I still am a firm believer that in order to see $$$$ you need to be successful. 

I'm not sure this whole 'on paper' valuation of the club will be enough for ownership to see a profit when they sell. There needs to be success. 

6 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I still am a firm believer that in order to see $$$$ you need to be successful. 

I'm not sure this whole 'on paper' valuation of the club will be enough for ownership to see a profit when they sell. There needs to be success.

It's a double edged sword.

If we make a profit it'll eventually go to our Clearlake investors, after all making money from their investments is the reason they exist

I can't understand why Todd brought them in at the last minute, until then it was just him.

Maybe to spread the risk ?

I shouldn’t laugh at this but:-

 

How many players will need to be sacrificed to cover our FFP with no CL?

33 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

How many players will need to be sacrificed 

Good lord, I know we've been playing badly but I don't think we need to go that far. 

 

The big money signings keep coming for Boehly:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/09/shohei-ohtani-agrees-to-record-700m-10-year-contract-with-la-dodgers

4 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

The big money signings keep coming for Boehly:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/09/shohei-ohtani-agrees-to-record-700m-10-year-contract-with-la-dodgers

Biggest contract in the history of all sports, for a Japanese baseball superstar.

2 hours ago, Gol15 said:

Biggest contract in the history of all sports, for a Japanese baseball superstar.

They will market him well.

He is worth it.

3 minutes ago, Scott said:

He is worth it.

Baseball fan eh Scott?

On 08/12/2023 at 02:46, axman2526 said:

How many players will need to be sacrificed to cover our FFP with no CL?

CL is typically worth about £90-110m depending on how deep you go into it, so that would be the potential revenue shortfall.

I think Clearlake will have covered some of that by significantly reducing the wage bill, but I suspect we will still need to find £80+ m from other sources, player sales etc

45 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Baseball fan eh Scott?

Well I do know the current best player on the planet.

BTW I'm am a Braves fan and hate the Dodgy'ers.

5 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

CL is typically worth about £90-110m depending on how deep you go into it, so that would be the potential revenue shortfall.

I think Clearlake will have covered some of that by significantly reducing the wage bill, but I suspect we will still need to find £80+ m from other sources, player sales etc

How much in terms of loss of sponsorship revenue though? I think you figure is TV money and bonuses based on progress, as you said, and wins.

5 hours ago, Scott said:

Well I do know the current best player on the planet.

BTW I'm am a Braves fan and hate the Dodgy'ers.

I know less about baseball than Todd and co do about football, so will take your word on him being the best in the world.

I still don’t understand why they decided to splurge £1bn across 3 transfer windows. Why didn’t they spread it over 2-3 windows or even years?

12 hours ago, Backbiter said:

The big money signings keep coming for Boehly:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/09/shohei-ohtani-agrees-to-record-700m-10-year-contract-with-la-dodgers

Mbappe next? 🤣

1 hour ago, the special one said:

Mbappe next? 🤣

Not enough variety in his pitching. And his discipline at the plate needs work.

14 hours ago, Backbiter said:

The big money signings keep coming for Boehly:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/09/shohei-ohtani-agrees-to-record-700m-10-year-contract-with-la-dodgers

I don't know  Baseball and Todd isn't the main decision maker there but it's interesting that they're paying record wages to a nearly 30 year old superstar with 6 years of top performances under his belt.

Makes you question why Todd is running us like the world's most high profile youth trafficking/money laundering operation instead of trying to build a competitive squad when he should clearly recognise the importance of signing proven elite performers.

50 minutes ago, Whats_The_Mata? said:

I don't know  Baseball and Todd isn't the main decision maker there but it's interesting that they're paying record wages to a nearly 30 year old superstar with 6 years of top performances under his belt.

Makes you question why Todd is running us like the world's most high profile youth trafficking/money laundering operation instead of trying to build a competitive squad when he should clearly recognise the importance of signing proven elite performers.

This is ridiculous, sorry.

13 hours ago, Scott said:

Well I do know the current best player on the planet.

BTW I'm am a Braves fan and hate the Dodgy'ers.

Did we just become best friends?! 

2 hours ago, Whats_The_Mata? said:

I don't know  Baseball and Todd isn't the main decision maker there but it's interesting that they're paying record wages to a nearly 30 year old superstar with 6 years of top performances under his belt.

Makes you question why Todd is running us like the world's most high profile youth trafficking/money laundering operation instead of trying to build a competitive squad when he should clearly recognise the importance of signing proven elite performers.

Baseball players don't retire at 35 like football players, most of them are older and keep playing.

what can we do to get rid of these clueless owners?

if relegation can force them to sell I would gladly take 1 year of championship season

if they stay for the next 8-9 years we would be in national league 

Nothing. We're stuck with them, unfortunately. SO buckle up, because this is as good as it gets.

2 hours ago, Backbiter said:

This is ridiculous, sorry.

It's tongue in cheek.

But calling us a youth trafficking operation is no more ridiculous than people saying we have a talented squad or we'll be competitive in a few years.

Going into the season with Broja and Jackson upfront and we spent the summer signing Brazilian kids and are linked with signing more? Needed a number 1 striker all summer and we signed Washington a Brazilian kid with 9 youth career games?

How about we actually attempt to sign some professional adult footballers not more kids from all over the world who haven't even broken into their teams in 4th rate leagues.

8 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Nothing. We're stuck with them, unfortunately. SO buckle up, because this is as good as it gets.

Yes. The best we can hope is that Clearlake don't have to make too many decisions. Because as we have seen almost every decision they make is terrible.

3 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Yes. The best we can hope is that Clearlake don't have to make too many decisions. Because as we have seen almost every decision they make is terrible.

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