welldaft Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 minutes ago, ropy said: What time are folk going along today, 86 minutes has been the earliest goal in this fixture this season. Quite bizarre, yet somehow I think that may be beaten today - as in earlier. I mentioned in a previous post that I would want our prospective new owner to have deep pockets. Again not because I want them to go all Chelsea. But someone who could afford to take a hit of £500k - £1m per season when needed and not have any huge impact on their net worth. If we end up with someone that has a few million (if that) or has to borrow money to invest in MFC then I would rather we went down the road of giving the Well Society a chance. I doubt even with a fresh focus and membership push that we could plug that gap from a poor season, so it would probably involve making some cutbacks. Unfortunately I doubt the senior exec at Netflix mentioned above would have the required wealth so it would be a big gamble if indeed it is even him. Hopefully this whole expertise and exposure may bring others to the table . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Hope Paton's okay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) 57 minutes ago, welldaft said: I mentioned in a previous post that I would want our prospective new owner to have deep pockets. Again not because I want them to go all Chelsea. But someone who could afford to take a hit of £500k - £1m per season when needed and not have any huge impact on their net worth. Those interested so far have made it clear this is a business venture for them, if they take a hit of X in any season they will want it back later. As much as selling the assets and closing us down is ultimately a possibility, to be realistic it is also highly unlikely - what's more probable is a bored owner starts taking cash out the club to recover their investment and leaves us floundering playing wise. which is arguably where we are now. Which brings us back to the question of why we're doing this... It's also why the US guy instinctively appeals more to me, there's a natural separation of business and sport. He may like the idea of 'owning' a club but nothing in his past suggests he wants to run one. It screams the possibility of a deal where he gives us X up front and Y per year, in exchange he gets access to the props and characters for his telly show, we let him keep the profit from that and if the club makes a wad from increased sponsorship he can take a greater percentage of dividends than his stake is worth. It's basically challenging him to put is money where his mouth is and, in exchange for the majority of profit generated, take the majority of the risk personally rather than putting it on the club. Which itself can, along with a revitalised Society, focus on the local engagement. The usual caveats of simplicity apply and no doubt the lawyers will have a field day haggling over numbers but an investor focused on the off field stuff definitely has the possibility of producing an 'everyone's a winner' scenario...we should be much more interested in exploring that than anyone who intends to directly influence events on the pitch imho. Edited February 25 by Handsome_Devil 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan09 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) Any reason why the pitch is looking so poor this season? It’s not even been a bad winter. Edited February 25 by wellfan09 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ML4 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 32 minutes ago, wellfan09 said: Any reason why the pitch is looking so poor this season? It’s not even been a bad winter. Probably more cost cutting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I hate this team so much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I would just like to say, Butcher is fucking diabolical and should be emptied as soon as possible. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Well Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I knew the moment Shaw came on we were fucked 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I've little against us losing like that, annoying as it is...we played well and took our chance when Celtic were poor, they upped it and won deservedly. Being so close makes it a pisser but still...play like that and we'll be fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allroy for Prez Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 It’s been said before, but it’s worth saying again and again how soft this team are is unbelievable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boozyBJ Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Sickener but not surprised. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 On the whole I thought we played pretty well, but absolutely shat it again. The subs killed us. Butcher offers nothing, floats about marking nobody, getting booked and shouting at his team mates for his mistakes. Get tae f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 8 minutes ago, Well Well said: I knew the moment Shaw came on we were fucked Fair point but I think Butcher for Casey was the real turning point. And people want Mugabi dropped for that one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowsdower Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) Rearranging our whole back line to accommodate Butcher was a dumb move. If Casey was hurt we should have brought Blaney on. Edited February 25 by rowsdower 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 8 minutes ago, Handsome_Devil said: I've little against us losing like that, annoying as it is...we played well and took our chance when Celtic were poor, they upped it and won deservedly. Being so close makes it a pisser but still...play like that and we'll be fine. Losing to Celtic is to be expected. Losing after being a goal up at half time isn't even that surprising. But having a point at 90 minutes but still contriving to lose by 2 fucking goals sums this mob up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillips455 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) O'Donnell and Shaw both coming on was the end times. Took out Any Attacking plays we had and we all know we can't defend simple balls. Why do we then basically invite even more pressure???? Edited February 25 by Phillips455 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 minutes ago, rowsdower said: Rearranging our whole back line to accommodate Butcher was a dumb move. If Casey was hurt we should have brought Blaney on. Yep. As Mugabi is a by far our best DC, and Blaney is a natural fit at DLC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I think I liked it more when we never scored first 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allroy for Prez Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 It’s the introduction of Shaw and O’Donnell and what they would bring to the team, or not, and shuffling stuff about to accommodate Butcher than further underlines why Kettlewell isn’t going to do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camer0n_mcd Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Fed up of this spineless team, can't wait till most of them leave. Substitutions absolutely killed us today, Butcher has been brutal in just about every game he's played since coming back from injury. SOD should never be playing right back and Oli Shaw , has anyone ever seen him run? Absolute lazy bastar d 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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