And to be honest, my opinion on that lasted around 3 hours until I posted the following:
FIORENTINA: FROM CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TO EXTINCTION BACK TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Having spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of Italian football, AC Fiorentina went from the heady highs of Champions League campaigns, Italian Cup wins and UEFA Cup finals, not to mention players such as Gabriel Batistuta and Rui Costa in the 1990s, to ceasing to exist by 2002. Owner Vitorrio Cecchi borrowed £20m from the club's coffers at the turn of the millennium to keep his other business interests afloat, but when he was unable to pay the player's wages in 2001/02, the problems mounted up. Fiorentina were relegated that season and, with debts of around £35m, the club went bankrupt and were refused a spot in Serie B. The old AC Fiorentina ceased to exist, but were refounded as Fiorentina 1926 Fiorentia, with a new badge and new club colours. This new club was admitted to the Italian fourth tier, which they won with a new team in 2003. Things got even better when, that summer, the club were controversially promoted to Serie B on "sporting merit", after financial problems at second tier side Cosenza meant the latter were thrown out of the division. Now under the ownership of wealthy businessman Diego Della Valle, the club bought back the right to use the name Fiorentina - although now as ACF Fiorentina - as well as their famous violet strip, and in 2004 gained promotion back to the top tier. It was a remarkable rise, but Fiorentina found themselves embroiled in yet another scandal when they were deducted 15 points for their part in the infamous 2006 Serie A match fixing scandal. This time they avoided relegation, going on to play in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 Champions League campaigns and fans of the Viola can only hope the next decade is more stable than the last.
Makes our troubles pale in comparison!
For those that didnt see my article yesterday. Uefa recognise all the old clubs history as being intact even though they are a NewCo.