Most disappointing for me was seeing how little

£50M investment gets in practice.

Not been spent brilliantly, true, but Newcastle are showing the level of investment that would really be needed to get established.

Seems fanciful under *any* likely scenario.

Football is broke.

Morally

And also financially really. Seems more a ponzi scheme than ever before.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on March 14th 2022 at 09:56:20

Message Thread

We see so many posts criticising Delia for not selling (NCFC) - earlydoors, Mar 14, 07:22:40
- They dont necessarily have to sell, board has authority to issue 1 million new shares (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:08:19
  - Para 2 is always going to bump against para 1 (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 14, 09:18:08
    - 1 million shares not £1 million pounds worth of shares. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:45:28
    - Quite (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 09:25:42
      - Well if Delia is not in it for the money then she won't be too worried about becomning a (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:44:21
        
        Becoming a minority shareholder is giving the club away (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 09:52:55
        
        Its not quite giving it away is it. Your shares still have a value of sorts (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 10:05:25
        
        so she should transfer asset value to a billionaire instead of to a charity? (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 14, 10:17:53
        
        Best thing for everyone would be for a benevolent, lovely billionaire (lol) (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 10:20:41
        
        The Palace example is a good one (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 10:13:37
        
        Absolutely would not want a leveraged buyout (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 10:16:13
        
        we’ve only issued 400k and you’d sell 1m more for £50m? (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 14, 09:49:52
        
        Well the shares are valued at £50 per share at present by the club (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:56:57
        
        Is there a publicly available share value? (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 09:51:29
        
        As it's an unlisted company (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 10:02:22
        
        £50 (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:58:43
        
        Sorry thats the value placed on them by the club. Its not the official share price (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 10:16:04
        
        Emi would still have gone (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 09:46:50
        
        Emi should not have been sold. Was a ridiculous way to follow promotion. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:47:33
        
        Maybe we only went up because we agreed to sell him (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 14, 09:51:40
        
        All of that conjecture is irrelevant. He was under contract and he would have got over it (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:58:29
        
        Or he'd have done a cantwell (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 10:14:38
        
        Yes he did it before then he calmed down and had a storming season for us (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 10:16:36
        
        We were told that we had a gentleman's agreement with him (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 11:04:17
        
        We've not been told that by anyone. Webber certainly didn't say that and you (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 12:30:06
        
        Sun link (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 13:08:12
- I agree with everything you say apart from (NCFC) - Adster, Mar 14, 07:54:05
- Yeah, what you said. And what all that lot that already replied said. All of that. (n/m) (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Mar 14, 07:52:57
- What's upset me about this season (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 14, 07:40:22
  - Most disappointing for me was seeing how little (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 09:56:20
    - Despite their fans' constant moaning (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 10:00:00
  - I'm still cheesed off that we were robbed the joy of one of our few wins (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 14, 07:47:37
    - Yeah - left a sour taste (n/m) (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 14, 09:54:12
- I completely agree with you (NCFC) - shoddy, Mar 14, 07:34:07
  - same here. add in VAR and crap officials and biased officials into the mix (n/m) (NCFC) - munter, Mar 14, 07:53:53
- 👍👍👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Mar 14, 07:32:08
- Correct…and there are dozens who would settle for our position (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Mar 14, 07:31:38
- 👏👏 Spot on as far as I am concerned (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Mar 14, 07:25:21

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