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Post by vicar on May 29, 2024 14:05:04 GMT
Luke Offord joins MK Dons. Think he's been mentioned on here. Assume MK Offord more than Crewe..... How is that club anywhere near sustainable?
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Post by Mozzer on May 29, 2024 14:15:03 GMT
Assume MK Offord more than Crewe..... How is that club anywhere near sustainable? How is that club anywhere?
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Post by pugwash on May 29, 2024 14:54:06 GMT
Assume MK Offord more than Crewe..... How is that club anywhere near sustainable? Charging £325 a head or £2750 a box at Take that last year in a sell out crowd. Similar for Olly Murs plus Mk Bowl which Has been running pretty much since the bowl was built. As its all collectively owned under 1 banner company its pretty easy for them to survive with the money they make off season.
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Post by vicar on May 29, 2024 14:56:35 GMT
How is that club anywhere near sustainable? Charging £325 a head or £2750 a box at Take that last year in a sell out crowd. Similar for Olly Murs plus Mk Bowl which Has been running pretty much since the bowl was built. As its all collectively owned under 1 banner company its pretty easy for them to survive with the money they make off season. It is an incredible stadium.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 29, 2024 15:10:36 GMT
How is that club anywhere near sustainable? Charging £325 a head or £2750 a box at Take that last year in a sell out crowd. Similar for Olly Murs plus Mk Bowl which Has been running pretty much since the bowl was built. As its all collectively owned under 1 banner company its pretty easy for them to survive with the money they make off season. It's not Franchise making that money though, it's Winkleman. As long as he plows it into the football club then they're happy but if he gets bored then they'll be in trouble. If he sells the club on its own then any buyer will simply be buying a loss making football team and no assets. If he sells everything as a job lot then they'll be relying on the good will of any future owner wanting to continue to direct those profits in to the football team. It's hilarious reading their fans whining about Winkleman for two simple reasons. 1. He is the only reason their monstrosity exists. 2. His continued good will is the only reason that they continue to exist. They are in for a nasty karmic surprise when they start hearing the same things about sustainability that were said about Wimbledon FC said about them.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 29, 2024 15:11:58 GMT
Charging £325 a head or £2750 a box at Take that last year in a sell out crowd. Similar for Olly Murs plus Mk Bowl which Has been running pretty much since the bowl was built. As its all collectively owned under 1 banner company its pretty easy for them to survive with the money they make off season. It is an incredible stadium. And it will continue to be a destination for music and events long after the experiment has gone to the wall. Wonder if they'll call the phoenix club MK Dons2.0 or MK City...
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Post by pugwash on May 29, 2024 15:13:16 GMT
Charging £325 a head or £2750 a box at Take that last year in a sell out crowd. Similar for Olly Murs plus Mk Bowl which Has been running pretty much since the bowl was built. As its all collectively owned under 1 banner company its pretty easy for them to survive with the money they make off season. It is an incredible stadium. Cant argue that.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 29, 2024 15:18:40 GMT
How is that club anywhere near sustainable? Charging £325 a head or £2750 a box at Take that last year in a sell out crowd. Similar for Olly Murs plus Mk Bowl which Has been running pretty much since the bowl was built. As its all collectively owned under 1 banner company its pretty easy for them to survive with the money they make off season. Also Inter MK don't own the MK Bowl. They have arrangements regarding training facilities (which still haven't come to pass) and development but the managing of the Bowl itself is still owned by English Partnerships. There hadn't been any gigs there since 2015 till last year. Edit - I'm wrong, Inter MK did take ownership in 2019. My mistake. The bit about no gigs since 2015 till last year is accurate though.
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Post by pugwash on May 29, 2024 15:21:09 GMT
Charging £325 a head or £2750 a box at Take that last year in a sell out crowd. Similar for Olly Murs plus Mk Bowl which Has been running pretty much since the bowl was built. As its all collectively owned under 1 banner company its pretty easy for them to survive with the money they make off season. It's not Franchise making that money though, it's Winkleman. As long as he plows it into the football club then they're happy but if he gets bored then they'll be in trouble. If he sells the club on its own then any buyer will simply be buying a loss making football team and no assets. If he sells everything as a job lot then they'll be relying on the good will of any future owner wanting to continue to direct those profits in to the football team. It's hilarious reading their fans whining about Winkleman for two simple reasons. 1. He is the only reason their monstrosity exists. 2. His continued good will is the only reason that they continue to exist. They are in for a nasty karmic surprise when they start hearing the same things about sustainability that were said about Wimbledon FC said about them. After 20+ Years of owning the club I can see his boredom isn't about to end anytime soon.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 29, 2024 15:26:44 GMT
It's not Franchise making that money though, it's Winkleman. As long as he plows it into the football club then they're happy but if he gets bored then they'll be in trouble. If he sells the club on its own then any buyer will simply be buying a loss making football team and no assets. If he sells everything as a job lot then they'll be relying on the good will of any future owner wanting to continue to direct those profits in to the football team. It's hilarious reading their fans whining about Winkleman for two simple reasons. 1. He is the only reason their monstrosity exists. 2. His continued good will is the only reason that they continue to exist. They are in for a nasty karmic surprise when they start hearing the same things about sustainability that were said about Wimbledon FC said about them. After 20+ Years of owning the club I can see his boredom isn't about to end anytime soon. He won't live forever. Mortality aside a lot of their fans wasn't him gone for some reason and seem to reckon he has lost interest. The next few years will be very interesting.
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Post by bristolhatter on May 29, 2024 15:28:47 GMT
It is an incredible stadium. And it will continue to be a destination for music and events long after the experiment has gone to the wall. Wonder if they'll call the phoenix club MK Dons2.0 or MK City... In an ideal world it would be neither and they'd just cease to exist, referred to as single use plastic
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Post by pugwash on May 29, 2024 15:32:05 GMT
After 20+ Years of owning the club I can see his boredom isn't about to end anytime soon. He won't live forever. Mortality aside a lot of their fans wasn't him gone for some reason and seem to reckon he has lost interest. The next few years will be very interesting. Nor will I or you or Kent Teague & Nigel Travis & Mark Stott. His Interest is still making Money & not caring what other think of him, so be suprised with nothing from Winkleman. You seem a little annoyed with Franchise lol, don't take it out on me fella 😀
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 29, 2024 18:43:29 GMT
He won't live forever. Mortality aside a lot of their fans wasn't him gone for some reason and seem to reckon he has lost interest. The next few years will be very interesting. Nor will I or you or Kent Teague & Nigel Travis & Mark Stott. His Interest is still making Money & not caring what other think of him, so be suprised with nothing from Winkleman. You seem a little annoyed with Franchise lol, don't take it out on me fella 😀 I wasn't taking anything out on you at all pugwash? Don't know why you think I was. Merely stating that their fans seem to want rid but if he goes they're up shit creek. They don't own anything the parent company does and the parent company makes a lot of money from other ventures. The "he won't live forever" I had hoped was clearly not wholly serious, with the "mortality aside" opener to my following sentence.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 29, 2024 18:44:13 GMT
And it will continue to be a destination for music and events long after the experiment has gone to the wall. Wonder if they'll call the phoenix club MK Dons2.0 or MK City... In an ideal world it would be neither and they'd just cease to exist, referred to as single use plastic I wouldn't mind it if the new MK City (I believe they just have youth and schools teams) decided to step up into having a senior team again. Then they can try and get a league team in Milton Keynes the old fashioned way, the way they should have done in the first place.
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Post by Bredburyhatter on May 29, 2024 19:14:02 GMT
not sure if mentioned on here, but Kompany to Bayern is a bit of a news story... wonder if he's taking any Burnley players with him?
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