Quote from: pauliewalnuts on February 09, 2014, 01:02:21 AMWhat's wrong with the Man City owners?They've poured money into the club, but they've also barely put a foot wrong, done lots of work in the local deprived community etc etc.... by the extreme wealthiest in that country and never to help their population, a population squashed under the most strictly-imposed aspects of Sharia while the Mansours live their astonishing playboy lifestyles. They're evil, dictatorial, hypocritical murderers and crooks.Sorry. I just really hate those people.
What's wrong with the Man City owners?They've poured money into the club, but they've also barely put a foot wrong, done lots of work in the local deprived community etc etc.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on February 09, 2014, 01:02:21 AMWhat's wrong with the Man City owners?They've poured money into the club, but they've also barely put a foot wrong, done lots of work in the local deprived community etc etc.They're members of a family which, in their own country, throws not only political opponents into jail but also their political opponents' lawyers, routinely employs slave-labour on a mass-scale, is deeply connected to many nasty climate-change denying propeganda organisations in order to protect the oil by which they make the astonishing sums of wealth that remain conspicuously monopolised by the extreme wealthiest in that country and never to help their population, a population squashed under the most strictly-imposed aspects of Sharia while the Mansours live their astonishing playboy lifestyles. They're evil, dictatorial, hypocritical murderers and crooks.Sorry. I just really hate those people.
We all have our own opinions about Randy Lerner but it got me thinking who makes a great example of a good owner. I'm not really counting the owners who throw money away like confetti aka Man City i mean an owner who has consistantly supported his club both financially and with good management.
Quote from: Montbert on February 09, 2014, 01:17:31 AMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on February 09, 2014, 01:02:21 AMWhat's wrong with the Man City owners?They've poured money into the club, but they've also barely put a foot wrong, done lots of work in the local deprived community etc etc.... by the extreme wealthiest in that country and never to help their population, a population squashed under the most strictly-imposed aspects of Sharia while the Mansours live their astonishing playboy lifestyles. They're evil, dictatorial, hypocritical murderers and crooks.Sorry. I just really hate those people.I've no doubt that the Mansours are arseholes of the highest order, but your description of Abu Dhabi sounds more like Saudi Arabia. There's quite a big difference. In any case, there are lots of billionaires in this world, but very, very few of them are nice and decent people, which is probably how they became billionaires in the first place. From what I can deduce from his actions, Randy is a nice and decent man, which is probably why his fortune tends to run away from him.
If Randy Lerner had spent billions on the team and we ended up winning and challening for trophies, but in the process been the biggest c*** by doing things such as shunning Acorns, renaming us Aston Coca Cola Villa and saying Birmingham is a shit hole, Villa fans would think he's the greatest owner ever.
Quote from: Can Bent Be Bettered!?!? on February 09, 2014, 12:37:50 PMIf Randy Lerner had spent billions on the team and we ended up winning and challening for trophies, but in the process been the biggest c*** by doing things such as shunning Acorns, renaming us Aston Coca Cola Villa and saying Birmingham is a shit hole, Villa fans would think he's the greatest owner ever.No they wouldn't, because the fans would not have accepted the name of Aston Villa to change in the first place.
Quote from: Jimbo on February 09, 2014, 10:14:31 AMQuote from: Montbert on February 09, 2014, 01:17:31 AMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on February 09, 2014, 01:02:21 AMWhat's wrong with the Man City owners?They've poured money into the club, but they've also barely put a foot wrong, done lots of work in the local deprived community etc etc.... by the extreme wealthiest in that country and never to help their population, a population squashed under the most strictly-imposed aspects of Sharia while the Mansours live their astonishing playboy lifestyles. They're evil, dictatorial, hypocritical murderers and crooks.Sorry. I just really hate those people.I've no doubt that the Mansours are arseholes of the highest order, but your description of Abu Dhabi sounds more like Saudi Arabia. There's quite a big difference. In any case, there are lots of billionaires in this world, but very, very few of them are nice and decent people, which is probably how they became billionaires in the first place. From what I can deduce from his actions, Randy is a nice and decent man, which is probably why his fortune tends to run away from him. It's one law for the wealthy and for the foreign businessman and it's quite another for ordinary people living there, especially for Indian and Nepalese immigrant slaveworkers.
Quote from: saunders_heroes on February 09, 2014, 12:42:47 PMQuote from: Can Bent Be Bettered!?!? on February 09, 2014, 12:37:50 PMIf Randy Lerner had spent billions on the team and we ended up winning and challening for trophies, but in the process been the biggest c*** by doing things such as shunning Acorns, renaming us Aston Coca Cola Villa and saying Birmingham is a shit hole, Villa fans would think he's the greatest owner ever.No they wouldn't, because the fans would not have accepted the name of Aston Villa to change in the first place. I gurantee the vast majority wouldn't have cared if Villa had won the league.