barneygumble
Player Valuation: £60m
Seems a long time ago since we agreed the USM Finch Farm deal doesn’t it?
Since then it’s all dried up, we have re-agreed a terrible kit manufacturing deal in comparison to our rivals and there seems to be no new ideas.
Has anything really changed since Elstone left?
DBB pulling her weight? Or is it as we feared a Kenwright style in-house promotion?
Discuss;
Despite not finishing 7th, I still think we’re the 7th best team by some distance.
But look at the teams above us. United are the biggest side in the world, even though they’re currently rubbish, but built an empire based on their success, and completely warrant their kit deals.
Spurs have made a champions league final and appear in the biggest club competition on a regular basis, same goes for Liverpool and City.
They’re massive global brands, who can sell out stadiums round the world.
We aren’t. We’re a big name nationally, but on a global scale? We’re not any bigger than the Newcastle’s, West Ham’s etc...
Success isn’t built over night, it’s built over time, and I’ve said time and time again, that if we follow Tottenhams model, we’ll go far.
Build a core, build around it, get consistent in Europe, don’t spend loads on egos and the success will come.
I appreciate success is built on trophies, but Spurs were on level par with us and Villa 10 years ago, Villa went backwards, Spurs went forward and we’ve stayed the same... I’m confident we’ll kick on, but until we start appearing in the elite competitions (Europa, CL) our revenue won’t begin to grow.
But I’m confident in DBB, I’m confident in Brands and I’m confident in Silva making that happen.