Anything but SB. He became consumed by repelling and then subsequently overhauling City before he retired to the exclusion of pretty much all other considerations. His eye was merely on a different, short term ball, as it were.sir baconface said:Did Bacon take his eye off the ball in his last two or three years? The reason I ask is because the thing he previously excelled at was refreshing and rebuilding the evil dynasty.
Bluemoon115 said:I'm not sure if I understood properly, but I'm sure one of our financial experts (PB maybe) suggested that it's more cost effective for the Glaziers to have a team designed to finish 4th, than a team to challenge for the title.Skashion said:The Glazers have weathered the storm sadly, and pulled out some very impressive commercial deals. The best thing for us is that a) the Glazers remain in charge b) ditto Moyes.
Which would be an acceptable situation.
big blueballs said:Bluemoon115 said:I'm not sure if I understood properly, but I'm sure one of our financial experts (PB maybe) suggested that it's more cost effective for the Glaziers to have a team designed to finish 4th, than a team to challenge for the title.
Which would be an acceptable situation.
This is a very good point, look at Arsenal for example not won anything for 8 years, but income and profits were up during this period due to Champions League qualification etc meaning they kept there big club status and therefore keep good commercial partners and so on, thus allowing them to build a new stadium, while keeping spending on players etc down for a period of time
I think that the Glaizers would be quite happy with this situation at the Rags meaning as long as top 4 and the odd FA Cup is there every year that would be ok....having to spend millions upon millions every other year to try to win the league, Champions League etc wouldn't
you missed one. the one where you buy a public organisation with massive status and transfer all your own debts onto it (they need to be higher than the purchase price for this to work, or else you need to be a good enough bullshitter to convince someone to lend you the money), strip it of its assets and cash and then give the public the choice of bailing it out or letting it sink when you cut your losses and run claiming "its a public company!, I have limited liability!" ;)VOOMER said:As pb will confirm, you don't buy a football club to get rich. You either buy it as a play thing, buy it to raise the prestige of your organization, or country. Buy it to ultimately claim residency as your home country may be dodgy, or your dodgy and you need something to launder your money through to avoid tax, or a criminal investigation, I wonder which one the Glazier family is?
Bacon signed RVP. His last throw of the dice on a slightly aged, gifted and injury strewn striker. Allied with hard, concerted graft from his team and a season where RVP's fitness strangely outlasted his form for once, Bacon's legacy and ego could just about recover, bandaged yet unfortunately intact from the prior season's hurt. Hey ho. Let's enjoy their frustration now.gordondaviesmoustache said:Anything but SB. He became consumed by repelling and then subsequently overhauling City before he retired to the exclusion of pretty much all other considerations. His eye was merely on a different, short term ball, as it were.sir baconface said:Did Bacon take his eye off the ball in his last two or three years? The reason I ask is because the thing he previously excelled at was refreshing and rebuilding the evil dynasty.
Exactly. It's almost like last season's pain has directly led to this season's gain as far as City fans are concerned.hutton who blue said:Bacon signed RVP. His last throw of the dice on a slightly aged, gifted and injury strewn striker. Allied with hard, concerted graft from his team and a season where RVP's fitness strangely outlasted his form for once, Bacon's legacy and ego could just about recover, bandaged yet unfortunately intact from the prior season's hurt. Hey ho. Let's enjoy their frustration now.gordondaviesmoustache said:Anything but SB. He became consumed by repelling and then subsequently overhauling City before he retired to the exclusion of pretty much all other considerations. His eye was merely on a different, short term ball, as it were.sir baconface said:Did Bacon take his eye off the ball in his last two or three years? The reason I ask is because the thing he previously excelled at was refreshing and rebuilding the evil dynasty.
I concur. It would have been nice to see Bacon sizzling longer under duress under the grill but he's gone to the stands enjoying? his incumbent's offerings. Mancini the King has departed and now Pelligrini is in charge for City who are playing more adventurously and expansively than under the previous leadership. Onwards and upwards.gordondaviesmoustache said:Exactly. It's almost like last season's pain has directly led to this season's gain as far as City fans are concerned.hutton who blue said:Bacon signed RVP. His last throw of the dice on a slightly aged, gifted and injury strewn striker. Allied with hard, concerted graft from his team and a season where RVP's fitness strangely outlasted his form for once, Bacon's legacy and ego could just about recover, bandaged yet unfortunately intact from the prior season's hurt. Hey ho. Let's enjoy their frustration now.gordondaviesmoustache said:Anything but SB. He became consumed by repelling and then subsequently overhauling City before he retired to the exclusion of pretty much all other considerations. His eye was merely on a different, short term ball, as it were.