08 Oct 2021 19:53:12
All right, this seems to the hot topic this week, so let's discuss ownerships.

In the current environment, who are the best owners currently in football? Assuming we will stick to Europe for convenience sake.

{Ed014's Note - City’s

08 Oct 2021 20:38:22
Ed014, can I ask you for the criteria you've used for your selection?

{Ed014's Note - simply for what they’ve done for the club and it’s surrounding area. Their determination to be successful and that they have a plan to achieve that.

I really don’t actually want my owner to carry the baggage that they do, so I want what they bring but not who they are and what they’ve done outside of football.

08 Oct 2021 20:52:13
Your a good egg ed014 but in this day and age you probably can’t have both. Mediocrity or success and very dubious owners.

{Ed014's Note - I know mate and I’d happily forfeit the dubious owner and stick with mediocrity.

08 Oct 2021 21:42:41
Your a better man than me mate.

08 Oct 2021 21:47:45
Sorry but Leicester's owners all day long are the best.

08 Oct 2021 22:27:55
Abramovich has done a lot for the UK economy. Not just Chelsea. City owners have been excellent as well. Everything from their state of the art training facilities and the way they have build the club up as well.

08 Oct 2021 22:28:46
I think it's individual opinion, as you can see today moral high ground activist are out in force, where if you just turn the site and Check UTD site their already thinking how can they get Newcastle money 😂😂.

09 Oct 2021 07:33:15
Thanks for the reply Ed014. You answered why I asked the question. Calling it "dubious" is really mild but I guess politically correct. Whether it is Abu Dhabi (City's owners) or Dubai (they're first cousins of Abu Dhabi) or Qatar or Saudi Arabia, it's a repetitive pattern of lack of concern for human rights or human dignity. Regularly shovelled under the carpet due to the power of the almighty $$$. What point do you have to reach until you say, "okay, that's enough no more"?

09 Oct 2021 09:03:31
Fsg aren’t bad owners they are good owners I get frustrated with no signings like all but they’ve brought us back from the brink top call Coach top facilities
Building new stands (place was In bits)
Let’s not forget ended 30 years of pain!

09 Oct 2021 14:15:32
Fsg, 'm not just mentioning fsg because it's us but because they have worked wonders for our club. They put money in when money needed to be put in. They are doing all sorts to the stadium. How can they be knocked? That's just the simple things they've done for us. Yes they've made mistakes, mistakes I'm sure they've learnt from but they do listen to the fans and that goes a long way in my opinion.

Don't get me wrong I'm not going to sit here and say I wouldn't swap them for any other owner but I'm happy with who we have for the time being, we've had bad, very bad owners in the past. These lot are doing what they can and that is enough for me.

09 Oct 2021 15:30:33
Hans-Joachim Watzke of Dortmund.

11 Oct 2021 21:31:13
With you as well, Salah. FSG are not perfect and they made a lot of bone head mistakes and can be very tone deaf at times. But they have invested a tonne into the club and have brought our club into the modern era of football in terms of facilities, infrastructure, installations and stadium modernisation.

Can more be done? Of course but most of all, they brought us success in the end after many close calls. The City, Chelsea and Newcastle owners? No comment.