Isn't this FFP discussion a bit of a red herring, in that it assumes Xia actually wants to put more money in.In his statement, he also said this:QuoteWe are all aware that we will face severe FFP challenges next season. I am an Aston Villa fan. But I am also a businessman. Under the current circumstances, I think the club needs to rethink not only the past two years but also the past ten years. Villa needs to be a sustainable football club. People join. People leave. That is the cycle of football. But the football club always remains through it all. This is the ultimate reality that cannot be changed, but I can assure you that everyone behind the scenes is working tirelessly towards achieving our ultimate goal. We have been heavily investing for the past two seasons. However, the loss on Saturday means that we need to change a lot of things. No one wanted to see the club have to go through this, but I believe that only changes can help the club to progress towards the positive direction and this requires the joint efforts of everyone associated with this great football club. That does not sound to me like a man desperately looking for ways to get more money into the club.
We are all aware that we will face severe FFP challenges next season. I am an Aston Villa fan. But I am also a businessman. Under the current circumstances, I think the club needs to rethink not only the past two years but also the past ten years. Villa needs to be a sustainable football club. People join. People leave. That is the cycle of football. But the football club always remains through it all. This is the ultimate reality that cannot be changed, but I can assure you that everyone behind the scenes is working tirelessly towards achieving our ultimate goal. We have been heavily investing for the past two seasons. However, the loss on Saturday means that we need to change a lot of things. No one wanted to see the club have to go through this, but I believe that only changes can help the club to progress towards the positive direction and this requires the joint efforts of everyone associated with this great football club.
He's just the latest in the long line of businessmen who think this football lark is easy and then find out it's not like running a normal company.
Out of interest, has a relegated team thrown vast sums at getting straight back up to and failed before? There must be examples but I can’t think of any.
Quote from: sickbeggar on June 03, 2018, 12:42:06 PMHe's just the latest in the long line of businessmen who think this football lark is easy and then find out it's not like running a normal company. what exactly did you expect him to do differently? And if we are going to question his managerial appointments which is fine, given the state he bought us in there was no guarantee at all that whoever would have corrected things. As much as it very disappointing not to go up, we have no doubt arrested a very bad situation that could have left us where Sunderland is today. That we are now in the this position due to a "football" regulation and cannot spend out of it isn't directly tied to the stewardship of the owner. Like all people in business, mistakes are made. But in hindsight for the past two years he's not made that many that have really negatively impacted the club. He's put faith in managers and given them money to get us back up as quickly as possible. I was rather hoping for that post Randy.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on June 03, 2018, 01:46:00 PMQuote from: sickbeggar on June 03, 2018, 12:42:06 PMHe's just the latest in the long line of businessmen who think this football lark is easy and then find out it's not like running a normal company. what exactly did you expect him to do differently? And if we are going to question his managerial appointments which is fine, given the state he bought us in there was no guarantee at all that whoever would have corrected things. As much as it very disappointing not to go up, we have no doubt arrested a very bad situation that could have left us where Sunderland is today. That we are now in the this position due to a "football" regulation and cannot spend out of it isn't directly tied to the stewardship of the owner. Like all people in business, mistakes are made. But in hindsight for the past two years he's not made that many that have really negatively impacted the club. He's put faith in managers and given them money to get us back up as quickly as possible. I was rather hoping for that post Randy.You do wonder whether anybody advised Xia before he started spending money that we would run into problems with FFP. Or did we get towards the end of the 2016/17 season and then somebody realised.
Are there cases where clubs show willing, say find 50-60% of the required amount but still fall short? I know we've fucked up over a series of years and we should have addressed the situation before however finding £40m is pretty impossible with out paralysing the club's future. That shouldn't be the motivation of FFP.
Quote from: themossman on June 03, 2018, 01:01:59 PMOut of interest, has a relegated team thrown vast sums at getting straight back up to and failed before? There must be examples but I can’t think of any.Er, Boro last season and us the season before
Quote from: sirlordbaltimore on June 03, 2018, 02:20:49 PMQuote from: themossman on June 03, 2018, 01:01:59 PMOut of interest, has a relegated team thrown vast sums at getting straight back up to and failed before? There must be examples but I can’t think of any.Er, Boro last season and us the season beforeEr, why are you counting us as two teams and Boro were more or less neutral in terms of ins and outs last season.