Are they trying to Re-Sell us?

[Montytheblade]

Just had the thought. Minus the Selles pun (sorry).

Didnt get promoted, chucked 100m at buying us, + Jan signings, selling of high value assets.

Are they cutting their losses and attempting to sell us and cut their losses. Would potentially explain the lack on spending?

 

[SufcBilly]

No

 

[Blade56]

Just had the thought. Minus the Selles pun (sorry).

Didnt get promoted, chucked 100m at buying us, + Jan signings, selling of high value assets.

Are they cutting their losses and attempting to sell us and cut their losses. Would potentially explain the lack on spending?

The thought had crossed my mind!

You are not alone

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

I think they’d be more likely to look to sell us on if we’d gone up and were worth more. A bit like buying and flipping a house

 

[Blade56]

I think they’d be more likely to look to sell us on if we’d gone up and were worth more. A bit like buying and flipping a house

True, but they are faced with funding a club in its last year of parachute payments so no additional income next season. They’ll have seen what’s happening in S6 and potentially trying to interest buyers in a cleaner prospect

Stranger things have happened. Be hilarious if we nicked their buyer though just for sh!ts and giggles

 

[Bladedog]

Just had the thought. Minus the Selles pun (sorry).

Didnt get promoted, chucked 100m at buying us, + Jan signings, selling of high value assets.

Are they cutting their losses and attempting to sell us and cut their losses. Would potentially explain the lack on spending?

Who knows..they don't tell people fuck all.

 

[Jordo Blade.]

The thought had crossed my mind!

You are not alone

Yeah me anall.

 

[Blade56]

Yeah me anall.

That’s 3 of us, gerrit ont intwebby, it’s been verified.

 

[Blade58]

Having said what they did way back about improving every aspect of the club you’d think not

However, if true regards current issues with the consortium, they might not be in a position to invest and at some stage may need to move the club on. Who knows what their intentions are? They aren’t likely to pass on any intention to flog us, but then atm, neither are they passing on anything else

Signings and how much funds Selles has actually been given will possibly give fans a slightly clearer picture of what our club has acquired as owners?

 

[Cheeky Blade]

No.

We just need a bit of Sellés tape round the back to shore things up!

 

[dexter101]

Just had the thought. Minus the Selles pun (sorry).

Didnt get promoted, chucked 100m at buying us, + Jan signings, selling of high value assets.

Are they cutting their losses and attempting to sell us and cut their losses. Would potentially explain the lack on spending?

On the basis they could have just tried to resell the club as it was before selling players and the fact that modern transfers don't seem to be based on cash up front, I would say probably not.

It sounds daft, but the fact they retarmacked the car park and redid the pitch, if they wanted a quick sale, you wouldn't bother spending that money.

If anything I think they might be trying to make sure the books balance and minimise wages etc. Obviously that's not good either from a promotion point of view but they might actually be playing the long game and just trying to make us stable. If we don't sign anyone for example, would be good to see some investment into the academy as a show of this.

 

[Blade56]

Having said what they did way back about improving every aspect of the club you’d think not

However, if true regards current issues with the consortium, they might not be in a position to invest and at some stage may need to move the club on. Who knows what their intentions are? They aren’t likely to pass on any intention to flog us, but then atm, neither are they passing on anything else

Signings and how much funds Selles has actually been given will possibly give fans a slightly clearer picture of what our club has acquired as owners?

I think (just spitballing no rumour or itk) their whole strategy going forwards was based on the assumption we would get promoted. Hence the 3 year deal for Wilder and £10m for Cannon.
However, reality is they have an expensive asset to run without a 2-3 cushion of parachute payments like PA had.
I’ve got a reyt bad feeling.

 

[SufcBilly]

I think (just spitballing no rumour or itk) their whole strategy going forwards was based on the assumption we would get promoted. Hence the 3 year deal for Wilder and £10m for Cannon.
However, reality is they have an expensive asset to run without a 2-3 cushion of parachute payments like PA had.
I’ve got a reyt bad feeling.

No bad feeling when we win tomorrow I assume?

 

[The Fox]

They may but we have to remember that SUFC represents a very small amount of COH's collective investments. Gaurdant alone has a market cap of $7.5 bn so making a quick buck as that's all it would be doesn't make sense.

I think its more that they've taken their eye if the ball and the world of transfer dealings and windows is unfamiliar.

Perhaps they're waiting for draft day

 

[Blade56]

It sounds daft, but the fact they retarmacked the car park and redid the pitch, if they wanted a quick sale, you wouldn't bother spending that money.

Those are planned maintenance months in advance. Pitch has a shelf life and ours was in its last year before relaying is my understanding.

 

[Blade56]

No bad feeling when we win tomorrow I assume?

Be content if we lose?

 

[SufcBilly]

Be content if we lose?

4-0 win don’t worry

 

[Berkshire Blade]

They may but we have to remember that SUFC represents a very small amount of COH's collective investments. Gaurdant alone has a market cap of $7.5 bn so making a quick buck as that's all it would be doesn't make sense.

I think its more that they've taken their eye if the ball and the world of transfer dealings and windows is unfamiliar.

Perhaps they're waiting for draft day

And guardiant is doing pretty well this year too!

 

[Blade56]

And guardiant is doing pretty well this year too!

Seems like all their ventures bar one is performing

 

[Sean Thornton]

The thought had crossed my mind!

You are not alone

There’s a special class for you all.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

4-0 win don’t worry

The 0 bit made me laugh.

 

[metalblade]

It's possible

 

[CarlMcBlade]

I think they’re all hiding under their desks with their fingers in their ears.

 

[Roygbiv]

No, I think they just have differing ideas about how we should approach transfers and there's nobody actually in charge. This window will have hopefully been a huge wake up call to all of them

 

[Pilley-Blade]

I personally think a couple of things went down here:

• We had interest from a buyer who could not fund a purchase.
• There was something really attractive about the club, so it seemed worthy of working hard to buy it.
• The buyers had to sell the idea to none football people, how would they do that?

Plan A)

This is a team that will almost certainly get promoted, it would be ridiculous not to. Invest a cool 10 Mill and make a fast buck (maybe a buy back when the club generates PL funds).

Plan B)

This a club with a lot of assets and off the field opportunities. Enhance your business here. (Hence AI investors, Real Estate Investors, Entertainment and Events Investors)

The last hope)

The assets can be used to cover the investment as a very last resort.

But we didn’t go up. Investors stumped up cash for the risk that failed, they also stumped up a 10 mil between them for Cannon.

Now what …

Key players have been sold with no replacement, this has now covered the cost of Cannon and the other areas. We are now back at point zero, the annoyed investors that bought into the failed risk at least have their Cannon money back.

We have on investor who has a remarkable idea that AI can change the game. Having been stung for a few mil for a player that didn’t take us to the promised land. How about we use AI to find the worlds hidden talent – after all there is money to be made by finding diamonds and, lets be fair, to a non football loving person, the business model of football is more ludicrous than a pyramid scheme.

But now …..

The AI doesn’t do what we need it do, perhaps we need to relook at that and actually buy players. But lets get rid of the staff that are not absolutely imperative to the first team to protect the investment.



And that is where I think we genuinely sit at the moment – at a crossroads. The next couple of weeks will tell us if we go left or right.

 

[dexter101]

No, I think they just have differing ideas about how we should approach transfers and there's nobody actually in charge. This window will have hopefully been a huge wake up call to all of them

Would be an interesting 'view from' around supporters views during the first (summer) transfer window of newly bought teams!

Not expecting you to do it, just I would love to know what other supporter bases were saying after their purchases.

 

[Loco Blade]

I had a conversation with a guy high up in the banking sector . When COH Sports were on the brink of buying us he told be it was a quick flip job with the intention of getting a return on investment in the millions based on Premier League promotion. The flip was to a far east based operation / individual .
Make your own mind up but they would surely take a hit if selling now which makes no sense. Seem United are like a race horse consortium with fractional ownership model. Impact of profit and loss diluted accordingly

 

[Roygbiv]

Would be an interesting 'view from' around supporters views during the first (summer) transfer window of newly bought teams!

Not expecting you to do it, just I would love to know what other supporter bases were saying after their purchases.

The big mistake is not employing football people to make decisions. Take with a pinch of salt but I'm told the issue isn't lack of money but total division in approach to transfers. T-Blade seemed to back this up yesterday. It seems like chaos because we're being led by a committee who can't agree on anything and have no figurehead who gets the final say. Don't be surprised to see some old names linked in the next few weeks as we go back to old targets just to get players over the line

 

[Blade56]

I had a conversation with a guy high up in the banking sector . When COH Sports were on the brink of buying us he told be it was a quick flip job with the intention of getting a return on investment in the millions based on Premier League promotion. The flip was to a far east based operation / individual .
Make your own mind up but they would surely take a hit if selling now which makes no sense. Seem United are like a race horse consortium with fractional ownership model. Impact of profit and loss diluted accordingly

So I was right Sean Thornton

 

[SufcBilly]

I had a conversation with a guy high up in the banking sector . When COH Sports were on the brink of buying us he told be it was a quick flip job with the intention of getting a return on investment in the millions based on Premier League promotion. The flip was to a far east based operation / individual .
Make your own mind up but they would surely take a hit if selling now which makes no sense. Seem United are like a race horse consortium with fractional ownership model. Impact of profit and loss diluted accordingly

Absolute nonsense