Not a good look to ban non-offensive banners at Strasbourg – opinion

[James 5,408]

All sounding very authoritarian, no? Censorship at football? These are questions by the way, not statements being made…

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[Vesper 30,810]

2 hours ago, James said:

All sounding very authoritarian, no? Censorship at football? These are questions by the way, not statements being made…

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yes, I agree, it is a bad, bad look

[Fulham Broadway 17,619]

2 hours ago, James said:

All sounding very authoritarian, no? Censorship at football? These are questions by the way, not statements being made…

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Not only a bad look but shutting out reality, as well as free speech

They are part of the same US Franchise, and if we were the smaller branch of Mc Donalds and they were moving all our quarter pounders to a bigger branch, we'd be fucked off as well.

[OneMoSalah 9,042]

Shocking decision to ban the banners but is anyone surprised?

BlueCo have ripped the heart and soul out of their club. And they are doing it here also. They think what they’re doing is working, clearly. 

The day new owners come in will be a day welcomed by so so many here & probably even more so in France. 

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[Fulham Broadway 17,619]

28 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Shocking decision to ban the banners but is anyone surprised?

BlueCo have ripped the heart and soul out of their club. And they are doing it here also. They think what they’re doing is working, clearly. 

The day new owners come in will be a day welcomed by so so many here & probably even more so in France. 

But would they be any better ? 

The PL and Championship are littered with billionaire custodians, who have listened to Pink Floyds 'Money' ''think I'll buy me a football team'' who are happy for average football, as long as they make a profit.

They buy clubs like they buy yachts off Monaco

 

[OneMoSalah 9,042]

2 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

But would they be any better ? 

The PL and Championship are littered with billionaire custodians, who have listened to Pink Floyds 'Money' ''think I'll buy me a football team'' who are happy for average football, as long as they make a profit.

They buy clubs like they buy yachts off Monaco

 

That is true.

Still cannot believe we went from Abramovich to these charlatans. There are far more Boehly & Eghbali’s than Abramovichs out there. As you said, its effectively a fashionable thing now for these rich wankers to just buy a football club, treat it like a play thing & just ensure it makes a profit.

Granted the tourist industry, huge interest in the PL from global & domestic trumped up TV deals haven’t helped either. Well they have financially clearly helped clubs and the league but for owners, it kills any chance of ambition. Why would a club try break into a top 6-8 spot if they can just ensure to keep that TV money rolling in every season for instance?

Or at the other end of the scale, us, huge global brand that has been built beforehand. If you could acquire the club, reduce the running costs, build a structure where you can sign players develop them at another club before taking them back, get European qualification prize money every season for one of the 3 competitions, why do anything differently? 

Look at Palace, FA cup win & a season in Europe yet flog their best players. Their manager is willing to walk away as opposed to stay as he clearly thinks they’re not ambitious enough. And thats with an English owner…. 

 

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[Fulham Broadway 17,619]

14 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

That is true.

Still cannot believe we went from Abramovich to these charlatans. There are far more Boehly & Eghbali’s than Abramovichs out there. As you said, its effectively a fashionable thing now for these rich wankers to just buy a football club, treat it like a play thing & just ensure it makes a profit.

Granted the tourist industry, huge interest in the PL from global & domestic trumped up TV deals haven’t helped either. Well they have financially clearly helped clubs and the league but for owners, it kills any chance of ambition. Why would a club try break into a top 6-8 spot if they can just ensure to keep that TV money rolling in every season for instance?

Or at the other end of the scale, us, huge global brand that has been built beforehand. If you could acquire the club, reduce the running costs, build a structure where you can sign players develop them at another club before taking them back, get European qualification prize money every season for one of the 3 competitions, why do anything differently? 

Look at Palace, FA cup win & a season in Europe yet flog their best players. Their manager is willing to walk away as opposed to stay as he clearly thinks they’re not ambitious enough. And thats with an English owner…. 

 

Yup, they get their accountants to look at the club, confirm its a 'viable asset', mainly from TV revenue, so that serves the profit purpose, then secondly it feeds their egos -look at them in the stands, trying to make out their shit doesnt stink, and  most of which have that Trumpian sized bloated fragility.

What fucking gets me is how they abuse fans, taking away senior concessions, travel concessions and in some cases even kids and the disabled !

That and taking fans for granted - who, lets be real these custodians would be nowhere without attending fans. They ought to at least remember that.