Philip Anschutz in talks to buy Spurs? (Mirror & Express)

[HappySpur]

Your post was horrible, and horribly longue - I vomited on the screen when I saw it, and then emasculated myself so that I will never have children who have the misfirtune of reading it.
The author should be taking our, shot, shot again and then drowned, or summit (especially if he is Rasputin mg.

Yours SinFaithfully

SP

If I had the power by my words to make people sterile, there would be better targets than you SP. :wink:

 

[ItsBoris]

Breaking news on Sky AEG not interested in buying Spurs

Sounds like they speak our language. :lol:

 

[StartingPrice]

dont know the bloke, like most internet posters.

if levy approves, he must be good for the club. say what you like about levy, but he is a fan concerned with the long-term future of the club.

Which was part of my point, as well - ENIC have said they won't make any sale that they consider will harm the club - from their management, to date, I think we should give them the benefit of the doubt for now.

If I had the power by my words to make people sterile, there would be better targets than you SP. :wink:

Yeah...but would there be any more bitter targets than me :shrug:

 

[HappySpur]

As Pearl Jam sang...."can't find a bitter man"

 

[sloth]

Sloth, I appreciate this is a very emotive subject, and completely understand your stance.

But we are already effectively majority owned by a "scum bag"billionaire.

Teams below us in the food chain, paying lower wages than us, with smaller transfer kitty's than us probably already perceive us slightly in the way you say you don't want us to become.

I like the way we have achieved what we have achieved, but I am realistic enough to know that whilst there are bigger fish financially, we will always be vulnerable to the vagaries of fate.

If I had faith in the FFP rules being applied stringently I may feel differently, but we have already seen Man City flouting those rules flagrantly with their "sponsorship" deal.

Personally I have no problem with replacing our current billionaire (Lewis) with another billionaire, as long as he shows willing to do what's in the interests of the football team. I don't see the moral, ethical or even romantic dilemma with replacing one billionaire with another, or even a corporate structure with a single human entity. The one who owns our club now shows virtually zero interest in the football team and has probably been to WHL less in the ten plus years of his involvement than Abramovich visits Chelsea in a month.

For me it is not just about greed of desiring the best, it is about the security of knowing we will never have to scrap for survival, as we all know the fortunes of football can hang precariously at times, the fiscal and football examples of teams like Forest and Leeds are a permanent example of the vulnerability of any but the tinniest minority of teams.

More than that it would mean a semi permanent place at the top table. No championship guarantee but at least a semi permanent protection from the mediocre.

I honestly do not see the romance in choosing mid table mediocrity over an underwritten top 4 challenge for the foreseeable future. I'm not saying that is inevitable, but without huge resources we will almost certainly eventually struggle to maintain top 4 football.

I like the way we are run, Levy for me is the best chairman in the league bar none. I would love whoever bought the club to keep him as Chairman. But I don't have a problem with us acquiring an owner prepared to invest in the football team.

You said that there is no meaning to it, that we take no product from it. But there is. It is an escape, and we take shared memories and experiences, and we are entertained. If a new owner provides a better quality of entertainment and facilitates better memories, made possible by better footballers playing better football then there is the product.

You used the analogy of climbing Everest. If you could only make one choice of these two what would it be:

1)Being a sherpa constantly shuffling between camp 4 and Hilary's step.

2) Being Edmond Hilary

Our billionaire does not have to be a scum bag does he ?

There are scum-bags and there are scum-bags.

But also not all billionaires are scum-bags, Warren Buffet for instance seems a thoroughly decent chap.

I still wouldn't want to be bankrolled by him.

Which is my main point.

 

[StartingPrice]

There are scum-bags and there are scum-bags.

But also not all billionaires are scum-bags, Warren Buffet for instance seems a thoroughly decent chap.

I still wouldn't want to be bankrolled by him.

Which is my main point.

Such a decent chap, indeed, that they named a party/celebratory self-service meal after him.

 

[Rogmeister]

Nothing to see here.... Move along

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7528541/

 

[StartingPrice]

As Pearl Jam sang...."can't find a bitter man"

:hello: HERE I AM :hello:

 

[SpurSince57]

There are scum-bags and there are scum-bags.

But also not all billionaires are scum-bags, Warren Buffet for instance seems a thoroughly decent chap.

I still wouldn't want to be bankrolled by him.

Which is my main point.

We bought our way to the Double, so let's not be too holier-than-thou.

 

[mil1lion]

If it helps us pay bigger wages to sign great players and keep the current stars here then i'm all for it. As long as we don't go over the top with it all. But the good news would be that Daniel Levy would still run the club, so the wage cap would only be raised to a suitable level and the club would be run smoothly as ever.

 

[sloth]

We bought our way to the Double, so let's not be too holier-than-thou.

I not bothered about buying our way to anywhere, but I want it to be money we've generated, not money that's got nothing to do with us.

If people think they can make some money out of investing in us then that's brilliant. If people think they can wave their Premier League willies around in front of their billionaire buddies buy buying us a championship or two I'm not interested.

Win yes. Cheat to do it? No.

 

[SpurSince57]

I not bothered about buying our way to anywhere, but I want it to be money we've generated, not money that's got nothing to do with us.

If people think they can make some money out of investing in us then that's brilliant. If people think they can wave their Premier League willies around in front of their billionaire buddies buy buying us a championship or two I'm not interested.

Win yes. Cheat to do it? No.

Regardless of how we've generated it?

 

[Mr Pink]

I not bothered about buying our way to anywhere, but I want it to be money we've generated, not money that's got nothing to do with us.

If people think they can make some money out of investing in us then that's brilliant. If people think they can wave their Premier League willies around in front of their billionaire buddies buy buying us a championship or two I'm not interested.

Win yes. Cheat to do it? No.

Totally agree Sloth.

 

[ThorntonSpur]

whatever happens the key will be levy still running the club the man is top notch

 

[ChristianBaler]

They will be involved in some capacity when we begin to build the stadium and will most likely get the naming rights.

ENIC will not sell until the stadium is complete to make sure they get top dollar for their investment.

 

[Lilbaz]

They will be involved in some capacity when we begin to build the stadium and will most likely get the naming rights.

ENIC will not sell until the stadium is complete to make sure they get top dollar for their investment.

They wont get the naming rights as they don't sell a product. What they sell are concerts and sporting events that wont be linked with their name.

They may use our stadium for some shows when the season is closed.

 

[BorisTM]

Where did you get that info from?

Unless one can experience it first hand there is no way to know how big the sport is here.

 

[ChristianBaler]

They wont get the naming rights as they don't sell a product. What they sell are concerts and sporting events that wont be linked with their name.

They may use our stadium for some shows when the season is closed.

Yeah true, they dont have a product so it'd be pretty pointless to do the naming rights bit. What I think will happen is that they'll help us in the stadium building process and look to take over the club in 6-10 years.

 

[cwy21]

While footy wont catch the NBA or probably even MLB in terms of money in the US, due to the population (especially with the increasing latino population) the US will have more football fans then England within a decade if it doesn't already.

So percentage wise it doesn't compare but numbers wise it does.

 

[alfiespurs]

I rather be bought by a rich bloody Arab then a YANK ! ....