Club board should be made up as 33% private ownership group, 33% sponsors representatives and 33% supporter shareholders.
That's some Stevie Wonder Paul McCartney shit right there kids.
Club board should be made up as 33% private ownership group, 33% sponsors representatives and 33% supporter shareholders.
That's some Stevie Wonder Paul McCartney shit right there kids.
Originally Posted by MFKS
I'd buy in at $500
m8 I was going to employ you as my first order of business.Your Honour I respectfully object...
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Victory are not offering shares to the public. DiPeitro and Biasin have bought out Beltacky and Stata.... whatever their names are.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/...b0e9c80c14a5cf
A slice of Melbourne Victory is for sale with doors open to everyday fans to buy a stake in the club, for as little as $500.
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That has been disbanded (for want of a better term) That was originally the plan, but since then, the two original sharheolders have sold out their holdings to Biasin and Di Pietro.
good way to pump up the value of your shares by threatening to sell them to chumps that might want to buy them
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Interestingly they paid less per share than what was offered to the public.
what fools! they're not going to make money that way!
The cost of doing business with one consortium versus a whole bunch of Mong fans would more than be worth it.
lol
If done properly I'd buy in with as much as I could afford
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/27...e-team/?cs=306Middleby pleads for supporters to forgive team
JETS chief executive Robbie Middleby hopes fans will give Newcastle’s players and coach Phil Stubbins a chance to redeem themselves but admits that ‘‘actions speak louder than words’’.
Friday night’s 4-0 trouncing from Brisbane at Hunter Stadium, which left the Jets without a win after six games, has prompted a predictably hostile reaction from frustrated followers, many of whom have labelled it the worst performance in the club’s history.
Middleby said fans were entitled to their opinions and everyone at the club was ‘‘apologetic’’ for producing such a lacklustre effort on home turf. But he called on the Novocastrian faithful to ‘‘stick by us’’ and was confident of a vastly improved performance against Western Sydney Wanderers at Parramatta Stadium on Saturday.
‘‘I know it’s been tough so far, but we need their support,’’ Middleby told the Newcastle Herald.
‘‘We need the support from everyone. The players, the staff, we’re all hurting, because we feel like we let everyone down on Friday night.
‘‘But we need their support if we’re going to thrive.’’
Brisbane coach Mike Mulvey expressed similar sentiments at the post-match press conference on Friday when he was asked about Newcastle fans booing their team off the pitch.
‘‘We’ve played four games and we’ve lost three at home, but our fans have been more patient,’’ Mulvey said.
‘‘That comes from having a level of success over the years, which Newcastle hasn’t enjoyed.
‘‘It’s time now for them to back their players, back their manager. That’s the only way you can achieve anything in this game, if everybody sticks together,’’ Mulvey said.
Middleby was disappointed that Stubbins, who is six games into a two-year tenure, was already attracting scrutiny over his future.
‘‘It’s early in the season,’’ Middleby said.
‘‘We’ve got faith in Phil and the players that that performance will not be a regular thing.
‘‘To me, I don’t see why we should be commenting on job security ... it’s six games into the season.
‘‘We’ve had a tough run but Phil’s our coach.
‘‘He’s got a new team, a lot of players who have been in and out, but Phil is our coach.
‘‘And we’ve got faith that Phil and the players will turn this around. All of us, collectively.’’
Middleby said Saturday’s clash with Asian champions Western Sydney, who occupy the bottom rung on the A-League ladder but have two games in hand on second-last Newcastle, would be ‘‘another very, very tough game’’ but he backed the Jets to show their true colours.
‘‘We need to come out and make amends with our performance,’’ he said. ‘‘Actions speak louder than words.
‘‘But I’m confident that there are certain types of characters in the club who will respond the right way to this.
‘‘That’s why I’m certain the performance will be better this week.’’
A shellshocked Stubbins said he had to ‘‘take responsibility’’ for the performance, admitting he was ‘‘embarrassed’’ by the home crowd’s reaction.
‘‘All I can say to the fans is we’ll be doing everything we can to make amends,’’ Stubbins said. ‘‘The quality is one thing. Effort, endeavour and approach and your mindset and mentality is another ... we need to set some standards in place that are akin to a team that does have a crack.’’
For those calling for a response from Robbie, see today's Herald.
And am I reading the section italicized correctly? Is he embarrassed because of the reaction the crowd gave the players, or is he embarrassed because the team performance resulted in said reaction? Granted, it's a quoted section in a news article - clearly could have been taken out of context.
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The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
One of the few times I've agreed with Dillon - http://www.theherald.com.au/story/27...er-rot/?cs=306COMMENT: Fans have suffered enough – it’s time for FFA to stop the Tinkler rot
THE presence of FFA chief executive David Gallop at Hunter Stadium on Friday night was perhaps the only positive to emerge, from a Novocastrian point of view.
Hopefully the chorus of boos at full-time, after the Jets were embarrassed 4-0 by Brisbane Roar, did not go unnoticed by Gallop or his colleagues in the corridors of power.
FFA would be unwise to assume the frustration vented by a section of the 10,216-strong crowd was purely a reaction to a dismal on-field performance.
This sense of disillusionment has been snowballing at an exponential rate.
In four years under the ownership of Nathan Tinkler, the Jets are yet to feature in the finals.
In that time, more than 40 players have come and gone – not including those on this season’s roster – and four coaches have occupied the hot seat before the appointment of Phil Stubbins.
Friday’s performance left many long-time supporters convinced it was Newcastle’s worst since the A-League kicked off 10 years ago, and the fear is the Jets may not yet have hit rock bottom.
Judging by their form over the first six weeks of the season, it will require a mighty revival to avoid the wooden spoon, let alone qualify for the playoffs.
To lay the blame solely on the players and Stubbins would be unfair. No club reaches this level of sustained dysfunctionality without deep, ingrained problems – issues that can only be resolved once Tinkler has relinquished control and moved on.
That is why Gallop needs to rethink his comments during an interview with the Newcastle Herald last week, in which he insisted: ‘‘It’s not in our plans to own the Jets or any other A-League team ... we don’t want to own A-League clubs, full-stop.’’
FFA officials seem content to bide their time after Tinkler’s decision in August to place the Jets on the market.
But there would appear to be two compelling reasons for the governing body to be pro-active and step in to rescue the struggling club.
Firstly, Tinkler has not been inundated with offers to buy him out, and every week this saga drags on delays the process of moving forward.
The Newcastle Knights, in contrast, are already well advanced in rebuilding the club and reconnecting with the community after the NRL ousted Tinkler in June.
They have appointed a new board of directors and are understood to be close to securing a major sponsor.
Soon the tumultuous Tinkler era will be a fading memory for Knights fans.
The quickest way the Jets can get to a similar position is for FFA to make the struggling tycoon an offer and then on-sell the franchise. If that means funding the club’s operations on an interim basis, as the NRL is doing with the Knights, so be it.
Eventually, you would assume, such an investment will prove money well spent.
The other reason for the FFA to buy Tinkler out is that quite simply they owe him a favour.
When former owner Con Constantine experienced financial difficulties late in 2010, FFA approached Tinkler on spec and, despite having no real interest in the round-ball code, he agreed to take over.
He has since spent millions on the Jets, albeit apparently begrudgingly since his unsuccessful attempt to relinquish the licence in 2012.
Tinkler may have been a problematic type and it is unlikely there is much affection for him or his former right-hand man, Troy Palmer, behind the scenes at FFA.
It can’t have been much fun doing business with either of them.
But fair’s fair, FFA. Quid pro quo.
Repay Tinkler his pound of flesh, even if that is merely helping him settle whatever liabilities the Jets may have racked up, and allow him to move on.
While this waiting game continues, it is hard to see any winners.
The greatest asset the Jets have is their long-suffering supporters. That they still have about 9000 members (10per cent fewer than last year) is nothing short of remarkable.
But after every performance like the loss to Brisbane, those fans are entitled to query why they bother. FFA needs to act before the boos Gallop heard on Friday night fade into total indifference.
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
white?
Middleby can get ****ed. 4 years of underperforming with him as CEO. Enough.
Middleby Gone
Lawrie Out
Well said
Dare to Zlatan
Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
I don't quite understand how "now is the time to rally behind the club" and all that. We've heard that for the last 6 years, particularly the last 4 since hsg came in.
I haven't had doubts about stubbins until friday night. Jaliens at right back, being a goal down and bringing on a defender at centre mid, looking to virgili for answers when we were down, and leaving Flores with no game time. His coaching reaked of him being scared and out of his depth imo.
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