Would we be better off in L2?

[Bandy Legs]

Let’s keep Barry’s packet out of it, but the fact is because of the self serving changes Barry made, the club is a lot less appealing than many others to any passing billionaire.

Etihad not owned by Man City but by Manchester City Council.
St James Park not owned by Newcastle but by Newcastle City Council
Stamford Bridge not owned by Chelsea but by Chelsea pitch owners
London Stadium not owned by West Ham but by the Greater London Authority
AS Roma Lazio Inter & Ac Milan
4 other Huge clubs who Do Not OWN the ground they play in.

This belief that not owning your own ground will negate investment seems a little off

Yeah, but when you're an established top flight team the ancillary money you make from using your ground is insignificant compared to the TV money. For a league 1 team it is not.

Irrelevant as Wrexham were bought when they didn't own their ground. Wasn't purchased until 2022 when bought from Wrexham University., The takeover happened in 2020 when they were Non League.

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Etihad not owned by Man City but by Manchester City Council.
St James Park not owned by Newcastle but by Newcastle City Council
Stamford Bridge not owned by Chelsea but by Chelsea pitch owners
London Stadium not owned by West Ham but by the Greater London Authority
AS Roma Lazio Inter & Ac Milan
4 other Huge clubs who Do Not OWN the ground they play in.

This belief that not owning your own ground will negate investment seems a little off

Yeah, but when you're an established top flight team the ancillary money you make from using your ground is insignificant compared to the TV money. For a league 1 team it is not.

Irrelevant as Wrexham were bought when they didn't own their ground. Wasn't purchased until 2022 when bought from Wrexham University., The takeover happened in 2020 when they were Non League.

You're saying irrelevant to me and using Wrexham as an example? They were bought by a bunch of billionaires with a monetisation plan of a tv show, that was totally unique model, and unlikely to ever work again. There's obviously gonna be exceptions but looking at 90% of the teams, what I said is the norm.

[Bandy Legs]

Yeah, but when you're an established top flight team the ancillary money you make from using your ground is insignificant compared to the TV money. For a league 1 team it is not.

Irrelevant as Wrexham were bought when they didn't own their ground. Wasn't purchased until 2022 when bought from Wrexham University., The takeover happened in 2020 when they were Non League.

You're saying irrelevant to me and using Wrexham as an example? They were bought by a bunch of billionaires with a monetisation plan of a tv show, that was totally unique model, and unlikely to ever work again. There's obviously gonna be exceptions but looking at 90% of the teams, what I said is the norm.

Again Irrelevant, 1 media company has a great show, other media companies will want a show with similar ratings.

It's not like Hilary & Tensing are the only people who have ever conquered Everest now is it