Mon May 06, 2013 10:55 am
Tony Blue Williams wrote:SCFC wrote:Tony Blue Williams wrote:And the last Premiership team to sell out a pathetic 20,000 seater stadium regularly in the Premiership was Portsmouth. Whatever happened to them?![]()
Oh BTW we HAVE planning permission for a 58,000 seat stadium. Doesn't mean we got one and considering how long it took to build the Liberty in the first place, by the time those extra seats are in you will be playing Portsmouth on a regular basis.
Yes, I better watch out for financial meltdown because we're able to sell our home crowd. I think you should be a lot more worried about that considering that you've got in excess of £100 million debt, but I'm sure Portsmouth would far prefer to be playing in League 2 then playing in the Premier League without their badge and colours.
Again you miss the point, selling out a 20000 stadium doesn't mean you are financially secure. We might be a £100m in total debt (although that figure is not the 'net' debt which is around £48m) we have a Billionaire who will eventually wipe every penny out, that's why we rebranded.
Of course you have the same mind set as Portsmouth as they took the administration route and avoided paying creditors i.e. cheated people out of money. That's exactly what your club (Swansea City 2002) did and then spunged off the council tax payer to get the Liberty built.
The rebrand was the painful but honourable way to go. Yes we lost our shirt colour and badge (not for the first time I may add) but in exchange we will honour our debts and cheat no-one out of anything.
That's the moral high ground.
Mon May 06, 2013 11:23 am
SCFC wrote:Tony Blue Williams wrote:SCFC wrote:Tony Blue Williams wrote:And the last Premiership team to sell out a pathetic 20,000 seater stadium regularly in the Premiership was Portsmouth. Whatever happened to them?![]()
Oh BTW we HAVE planning permission for a 58,000 seat stadium. Doesn't mean we got one and considering how long it took to build the Liberty in the first place, by the time those extra seats are in you will be playing Portsmouth on a regular basis.
Yes, I better watch out for financial meltdown because we're able to sell our home crowd. I think you should be a lot more worried about that considering that you've got in excess of £100 million debt, but I'm sure Portsmouth would far prefer to be playing in League 2 then playing in the Premier League without their badge and colours.
Again you miss the point, selling out a 20000 stadium doesn't mean you are financially secure. We might be a £100m in total debt (although that figure is not the 'net' debt which is around £48m) we have a Billionaire who will eventually wipe every penny out, that's why we rebranded.
Of course you have the same mind set as Portsmouth as they took the administration route and avoided paying creditors i.e. cheated people out of money. That's exactly what your club (Swansea City 2002) did and then spunged off the council tax payer to get the Liberty built.
The rebrand was the painful but honourable way to go. Yes we lost our shirt colour and badge (not for the first time I may add) but in exchange we will honour our debts and cheat no-one out of anything.
That's the moral high ground.
No, selling the stadium out doesn't mean we are financially secure, but we are financially secure due to the way the club is being run and with us posting a £15 million profit for last season and a £20 million profit for the first half of this season. We have no debt to anyone and are simply spending money that comes in to the club, if we go down then the players wages will be reduced so that they are at 60% of income and whilst we are run by our current owners there is no risk whatsoever of being ruined financially. The actions of previous owners do not affect how the club is currently ran. We generate a large amount of revenue for the council and we'll have provided a lot more money to the city and to them then it cost for the ground to be built.
The rebrand was in no way an honourable way to go, any club with any sort of honour would have stood up against a rebrand and would have realised that the club itself it a lot more important than being in the Premier League and would have prefered to keep the club in the lower divisions.
Vincent Tan is also wants Hammam to write off the debts, despite putting the money aside that Hammam wants as part of the rebrand.
Vincent Tan is not a billionaire, any you are very naive if you think he's going to write off all of his debt. Roughly 1/7th of his wealth is your debt to him, and if he was planning on writing it off then I don't think he'd be charging you 7% interest on this debt. Your net debt is low (a measly £48 million) because you've listed your stadium at a very high value, which nobody would pay for the ground.
Mon May 06, 2013 11:36 am
OddBalls wrote:We've really spoilt there summer lol
Mon May 06, 2013 11:36 am
CraigCCFC wrote:
Thats quite amusing the fact you mention our rebrand isnt honourable. Not like screwing local businesses by going into Admin, twice!![]()
At least we are paying all our debts off, not just 10p in the pound.
Mon May 06, 2013 11:49 am
Mon May 06, 2013 11:54 am
SCFC wrote:CraigCCFC wrote:
Thats quite amusing the fact you mention our rebrand isnt honourable. Not like screwing local businesses by going into Admin, twice!![]()
At least we are paying all our debts off, not just 10p in the pound.
I'm not the one who brought up honour, but the rebrand certainly isn't honourable.
Your debts are increasing by the day.
Mon May 06, 2013 12:32 pm
SCFC wrote:CraigCCFC wrote:
Thats quite amusing the fact you mention our rebrand isnt honourable. Not like screwing local businesses by going into Admin, twice!![]()
At least we are paying all our debts off, not just 10p in the pound.
I'm not the one who brought up honour, but the rebrand certainly isn't honourable.
Your debts are increasing by the day.
Mon May 06, 2013 12:39 pm
Mon May 06, 2013 12:45 pm
Carpe Diem wrote:I love the way the jacks seem to know so much about out club. I know barely anything about theirs. Says it all really![]()
Mon May 06, 2013 12:57 pm
Mon May 06, 2013 6:54 pm
Morriston Monkey wrote:englishbluebird wrote:Dont care what any of them twats say weve wrecked their summer and the whole country is talking about cardiff yet again
Really![]()
Major cup in the cabinet,9th in the Premier,Playing in Europe,Playing in White,Stadium expansion.....
Mon May 06, 2013 6:57 pm
Morriston Monkey wrote:englishbluebird wrote:Dont care what any of them twats say weve wrecked their summer and the whole country is talking about cardiff yet again
Really![]()
Major cup in the cabinet,9th in the Premier,Playing in Europe,Playing in White,Stadium expansion.....
Mon May 06, 2013 7:44 pm
You're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified Mon May 06, 2013 9:03 pm
Morriston Monkey wrote:englishbluebird wrote:Dont care what any of them twats say weve wrecked their summer and the whole country is talking about cardiff yet again
Really![]()
Major cup in the cabinet,9th in the Premier,Playing in Europe,Playing in White,Stadium expansion.....
Mon May 06, 2013 9:08 pm
Valley Lad wrote:Morriston Monkey wrote:englishbluebird wrote:Dont care what any of them twats say weve wrecked their summer and the whole country is talking about cardiff yet again
Really![]()
Major cup in the cabinet,9th in the Premier,Playing in Europe,Playing in White,Stadium expansion.....
You can still go down!
Mon May 06, 2013 9:14 pm
Mon May 06, 2013 9:17 pm
Valley Lad wrote:Morriston Monkey wrote:englishbluebird wrote:Dont care what any of them twats say weve wrecked their summer and the whole country is talking about cardiff yet again
Really![]()
Major cup in the cabinet,9th in the Premier,Playing in Europe,Playing in White,Stadium expansion.....
You can still go down!
Mon May 06, 2013 10:53 pm
Tue May 07, 2013 5:09 am
Tue May 07, 2013 6:30 am
Tue May 07, 2013 10:11 am
waddle wrote:what a cringeworthy thread ! we have nothing sensible to argue about anymore fellas so i'll see you in august when your embarrassment begins
Tue May 07, 2013 10:49 am
6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Tue May 07, 2013 3:43 pm
OddBalls wrote:6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Nor are you lot any different! 2 half decent seasons in the premier league doesn't make you established and exempt from relegation next season. Like us and hull, you will also need to spend wisely and bolster yor squad a fair bit if you want to stay in the premier league... Especially with yor European adventures to contend with
Tue May 07, 2013 3:52 pm
SCFC wrote:OddBalls wrote:6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Nor are you lot any different! 2 half decent seasons in the premier league doesn't make you established and exempt from relegation next season. Like us and hull, you will also need to spend wisely and bolster yor squad a fair bit if you want to stay in the premier league... Especially with yor European adventures to contend with
"2 half decent seasons in the Premier League" see they were far from half decent seasons, finishing 11th in our first season and a possible top half finish and trophy in our second season. I take it that you think you'll be able to eclipse that, and if so, you've got a bit of a shock coming to you in August.
We have a far stronger squad than you and Hull, and whilst we will spend wisely and will improve, there's no danger of us going down because of the team that we have, and the poor quality of the teams coming up whilst there are 7/8 teams that have finished below us this season that are in more danger of relegation next season.
Tue May 07, 2013 4:04 pm
SCFC wrote:OddBalls wrote:6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Nor are you lot any different! 2 half decent seasons in the premier league doesn't make you established and exempt from relegation next season. Like us and hull, you will also need to spend wisely and bolster yor squad a fair bit if you want to stay in the premier league... Especially with yor European adventures to contend with
"2 half decent seasons in the Premier League" see they were far from half decent seasons, finishing 11th in our first season and a possible top half finish and trophy in our second season. I take it that you think you'll be able to eclipse that, and if so, you've got a bit of a shock coming to you in August.
We have a far stronger squad than you and Hull, and whilst we will spend wisely and will improve, there's no danger of us going down because of the team that we have, and the poor quality of the teams coming up whilst there are 7/8 teams that have finished below us this season that are in more danger of relegation next season.
Tue May 07, 2013 4:06 pm
Mario Polotelli wrote:SCFC wrote:OddBalls wrote:6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Nor are you lot any different! 2 half decent seasons in the premier league doesn't make you established and exempt from relegation next season. Like us and hull, you will also need to spend wisely and bolster yor squad a fair bit if you want to stay in the premier league... Especially with yor European adventures to contend with
"2 half decent seasons in the Premier League" see they were far from half decent seasons, finishing 11th in our first season and a possible top half finish and trophy in our second season. I take it that you think you'll be able to eclipse that, and if so, you've got a bit of a shock coming to you in August.
We have a far stronger squad than you and Hull, and whilst we will spend wisely and will improve, there's no danger of us going down because of the team that we have, and the poor quality of the teams coming up whilst there are 7/8 teams that have finished below us this season that are in more danger of relegation next season.
No danger of going down? Your form in 2013 is one of the worse in the division. Only you got off to a flying start youve bought yourself a cushion.
Youre only 3 points in front of Villa ffs and theyve had a nightmare of a season.
I bet newcastle thought there was no danger of going down this season after finishing 6th last year. But you carry on with the arrogance, hopefully it will be to your detriment.
Tue May 07, 2013 4:08 pm
SCFC wrote:OddBalls wrote:6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Nor are you lot any different! 2 half decent seasons in the premier league doesn't make you established and exempt from relegation next season. Like us and hull, you will also need to spend wisely and bolster yor squad a fair bit if you want to stay in the premier league... Especially with yor European adventures to contend with
"2 half decent seasons in the Premier League" see they were far from half decent seasons, finishing 11th in our first season and a possible top half finish and trophy in our second season. I take it that you think you'll be able to eclipse that, and if so, you've got a bit of a shock coming to you in August.
We have a far stronger squad than you and Hull, and whilst we will spend wisely and will improve, there's no danger of us going down because of the team that we have, and the poor quality of the teams coming up whilst there are 7/8 teams that have finished below us this season that are in more danger of relegation next season.
Tue May 07, 2013 4:18 pm
mr'mogreenz wrote:SCFC wrote:OddBalls wrote:6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Nor are you lot any different! 2 half decent seasons in the premier league doesn't make you established and exempt from relegation next season. Like us and hull, you will also need to spend wisely and bolster yor squad a fair bit if you want to stay in the premier league... Especially with yor European adventures to contend with
"2 half decent seasons in the Premier League" see they were far from half decent seasons, finishing 11th in our first season and a possible top half finish and trophy in our second season. I take it that you think you'll be able to eclipse that, and if so, you've got a bit of a shock coming to you in August.
We have a far stronger squad than you and Hull, and whilst we will spend wisely and will improve, there's no danger of us going down because of the team that we have, and the poor quality of the teams coming up whilst there are 7/8 teams that have finished below us this season that are in more danger of relegation next season.
No chance of you going down??? Hahaha what planet are you on ffs? You're still small fry in the premier league. Don't get ahead of yourself poncho! Bigger better and more established teams than youl ever be have been relegated from the premier league. 2seasons in the premier league and all of a sudden your a European giant is it?
Tue May 07, 2013 4:34 pm
SCFC wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:SCFC wrote:OddBalls wrote:6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Nor are you lot any different! 2 half decent seasons in the premier league doesn't make you established and exempt from relegation next season. Like us and hull, you will also need to spend wisely and bolster yor squad a fair bit if you want to stay in the premier league... Especially with yor European adventures to contend with
"2 half decent seasons in the Premier League" see they were far from half decent seasons, finishing 11th in our first season and a possible top half finish and trophy in our second season. I take it that you think you'll be able to eclipse that, and if so, you've got a bit of a shock coming to you in August.
We have a far stronger squad than you and Hull, and whilst we will spend wisely and will improve, there's no danger of us going down because of the team that we have, and the poor quality of the teams coming up whilst there are 7/8 teams that have finished below us this season that are in more danger of relegation next season.
No danger of going down? Your form in 2013 is one of the worse in the division. Only you got off to a flying start youve bought yourself a cushion.
Youre only 3 points in front of Villa ffs and theyve had a nightmare of a season.
I bet newcastle thought there was no danger of going down this season after finishing 6th last year. But you carry on with the arrogance, hopefully it will be to your detriment.
We're mathematically safe with three games to play, and despite dropping points due to a lack of goalscorers/striking ability which we will address in the summer, we've got what we wanted. We're set for a top half finish and a cup win, regardless of how many points we've finished on and regardless of how points separate us with 18th there are 8 teams between us and the relegation zone.
In terms of the quality we've got in our side, we are nowhere near being one of the worst three sides in the division and will improve in the summer.
Newcastle failed to address a lack of depth in the summer, we will not and have a lot more depth than them at the moment as it is, we are an entirely different club than Newcastle and aren't a team that rely on individuals, we're a very good team and have done the double on them this season.
Tue May 07, 2013 4:36 pm
SCFC wrote:mr'mogreenz wrote:SCFC wrote:OddBalls wrote:6 bysedd wrote:Yeah Malky Mackays red army is coming to get us and the rest of the Premier LeagueYou're no different to a Leicester or a Hull coming up.We're all terrified
Nor are you lot any different! 2 half decent seasons in the premier league doesn't make you established and exempt from relegation next season. Like us and hull, you will also need to spend wisely and bolster yor squad a fair bit if you want to stay in the premier league... Especially with yor European adventures to contend with
"2 half decent seasons in the Premier League" see they were far from half decent seasons, finishing 11th in our first season and a possible top half finish and trophy in our second season. I take it that you think you'll be able to eclipse that, and if so, you've got a bit of a shock coming to you in August.
We have a far stronger squad than you and Hull, and whilst we will spend wisely and will improve, there's no danger of us going down because of the team that we have, and the poor quality of the teams coming up whilst there are 7/8 teams that have finished below us this season that are in more danger of relegation next season.
No chance of you going down??? Hahaha what planet are you on ffs? You're still small fry in the premier league. Don't get ahead of yourself poncho! Bigger better and more established teams than youl ever be have been relegated from the premier league. 2seasons in the premier league and all of a sudden your a European giant is it?
No, I haven't in any way called us Europeans giants or implied that we are European giants.
All I've stated is that I'm confident that in the league we'll do what we've done in our first two seasons next season, which I think is a realistic expectation based on the teams performances in the Premier League.
Whilst you will bring up Europe as something that could take us down, I'll remind you that only one Premier League team have been relegated having qualified for Europe (Ipswich Town) and that we will appropriately prepare for the summer by continuing our successful recruitment policy.