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Is he a nephew? Cousin?
Too busy rattling polo mintsBet you had a go at the empty box tho' ........................
F***ing Hell, we've had Bob Hope in goal, seems we've got another comedian as chairman.MB 1 used to belong to Max Bygraves I believe.
Star says he is the youngest chairmen for a premier league club.Must surely be a record as the youngest chairman of a mens professional football club?
He's barely off fucking rusks.
Prince 2 Bin AL appoints son 3 Bin AL and looks like 1 Bin Laden is coming on board. All aboard the scimitar ride my friends. I’m looking forward to this I think it could be good. I’m just not particularly keen on the broader Saudi human rights picture and how this could affect our club. We’ll see.
The police have nothing to go on...This guy could afford a toilet made of gold. Too bad the one working model in the world has just been nicked.
I'll start this by saying a huge "I hope I'm wrong" and would love to be proven so, however this appointment is my biggest concern of the whole ownership saga.
I've worked with, dealt with and come up against some young Arab 'businessmen' who have been paid through top universities (Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge etc.) and they still don't know their arse from their elbow. Whereas Abdullah's generation will have possibly known a bit of hardship (although he may be too young even) the under 35's with royal connections in these oil rich countries are a completely different breed.
I'll get shouted down by many I'm sure and again I really hope this guy is the exception to the rule but if he is anything more than a 'face' of the ownership and has any decision making and fiscal power I worry for the future of the club.
Probably be a bit like when Brian Potter made Jerry "manager" of the Phoenix Club.
I find all of this somewhat disturbing.....
HH
Agreed, there are a lot of entitled young royals from the oil rich middle east countries and yes many don't know much about life. But playing devils advocate here, many are extremely successful, particularly in negotiation. Saudi's are really tough to deal with. In addition they will also have connections with money!
Didn’t we just have that with McCabe?They are successful in their own environment. For example if I were to go into a business meeting with a Qatari with a certain surname I know that no matter whether what he suggests is spot on or absolutely stupid it's happening. This way of doing business that breeds the entitlement and also leads to people thinking that they are always right. The worry therefore is that they put a bunch of people on the board who don't stand up to him and we suddenly have a huge problem.
I'll start this by saying a huge "I hope I'm wrong" and would love to be proven so, however this appointment is my biggest concern of the whole ownership saga.
I've worked with, dealt with and come up against some young Arab 'businessmen' who have been paid through top universities (Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge etc.) and they still don't know their arse from their elbow. Whereas Abdullah's generation will have possibly known a bit of hardship (although he may be too young even) the under 35's with royal connections in these oil rich countries are a completely different breed.
I'll get shouted down by many I'm sure and again I really hope this guy is the exception to the rule but if he is anything more than a 'face' of the ownership and has any decision making and fiscal power I worry for the future of the club.
I've highlighted this before on another thread but here goes again.
Living most of my time in Spain i'm familiar with what the "Prince" owner of Malaga has done over the years to destroy the club.
The similarities between Malaga FC and my beloved Blades is remarkable.
The Prince in Malaga moved his young son to Malaga to have a "day to day" interest in the club, it wasn't long before he was handling transfers in & out (the manager had no say - manager left), he sold all the best players and spoke about how they were going to invest in the academy - so they played young academy players that were not ready for the first team - they have a new manager every year and are now 16th in the second division - and still falling!
Before anybody jumps on me, I know not all owners are the same, but the similarities are remarkable - and worrying, especially the comments about investing in the academy because he will expect the academy players to be in the first team - nothing wrong with that as long as they are ready.
I hope i am wrong and wish the Prince the very best, I have no problem with him being in charge if he sticks to his word - but so far they are only words, i do realise it is early days.
I just hope that the club that is "Sheffield United" remains just that.
UTB
Didn’t we just have that with McCabe?
You are making him sound like an Old Etonian.
The owner of Malaga is a Qatari. In 1992 they went bust and had to start again. They had to sell Malaga to the Qatari because they were in financial difficulties under the previous owner.I've highlighted this before on another thread but here goes again.
Living most of my time in Spain i'm familiar with what the "Prince" owner of Malaga has done over the years to destroy the club.
The similarities between Malaga FC and my beloved Blades is remarkable.
The Prince in Malaga moved his young son to Malaga to have a "day to day" interest in the club, it wasn't long before he was handling transfers in & out (the manager had no say - manager left), he sold all the best players and spoke about how they were going to invest in the academy - so they played young academy players that were not ready for the first team - they have a new manager every year and are now 16th in the second division - and still falling!
Before anybody jumps on me, I know not all owners are the same, but the similarities are remarkable - and worrying, especially the comments about investing in the academy because he will expect the academy players to be in the first team - nothing wrong with that as long as they are ready.
I hope i am wrong and wish the Prince the very best, I have no problem with him being in charge if he sticks to his word - but so far they are only words, i do realise it is early days.
I just hope that the club that is "Sheffield United" remains just that.
UTB
Skeptics may say 'punishment'.Some commitment sending your daughter to Sheffield.
I wonder what she's done wrongSome commitment sending your daughter to Sheffield.
I wonder what she's done wrong
The thing that this whole court case has raised is that we aren't the 'well run club' that McCabe has always peddled (although I suspect all but the most ardent of supporters knew this anyway).
Whether we'll be any better now it's over remains to be seen.
My problem is that:
I'm now thinking that this 'young, pacy, black and French' model that so many of our fans have been after on the pitch might also work off the pitch as we don't have many other options?!!!!!!
- I don't want English owners because they are tight.
- I don't want Middle Eastern owners because I have witnessed them do business and don't like it.
- I don't want far eastern owners as that has led other clubs into difficulties (Pigs, Birmingham, Villa).
- I don't American owners because I don't want to become Franchise FC.
- I don't want Russian owners because they are linked to the oligarchy.
33 and your not a football club chairman yet? You need to pull your finger out and stop pissing about.No bias against the Prince, thought he came across very genuine in his sky sports interview, but I’ll never be happy about Utd having a 26 year old as Chairman.
I’m 33 so not exactly an elder member of the fanbase and I’d always want someone with life experience and the temperament of a man or woman who’s at least middle aged, in charge of the clubs affairs.
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