I hope it'll be Steve Ballmer.
14 years at Microsoft is no small feat.
14 years at Microsoft is no small feat.
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Made more than a couple headline strategic errors though.
That is the concern I have about Ballmer. In his interviews, he talks about analytics, intelligence-based decision making but his track record at the Clippers is a bit underwhelming.
I guess under the previous ownership, the Clippers were the joke organization in LA. under Ballmer, they have become legit, and that is completely due to the money he has thrown at them. He gets credit for that.
We’re not the Clippers are we ?
And I think Klopp doesn’t mind a ton of money either for players.
Yes, but they're a legit contender year after year now. Previously they were one of the laughing stocks of the league. Lots of rethinking of how to build an NBA team these days with the recent implosions of the Nets and Lakers and the injury-driven failure of the Clips.
Nope. We're the supermodel look alike that all the boys are afraid to go near.
haha i really hope so
But that's only because they all think we're a ladyboy
It is a bit strange though. Chelsea go up for sale and there's umpteen competing bidders. The most storied club in the league, and one of the most iconic in world football, with a global fanbase to rival any, are apparently up for sale and everyone's excusing themselves from the table.
One was like a house in foreclosure, the other isn't.
That's so, but a decent price was paid in the end, foreclosure or not. Nobody got Chelsea on the cheap.
It is… I assume being London based helps.
The main difference is - there was a time limit on the Chelsea sale, it was a full club sale and it had to happen.
There is no time limit to our sale and it isn’t even a certainty.
I think it’s also an example of the way FSG like to conduct business - quietly and in the background.
Also, interest rates were low in spring and early summer, and cash was cheap, at least in the US. Now interest rates have been hiked. Loans are significantly more expensive.
Probably because FSG will not sell to any state backed institutions, or over seas middle Eastern places. The Qataris would love to own us, but we won't sell, because we are supporters built on high morals.
Although, with no major capital projects talon the horizon, and that work completed - the club will retain a large part of its value, meaning, with a little bit less risk aversion, funds might be more forthcoming for transfers.
It’s not like we need to spend additional billions - a few hundred million and we’d be golden - if we can increase the amount of players we can sell for decent fees, we can make increased transfer activity sustainable.
Wealth and willingness to spend aren't always the same thing.
Yeah, but the 76ers aren't exactly a model of a well-run club. Prefer FSG to them.
The chance of getting better owners than FSG seems low. Which team in the Premier League would you swap owners with? Your choice is between profit driven capitalists and whitewashing sovereign funds. FSG are the former, but so are the Glazers, Hicks and Gillette, etc. Best case scenario is FSG sells a stake and retains majority. Actually, the best case scenario would be if the fans bought the club. Sell shares at £1000 a piece, would only need to sell 4 million of them, easy peasy.
Fuck this, I want the same shit as man city now. Don't give a fuck, FSG are good owners but so are man city owners for man city. What's the big deal, and don't give me any moral arguments. We are a club, if our nation state owner did anything bad then we would be sold like Chelsea, as long as we got klopp we will be OK.
With all that power and wealth you'd think they'd have made that video disappear.
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