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[quote author=peterhague link=topic=44180.msg1283496#msg1283496 date=1297418898]
[quote author=KHL link=topic=44180.msg1283481#msg1283481 date=1297417628]
[quote author=Avvy link=topic=44180.msg1283473#msg1283473 date=1297417269]
This is shitty news tho. 🙁
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I don't really get that?
United has been superior to us over the 10-15 years from both an economical and sporting view anyways. It's not like new Arab owners will suddenly have the power to buy all the stars from all the other billionaires teams.
And if they SHOULD buy one of our key-players for any insane ammount of money we'd probably come out stronger anyways, like the Torres-case has just shown.
United for one wouldn't have been as good as they've been if it wasn't for their rather conservative approach and Ferguson. Had they bought say five new star-player in Summer they'd perhaps been less stable and players would start to unsettle. Money is a big factor of course but our owners, Citehs owners, Blackburns owners, Spurs owners etc. have all got them too.
Fear not.
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they should put that in the dictionary under 'complacency'.
like FFF said, it's not the end of the world exactly, but it would entrench their position as the overwhelming powerhouse of english football, and every other team would be fighting against the tide. i'd imagine it'd take extraordinarily savvy management to prevent them adding title upon title over the years; ok, we've already witnessed that for some time, but at least then we still had our diminishing stock of 11 titles in hand over them to console ourselves with. not any more.
it's not even as if our game has the sensible redistributive policies in place that the big american sports use to keep the sport interesting.
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No matter how hard I try mate I can't prevent some billionaire Sheik from buying the Mancs 🙂
I'm completely in agreement with regards to the need for a strict policy with regards to either a salary cap or a revenue/deficit-control at a bare minimum. That said however the comparative advantage United will gain from getting some wealthy Arab-owner will be less visible this day and age compared to when say Abramovich entered the fray.
And unless you want United to go bankrupt I don't think their current debt is of great use for us anyways. I'd like to think, and that may be a bit naive, that the league is won on the pitch rather than in the boardroom or at the financial controllers desk.
[quote author=KHL link=topic=44180.msg1283481#msg1283481 date=1297417628]
[quote author=Avvy link=topic=44180.msg1283473#msg1283473 date=1297417269]
This is shitty news tho. 🙁
[/quote]
I don't really get that?
United has been superior to us over the 10-15 years from both an economical and sporting view anyways. It's not like new Arab owners will suddenly have the power to buy all the stars from all the other billionaires teams.
And if they SHOULD buy one of our key-players for any insane ammount of money we'd probably come out stronger anyways, like the Torres-case has just shown.
United for one wouldn't have been as good as they've been if it wasn't for their rather conservative approach and Ferguson. Had they bought say five new star-player in Summer they'd perhaps been less stable and players would start to unsettle. Money is a big factor of course but our owners, Citehs owners, Blackburns owners, Spurs owners etc. have all got them too.
Fear not.
[/quote]
they should put that in the dictionary under 'complacency'.
like FFF said, it's not the end of the world exactly, but it would entrench their position as the overwhelming powerhouse of english football, and every other team would be fighting against the tide. i'd imagine it'd take extraordinarily savvy management to prevent them adding title upon title over the years; ok, we've already witnessed that for some time, but at least then we still had our diminishing stock of 11 titles in hand over them to console ourselves with. not any more.
it's not even as if our game has the sensible redistributive policies in place that the big american sports use to keep the sport interesting.
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No matter how hard I try mate I can't prevent some billionaire Sheik from buying the Mancs 🙂
I'm completely in agreement with regards to the need for a strict policy with regards to either a salary cap or a revenue/deficit-control at a bare minimum. That said however the comparative advantage United will gain from getting some wealthy Arab-owner will be less visible this day and age compared to when say Abramovich entered the fray.
And unless you want United to go bankrupt I don't think their current debt is of great use for us anyways. I'd like to think, and that may be a bit naive, that the league is won on the pitch rather than in the boardroom or at the financial controllers desk.
