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You're Edin Rahic...

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by JonButterfield, May 18, 2018.

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  1. JonButterfield

    JonButterfield Star Player
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    Quandary for you:

    You're Edin Rahic, chairman of Bradford City.

    Stefan Rupp helped you buy the club, but he's not as invested as you are and doesn't want to lose money. Maybe he'll underwrite losses if he absolutely has to, but you'd have to explain to him why that's the case; that's not something you want to do every year, because you're reliant on Rupp being in the background to make this thing happen at all.

    You, therefore, have to run the club as a business - your aim is to make money, but at worst, you are expected to balance the books. Balancing the books leaves you with a midtable budget.

    The fans expect the club to achieve, based on a recent history of success based on overspending that effectively paid off due to success in the cups and in the league. It seems fans are intolerant of treading water, as recent years have been good, and the previous years were so bad that they are fearful of regressing. They are not impressed by a midtable budget, and largely expect greater funds to be invested in the playing staff. Rupp won't be funding that, however.

    You cannot influence sponsors, or magic money from nowhere; your first two seasons have seen mixed success - defeat in a play off final, followed by a capitulation that left the club in the top half of the table.

    How would you ensure the books were balanced, while aiming to turn a profit, not only to repay yours and Stefan's efforts, but also to reinvest in the club?

    Your challenge: outline a strategy within this remit.
     
    #1 JonButterfield, May 18, 2018
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  2. alex

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    Well first off I’d accept it won’t happen in the short term. You have to invest a bit, have a few years of losing money and hope the investment gets us to a stable championship club.

    From there you either hope we have enough of a fan base and infrastructure to sustain ourselves and then either find a buyer who wants to invest and take us further (thereby getting a return on your investment) or hope we get promoted on a lucky season (like Huddersfield).

    More than likely though, we will remain a L1 or struggling championship team for many years and they’ll never get their money back, let alone make a profit.
     
    #2 alex, May 18, 2018
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  3. Rogered Tart

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    Football by its very nature is a loss making business bar the teams lucky enough to get to the hallowed ground of the premiership. And a lot of teams trying to get to the premiership are losing money hand over fist. I think with a small level of investment you could easily take a team from non league to mid table league 1, someone like Salford City if they get some investment from their owners. But the jump to the championship gets bigger every year. The best chance of getting there is via a money man bankrolling your dream. We have got as close to the championship without actually getting there, i think we are going to have to accept that there are teams and owners who will be more desperate to get to the championship than we will be over the next few seasons as our aim seems to be young player development over riding everything else.
     
    #3 Rogered Tart, May 18, 2018
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  4. Fordy117

    Fordy117 Just call me Mr Flip-Flop!
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    i would do midget porn to bring money in.
     
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    #4 Fordy117, May 19, 2018
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  5. CT Bantam

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    I'd sell Charlie Wyke, buy a time machine with the proceeds and cancel my 1st meeting with Rhodes and Lawn
     
    #5 CT Bantam, May 19, 2018
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  6. Hoochy-Min

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    Then the future you wouldn't have Charlie Wyke to sell and you've broken the space time continuum. Think man, think.
     
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    #6 Hoochy-Min, May 19, 2018
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  7. Botswana Bantam

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    He has a point @CT Bantam@CT Bantam - you'd have to sell something else to get your time machine, like your vintage lederhosen collection or something.
     
    #7 Botswana Bantam, May 19, 2018
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  8. Captain Black Adder

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    First of all I would make Fordy the head coach, recruitment specialist and director of football.
     
    #8 Captain Black Adder, May 19, 2018
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  9. CT Bantam

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    You're right Hoochy. But in my defence, I was asked to be Edin and this is exactly the kind of thing that this man is capable of!
     
    #9 CT Bantam, May 19, 2018
  10. CT Bantam

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    Who's been talking BB?!
     
    #10 CT Bantam, May 19, 2018
  11. heavensentcitygent

    heavensentcitygent we do not forgive we do not forget

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    Id convince Rupp that we needed to go big or go home Wine dine him take him to some champ and prem games get him money drunk

    I’d then say like ok let’s have a top 4 budget for this year and Go for it


    I’d also publically apologise to McCall stating that he did an unbelievable job getting last seasons shower of shite anywhere near the top 6
     
    #11 heavensentcitygent, May 19, 2018
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