No signings new owner?

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Would you be happy with no signings,but have a new owner of the club after the transfer window has closed?
I would a new owner would be like a new signing!
I think its a no brainer!
 

The problem is that a new owner could be the best thing to ever happen to the club or the worst.

We've seen as many people take over PL clubs and wreck them; bleeding them dry, than we have actually advance clubs. I'd wager we've actually seen more bad new owners than good ones.
 

RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
The problem is that a new owner could be the best thing to ever happen to the club or the worst.

We've seen as many people take over PL clubs and wreck them; bleeding them dry, than we have actually advance clubs. I'd wager we've actually seen more bad new owners than good ones.
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It's not much of a wager.

Off hand I can only think of three clubs whose fortunes and finances have improved simultaneously with new owners. Chelsea, Sunderland and City. Everyone else has been a disaster. Maybe LFC's new owners will come good but its still early doors and they went through the jaws of administration to do it. Sunderland success is only moderate. They spend 30 m a season and have gone from a yoyo club to a premier league stalwart - what a waste.

Villa have gone nowhere. Despite spending and selling sprees.
United still win and buy but they were doing that with the previous owners. The time bomb is ticking on 700 million in debt though that could yet see the club collapse.
Blackburn bought by the Venkys in a fanfare of "we're heading to the champions league, we're gonna buy ronaldinho and beckham." Since which they've sacked a decent manager for a poor one, sold most of the best players at the club and reinvest about 5% of it.
Newcastle continue to be run like a comedy circus. Relegation, a good season last year, but I have every faith they will be in the bottom 8 this year due to mismanagement as much as anything.

I'd spend an hour on this post if I wanted to list the complete fück ups - portsmouth, southampton, etc.
 
trigger the blue said:
Thats the worrying one RFUS mate!
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neonleon said:
It's not much of a wager.

Off hand I can only think of three clubs whose fortunes and finances have improved simultaneously with new owners. Chelsea, Sunderland and City. Everyone else has been a disaster. Maybe LFC's new owners will come good but its still early doors and they went through the jaws of administration to do it. Sunderland success is only moderate. They spend 30 m a season and have gone from a yoyo club to a premier league stalwart - what a waste.

Villa have gone nowhere. Despite spending and selling sprees.
United still win and buy but they were doing that with the previous owners. The time bomb is ticking on 700 million in debt though that could yet see the club collapse.
Blackburn bought by the Venkys in a fanfare of "we're heading to the champions league, we're gonna buy ronaldinho and beckham." Since which they've sacked a decent manager for a poor one, sold most of the best players at the club and reinvest about 5% of it.
Newcastle continue to be run like a comedy circus. Relegation, a good season last year, but I have every faith they will be in the bottom 8 this year due to mismanagement as much as anything.

I'd spend an hour on this post if I wanted to list the complete fück ups - portsmouth, southampton, etc.
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I was trying to be all neutral and remain on my comfortable fence, but yeah, you're quite right. Most of these takeovers are bad, bad news.

It's a worry for us because we need something to change. We can't go on scrounging for pennies behind the couch. And yet part of me worries all the fans screaming for Kenwright to leave might push us into making a bad deal. It just seems like a lose-lose situation whatever way I look at it.
 
CahillsCornerFlag said:
Who wants new owners when you can be the only side in the football league not to spend a penny? Now that's quite something.
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It's awful. That said, at the risk of summoning Damon, I'd rather be us at the moment than Villa. I'd have loved us to sign N'Zogbia, but not if we'd sold Baines and Arteta to do so. And that's essentially what Downing and Young were to Villa.
 

Funny thing is....a new owner who comes in doesn't have to spend much on the team, so the worry of doing a Pompey etc isnt there...

Its pushing the club forward off the field where the big gamble...ie a new stadium
 
RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
It's awful. That said, at the risk of summoning Damon, I'd rather be us at the moment than Villa. I'd have loved us to sign N'Zogbia, but not if we'd sold Baines and Arteta to do so. And that's essentially what Downing and Young were to Villa.
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Damon's gonna come into this either way.

But there's a big theme with big money take overs that go tits up... complete squad rebuilds

We don't need a squad rebuild. We need 2 players in without any going out...everything else is fine
 

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