| Interview with the Owners 19:05 - Sep 3 with 45845 views | Headmaster |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45396360
"Swansea City's owners have warned it could take years for the club to return to the Premier League as they confront the "harsh reality" of relegation." [Post edited 3 Sep 2018 19:08]
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:38 - Sep 3 with 2765 views | QJumpingJack |
if the Americans have wanted to speak to the Trust - why haven't they already?
The trust issued their statement mid-May - they have had time. | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:39 - Sep 3 with 2753 views | Darran |
I’ll tell you something too,an impeccable source told me last week and their exact words were because I’ve still got the message “there have been many broken promises last 2 years”
Anyone that trusts those fuçkers needs help. | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:40 - Sep 3 with 2743 views | _ |
I thought exactly the same and whether I was being naive I don't know but I didn't expect the selling shareholders to have been too involved with the whole mediation process, so interesting they're being hooked back in and also what's afoot.
The Trust are deadly silent again. | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:42 - Sep 3 with 2725 views | Al_Bundy |
And.... relegated us with their piss poor management - lets not forget that ! | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:42 - Sep 3 with 2719 views | _ |
Tell us please instead of trying to squirm your way out of this....
what are they doing exactly that's going to put us in the shit in a couple of years?
The floor is yours. | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:43 - Sep 3 with 2712 views | Dippy |
What did he/she mean by that?.. player sales? Huw? | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:44 - Sep 3 with 2701 views | _ |
Fair enough. What's not to believe then? | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:45 - Sep 3 with 2684 views | TenbySwan |
Dafydd Pritchard (the interviewer) has said on Twitter tonight that they only had an infinite amount of time for the interview and that some questions were rejected by K & L as being ones they didn't want to answer
We are only being told what they want to say. All spin. | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:46 - Sep 3 with 2661 views | _ |
Would he say what questions they were? | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:46 - Sep 3 with 2662 views | Watchman |
They have no place to go H ! it has been an unmitigated disaster and every little bit of PR spin they try makes it even worse.
Telling everyone worse is to come and then saying no pressue to go back up this year just tells the players no need to try as hard.
The Trust needs to play an iron fist in a velvet glove. They(owners) need to be told we have been deliberately kept out of negotiations and also new investors told not to speak with us (Trust). Trust is the 3 largest S/H and treated so shabilly that owners havce a great deal of making up to do
The sight of their man being not only verbally attacked by supporters but also being hung out to dry by Sky will have hurt them.
Keep up the pressure and watch them ALL like hawks the Trust need to be beyond reproach here
#INVESTORDIVEST | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:50 - Sep 3 with 2612 views | jeza739 |
Had em on ignore for a while | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:50 - Sep 3 with 2611 views | TenbySwan |
Someone asked him that but he hadn't replied last time I looked.
It seems that the interview was 'stage managed by the PR machine.
They clearly think we are all bloody idiots! | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:50 - Sep 3 with 2608 views | donkonky |
Maybe mrDafydd Pritchard could enlighten us with the questions that they refused to answer, probably be more telling than the spin that was inevitable from our Jase and Steve. | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:50 - Sep 3 with 2601 views | EasternJack |
When people sell their shares and votes in a business they should not then expect to have the same voice in making decisions. | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:51 - Sep 3 with 2591 views | majorraglan |
An interesting but concerning article.
“... The Swans received a combined total of only around £30m......” that does seem to be on the low side, could it be that by the time intermediates and other parties had a cut of the pie there was only £30m left for the club or was it around £30m was all they could get? That would suggest a buyers market and the more desperate one is to sell the cheaper the price becomes! It certainly puts some of the recent transfer business in to perspective.
Whether this is the truth or flannel or a bit of both I don’t know, however a full set of audited accounts and financial breakdowns will certainly be able to shed more light on matters. Based on what has previously happened, it is clear some supporters have very little faith and trust in HJ et al, to restore that transparency, honesty and potentially some departures are going to be required. | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:53 - Sep 3 with 2557 views | jasper_T |
Possibly a misunderstanding by the reporter? One of the big fears people had when the Americans came in was that they'd add money to the club by introducing new shares, which would dilute the overall stake the Trust held (and therefore its supposed power as their percentage fell) unless they could match 21% of whatever Levein and Kaplan invested.
Other than saddling the club with debt in the form of personal loans (with necessary interest) that's the only way part-owners of anything can inject capital without benefiting the other part-owners significantly more than themselves.
It's tricky to personally add £20m to a company when you're 1/28th of 79% of its ownership. Everyone has to be pulling the same way and either matching funding or accepting diminishing stakes.
And when you're in ongoing legal action with 20%... | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:53 - Sep 3 with 2553 views | ItchySphincter |
Slightly over exuberant use of language in that there post but the gist is true, not deserving of the multiple down votes. | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:55 - Sep 3 with 2528 views | majorraglan |
The fact that they declined to answer some questions should have been made clear in the article. It’s the same with politicians, they want to stage manage everything. | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:56 - Sep 3 with 2523 views | BillyChong |
A buyers market unless you are dealing with big clubs like Brentford of course... | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:56 - Sep 3 with 2517 views | Al_Bundy |
The difference now is we've gone from a global brand with big revenue streams (albeit with big wage outlays) to a Championship club - maybe this is our natural level as a club but from a business perspective the board now needs to see where it makes it profit before the exit strategy kicks in.
The owners have no interest in hanging round for promotion as they know the will pull the rug from under Potter as any player they can cash in with they will sell.
The business model (rightly or wrongly) always trumps the football model. Look at Bolton, Hull, Blackpool, Portsmouth, Sunderland and a lesser degree Coventry. All owners who had no interest what was going on football wise but making sure they were not out of pocket running a club. | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 20:57 - Sep 3 with 2506 views | Darran |
Can’t be true mun. | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 20:57 - Sep 3 with 2503 views | thornabyswan |
Brentford didn't have a 50 million pound gap to fill. | |
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| Interview with the Owners on 21:01 - Sep 3 with 2466 views | DrGonzo |
I just want these chancers gone. Sooner rather than later. | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 21:03 - Sep 3 with 2445 views | TenbySwan |
It is.
Don't know how to copy from Twitter but check his post and replies @DafPritchard | | | |
| Interview with the Owners on 21:04 - Sep 3 with 2435 views | Darran |
I know my friend I’ve read it. [Post edited 3 Sep 2018 21:04]
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