05-02-2015, 19:08
So what is it going to take for King to be able to form a board and get control of the club? The EGM has been called (is there a date set?), that I would suppose is when he will make the push to oust the current board, does he have the necessary support among the shareholders to get to the 75% (??) he needs to get changes made?
Worthin, from an outsiders perspective I think its imperative that someone comes out of the pack with the requisite money to take control and try to turn the club around. That person needs to be heavily invested themselves as that is what will give them the "motivation" to do whats right for the club so that they at least have the chance to make some money. Getting to the Prem is a priority on the field and getting the onerous contracts and expenditures down is the priority off the field. Actually getting to a position of making some money on the investment will probably have to wait until you can challenge for first domestic trophies, and then hopefully in Europe.
Catching Celtic should be the stated goal of all the top teams in Scotland, but it shouldn't be the only goal and it shouldn't be done at all cost!! It was clear last week that the gulf between the teams currently on the field is huge, as expected, and the gulf off the field in terms of revenues is huge as well, so building a foundation to be able to challenge and eventually compete is going to take a bit of time even if you do get promoted this season. The fans will need to show some patience while you get there, I am not convinced some of them will afford the club that, but hopefully the majority do!!
Worthin, from an outsiders perspective I think its imperative that someone comes out of the pack with the requisite money to take control and try to turn the club around. That person needs to be heavily invested themselves as that is what will give them the "motivation" to do whats right for the club so that they at least have the chance to make some money. Getting to the Prem is a priority on the field and getting the onerous contracts and expenditures down is the priority off the field. Actually getting to a position of making some money on the investment will probably have to wait until you can challenge for first domestic trophies, and then hopefully in Europe.
Catching Celtic should be the stated goal of all the top teams in Scotland, but it shouldn't be the only goal and it shouldn't be done at all cost!! It was clear last week that the gulf between the teams currently on the field is huge, as expected, and the gulf off the field in terms of revenues is huge as well, so building a foundation to be able to challenge and eventually compete is going to take a bit of time even if you do get promoted this season. The fans will need to show some patience while you get there, I am not convinced some of them will afford the club that, but hopefully the majority do!!