What club would you buy?

**kdjaC** · 05/09/2007, 8:21 PM

So your a gangster billionaire from thailand/russia/ballymun and your looking to buy an EL club and get them to 20 coefficent points (for the UCD fans) or into CL groups or Uefa groups regularly.

What club would you buy?

You will need a 20k all seater and room for decent facilities.

Drogs already bought.
Rovers when they go to tallaght city, good prospect, fans could be a problem
Pats already bought.
Bohs Fans would be the problem also.
Cork Republic another good prospect.
Sligo why?
Derry another good prospect, decent city.
UCD no point
Galway another good prospect
Bray dunno not really a good prospect, ground options.
Waterford another possible.
Longford also could be decent prospect.

I would go with Rovers or Cork possibilities of creating something huge are endless there.

kdjac

**Aaron** · 05/09/2007, 8:23 PM

I'd obviosly buy Derry because I support them and they are the only team i'd want to take to the top, but if I wasnt able to buy them Dundalk would be my choice. A good club with a big support, a sleeping giant waiting to be woken IMO.

**micls** · 05/09/2007, 8:30 PM

We're already bought and according to the new owners those are the plans, as well as building up the 'Rebel Army' brand hugely.

They're not Russian gangsters, and the stadium they want will be 28,000-30,000(currently looking for a site, but they could very well be full of crap.

We'll just have to wait and see. If Tynan is telling the truth we're laughing

**kdjaC** · 05/09/2007, 8:32 PM

Originally Posted by micls

currently looking for a site

We'll just have to wait and see. If Tynan is telling the truth we're laughing

http://www.shelbournedevelopment.com/property.php?id=28

We already have ours but sssshhhh its a secret

Mad tho when kabillionaires take you over, at least you know when they put in more money then they can get back from any land sale they telling truth or not very good land developers.

kdjac

**micls** · 05/09/2007, 8:35 PM

Originally Posted by kdjaC

http://www.shelbournedevelopment.com/property.php?id=28

We already have ours but sssshhhh its a secret

Mad tho when kabillionaires take you over, at least you know when they put in more money then they can get back from any land sale they telling truth or not very good land developers.

kdjac

The weird thing is ours arent mad kabillionaires as such. It's an investment company which makes it all the stranger. We'll just have to wait, see and hope now

**sligoman** · 05/09/2007, 8:37 PM

Originally Posted by micls

and the stadium they want will be 28,000-30,000

You serious?

Hope they don't get it cos ye'd never fill that. Would make yer ground dead.

**micls** · 05/09/2007, 8:38 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

You serious?

Hope they don't get it cos ye'd never fill that. Would make yer ground dead.

Yeah apparently it's the most cost effective to build. The best part is he expects to be getting close to filling it

**kdjaC** · 05/09/2007, 8:44 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

You serious?

Hope they don't get it cos ye'd never fill that. Would make yer ground dead.

If (oh god ) Dolan was still there i would imagine that Turners Cross would be bulging every week. Rico is a good manager but your dealing with an entire country of Cork people with an inferiority complex, Dolan tapped into that and if he had more time he would get at east 15k into any ground vs UCD.

RRS isnt enough for Dolan they guy knows how to get bums on seats. And it being Cork "they all hate us" is just the perfect platform for him.

kdjac

**Saint MacDara** · 05/09/2007, 8:51 PM

Buy Linfield and get UEFA clearance to move them (not physically,they can stay in Windsor Park) into the L.O.I to finally solve the question of which is the better league

**LeixlipRed** · 05/09/2007, 8:53 PM

Originally Posted by kdjaC

http://www.shelbournedevelopment.com/property.php?id=28

We already have ours but sssshhhh its a secret

5 minutes walk from my house. I know where i'll be taking my morning leak in a few years anyway

**kdjaC** · 05/09/2007, 8:58 PM

Originally Posted by LeixlipRed

5 minutes walk from my house. I know where i'll be taking my morning leak in a few years anyway

Your already barred

kdjac

**biscuit** · 05/09/2007, 9:18 PM

why not sligo?? growing population, decent fanbase with big potential, always get decent media coverage and crying out for things to be done right for years...that would be my pick anyway, however biased it is.

**BohsPartisan** · 05/09/2007, 9:20 PM

Theoretically if the tooth fairy left it under my pillow I'd invest in Bohs. I wouldn't want any return or to be owner.

**kdjaC** · 05/09/2007, 9:22 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Theoretically if the tooth fairy left it under my pillow I'd invest in Bohs. I wouldn't want any return or to be owner.

Garret Kelliher offered the same package to Bohs before turning to Pats, as i said the fans are the problem/solution there.

Shockingly if your fans/board had of said yes you would still be playing Dalymount not be local rivals with drogs.

kdjac

**sonofstan** · 05/09/2007, 9:37 PM

If people are going to post to this, they should be barred from buying their own club; on that basis, i think I'd buy Glentoran. Linfield have been in a comfort zone for too long, happy enough to win the league nearly every year and do well in the Setanta -enjoying being the bigger of the two big fishes in a small pond. Glens on the other hand know they're not living up to their potential and would be easier to turn around. They have decent support already and a huge potential hinterland; everywhere east of the Lagan is theirs if they want it. I'd try and keep them in or near the Oval, but build a really decent stadium, turn pro and get serious about Europe. The effect should wake up Linfield and possibly Ports and Cliftonville, and, with a bit of luck start a push towards an All Ireland league from the north rather than the republic as the thrill of playing Limavady in front of a few hundred starts to wear off.

**SligoBrewer** · 05/09/2007, 9:39 PM

id buy bohs and sack sean connor.

then sell everything including their new stadium and buy a really big club.. probably cork

**Student Mullet** · 05/09/2007, 9:48 PM

Originally Posted by kdjaC

Garret Kelliher offered the same package to Bohs before turning to Pats, as i said the fans are the problem/solution there.

Shockingly if your fans/board had of said yes you would still be playing Dalymount not be local rivals with drogs.

kdjac

Funny how he only wants to invest in clubs sitting on valuable land.

**KoemansCC** · 05/09/2007, 9:48 PM

If I won the lotto, I'd never buy any club...FFS a �500,000 input would sort out every EL club every year...if it did happen I'd like to see it come through a supporters trust, the guys who promote the club and fund raise every week...(obviously not �500,000, but a couple of grand a week would be a start)...

Anyone who pumps money into a club from the top down is only looking for the applause that comes with it in the short term, and as history has proven so far, some clubs would have been better without

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**kdjaC** · 05/09/2007, 9:52 PM

Originally Posted by Student Mullet

Funny how he only wants to invest in clubs sitting on valuable land.

Funny how spending more than its worth makes sense.........

/awaits UCD fans to show spending 20 million on a piece of land worth 10 million is good sense from an accountancy POV.

kdjac

**superfrank** · 05/09/2007, 9:52 PM

What a sad post SB.

I'd personally invest in one of the smaller clubs, perhaps Monaghan or Kilkenny. That way I could make my own history with them. They both have decent populations countywise and, for God's sake, the Kilkenny hurlers are just boring at this stage. I see them as clubs with big potential.