LBP 4,251 6.9k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 10 minutes ago, TeessideSteel said: Of course football is about winning trophies. However, the business side has became evermore intertwined as the game grows globally and the riches grow in parallel with this. The global appeal/reach of the game goes against the notion that fans are rooted in the local community and carry an banner/identity. This would work more the further down the pyramid you go, but many teams in the Premier League are followed, and have vast sums of money pumped into them by fans from countries thousands of miles away. Clubs wouldn't be such an attractive investment if they weren't viewed as a business. Otherwise ("sportswashing" and boys with toys aside), why else would people from outside of the game/local area be interested? It is not exclusively one or the other, but to say that it isn't influenced by business at all would be incredibly naive. Yeah they’re not exclusive but they’re definitely not like a normal company Sporting success is the ultimate end goal, that breeds the business side, which helps sporting success, which helps the business and so on No sporting success, no fans, no business Bit of extremism there but pretty much how it goes I’d say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Goat 744 1.1k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 We all know that football is a business but there is another dimension to it. It's about a loyalty that you can't walk away from. Bill Shankly got it right about how important a football club is to its fans.We all know plastic Man U fans,and on the whole we lothe them. Talking about a football club as a brand is beyond me. Football fans are not consumers. If they were they would be chopping and changing clubs at the drop of a hat. To see fans as just some sort of paying customer completely misses the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle_rico 556 665 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Announcement is tomorrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyWoofs_shinpad 2,245 10.3k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 3 minutes ago, uncle_rico said: Announcement is tomorrow Which announcement? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSmog 1,816 3.8k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Just now, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: Which announcement? That my train will now be leaving from platform 14 when I'm stood on platform 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimsbyBoro 2,405 3k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 minute ago, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: Which announcement? The announcement of when the announcement will be 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Goat 744 1.1k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Going back to the Edwards appointment. His win rate overall in the Championship is not impressive. One good season with Luton followed by disaster. Mind you the Sunderland manager came in following a relegation. The fans do need to cut him some slack and let's see how we start the season. He will be under intense pressure if Boro continue the appalling home record of the previous manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidargile 27 48 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 7 minutes ago, uncle_rico said: Announcement is tomorrow Announcing the announcement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Slops 759 1.2k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 7 minutes ago, GrimsbyBoro said: The announcement of when the announcement will be So Billy was announcing the announcement of when the announcement would be? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivorous 126 130 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 hour ago, Plastic Goat said: You are wrong No, he's absolutely correct 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikerman 1,539 2.5k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 4 minutes ago, Plastic Goat said: Going back to the Edwards appointment. His win rate overall in the Championship is not impressive. One good season with Luton followed by disaster. Mind you the Sunderland manager came in following a relegation. The fans do need to cut him some slack and let's see how we start the season. He will be under intense pressure if Boro continue the appalling home record of the previous manager. Of course I and the rest of my Boro supporting cohort will cut him some slack. Six games and if it hasn’t improved then it is out with the pitchforks, sand off the name Carrick and light up the torches. More than fair we think 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changing Times 16,078 23.1k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 4 hours ago, CrazyL said: Correct. The quicker the manager is announced the quicker he can get back to the transfer thread. That could be a beaut this year, like some real aggro 🤬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changing Times 16,078 23.1k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 3 hours ago, Tarmo Kink Army said: In what way? Surely its worse to rush things I think we can safely say we haven' t rushed things 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinoJo3 5,823 13.6k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 32 minutes ago, Plastic Goat said: Going back to the Edwards appointment. His win rate overall in the Championship is not impressive. One good season with Luton followed by disaster. Mind you the Sunderland manager came in following a relegation. The fans do need to cut him some slack and let's see how we start the season. He will be under intense pressure if Boro continue the appalling home record of the previous manager. The Sunderland manager was relegated from the French top division, it’s not the same comparison, nobody has an issue with Edwards getting relegated from the prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverbefore 15,138 29.4k Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 34 minutes ago, Plastic Goat said: Going back to the Edwards appointment. His win rate overall in the Championship is not impressive. One good season with Luton followed by disaster. Mind you the Sunderland manager came in following a relegation. The fans do need to cut him some slack and let's see how we start the season. He will be under intense pressure if Boro continue the appalling home record of the previous manager. Bookmarked for when you're calling for his head after a 1-0 win and a boring draw in the first two games. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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