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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

  1. RUPP

    20 vote(s)
    11.0%
  2. WAGMI

    51 vote(s)
    28.2%
  3. Another

    110 vote(s)
    60.8%
  1. king karl

    king karl Administrator
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    Spill the beans then
     
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  2. Parader

    Parader Impact Sub

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    Definitely.

    For years and years multi billionaires have been desperate to invest in City but have been kept at arms length, but there is now a real will to get it done.
     
  3. Storck

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    possibly. But I’d say he is a better source of what the owner is currently trying to do than tittle tattle from
    the pub
     
  4. Storck

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    will need it to buy the club
     
  5. Bantam Begins

    Bantam Begins Squad Player

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    Haha the former makes me think you’re making this all up !
     
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  6. Storck

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    do you actually think he has made a profit from the club?
     
  7. Storck

    Storck Regular Starter

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    maybe he doesn’t want to sell just like @wetherbywhaler@wetherbywhaler said.

    doesn’t matter how much cash they have if he doesn’t want to sell
     
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  8. Parader

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    Obviously.

    League two clubs with no assets are a licence to print money.
     
  9. weewhiskydram

    weewhiskydram Emergency Backup

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    :joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: utter drivel.
     
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  10. Storck

    Storck Regular Starter

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    id love to know who the multi billionaires are who have been wanting to invest
     
  11. Storck

    Storck Regular Starter

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    are you on drugs?
     
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  12. Parader

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    Er, we beat Chelsea.
     
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  13. Parader

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    Doing lines off the bodies of high class escorts in the MIdland Hotel room of our new billionaire backer as I type.
     
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  14. Offcomedun

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    There is a massive credibility gap between the owner and the fans. When Herr Rupp bought the club we had national press articles promising Premier League football within a few years. We had a team that was one offside goal from promotion that was crying out for a few minor tweaks to get us into the Championship - instead that team was allowed to disintegrate for want of modest investment and we have been on a downward trajectory ever since.

    The patience of the fans is wearing very thin - not just the hothead, sack-em types, but ordinary sensible fans who have had their fill of boring football, terrible results, substandard reject players and perennial sick notes. Despite its long lower league history, this is a club with clear Championship potential which isn't being realised. It may be stable financially, but it's on a long steady decline football-wise which could soon lead to non-league if things don't change.

    What's the point of having a multi-millionaire owner if he isn't prepared to put any significant funds in to improve the team? No one expects Abramovich-level sums, just modest investment to get us the handful of reliable quality players needed to get us out of the khazi league. If Rupp is not prepared to do that then he needs to sell up.

    If we don't get a couple of reliable goalscorers in January then we will finish nearer the bottom than than the top. If that happens then season ticket sales next season will plummet. It's false economy not to put a modest amount in to improve the team. Stable finances are all well and good, but fans pay their money to see winning football and there's only so much dross they're prepared to tolerate, especially since being promised a genuine promotion push this season.
     
  15. Offcomedun

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    Not with a bloody apostrophe in, it isn't!
     
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  16. How

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    Consortia. Always.
     
  17. NorthernMonkey

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    Straight out of the John Dewhirst big book of bulls**t.

    As for those on here who you claim "should know better", perhaps it's a case of 'fool me once' ....... etc etc.
     
  18. Craven Cottager

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    One of the interested parties runs a car wash franchise.
     
  19. weewhiskydram

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    And? How are the two things connected?? Day time drinking is doing you no favours :OO:
     
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  20. Areyoureadingthisedin

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    I hope they have the”energy” to take us forward, is that egg on someones face
     

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