| Why no one wants ITFC 04:36 - Jan 8 with 4196 views | chrismakin |
Can't sleep, so thinking about town whilst playing FM2020 and see a few times potential interest in buying the club comes up but nothing happens.
Apparently in real life, Evans has said a few people have asked about the club
Just imagining they aren't great offers. WHY wouldn't a incredibly wealthy ( and actually wealthy not Evans type wealthy) want to buy town and plough their money in
Owns the training centre
Could pretty much rebuild PR as much as you like as Council wouldn't really say no to much, plus we have the old training pitch etc etc
Only an hour away from London, very marketable
Still a very well known football club throughout the World
lots of history
History of bringing through youngsters
Very passionate support base
When you see clubs like Newcastle, the leicesters etc get bought, what has stopped town following suit, you reckon its Evans making it hard work? or just no genuine interest |  |
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| Why no one wants ITFC on 16:44 - Jan 8 with 351 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Why no one wants ITFC on 12:31 - Jan 8 by jayessess |
Football clubs make for ludicrous businesses.
- They're forced to maximise expenditure to succeed
- They prioritise product quality over profits
- The entire community lays down a moral claim to them
- Many of your customers will keep coming even when totally dissatisfied with the product
- Success is dependent on a mind-spinning array of intangible variables
I suspect beyond basic accountancy, HR management, marketing and PR, there's very little in running a regular profit-driven business that's applicable to running a football club. |
Agree with everything you've said there. But I would add that you'd expect any businessman/investor acquiring a business in an industry they knew virtually nothing about to appoint experienced, competent people in the relevant positions to oversee/run it. If I acquired a construction firm I wouldn't try to run it myself.
He had his pants pulled down and we fell behind a lot of clubs for a number of years and it's probably only since MM left that he's really made any proper attempt to address the structure of the club - and even that seems to be him getting more involved because he understands it (or thinks he understands it) better himself now. [Post edited 8 Jan 2021 16:45]
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| Why no one wants ITFC on 18:55 - Jan 8 with 321 views | istanblue |
| Why no one wants ITFC on 09:54 - Jan 8 by itfcjoe |
Sadly, Evans doesn't want to sell to anyone, or invest in the right areas to progress |
Is that genuinely true? I'd always assumed that Evans was open to selling (as per his comments in both video and written interviews) but had priced ITFC out of the market with a ridiculously high asking price in order to recoup some of his investment. |  | | |
| Why no one wants ITFC on 19:21 - Jan 8 with 310 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Why no one wants ITFC on 10:36 - Jan 8 by Fartman |
Add parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire to the party, then I'll guess we're above 1 mill. |
We’ve lost Essex to the Spammers now bar a few old lags. Cambridgeshire, Posh probably a more attractive proposition. | | | |
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