Ownership

The comparison is a worthy one. Finding the right buyer is essential in the success of any club, and particularly for us. It is now obvious the business plan that R&R have been operating is one of non investment other than the income we generate. Furthermore they are paying their initial investment back immediately via the current account! I won’t mention the incompetence or the lack of business acumen.

Can someone please explain to me what use is the above to our club? It is immensely worse than our last owners who managed to keep the club going, and keeping us in the upper echelons of league 1.

If club like Leicester can attract billionaires that actually want to progress the club, and invest in the community, why can’t we?

 

I think we need someone who has exceptional skills in the "selling" department.

Emphasise what we've had in the recent past,show all the great cup exploits and tremendous support from the fans.The fans at Wembley against Swansea showed there are none more passionate or loyal.

The pride I felt then has never been bettered.

We had that and we can have it again!

 

Ok, I accept what you are saying no problem there. Why do you think it was set up like that? It appears strange to somebody not used to reading balance sheets.

 

Well that is a interesting view.

 

It is the thing of repeat something enough times and it becomes fact.

 

I'm hoping someone lile Cellino or Radrizanni will come in and save us

 

Spot on, before the season we all think "look at Leicester, it could be us", that usually lasts 6-8 games, this year, four.

 

Because Leicester has way more going for it than Bradford has. I've heard Rahic did all his 'due dilligence' before buying us but still can't fathom out why? I'm not even sure what his long term plans are or were. Maybe he got carried along in the euphoria like we did. Why is he even here bar following his wet dream? In all my years watching City the only time of sustained success, bar the unbelievable team of the mid eighties, was under BFG and that was down first and foremost to money. What the hell did Rahic think he could achieve above the likes of Lawn and Rhodes without significant investment? Oh yeah, thats right, he thought he could rewrite the book on football club ownership. Take a club that had grown over the last few years to a point with record crowds and punching above its weight in terms of budget, and then decide to overhaul everything from playing staff to off field matters, but kinda forgetting that this dream of his is actually gonna cost money. A lot of it. Which he hasn't got, and which he seems to have forgot to tell the federal bank of Stefan Rupp.

 

They did buy very well. Vardy, Kante & Mahrez for peanuts. Those three were absolutely key.

 

the only thing with that it is, when the potential new owners go "where were the other 20,000 fans for the last few decades when we weren't at wembley and were selling cheap season tickets and practically giving them away."

when you compare the size of the bradford district to others of a similar nature and notice that some of those other areas sustain two professional football clubs, you can sometimes question whether or not (apart from the 6-10k who have always been) there is an appetite for professional sport in bradford.

 

They developed them into excellent players, who won the league for them. I doubt they spent £5m in the 3 of them. You can't be suggesting that's luck surely?

 

Cellino, are you sure? We already have an autocratic and trigger happy chairman. The last thing we want is a crooked autocratic and trigger happy chairman.

But someone like Radrizzani would be great - they speak very highly of him east of Pudsey.

 

There is the appetite for sure, but it's about making city a more attractive proposition than the likes of man utd, arsenal, Liverpool etc for the younger generation. Far too many youngsters in Bradford support the big prem teams and have no interest in watching lower league football. I know the club have worked hard on this in the past with free tickets etc but it's something that will take time and ultimately be down the success of the club on the pitch.

 

Steve Walsh was responsible for those.