Comments on: Forget Buying the Club, Let’s Buy Players

By: John Seddon

John Seddon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:35:46 +0000

Just because only 1 person agreed with you doesn’t mean you are a bad writer.
The idea was clearly and concisely presented, just not practical under the current owners, whom the fans don’t trust (which you possibly didn’t take into account). You are looking at an “English club” from an “American asset” perspective.

By: CSD

CSD — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:42:03 +0000

Wow.. amazing how one person out of seven actually “got” the post. I must be a shitty writer.

By: John Seddon

John Seddon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:04:56 +0000

Here’s another idea… what say the fans band together as you say, buy David Villa (the #7 is available!) for, say, £25m, he has a great season and then Hicks and Gillett decide to sell him to Chelsea for £50m – do you think that money would go BACK to the fans? Do you think it would go to new players? Or do you think they would plough it into their ice-hockey teams (as they have a history of doing)?
These clowns OWN the club – you buy them an asset and they can do whatever they want with it. They don’t care what we think of them. The only good thing Hicks has done since taking over is point out what a bad job Rick Parry is doing marketing the club. The only good thing Gillett has done is block Hicks, which is sort of self-defeating.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:25:43 +0000

If Roman was the owner Liverpool and was out of cash I would have galdly accept ur idea cause i m sure he doesnn post Personal expenses in the chelsea Financial Accounts!!!…but With the Yanks in possession…I think the idea of generating money for buying players is a stupid idea…they might just spent that money on their Personal expenses for the next couple of years!!!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:27:35 +0000

I’d love to hear more about Gillette and Hicks… I just started following football about a year ago and I’ve already become a die hard fan of the club. What have they done to ruin such a proud franchise? Please excuse me if I’m just an uneducated yank.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:10:37 +0000

agree with Ian completely… Gillett and Hicks are like a cancer on our club. The players they have bought already (torres, babel, masch etc) wasnt with their own money, it was from the loan they took out against OUR CLUB. So, we are already paying for our own players, most people just dont realise it. They came to our club with promises of money and a new stadium, talked of understanding our heritage and understood that they were only custodians of our great club. And then they stabbed us in the back.

Not a personal dig, but i honestly wish you would talk about the fight against Gillett and Hicks a bit more to let people know how bad they are for us. We have supporters groups over here organising protests and demonstrations, thousands of supporters have agreed not to buy any official merchandise from the club so as not to line G&H’s pockets any more. You have quite a strong position, blogging from across the pond on quite a popular website and reaching many fans from outside the country that may not have heard so much or understand so much about what is going on at the club right now, and i just dont feel that the desperate position of our club is being put across.

By: ian

ian — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:59:30 +0000

i cant agree with this idea as i think #2 is right, i would rather us fight againts this scums yanks and kick them out than actually helping them out. we noe its tough to manage a big club like liverpool but they should have knw this while
buying us. not enough the fans buying tickets, jerseys, television money now even the players we got to buy for them,hell no

By: jonathan from tallahassee

jonathan from tallahassee — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:39:42 +0000

I think its a hell of an idea. you have my $100 bucks. the satisfaction of helping my club winning a title from a financial standpoint and a supporting standpoint would be amazing. no damn manc could ever say that. YNWA

By: John Seddon

John Seddon — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:47:02 +0000

Sorry, but this is the stupidest football idea I have seen for a long time. For starters, the people with the most to gain from this are Hicks and Gillett – they bought the club so they could fleece the fans, and if those fans will fork out EXTRA money for improving the value of THEIR asset… they would be laughing all the way to the shiny new bank they would buy.
The fans are ALREADY paying for the players – do you think the owners rely on their own money to pay Stevie G’s £130k a week? When you pay £60 for a Liverpool shirt, do you think it costs £60 to make? Do you think the £40 a game you pay at Anfield pays for the stadium and lighting? Even the money you pay for pay-tv goes to the club (and Man U for that matter)!
We, the fans, already pay through the nose for the joy of watching Liverpool field good players. A scheme like this would improve the life of the owners who would then re-distribute the money the club makes through sponsorship, shirt sales and gate receipts to their hockey teams.
Sorry dude, but this idea just doesn’t float.

By: Scoot

Scoot — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:28:24 +0000

excellent idea, however who will be accountable for the collation and spending of the funds? embezzlement may come into play.

also another point to note is the wages. if a written agreement with the board and this *fingers crossed* community, that the board will cover the wages in full, then i see this as a very feasible idea.

this community however needs to have a say as to how much the selling of a “bought” player would be and accounts need to be handled properly to ensure every participating supporter that contributed to the purchase, gets their portion of the selling price.

there will be a lot of factors to consider in setting this up. hopefully this may turn possible, because Liverpool will then be very competitive in the market.

just my 2 cents worth =)