No snake-oil salesman syndrome appearing here it seems. Leopard/spots comes to mind. Too many instances of false dawns to hold out much hope. Sad but true.
I get the same feeling, these people have had very little intention of selling, only if someone stumped up a price which was way over what the value of the club is. They are in it for the long haul, so we better get used to it.
Now the Premier League money has dried up old Ehab has maybe realised they need the income stream of selling tickets. Probably all it is, because once Bowen goes there’s nowt left bar a rotting pit of expense and League 1 and 2 players they’ve signed.
'Aside from Liam cooper, which academy player is in a regular lineup? Serious question btw'. I answered the question you posed, I'm not sure why you think the answer was funny, it was just the answer.
The Allams have 'lost' over recent years maybe 10,000 supporters, some of those I accept may have left anyway once the Premier days came to end. Back of a *** packet calculation suggests that's probably costing the club somewhere around £4-5m a season in revenue.That's a big difference when the club is now significantly more dependent upon gate income to both sustain a decent team, never mind mounting a promotion challenge without the injection of further shareholder funds which the Allams have already stated they won't do. That's one hell of an achievement, and one completely of the owners own making! Against such a backdrop, it's probable until they are gone a fair number of those supporters will never turn up at home matches. Ehab with his open letter I applaud him for attempting to build bridges, but without a change in investment strategy, more consultation, correction of still outstanding issues, it's too little too late I fear for the vast majority of those no longer attending. If the Allams are still here in 10 years (heaven forbid) I still don't feel they have any chance of repairing their relationship with the supporters fully. Once you've lost somebody's trust, it's bloody difficult to get it back! I wish Terry and his new team all the best for this season, the fact Nige became the last manager/head coach to walk says it all really about the state of affairs also off the pitch! Assem and Ehab, do us all a favour, including yourselves, do whatever you have to do get the selling price of the club down to c£25m, walk away and let new custodians of what primarily is a community asset take it forward with a fresh start. It's the only way the club has any chance of getting most of those 10,000 back 'overnight'
All this is simply him realising that he needs fans to buy his new cars and so he’ll be nice to fans for a bit. Just business...doing what’s right for the shareholders ...and morally right for him. Doesn’t change the fact he thinks we’re all ****s, it just means that for now at least we’re slightly less irrelevant. Nothing to see here. Best ignored
Good point, it would take significant change for considerable time before I would START to trust the ****ers
If you want money coming into your business, the Basil Fawlty approach to customer relations is unsustainable.
Looks like most can see through it. Nowhere in there is any form of admittance of their mistakes & ****ish tricks, nor an apology. That should be the starting point. That says it all for me. They haven't changed one bit. Den nails it "Just business...doing what’s right for the shareholders ...and morally right for him. Doesn’t change the fact he thinks we’re all ****s, it just means that for now at least we’re slightly less irrelevant."
While I realise the Allams haven't apologised for their series of awful decisions, and of course people are free to do what they like and continue to stay away, I do just find it sad that there isn't much evidence of any change of heart from people on here. The Allams have, admittedly due to the pressure imposed on them, gone back on many of their worst decisions, and do seem to be trying to rebuild bridges - I almost don't care what their motives are for doing this. It seems to be that by continuing to boycott, people are in danger of hurting the team and a promising new manager, as well as depriving themselves of doing the thing they love on a Saturday afternoon. Would also just add that all over the world, reconciliation has depended on laying down grudges. If can be done in Northern Ireland and South Africa, seems sad it can't be done over something as ultimately trivial as football. I realise this seems to be a minority view.
