Horatio
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welcome back. How was your time on other side of the veil?
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Iniesta Ultra
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first ban couple years ago included a reason "gassing up Puig"
this ban only listed "trolling" so still unclear the trigger
Iniesta Ultra
Senior Member
FCBarca
Mike the Knife
More than a decade of irrelevance with US owners who clearly prioritize the commercial aspects of the brand more than sporting success. There is no sporting philosophy and are indistinguishable from a factory like Chelsea. They have been left in the dust by their crosstown neighbors by just about every sporting metric
It is a brand that just maintains value for their owners who have even shed a minority stake to give the illusion it can be run as a football club but their play hasn’t inspired anything related to football for a long time, bragging to your mates about your market cap just doesn’t have the same ring as winning a title or competing in an inspiring manner
If football were burgers, ManYoo would be McDo - cheap but boring product that is in heavy advertising rotation
Even going forward, the future is fairly bleak for ManYoo IMHO, as it is not a club owned by the fans and the only ownership possible going forward are gulf states, investor groups or billionaires where the sporting aspect will continue to be secondary to its marketing & revenue advantage.
The American Glazers are bad but this is the sort of profile ManYoo will have to entertain as there’s zero incentive to actually win titles much less ‘care’ what the fans want. INEOS work almost exclusively in stressed debt, only interested in turning a profit but they will struggle to do that under Glazer majority ownership....moreover they are heavily debt laden themselves so there is no wiggle room to improve on what Glazers might consider in terms of investment. If they don't strip it bear, they'll sell to someone who can absorb it and that leaves options like a Saudi consortium
At least a renovated stadium is probably in their near future as this also helps the rich get richer
It is a brand that just maintains value for their owners who have even shed a minority stake to give the illusion it can be run as a football club but their play hasn’t inspired anything related to football for a long time, bragging to your mates about your market cap just doesn’t have the same ring as winning a title or competing in an inspiring manner
If football were burgers, ManYoo would be McDo - cheap but boring product that is in heavy advertising rotation
Even going forward, the future is fairly bleak for ManYoo IMHO, as it is not a club owned by the fans and the only ownership possible going forward are gulf states, investor groups or billionaires where the sporting aspect will continue to be secondary to its marketing & revenue advantage.
The American Glazers are bad but this is the sort of profile ManYoo will have to entertain as there’s zero incentive to actually win titles much less ‘care’ what the fans want. INEOS work almost exclusively in stressed debt, only interested in turning a profit but they will struggle to do that under Glazer majority ownership....moreover they are heavily debt laden themselves so there is no wiggle room to improve on what Glazers might consider in terms of investment. If they don't strip it bear, they'll sell to someone who can absorb it and that leaves options like a Saudi consortium
At least a renovated stadium is probably in their near future as this also helps the rich get richer
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Iniesta Ultra
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Rants spot on about Amorim
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