by Swales4ever » Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:00 pm
Sir John,
as You know I don't share the same excitement at the FFP issue, while I pay the utmost respect for the over-concerns that still live in the mind of several through and through Blues like You and 1632.
I also must confess that, despite intentions, I read the released FS with less accuracy than it commands: in all honesty my greed interest faded since reading the highlights reporting [highlight]halved losses[/highlight]: that all it takes to stop em preaching and they are already aware, despite whatsoever show may appear on the media!
On general consideration I largely agree with Your analysis above, apart what I consider a important, probably mislead, under-estimation of the source of incomes: point is "it doesn't matter where turnover comes from".
Don't get me wrong, I know where You are coming from: self-sustainability.
But imho, You miss to points on such consideration:
1) Like or loath it, professional football is no longer a sporting affair - as we all loved it was when Clubs used to compete only by strenghts (Accademies) and wealth (Gates and Matchdays income) generated across themselves - but an industry no different to any other. So back to "it doesn't matter where turnover comes from", if in the short/mid term further injections of "friendly sponsorships" will be needed, they shall, naturally, come. If You consider that roughly 1/4 maybe 1/3 of the global financial streams flowing to Wall Street and Paternoster Square are supposed to come from washing Incomes related to Organized Crime and that Any Government can do pretty fuck all to it, how the bloody hell can You expect that a bunch of G14 accountants/lawyers could prove void an Ethiad Campus Sponsorship? Furthermore, aside companies directly controlled by ADUG, can You imagine how many Companies who share interests and mutual business with Them would be more than pleased to offer their friendly fronting for just a "clearing sponsorship entry". we can continue almost endlessly....
2) when ADUG took over, They were perfectly aware that MCFC, different to Rags, is People Club first and foremost and Their statements have always confirmed that awareness from day one. Accordingly, given the mission They have given to the Club (become a Massive Promotional Sounding Board of Abu Dhabi) and taking into account what level of overall turnover might be expected from a Club in general and a People Club in particular, You can rest assured that They did plan about achieving "self- sustainability" in the mid to long term of the business plan. Sure as hell, even when the stadium will be increased in capacity and certain stands will be offered to so called tourists to more market oriented prices, a significant part of it will be always reserved to Long Lasting Loyal Fans at preferential fees, but and even then, the impact of matchdays revenue shall never be, even remotely, comparable to Media Rights, Sponsorships and Merchandising. And that is also why, as mentioned in several discussions, the presumed inner fight amongst Mancini's greediness for immediate success and Those who are supposed to want resources much more focussed on The Academy is a false/fake/myopic argument. Success, and twice the more CL and WC success sells Media Rights, Sponsorships and Merchandising and Khaldoon is perfectly aware of it, even before complying with FFPR become a stricter issue. That's why Mancini demand of players have always been backed, that's why the removal of the incompetent was so important and that why he has been removed and replaced with the very best.
Self-Sustainability through Open Market Sponsorships and massive reduction of players acquisition fees though a Leading Academy shall come in economical reasonable time: meanwhile the chosen acceleration of the process will be backed with every technicalities available and G14 might not do nothing against.
If I am right, and I think I am, next summer City will go all out to FINALLY get a shade of Yaya and a Shade of Dave, which in turn will mean, much and much more trouble to opposition managers to try and suss our game out. From there, it will arrive a long CL run and in turn remarkable further increase on foreign TV rights, more and more Asians and Americans would be desperate to wear a City kit and in a couple of more years the value of the Ethiad Sponsorship shall become a bargain on the sponsorships' open market.
A couple of years later, City Academy shall start to deliver self produced David Silva and Kun Aguero, while for a self-produced Messi will always take a miracle.
1. "unintelligible language"
2. "ACID QUEEN"
3. "never once fails to turn a football thread into a himseelf thread"
4. "thumbs stalker often resulting in repetitive thumb strain"
5. ignore the cunt. he's on permantent wum mission. only TIDs may know City
You'd need to make a very good psychiatrist in order to guess what next in a eight yrs long line of hatred...
In Roger Ailes/Donnie Drumpf's words: "don't know it for a fact, but many people say so..."
there must be some truth, then!
