davieG Posted 30 April 2007 Posted 30 April 2007 £35 share 50,000 members/shareholders Buy a club Pick the team, buy players. Sign Up Here
lookwhaticando Posted 30 April 2007 Posted 30 April 2007 Is it just the cynic inside me that thinks this is a scam, or does everyone else think so to? How'd you stumble across that site?
Daggers Posted 30 April 2007 Posted 30 April 2007 Come Friday - you could get the whole of Leeds for £35 and have change for some pie, peas and mint sauce.
Leicfox Posted 30 April 2007 Posted 30 April 2007 £27.50 will go in the club Purchase Fund and will be used to buy the club.The remaining £7.50 pays for your annual MyFootballClub membership. This gives you access to voting on team selection, player transfers and club business. In other words, the rake is over 21%. Ouch.
davieG Posted 30 April 2007 Author Posted 30 April 2007 Is it just the cynic inside me that thinks this is a scam, or does everyone else think so to? How'd you stumble across that site? Fox Fanzine forum. I wouldn't touch it with a proverbial barge pole
lookwhaticando Posted 30 April 2007 Posted 30 April 2007 In other words, the rake is over 21%. Ouch. If my suspicions are true, the rake's a hell of a lot higher than that.
Leicfox Posted 30 April 2007 Posted 30 April 2007 Here's another take on it... 1.375 million to buy and run a football club....hmmm...im thinkin premiership is out of the question...start small! Still, with a solid fan base of 50,000 "owners" turning up every week to display their loyalty and support their team, this will soon be one of the biggest clubs in the world. The 50,000 will soon spread the word, and soon the demand for tickets will force the club into moving into a new purpose built 90,000 seater stadium. Now having the biggest gate in the UK, the new club will be able to battle it out in the transfer market with the big boys, and what with kaka, Ronaldhino, and a duo of Ronaldo and Rooney up front(attracted by the glamour and strife for trophies, and not BIG MONEY), it will soon be no time at all before the club will have climbed to the heights of Conference Football, from their previous position at the bottom of the "Dog and Duck Summer League". Following continued success,a new generation of players will now have been brought in, as in 2015, the club makes it grand entrance to premiership, or as it will be known then, "the roman abromovichip". With the veterns of Rooney and Ronaldo leading the way, the new faces like "that kid of sky news who is class at football and who is only 4" light up the premiership, and come 2nd to the renamed "special forces"(formerly chelsea), only missing out by 2 points on the league title. What makes this achievement even more remarkable is that they done this on the back of their 20 points deduction under the "non russian player" rules brought in under the new regime. The following year in the champions league, in a group consisting of LA Galaxy, Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, and ICBIN Moscow (I cant believe its not Moscow), the club has its most successful year, and soon turns over the largest revenue ever recorded in one year by any club, 550 Billion. (This was surpassed by Special Forces,but this was discounted, as they did spend close to 200 billion on land mines). One Gentleman, only known as "Del Boy", named as one of the "special ones" who put their faith in the club from the takeover in 2007, one of the richest men in the country, will claim Victory for the small man in the world of Corporate Soccer. This will to be one of his last contributions to society, as a radium related death soon will follow. He was buried in gold,such was his richness.. NOW, SOMEONE TELL ME HOW THIS IS NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT...IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM AN OPTIMISTIC POINT OF VIEW....
Alexikokopops Posted 1 May 2007 Posted 1 May 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6611729.stm
lookwhaticando Posted 1 May 2007 Posted 1 May 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6611729.stm Suddenly it looks less like a scam. Scam artists don't usually go around publicly touting their scheme like this...
DB11 Posted 1 May 2007 Posted 1 May 2007 It looks good and I think it would be successful if there won't so many people. 50 000 people all going to agree on the same team selection?
potter3 Posted 1 May 2007 Posted 1 May 2007 Suddenly it looks less like a scam. Scam artists don't usually go around publicly touting their scheme like this... Reading that i am glad our club isn't on the market, imagine some peopel off here having a say in team selections Actually, lets all invest in Leeds, it's worth £35 to piss their fans off even more surely :laugh:
lookwhaticando Posted 1 May 2007 Posted 1 May 2007 Reading that i am glad our club isn't on the market, imagine some peopel off here having a say in team selections Actually, lets all invest in Leeds, it's worth £35 to piss their fans off even more surely :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Good idea... wait a week til they're in Bankruptcy and ride in with a cheeky bid and hope Bates really is desperate enough to walk.
Manwell Pablo Posted 1 May 2007 Posted 1 May 2007 I'm actually thinking about that, pick the right club it wouldn't be a bad idea.
Flynny Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 Voting system would be ridiculous. Everyone sees everything differently. Besides, a hefty portion of supporters of any club in any sport are idiots.
Thracian Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 Well scam or no scam I've signed up because it's potentially a load of fun and if £35 is the downside it's not going to keep you awake at night. Biggest worry for me is that Hullfox signs up, registers loads of mates and the cry goes out for age and experience.
Leonisco Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 How are they ever going to decide on anything with 50,000 people all putting their own views forward? I bet if you picked just 5 people at random off here they'd be unable to agree on a staring line-up, how the fook do they expect it to work with 50,000?
lookwhaticando Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 How are they ever going to decide on anything with 50,000 people all putting their own views forward? I bet if you picked just 5 people at random off here they'd be unable to agree on a staring line-up, how the fook do they expect it to work with 50,000? Maybe they'll have a general election, they'll elect a prime minister (First team Coach) who will appoint a cabinet (five positions - Ministers for Goal, Defence, Midfield, Forwards and a Chancellor). This cabinet will decide the first team together - first working out the number of players each ministry will get (as decided by the Chancellor). Then each ministry will work with it's quota and select the players it thinks is best suited to the job. This 'democracy' would be a party political style democracy - parties will be formed with clearly defined policies for football. There could be the all-out attackers, the all-out defenders, and every possible mixture in the middle. If the population (the 50,000 owners) isn't happy, an election can be called and judgement passed onto the governing party - potentially resulting in a new governing party. Coalitions may be formed where one party fails to win an outright majority.
filbertway Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 How are they ever going to decide on anything with 50,000 people all putting their own views forward? I bet if you picked just 5 people at random off here they'd be unable to agree on a staring line-up, how the fook do they expect it to work with 50,000? The first team coach provides a report and suggests a starting line up each week, then each shareholder gets a chance to vote on who should play in what position, after voting, the player with the most votes then plays.
Webbo Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 Well scam or no scam I've signed up because it's potentially a load of fun and if £35 is the downside it's not going to keep you awake at night.Biggest worry for me is that Hullfox signs up, registers loads of mates and the cry goes out for age and experience. i signed up yesterday same reason as you, if it seems a bit dodgy when they want the money i'll just change my e-mail address.
Thracian Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 How are they ever going to decide on anything with 50,000 people all putting their own views forward? I bet if you picked just 5 people at random off here they'd be unable to agree on a staring line-up, how the fook do they expect it to work with 50,000? No trouble. Imagine it with one of our positions if we bought Leicester. Nominations for second centre-forward post would present: Fryatt, Hammond, Horsfield, Cadamarteri, McKay, Dodds.... We'd all put our individual votes forward but those based in the socialist heartlands would take a leaf out of the trades union books and get their email introductions to act as a block vote. That would ensure Matty Fryatt, as champion of the Walkers Popular Front, would stay in the team for the whole of the season at least, so long as he periodically issued a verbal public promise to score some goals - sometime. Dodds would struggle through "lack of experience" as would anyone under 21 and, with the Kirby Muxloe youngster finally trotting off to play for Barwell, doctors would report their first cases of block vote syndrome among the fans - at least the three who voted for Dodds. And, after taking a second opinion all three would be committed under the Mental Health Act - not because of the BVS but because anyone voting for Hammond was sure to be nuts. Because he's a good runner Hammond himself would be quickly transferred to a the country newsagents who, in fact, have been tracking him for some time as the man most likely to get the papers out faster. Cadamarteri would only get votes from those who can spell, which wouldn't be enough, Horsfield would be the champion only of the visually challenged and Billy McKay would fail to get a single vote cos his name sounds like too much Billy Blackeye and reminds everyone of Denis Wise. Voting on everything would rejunenate the daily Press. Every appointment would be a potential surprise. Liz Hurley would be appointed fitness trainer, Austin Clark would be the new coach, Gerry Taggart would get the manager's job with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness as his assistants. Who knows, perhas kneecapping would be introduced for bad performances in place of "redoubled efforts" on the training ground. The victim would be decided on the shareholder fans forum in a random draw involving all players who finished matches with a fans player rating of less than 6, In the unfortunate event of Levi being the selected victim, he could either have his head tarred and feathered - or he could stand on a box. It wouldn't be dull, that's for sure.
Webbo Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 That would ensure Matty Fryatt, as champion of the Walkers Popular Front, would stay in the team for the whole of the season at least, so long as he periodically issued a verbal public promise to score some goals - sometime. Dodds would struggle through "lack of experience" as would anyone under 21 and, with the Kirby Muxloe youngster finally trotting off to play for Barwell, doctors would report their first cases of block vote syndrome among the fans - at least the three who voted for Dodd you couldn't resist could you.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 I think football works perfectly well in a political sense at the moment. There are plenty of problems with the idea of democracy. In its current state, you're looking more at the fans as being like a powerful lobby group with the chance to voice their approval or disapproval each week at matches, rather than having an election every four years to appraise the situation. Of course, if you gave the fans the chance to get rid of managers every week most clubs would have four or five managers in a season. Not financially viable given the contracts good managers can demand at clubs that would not be run in this way.
Tomassi Posted 2 May 2007 Posted 2 May 2007 Why dont you just pay the £35, forget about the existence of the club, then find your share 'reciept' in the side of your sofa of the team whos just won the champions league 12 times in a row and sell the shares for £120,000...
Geo V Posted 3 May 2007 Posted 3 May 2007 You have to be a nutter to give these people £35!! £5 towards the clun you are buying, £30 to the people running the event for admin fees and the end product is that you will have a 1/50,000th share in Hinckley United!
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 3 May 2007 Posted 3 May 2007 No trouble. Imagine it with one of our positions if we bought Leicester.Nominations for second centre-forward post would present: Fryatt, Hammond, Horsfield, Cadamarteri, McKay, Dodds.... We'd all put our individual votes forward but those based in the socialist heartlands would take a leaf out of the trades union books and get their email introductions to act as a block vote. That would ensure Matty Fryatt, as champion of the Walkers Popular Front, would stay in the team for the whole of the season at least, so long as he periodically issued a verbal public promise to score some goals - sometime. Dodds would struggle through "lack of experience" as would anyone under 21 and, with the Kirby Muxloe youngster finally trotting off to play for Barwell, doctors would report their first cases of block vote syndrome among the fans - at least the three who voted for Dodds. And, after taking a second opinion all three would be committed under the Mental Health Act - not because of the BVS but because anyone voting for Hammond was sure to be nuts. Because he's a good runner Hammond himself would be quickly transferred to a the country newsagents who, in fact, have been tracking him for some time as the man most likely to get the papers out faster. Cadamarteri would only get votes from those who can spell, which wouldn't be enough, Horsfield would be the champion only of the visually challenged and Billy McKay would fail to get a single vote cos his name sounds like too much Billy Blackeye and reminds everyone of Denis Wise. Voting on everything would rejunenate the daily Press. Every appointment would be a potential surprise. Liz Hurley would be appointed fitness trainer, Austin Clark would be the new coach, Gerry Taggart would get the manager's job with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness as his assistants. Who knows, perhas kneecapping would be introduced for bad performances in place of "redoubled efforts" on the training ground. The victim would be decided on the shareholder fans forum in a random draw involving all players who finished matches with a fans player rating of less than 6, In the unfortunate event of Levi being the selected victim, he could either have his head tarred and feathered - or he could stand on a box. It wouldn't be dull, that's for sure. You just won't give it a rest will you!?
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