters ‘owning’ 50+1% of the club but who exactly will have the say on how to cast that vote? The supporters club? How do they cast that vote? You have all seen on here how divided we can be at the best of times (apart from SL).
Football fans are customers nothing more nothing less. The business owners use our loyalty against us.
It is a cutthroat nasty business in many ways.
I’ve got a few quid down the back of my sofa. Reckon I could cover half of it ;)Try £3.7bn on the money that Silver Lake paid.
Still a tough whip round, eh?
wolviedinho
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Do you mind if I ask were you purchased the sofa? I want one :)I’ve got a few quid down the back of my sofa. Reckon I could cover half of it ;)
Got it 2nd hand from some guy I know in Abu Dhabi :)Do you mind if I ask were you purchased the sofa? I want one :)
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It's not about ownership, it's about control. The owner keeps the full ownership the fans would have the 51% control. Especially when it comes to renaming stadiums, which leagues and competitions we take part in, etc.Agree the 50+1 model is not going to happen. I believe the CFG is valued at over £2 billion, so I don’t think SM would give 51% away & I certainly don’t see City fans raising over £1 billion to buy 51% shares. Never going to happen
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I see what people are saying though.It's not about ownership, it's about control. The owner keeps the full ownership the fans would have the 51% control. Especially when it comes to renaming stadiums, which leagues and competitions we take part in, etc.
Look at the state of the Bundesliga. How much has it helped the league stay competitive? 9 in a row.
Look at Bayern and Qatar, despite none of the fans wanting anything to do with Qatar. Where did that vote go?
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50+1 doesn’t mean a lot in reality tbf
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Why would the owner of a limited company ever give 51% control to his customers? Especially after investing over £1.3 billion of his own money? Never gonna happen & im glad it won’tIt's not about ownership, it's about control. The owner keeps the full ownership the fans would have the 51% control. Especially when it comes to renaming stadiums, which leagues and competitions we take part in, etc.
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Aye but I think that was a reason they didn't go for the ESL. Barcelona were subject to a fan vote on the issue too. But tbh I don't know if they would have a way of circumventing the fan vote.I see what people are saying though, look at the state of the Bundesliga, look at Bayern and Qatar, despite none of the fans wanting anything to do with Qatar... Where did that vote go?
Nonetheless the German model seems to work and we seem to be copying that. I don't think any meaningful changes will be made in the end anyway.
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