Jimenez 1 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 :angry2: If he succeeds in this then I'll mourn for the death of football as we know it. http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-...59067-22408338/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVB 2,560 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Dont get me started! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 So you don’t think the fans play an important part in a football club? Not interested. If they want to come and watch successful professional football in Chester – under whatever guise – if it belongs to me they will do it on my terms. If they don’t want to come, fine. At least he's honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Stars Bearette 1 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 smug bas can't believe what he is coming out with Q. So you don’t think the fans play an important part in a football club? Not interested. If they want to come and watch successful professional football in Chester – under whatever guise – if it belongs to me they will do it on my terms. If they don’t want to come, fine. Q. What would you say to supporters who feel you are interfering with the history and tradition of the club? I don’t care, basically, is the answer. If I’m going to invest £2m into a business venture, it’s being done on the basis that the amount of commercial income we bring in is greater than what the fans contribute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimenez 1 Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 So you don’t think the fans play an important part in a football club? Not interested. If they want to come and watch successful professional football in Chester – under whatever guise – if it belongs to me they will do it on my terms. If they don’t want to come, fine. At least he's honest. If someone came to Rangers and said the same we'd want him assasinated. Murray's bad but this guy really does take the biscuit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,715 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 He's just another egotist with new money that wants to buy a club to impress his wank pals, he'll end up gettin his fingers burnt with this one so fcuk him ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 So you don’t think the fans play an important part in a football club? Not interested. If they want to come and watch successful professional football in Chester – under whatever guise – if it belongs to me they will do it on my terms. If they don’t want to come, fine. At least he's honest. If someone came to Rangers and said the same we'd want him assasinated. Murray's bad but this guy really does take the biscuit. Of course Murray wouldn't say it.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Stars Bearette 1 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 He's just another egotist with new money that wants to buy a club to impress his wank pals, he'll end up gettin his fingers burnt with this one so fcuk him ! that about sums it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 9 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 It's the first time I've ever seen football actually being treated like a real business, rather than the way they're run as psuedo businesses. Football clubs make little profit. It's a loss-based venture. If a guy comes in and makes it profitable, it's no longer football, it's a business. His attitude is spot on as a businessman tbh - make money and not friends. But from our point of view it's bad for the sport as a sport. Beyond bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 So you don’t think the fans play an important part in a football club? Not interested. If they want to come and watch successful professional football in Chester – under whatever guise – if it belongs to me they will do it on my terms. If they don’t want to come, fine. At least he's honest. If someone came to Rangers and said the same we'd want him assasinated. Murray's bad but this guy really does take the biscuit. Of course Murray wouldn't say it.... Yeah SDM is more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimenez 1 Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Of course Murray wouldn't say it.... Selling off some assets is one thing, renaming the club to BT united is a totally different ball game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 His attitude is spot on as a businessman tbh - make money and not friends. Maybe not perfect, he seems to be thinking sponsors will be interested in investing in a club with no die hard fans to sell to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,737 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Q. Naming Chester after the fictional team Harchester United (from Sky TV’s Dream Team) has been mentioned. Is that something you would be interested in doing? It’s possible that we could do that. I would use the Harchester alternative if it works for the various sponsors we have. One of those sponsors has a very extreme brand and the more extreme we can be, with positive or negative publicity, it doesn’t matter, the more we would get. The Harchester thing is quite interesting. I investigated it about 18 months ago. I spoke to the owner of the rights and did some background on the fan base that fictional club has. It has just over 27,000 registered fans on the Harchester website. From a marketing perspective, it would be a lot easier to talk to them than the couple of thousand people who turn up at Chester. Wow, chester fans have just been bumped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootSpeedKillLight 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Puts our problems with Murray into perspective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linfield 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Made a mess at York City , changed teamshirt , crest and became a soccer team . Even came on as a sub for Aidan O'Kane {now of Linfield }when he took over . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Made a mess at York City , changed teamshirt , crest and became a soccer team . Even came on as a sub for Aidan O'Kane {now of Linfield }when he took over . No way :O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Newells Sexist Army 2 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Sounds even worse than that cunt in charge of the Wimbledon/Mk Dons fiasco. Absolute scum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithgersbear 3,225 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 LMFAO. I admire him for his honesty. Funny as fuck when you read in to it lol. Can picture his expressions when he said that as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Sounds even worse than that cunt in charge of the Wimbledon/Mk Dons fiasco. Absolute scum. completely agreed 110% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Fucking cock, why not ruin football ya prick. Football SHOULDN'T be a business Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radlord 24 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Oh god. This guy is the living embodiment of hateful, dead-inside business-minded bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 761 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 And here's me thinking Elton John supported Watford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klos 39 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Fucking cock, why not ruin football ya prick. Football SHOULDN'T be a business What a tit, why come into football with that attitude, he should either run the football as it should be or invest elsewhere. Even run the way he is suggesting, he would be far better off putting his money into other ventures as he'll never make a huge profit from a football club. And to be honest if profit is what your interested in, now is the ideal time under the current financial situation if you have money to invest and can wait till the market settles to reap the rewards. His intentions don't seem to make any sense, whether as a football man or a businessman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianGer 1 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Football doesn't work as a business because the customer base doesn't operate as a traditional customer group would. For all that Manchester United are accused of having all their fans outwith Manchester, of chasing dollars, etc etc the board are smart enough to know that they need to throw the fans a few crumbs here and there. So the Stretford End is hyped more than ever, special seats etc. The red jersey may get a redesign every year but they aren't about to drop it altogether. And they made sure to have Bobby Charlton there at the CL final to mark the Munich disaster and keep with tradition. This guy will last a few years and then give up having made a huge loss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radlord 24 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Aye. Apart from anything else, coming into any business with that sort of obnoxious attitude is only ever going to alienate you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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