posted Oct 7, 2008

You guys are spoiling an interesting debate. Read the topic again and stop this incessant "Blatter batter"

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posted Oct 7, 2008

The sooner Blatter retires the better, he fears the power the EPL and tries to punish English for everything at every turn. 15K fine for Croatia for racism against Heskey!? what would that have been if it was England fans ?? Sorry i digress.
I didnt realise that McDonalds and Coca Cola were local business' done good, supporting their local teams !!! They like everyone else they know football has mass exposure and is a multi-billion pound business, a business plain and simple.
If he feel so passionatly about local investment and sound financial footing why did not chirp up when the likes of Liverpool and Man U are financed from the US by pure debt ??
No doubt City's owners are cash rich but they will run City as a business too and the law allows you to run a company on serviced debt so in all reality why would they run City with there own money when they can run it with the banks and get away with it??
Anyway local investment would be good but its not a reality to maintain a truely global product that is the EPL.
CTID

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posted Oct 8, 2008

Although I have never agreed with Sepp about anything before I think he may have a point here.
I love football and everything English and think it is a bit worrying when our traditional clubs like Utd,City,Liverpool and Villa are owned by foreign interests.The fans will be happy with anyone who ploughes money into their club but as at West Ham who knows what may happen if the owner dies or the world goes into deep recession as currently seems likely.I for one would hate to see any one of our great clubs in financial melt down as it affects us all in the long run.

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posted Oct 8, 2008

whats more dangerous? someone who has power or someone who fears it?

if you are trying to make the point that blatter is scared of ther premierships power, why don't you have a look and see that he has a point? our league is far too good and it is making the whole point of european competition irrelevant. english clubs are far too greedy and capitalism should have NOTHING to do with football. i think i actually love blatter. the fact that some imbeciles believe that football is now a business is a moot point. the point should be that football should not and should never be a business.

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posted Oct 8, 2008

Hes a pilchard.

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posted Oct 8, 2008

the real problem is the ludicrously high wages demanded by these pampered,greedy,over indulged players. if players were on more reasonable wages then the clubs would not need multi billionaire owners to bank roll them.The reason football teams are named after towns and cities is they are supposed to represent their local communities, how an american,russian or saudi business man can be expected to know anything about the local club is beyond me.also, as long as this situation continues then England will never do well in international matches.Still if all the powers that be are botherred about is profit then the status quo will continue.

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posted Oct 8, 2008

Hopeful Bolton just about sums up modern day football.

Unless the credit crunch really bites it looks like we're stuck with it.

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posted Oct 8, 2008

im really unsure about this, it is great to see brillant players in the prem, making it better, harder and faster, but teams like liverpool, man utd, arsenal...all teams that back in the day had to earn money by winning cups and titles...this shows that winning things, gets money, money gets players, players get title, and then the circle continues, but for man city and chelsea, (who to no offense) wernt doing anything untill mr money bought them, okay abit harsh, they wer processing up the table and all like but yano what i mean...

man utd have been the biggest club by winning, then buying then winning, like liverpool in the 70s and 80s....arsenal pop up now and again...

what im saying is, city a team that win nofin benefit from nothing, no titles, no cups....just sume rich kid who likes a profit...

no really a good thing, fight hard get money get players and win again is what i want

and as a liverpool fan, i am extremly annoyed by our american owners...never wanted it to happen

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posted Oct 8, 2008

I agree in principle with what Mr Blatter has to say but Im concerned that sweeping generalisations should not be made about all foreign owners.
I can only speak from the experience of being a Villa supporter who has found that our american owner has done nothing but good for our team and the community as a whole.
Let no-one forget the marvellous gesture he has made in regard to the Acorns charity which sadly has not been repeated elsewhere.
it begs the question , in relation to affinity or allegience to a club , what other chairman has the clubs logo tattooed on his leg as Randy Lerner has !

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posted Oct 9, 2008

I, for one, see no problems with foreign owners running clubs a businesses.

Mind you, SAFC has probably the best slice of the pie, with Quinn as chairman and Irish backers who care about the club. Then again, they know they need to make SAFC a success in order to make SAFC profitable in the future, so them backing us properly is good for them as well.

Investors are good for the EPL, they would be good for football in France and any other country. The only rule that should be bought in, is one that stops the owners from interfering direct with the team, to protect clubs from the like of Ashely and the liverpool owners.

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