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Takeover Rumours

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by EdwinB, Dec 9, 2021.

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Who would you like to see running the club

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  1. Park bantam

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    If and it’s a mighty leap till it does happen how would it work on a daily basis for instance transfer fees I know one or two clubs have investigated using crypto currency’s to fund deals but I don’t think any have gone through. What are the mechanics if it
     
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    The whole ethos of Crypto is to buy it at its lowest point and hope it gains due to its potential.
    So these guys are obviously thinking along the same lines when buying a football club. Bradford city are rock bottom price wise but also have the greatest potential.
    You wouldn’t buy Liverpool for 1 billion and expect to make money
     
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    https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19791434.comment-bradford-city-must-send-crypto-crowd-packing/?ref=twtrec

    What a strange article this is from Parker. He's bundled an opinion together based on a half hour twitter space conversation in which they took a few questions from fans. He didn't even bother contacting them to have a chat about their plans despite them stating multiple times they are open to such a thing.

    And also, where was this level of opposition for Edin whilst he ran the club into the ground for 18 months?
     
  4. JonButterfield

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    Yep, agreed, whether it's real or not, in this particular narrative our asking price is being seen as rock bottom for an EFL club with potential.
     
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    No chance. Stevenage have a ceiling of 7,000 crowds and League One. They are pretty much wiped out by Spurs supporters in their locality. They have absolutely no chance of progressing beyond League One and staying there and pretty much the same chance of growth as Barnet.
     
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    I find it very strange. Probably Ryan on the phone to him. “put out an article saying youre against it. I’m gonna lose my job in the new year otherwise”
     
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    Of course it would impact on the transfer window. Rupp isn't going to sanction any spending if he is out of the door on 1st Feb
     
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    You could say the same of Salford but their ambition is higher
     
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    See my answer to Simon. If it's ongoing theres no way Rupp will spend in January. he would be stupid to,
     
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    It’s two weeks till the end of the year and he has had an e mail
     
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    Yes, I'd agree. South London by my reckoning. Still, there's lots of non-league competition such as Bromley but not much league competition - Wimbledon, Palace. Problem around all of them is lack of space to grow infrastructure.
     
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    Also I think the dealings in January will be almost exclusively loans which it won’t affect
     
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    I didn’t notice Simon Parker wanting to ask any questions.
    James Mason was also there and he didn’t ask anything either.
    Instead it was 4 numpties who’s only input was to say “get us to the PL” “sing Bradford ranger” etc etc.
     
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    What makes you think that?
     
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    Proximity to London would also be a big thing for these influencer types.
     
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    While technically inside London they are on the outskirts enough that the travel issues there are less than those a bit deeper in especially coming in from Surrey and Hampshire where there is a dearth of options if you want to watch live Football at a reasonable level. Especially if you are wanting to take kids to a match going properly into London can be a bit of a pain. There is absolutely a market in that area, especially as both London and the heavy presence of the Armed Forced in Hampshire and Surrey means there are a lot of people whose primary teams are hundreds of miles away that they can't go and watch and an appealing project could appeal to them. You mention Reading and they did a decent job appealing to that group when they had their project going, its stalled now they have been stuck in the Championship with little sign of really kicking on again but there is a catchment area there to grab casual fans and turn them into more serious fans
     
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    Mate, the catchment area becomes greater the higher you go. Do you think Manure would get 70k every week if they didn’t have fans from all over the country and beyond
     
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    Old man in 'doesn't think it's real' shocker.

    Hey, I own some Panini NFT's, they're not complicated to figure out. Cryptocurrencies, I don't have a clue about, and I have no interest in monitoring graphs day in, day out to try and make good on an investment. Making money on cryptocurrencies seems like a lot of hard work with a heavy analytical focus; it's not for me.

    But that doesn't mean it's not legit or real or that it's based 'in the clouds'.

    The irony is Parker's article here criticising some of the daft, ignorant statements these fellas have made is equally heavily flawed, daft and ignorant.

    Again, old people reacting firmly to things they don't know about is never a good look.
     
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    We have 5 loan spaces and Adams stated he only uses the loan market in January I think it will be mainly loan signings
     
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    You can’t knock the ambition of Salford but in reality thy can’t grow any higher than league 1 level and stay there.
     

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