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by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 14:12
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

The sweet spot is rich enough to invest well, but not so rich they can afford to piss it all away and it not matter to them. You want them to need success so they will take their decisions on how to invest seriously.
by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 12:59
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2655
Views: 1803412

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

Good points - but then it is impossible to vet potential owners - only hindsight tells us that signing this player or not selling that one at the height of their form or relying on a so-called "super agent" for recommendations or hiring the former CEO of a top London Premier league club e...
by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 12:24
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

I wonder how important results on the pitch are. It now looks like we should stay up, but if we go on a bad run could we start seeing rumours that the deal is on the rocks again?
by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 11:50
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2655
Views: 1803412

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

I'll let someone involved in the campaign speak further but my view was that it was never about there being a benefactor model in football but ensuring there was governance around those to ensure we don't get into the same mess again. If the campaign was purely about having an owner than runs a clu...
by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 11:15
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2655
Views: 1803412

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

The main question to ask is what happens if it doesn't work. The buy low, develop players, use the academy, sell high strategy sounds great. But football is competitive and these strategies are not simple to execute. If we're still in L1 in 5 years and the investors are disappointed, what's their p...
by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 09:35
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2655
Views: 1803412

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

So if the rumours are correct and the prospective new owners are buying us as an Arbitrage play - with funds from various exotic industries (crypto/longevity biotech) - the protests continue or they stop? Do we want sugar daddies who gamble on making money (for themselves) in the prem or not? I was...
by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 09:19
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

The disappointment of the timing, aside from it not being done yet and us still being at risk, is what it could mean for the squad. If we want to renew Azeez's contract plus a few others, we're asking them to take a big leap of faith if the new owner only arrives as the season ends. How can they tru...
by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 09:11
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Remember when we were all excited by the possibility of Red Bird Capital who seem to be doing a reasonable job at AC Milan? They were interested before Storey emerged, so they could well have been a casualty of his bullshit. Which would obviously be a massive shame. But I also think Dai had an unrea...
by WestYorksRoyal
28 Mar 2024 08:53
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

So if it is Chiron then what we have learnt over the past few days: William Storey potentially put any deal back a couple of months, and could even have scuppered a realistic deal but putting in a phantom 50m deal which put an unrealistic figure in Dai's head. Then Wycombe's interest in the trainin...
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 18:43
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

If the potential new owners have loaned the club say to £2m to cover costs until the end of the season could they put us into administration if Dai changes his mind and can’t afford to pay them back? Not without a charge against the loan, which would appear on companies house. Without this they're ...
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 18:19
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Someone suggested they could just be working on behalf of the yanks, similar to what they did for Bristol Rovers. There website says investment and advisory, so could be either. They also talk about seeking co investors, so it could be that they're leading but also have investors beyond their 2 mai...
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 17:08
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

One big reason we don't have a sensible financial model in this country is that it's fundamentally bloody hard. You don't want to discourage ambitious owners from investing and fans from dreaming of punching above their weight, you don't want a system that entrenches the dominance of those fortunat...
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 13:35
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Northampton Town (h)
Replies: 8
Views: 995

Re: MATCHWATCH : Northampton Town (h)

What reception are we expecting for Moore? I'll probably go with polite applause.
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 11:33
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2655
Views: 1803412

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

Their point about naming the counterparty is impossible; EFL rules don't allow them to be named until they have completed their OADT procedures. As for asking for communication from the buyer, it does seem a bit self important, but I would agree with the sentiment that building a rapport with the f...
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 11:00
Forum: The Team
Topic: Anyone For Chinese?
Replies: 947
Views: 292081

Re: Anyone For Chinese?

What is the point of this discussion? The SCL is obviously our home for the foresee future. The development to push is REP that allows the area to become more of a match hub.
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 10:14
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Would love to see football run more like the NFL. Now I know there is only 32 teams so not as much competition for fans etc, but NFL franchises are rarely run at a loss. If we could get the same kind of branding and marketing awareness into football, especially in the catchment area that Reading ha...
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 09:44
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2655
Views: 1803412

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

Their point about naming the counterparty is impossible; EFL rules don't allow them to be named until they have completed their OADT procedures. As for asking for communication from the buyer, it does seem a bit self important, but I would agree with the sentiment that building a rapport with the fa...
by WestYorksRoyal
27 Mar 2024 09:33
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

The big question is who with. I expect a journo will report in the next few days. I expect so, there will be no official confirmation as the EFL rules don't allow it but I would imagine one of the local journos will get a name in the neat future. Wording suggest the process could take up to 2 monts...
by WestYorksRoyal
26 Mar 2024 16:18
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Would be very happy if its the Wilf bros FWIW the NFL players association do a survey of their players and release a 'score card' for every team on a range of factors including ownership. The Wilfs were 2nd out of 32 teams, with the Vikings players rating them 9.7/10 (A+ grade) this year. Reports a...
by WestYorksRoyal
26 Mar 2024 16:00
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3091
Views: 1333294

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Red Bird back on the scene? Speculation; I have heard nothing to suggest this.
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