15 Feb 2018 15:19:15
I I think over the next few years we are going to have to be patient with rules in place nowadays it's not possible to do a Chelsea when Roman arrived and buy a team and success straight away fosun will increase turnover year by year hence allowing us to compete long term ground expansion and TV revenue will allow us to get established in the premier league top half if you look at the two wealthiest clubs citeh and psg they are as good as bank rolled by countries and are viewed as the chosen club by them this is where wolves will get amongst the the real power base fosun will develop wolves as China's club games already being shown live in Asia let's say in 5 years time 30 million people are paying £2 a game say 25 games best part of one and a half billion throw in shirt sales and your talking mind blowing figures Dr Tony bought vile a year before fosun bought us how many people in china I wonder have heard of aston vanilla let the other 3 play at being a big club with big ambition while we sit back and watch us become one fosun will provide and Nuno will deliver all we have to do is be patient.
15 Feb 2018 16:10:54
We have to be realistic the big London clubs and Manchester clubs have massive followings we are from a town few outside the UK have heard of and even in the UK people say Where's that
We might do a Leicester and have a season of glory but like Stoke and Southampton and Leicester this season is more likely maybe better if we can keep the momentum going
If I was offered 60 points next season in the Premier I would take it.
15 Feb 2018 16:48:46
You wouldn't say Chelsea and city had a worldwide following prior to the arrival of serious money.
15 Feb 2018 18:25:47
I agree bigste, Man C and Chelsea were the second teams in Manchester and London respectively before they had their massive takeovers. I think it's wishful thinking to be in the position (you have obviously thought about thoroughly), but who am I to argue? Bring on the good times!
15 Feb 2018 18:44:41
Bigger than us Bigste64 when in the Premier not worldwide but big in the UK.
I would love to eat my words.
15 Feb 2018 19:47:03
Window yes bigger than us when we were in the premier but they had billions where as we had Bob the builder and the fat controller don't forget we were bigger than any of em in the 50s and bang up there with man u prior to Roman they had won one title I would say from fifties through to 1980 we were bigger than Chelsea and at least the equal of citeh the difference serious money arrived at both and we got left behind at least we have a chance now and dare to dream.
16 Feb 2018 22:17:05
Thing is when talking bums on seats nothing is simple, cause when considering the numbers involved windows point of bigger in the uk for the other two is pretty vital! Especially when you consider the size of the catchment areas each of those three clubs are in population wise! Greater Manchester aprox 2.5m, London aprox 8.5m, Wolverhampton aprox 250000-300000! So we need an entire 10% of the locals to fill our stadium (thats a HUGE percentage) as shown by the equivalent percentage that the other two would need to sell out! Also on that to be fair to City they were a decent sized club when the money came, I remember back in the 90's when they were div 2 (current League One) and pundits just couldn't understand how they were getting 30k+ gates weekly! They are Manchester's first team. but ONLY if you actually live in Manchester!
Of course we will grow steadily if we maintain the kind of club growth we've seen in the past two years (just look at our own attendance growth) . But overall Big your not wrong, its just not as easy as it used to be to put a club on the map these days. the market place is just SO crowded! Sure Fosun will get us there but agreed that patience is certainly going to be needed! COYW.