31 Aug 2013 19:34:43
The American/Chinese consortium that were involved in dialog with Wednesday have pulled out of any further talks and have focused there interest elsewhere. It says on twitter that the reason for this is because on the footballing side of things it would be a complete rebuilding job which would make the overall outlay way too expensive.
31 Aug 2013 20:42:40
They may well have backed out, but not for that reason.
You think the team does not need rebuilding if we are to make any further progress?
The above comment makes sense if true. We would need a complete new squad to be competitive in this league. How much would it cost to assemble a promotion winning team? 15million?
There's nothing on twitter at all saying this rob statin put tonight that mm is in dialogue with interested party's there's nothing about anyone pulling out
Brilliant looks like we're going absolutely no where, were bobbin up and down leagues now, I can't see us ever challenging for promotion and with team that we have it's poor and going no where
Interesting point. I think to build a new squad capable of gaining promotion would cost about 20million. The cost of adding to the current squad enabling us to win promotion would probably cost about 18million.
I reckon £5M would do it.
CF, CM & CD.
Absolute codswallop people who are prepared to invest in football clubs know that they will have to spend money, they also look at returns IIE big club big name - big crowds - big potential, plus over 100 million if they get us into premiership - not a bad deal if you look at it and there aren't that many teams bigger than Wednesday. I think this is a blunt trying (and succeeding) to wind us up, if they had pulled out do you really believe they would put it on twitter - rubbish it would be in all the nationals lol I can see a bunch of millionaires twittering all their business can't you ha ha UTO eric the owl
This is just a daft post, you actually think cost of several players would kill deal. Other costs surrounding a club far outweigh transfer fees.
At initial meeting I know they did not bring enough money to table and they were told financial package was not strong enough. MM was true to his word and said he wanted someone who could take club forward the well touted package was not big enough. This came from some one who knows Chineese investors. Remeber they could not raise enough cash to buy Birmingham so they must have thought we were a cheaper option, which is not the situation.
It would cost fortunes for us to get promotion. Money we simply have'nt got. If we were to sell every member of our squad we wouldn't even get a million so the rebuild to gain promotion would simply be out of our reach. This club is now dead in the water. Survival will always be considered a success under MM. No money, no prospects, no good players, no revenue, poor owner, crap manager, crap atmosphere, the list goes on.
Dj said yesterday on tv after game that nobody is enquiring about our players so we can't get any in. So it looks like we stuck with what we got. So let's get ready for a long sad season because at this rate we will be relegated by February
Lets just sit back a little milan saved us end of, let's just wonder if the £5 million a year we are losing was part of the debt from the last board with which the club is in debt to were not as obliging as the co-op bank, and its a debt we have to pay. we the fans don't know what the old board signed up to and milan is getting slated left right and center which is unfair and disrespectful some of you older owls can remember the save our owls in the 70s we were close to going under but not as close as we were to when milan saved us, look at coventry and portsmouth that could easily have been us Milan can't get a buyer at moment because south yorks is a poor area all people want at moment london clubs. people down south wages higher match tickets higher how big would our crowds be with £35 a match tickets. Milan is doing his best be patient and respectful with the man.
I don't know why everyone's jumping up and down shocked that MM can't find a buyer for the club. What can outsiders see as appealing about our club? What about our club looks attractive to an investor? R. I. P SWFC.
What a load of rubbish some people post on here, its a wind up post by a United supporter who is gloating because they have announced an investment package, rise above it and think that they are in the 1st division and we are in the Championship. What I find really sad is willingness of Wednesday supporters to believe it.
MM said yesterday at Middlesbrough that he was still in discussions with two parties interested in taking over Sheffield Wednesday. MM has been honest from the start about his commitment to the club and has said that if anybody comes along who can take the club further then we would sell the club to them.
The second point I would make is if the investment in the club is too great then why has someone agreed to buy half of Sheffield United but provide "major investment for team building to ensure that United reach the Premiership". If you think that the cost to get us into the Premiership is £15/20m then what is the cost to get United there.
The final point is that if a proposed buyer didn't expect to invest in the club what would be the point of buying it, the only way they will get a return on their investment is to get into the Premiership and stay there and that costs money. If the proposed buyers didn't expect to provide the money for team rebuilding then we don't want them because the are a bit dim.
You and eric are right its a wind up from blunts (by the what I've heard Accrington Stanely want to buy blunts)but they need to increase their gate by another 4 people before they can afford to buy uto
It isn't all about the money jones' tactics will be what could send us down he doesn't face the chop
Hopefully the consortium will feel more at home at Bumhole Lane. Sounds to me like a Blunt rumour.