Foreign Owners, get out of our game!
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:39 am
Foreign Owners, get out of our game…
Let the winning commence back on the pitch, not off it!
Since Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003, the winning has transferred from on the pitch, to off it with another seven Premiership clubs being taken over by foreigners who quite simply don’t give a toss for the supporters. The minute amount of Man United fans that tore up their season tickets as the Glazer’s bought their club did, the right thing. If you aren’t happy with them, then why give them more of your money? You earn it, so don’t feel pressured on how to spend it. However, of course some ‘poorer’ clubs are happy with a billionaire buying the club to give you success, but what about the long term future of the club? Surely a ‘crew’ of Abu Dhabi businessmen can’t be in a fit state to run a football club. Your club will end up in debt, and you will end up fuming at them. It was announced not long ago that Manchester United are in around £700 million debt, which is outrageous for just ONE club…
Football is a game played on a pitch, hence the name ‘foot’ ‘ball’, or in simpler terms, a game in which you play with your feet with a ball, not a summer of spending vast amounts with a £2,000,000 weekly wage cap and £50,000 match bonuses to leave the club with a negative income, otherwise known as DEBT once the wealthy consortium back off and sell up to make a few quid. The beautiful game was extremely focused on the passion of the fans and effort of the players. Now, since the rich foreigners have taken over the game, it’s revolved around the disappointment of some fans and players wanting an ever-growing pay cheque. Personally, I think that the English game should be based around English owners, with the majority of the players being English, but it’s just not the case. If the foreign owners backed off and supported their local sides, then surely the game would be more attractive for us passionate fans? The youth of today should not rebel against the youth of the 80’s, a FA Cup final or playing for your local club should be every child’s dream, not making £100,000 a week and playing for the money, not the fans.
Victory now means something different from the past. It’s commenced in the board room before finally reaching the large green area also known as a football pitch. Or has it? I say the owners excite the fans, then go back on their own words and bite the fans in the backside leaving them in disbelief and no hope of success whilst the owner rubs the money in their faces. Victory at Liverpool is a million miles away with their American owners. So much was promised, the fans were buzzing, but as what’s happening with both American owners (Glazer and Hicks), and the Yanks are clinging on and are a swift kick away from falling. One things for sure, you won’t find a sugar daddy foreign owner who has a passion and a true love for your club, The fans must begin to keep pressure on foreigners to make them hesitate before smugly buying up an English club, eagerly anticipating their silk lined pockets to be lined. Let’s refuse to be so loyal, to buy into the illusion that they care. But will time ever tell and people actually do this, to stop them from stepping in and wrecking our game?
Thoughts? Anyone agree/disagree with much of this?
Let the winning commence back on the pitch, not off it!
Since Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003, the winning has transferred from on the pitch, to off it with another seven Premiership clubs being taken over by foreigners who quite simply don’t give a toss for the supporters. The minute amount of Man United fans that tore up their season tickets as the Glazer’s bought their club did, the right thing. If you aren’t happy with them, then why give them more of your money? You earn it, so don’t feel pressured on how to spend it. However, of course some ‘poorer’ clubs are happy with a billionaire buying the club to give you success, but what about the long term future of the club? Surely a ‘crew’ of Abu Dhabi businessmen can’t be in a fit state to run a football club. Your club will end up in debt, and you will end up fuming at them. It was announced not long ago that Manchester United are in around £700 million debt, which is outrageous for just ONE club…
Football is a game played on a pitch, hence the name ‘foot’ ‘ball’, or in simpler terms, a game in which you play with your feet with a ball, not a summer of spending vast amounts with a £2,000,000 weekly wage cap and £50,000 match bonuses to leave the club with a negative income, otherwise known as DEBT once the wealthy consortium back off and sell up to make a few quid. The beautiful game was extremely focused on the passion of the fans and effort of the players. Now, since the rich foreigners have taken over the game, it’s revolved around the disappointment of some fans and players wanting an ever-growing pay cheque. Personally, I think that the English game should be based around English owners, with the majority of the players being English, but it’s just not the case. If the foreign owners backed off and supported their local sides, then surely the game would be more attractive for us passionate fans? The youth of today should not rebel against the youth of the 80’s, a FA Cup final or playing for your local club should be every child’s dream, not making £100,000 a week and playing for the money, not the fans.
Victory now means something different from the past. It’s commenced in the board room before finally reaching the large green area also known as a football pitch. Or has it? I say the owners excite the fans, then go back on their own words and bite the fans in the backside leaving them in disbelief and no hope of success whilst the owner rubs the money in their faces. Victory at Liverpool is a million miles away with their American owners. So much was promised, the fans were buzzing, but as what’s happening with both American owners (Glazer and Hicks), and the Yanks are clinging on and are a swift kick away from falling. One things for sure, you won’t find a sugar daddy foreign owner who has a passion and a true love for your club, The fans must begin to keep pressure on foreigners to make them hesitate before smugly buying up an English club, eagerly anticipating their silk lined pockets to be lined. Let’s refuse to be so loyal, to buy into the illusion that they care. But will time ever tell and people actually do this, to stop them from stepping in and wrecking our game?
Thoughts? Anyone agree/disagree with much of this?
