[Brighton] Would you be happy if TB sold the club if it guaranteed survival? Or do you prefer a scrap

pottert · Dec 22, 2017

Not in a million years would I be happy if TB sold the club to guarantee survival.If have said this god knows how many times but I would rather be a winning team in the championship than a struggling team in the premier league.The Problem with that is to be a winning team in the championship means that you cannot make any money.How many teams that are struggling in the championship have changed ownership with the belief that success is guaranteed.

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SIMMO SAYS · Dec 22, 2017

bn9 bha said:
Hopefully it will be in good hands.
I've heard Simmo Says plumbing will one day be passed on to his son.

Over my dead body :moo:

Cheshire Cat · Dec 22, 2017

How rich is Bloom? Is he rich enough? Can he afford to continually throw £tens of millions each year at his hobby?

Buzzer · Dec 22, 2017

I'd prefer to be relegated and Brighton to remain in the ownership of Brighton fans.

Hampster Gull · Dec 22, 2017

Cheshire Cat said:
How rich is Bloom? Is he rich enough? Can he afford to continually throw £tens of millions each year at his hobby?

This is definitely not a hobby

Buzzer · Dec 22, 2017

SIMMO SAYS said:
Over my dead body

Word on the street is that's exactly how he plans to do it.

Buzzer · Dec 22, 2017

Cheshire Cat said:
How rich is Bloom? Is he rich enough? Can he afford to continually throw £tens of millions each year at his hobby?

I reckon only Bloom and his accountant are the ones who can answer that so, in answer, we'll never know but I've posted on another thread what I have heard:

http://www.northstandchat.com/showt...n-in-2016-17&p=8250879&viewfull=1#post8250879

Harry Wilson's tackle · Dec 22, 2017

Cheshire Cat said:
How rich is Bloom? Is he rich enough? Can he afford to continually throw £tens of millions each year at his hobby?

He is Mr Cool as far as I'm concerned. I suspect he is amazingly rich. And smart. And totally blue and white. My guess is he has a strategy to make us a success, like he makes everything a succss. With humanity and humility. And patience.

Honestly, its like having Batman as chairman. Sussex Batman. Bruce Wayne of Brighton.

Meanwhile. Parrish is a

Buzzer · Dec 22, 2017

To his credit though, Parish is a Palace fan, it was his consortium that stepped in to save their club when no-one else wanted to. The one thing that I don't understand about how he runs that club though is that he is also the de facto Chief Executive. One reason Bloom is virtually bulletproof is that he leaves the day-to-day management to Barber. What with his other interests, he hasn't got the time to spare anyway. Parish clearly has his heart in the right place for the club but given his recent comments regarding the De Boer appointment that he was bored with all the interviews, he could make his life a whole lot easier with handing over that sort of stuff to someone else. He'd cop a lot less flak too.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Dec 22, 2017

Buzzer said:
To his credit though, Parish is a Palace fan, it was his consortium that stepped in to save their club when no-one else wanted to. The one thing that I don't understand about how he runs that club though is that he is also the de facto Chief Executive. One reason Bloom is virtually bulletproof is that he leaves the day-to-day management to Barber. What with his other interests, he hasn't got the time to spare anyway. Parish clearly has his heart in the right place for the club but given his recent comments regarding the De Boer appointment that he was bored with all the interviews, he could make his life a whole lot easier with handing over that sort of stuff to someone else. He'd cop a lot less flak too.

Fair enough. I can't resist a cheap shot. :lolol:

Skaville · Dec 22, 2017

Follow That Seagull said:
Excuse me Crabface, i wasn't belittling anyone. I'm sorry if i have offended you.

You can’t belittle Tony, he’s already little

pottert · Dec 22, 2017

I think people should understand that TB is a very rich man & I am talking billions.He wants us to be self sufficient as we all do.
We spent a few seasons before we got promoted trying to comply with FFP whilst not knowing what the penalties might be for breaching FFP.So he may have invested bigger than he did at the time if that wasn’t the case.We must also remember
that it doesn’t matter how much money you offer for players they still have to want to play for you whilst keeping harmony amongst the squad.

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ozzygull · Dec 22, 2017

I would rather us be playing hoof ball in league two with someone owning it who understands the history culture and a is a fan, then have some Russian with a lot of money but could not give two hoots about the above. I would still go and watch us in league two, I know that, because I did when we were there. But if we sold our sole to win the champions league, I would not be interested one bit.

Not Andy Naylor · Dec 22, 2017

Bringing in foreign investors has worked well for Swansea, so yes, let's do it.

pottert · Dec 22, 2017

Guaranteed survival is not staying in the premier league.Survival is having a football team to support.I think it is better to go down than spend years doing everything to stay up
before the inevitable happens.Villa & Sunderland are prime examples.They had 2/3 managers a season & paid average players stupid money with the hope that they could help them stay up.Normally older players who used to play for big clubs but are past their best & still want big wages.So they had enormous squads full of poor players that the manager didn’t want.If they had stuck with their managers & accepted their fate & if they went down then so be it.You can then start again knowing what players you want to keep & who you don’t & where you need to strengthen.The longer you spend struggling near the bottom of the league the more it becomes the norm so becomes so much harder to get out of.

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dazzer6666 · Dec 22, 2017

Buzzer said:
I reckon only Bloom and his accountant are the ones who can answer that so, in answer, we'll never know but I've posted on another thread what I have heard:

http://www.northstandchat.com/showt...n-in-2016-17&p=8250879&viewfull=1#post8250879

I don’t know why people, over and over again, keep talking about Bloom ‘getting a return on his investment’........I don’t think for a second he is doing this to make money. He’s got far better money-making opportunities at his disposal if that’s what he is looking for. He clearly loves the club, and through his own work he’s got himself in a position where he can bankroll the club. He’s also a smart businessman, so also seems to be using his business nouse in wanting the club to grow in a steady and sustainable way.

We’re beyond lucky to have a blue and white-bleeding owner with a monumentally large pile of cash that allows him to do what he is doing.

dazzer6666 · Dec 22, 2017

https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2017/december/albion-accounts-201617/

lancyclaret · Dec 23, 2017

Bloom may be super wealthy but is he Man City or PSG wealthy?

Enough money to finance Champions League football?

AmexRuislip · Dec 23, 2017

I'd like to think that when TB is in one of Albions boardroom meetings, he may have some downtime.
Instead of the usual throwing of the fifty pound notes at each other, he may peruse through NSC from time to time.
To which he comes across a thread where people are questioning him if he will sell out to an overseas investor.
I wonder what he is really thinking, perhaps WTF!
Tony Bloom is as much Brighton and Hove Albion through n through as the proverbial Brighton rock.
Jeeeeeez :shrug:

dazzer6666 · Dec 23, 2017

lancyclaret said:
Bloom may be super wealthy but is he Man City or PSG wealthy?

Enough money to finance Champions League football?

No, of course he isn’t. No other clubs are City or PSG wealthy. Their owners have bottomless moneypits (but their owners aren’t fans, they’re investors).

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