What owners would you prefer ?

[Mrs Perryman]

I have got to the point where I don't care who owns us, I just want to see attacking, winning football. I know I should not be a 'sell-out' and keep hold of my moral compass. but I am fed up with having to go back 30 years to remember what that was like.

 

[stevee]

Following on from a, respectful, debate with Deuterz .

Instead of having a binary choice, let's all have a wishing wand to say what type of owner we'd prefer.

I've tried to make the question as neutral as possible with no attempt to big up, or lay low, any potential candidates.

 

[Bill Madrid]

I think that whoever it is, they should be well-dressed.

A discrete Ralph or Lacoste polo is fine. Fred Perry too if you're going British, but this?

No. No! NO!!!

 

[enfield1985]

Someone who actually cares. When we lose it hurts them and they actually understand that fans need to be communicated with and have some respect for us.

 

[Brian Fantana]

I'm fully on board with the sports washers. They are the only ones who will invest properly into the team. All the others will be looking at the balance sheet. I want to win some trophies and dont care how we do it. None of us are getting any younger.

(Did think about trolling some members on here and clicking ENIC though for a second!)

 

[stevee]

I smell a multi.

Somebody who hasn't posted in 5 years, and has never commented in the Enic/Levy thread, suddenly casts a vote.

 

[Bill Madrid]

Option 7: Do a Leeds

 

[CerealMaterial]

My issue with ENIC in recent years hasn’t been lack of spend, we’ve just been godawful at spending it wisely.

Would be more than happy to be taken over by owners who equally don’t investment any of their own funds, but are actually competent on the football side of things.

 

[Fazz]

Over ENIC?

Evil, evil people.

Fred and Rose aren't very nice either.

 

[Ed Vanderlay]

Anyone else, bar the ridiculous Gary Glitter suggestion

 

[Coys1955]

3 should be oil /gas state or mad/corrupt/scummy billionaire. Then I'd vote for that. Either that or accept that we are the good guys and will never win anything again.

TBH nobody else gives a shit anymore about FFP, etc. so I don't either.

 

[Ionman34]

Yeah, Liverpool are far more successful commercially. They’re well ahead of us in terms of revenue.
Woolwich are comparable.

Liverpool are comparable. They may have bigger revenue, but the fact of the matter is that they used it wisely, which led to trophies.

It's not about matching their spend, it's about matching their smarts.

 

[Furball man]

The Conservatives , a steady ship

 

[Airfixx]

I think that whoever it is, they should be well-dressed.

A discrete Ralph or Lacoste polo is fine. Fred Perry too if you're going British, but this?

No. No! NO!!!

That's an old pic tbf.... I don't think he's even taken his suit off since around 2007....... And long gone is the playful exterior of the sunglasses accessorising.

 

[LeParisien]

I agree , It’s not rocket science , the two biggest clubs in the country are the two most historically successful . Chelsea and City have grown massively in recent years . Football success has driven that growth not Go Karting or Wall Climbing or NFL games .

So the solution is just to get football success?

Or could it be that Chelsea and City both have something else in common? What could that be… HMMMMMMMMMM

Oh yes they’re both cheating, sports-washing cunts.

 

[Deuterz]

I have got to the point where I don't care who owns us, I just want to see attacking, winning football. I know I should not be a 'sell-out' and keep hold of my moral compass. but I am fed up with having to go back 30 years to remember what that was like.

Nah, it's entirely valid. Pretty soon the whole league will be owned by sportswashers or playboys to some extent. The sport has completely sold its soul (world cups in qatar, stars going to Saudi) and even the ones not directly owned are almost always financed by these people on some level.

There's no morality in the game. Celebrating our moral values because we're owned by insider traders instead is so false. Yeah they're 'better' but they aren't good people and they'd happily take Saudi funds without blinking an eye.

Just accepting football for what it is & saying that if the game's gone we may as well have some fun too and not be miserable is entirely fair.

 

[Lazybones]

Here’s an option that didn’t make it into the poll:

 

[Airfixx]

Cut n paste my comment from another thread just a moment ago:

Despite all the twattish tarring people with an ENIC-IN brush; I'd barely flinch if they left tomorrow (much like I didn't when we were linked with that Iraqi bloke); I just dont't wanna be turned into a petro-murder-ball sports-washing implement.




#2, #5 or #6 for me and (even though they're flawed) #1 until one of those comes along.

 

[Brian Fantana]

Sportwashing should be banned but until it is I would choose one to take us over. Morally no billionaire is going to be perfect, obviously some are much worse than others (Saudis in particular), but at this stage I just want to see us win some things. If we won the league or champions league once I’d happy go back to 1 trophy in 23 years. Just like a little bit of glory.

Exactly. Who's to say the next billionaire not from the middle east wont be a tax dodging, market manipulating or insider trading bastard!?!?!

 

[Airfixx]

You have a magic wand to make your choice, but there can only be one owner.

You pays your money and makes your choice.