PhoenixIreland
Player Valuation: £1m
Nearly as daft as appointing Benitez.
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ds3000
Player Valuation: £950k
Is the BBC chief football correspondent Phil McNulty not a blue?
Medium rare please.
The whole media pile-on over us partnering with Stake is because Little Miss Charity couldn't help but run her mouth off when we ditched Sport Pesa.
She didn't need to mention things like "in an ideal world" or whatever. "We're moving on to a new sponsor, details announced in due course" is all that was required as comment from the club. It's another example of 'Look how great we are' over and above what we see on the pitch.
We could have announced Stake last week and whilst it would still be disappointing, the media wouldn't care half as much. She gave them an absolute tap in because she's completely out of her depth. In business you can plan for what's around the corner, but quite often you turn that corner and get run over by a truck. In our case, Putin wanting a bit of Lebensraum. Who knew?
Until our fortunes improve on the pitch we won't be able to attract more palatable commercial partners who are willing to spend as much as companies like Stake.
Paul (The Esk) made an argument that in televised games against the big six, our shirts get just as much coverage. He's factually correct, but blue chip companies like to be associated with success.
We're not there yet
Because of our underachieving commercial dept, fannying around looking for deals before finally asking Moshiri to sort something from Usmanov to bail us out, we became overly reliant. I'm pretty sure the sanctions against Usmanov will be lifted within months and by the time BM is open his companies are everywhere once again. If you think the negative press over Stake is bad....
Watch this space.
She didn't need to mention things like "in an ideal world" or whatever. "We're moving on to a new sponsor, details announced in due course" is all that was required as comment from the club. It's another example of 'Look how great we are' over and above what we see on the pitch.
We could have announced Stake last week and whilst it would still be disappointing, the media wouldn't care half as much. She gave them an absolute tap in because she's completely out of her depth. In business you can plan for what's around the corner, but quite often you turn that corner and get run over by a truck. In our case, Putin wanting a bit of Lebensraum. Who knew?
Until our fortunes improve on the pitch we won't be able to attract more palatable commercial partners who are willing to spend as much as companies like Stake.
Paul (The Esk) made an argument that in televised games against the big six, our shirts get just as much coverage. He's factually correct, but blue chip companies like to be associated with success.
We're not there yet
Because of our underachieving commercial dept, fannying around looking for deals before finally asking Moshiri to sort something from Usmanov to bail us out, we became overly reliant. I'm pretty sure the sanctions against Usmanov will be lifted within months and by the time BM is open his companies are everywhere once again. If you think the negative press over Stake is bad....
Watch this space.
Mr Happy
Player Valuation: £20m
Who knows ? Not sure that was relevant
twoblue
Player Valuation: £35m
Basically gambling companies are the most corrupt and unethical legal businesses.
I know people whose lives are ruined by gambling addictions. I don’t doubt that you know someone with a secret addiction. Prob the guy who talks about his wins all the time.
At least with the drinking industry they don’t target you with addeverting if you have failed to carry on drinking at the rate you normally do.
I'm not saying the sponsor is a good thing.
We look like mugs because DBB got on her favourite high horse about it when Sport Pesa were about to be replaced and everyone went 'Hurrah!`
The fact is professional sports is a money pit and until gambling ads are outlawed I'm afraid beggars can't be choosers.
That's what we are, beggars.
Papa Shango
Player Valuation: £70m
Would explain how Michael Keane always gets a game...
twoblue
Player Valuation: £35m
Sport pesa were caught in a scandal of getting Kenyan teenaged in gambling.
Scum amongst scum
Right, but again... Missing the point I was making
It’s now In a stake
Can't remember people being this up in arms over Chang.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Different times. Expectations/standards change. That's nearly 20 years ago.
Personally, I wouldn't want alcohol or gambling on our shirts, but understand why it happens and its a business decision etc. I was only 13 when Chang was our sponsor so I wasn't bothered as didn't understand things the way I do now.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
That first para is spot on. By us going back to a gambling sponsor, is us basically saying, that football is tarnished and goes against their attempts at looking above board and transparent and the perfect organisation etc.
Which is why the media etc will be going in on us.
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