NurembergVillan Posted July 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Wurzel said: That's my mate! #proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Does anyone listen to the Villa View pod? The guy that is sometimes on, Ty Bracey, says "mate" more often than I've ever heard anyone say a word, ever. Closet bluenose? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 7 hours ago, Wurzel said: Sounds promising then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 The only way this could be more nice is if it was a joint venture between Southall and Bassini. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Have to laugh, some nosers on FB think it's the second coming or something. They're so desperate for salvation they'll cling on to anything. It's all getting funnier by the day! I was going to post the Tweet from the Charlton lad on there, but I'd rather they found out for themselves when it's too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tismyk Posted July 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2022 Uncertainties surround Birmingham City takeover July 21, 2022 Although long suffering Birmingham City fans have been heartened by the prospect of new owners, many uncertainties surround the completion of the deal. Birmingham Sports Holdings (BSH) has owned 75 per cent of the club since 2016, with a British Virgin Islands-registered company called Oriental Rainbow Investments owning 21.64 per cent. According to the official paperwork, BSH’s majority owner is a Chinese businessman named Paul Suen, while Oriental Rainbow’s beneficial owner is Vong Pech, a Chinese-Cambodian businessman. Very little is known about either of them, and neither has been seen much at St Andrew’s. The Athletic, however, understands that the Lopez and Richardson offer breaks down into an up-front payment of £25million to acquire the 21.64 per cent, full operational control of the club and Birmingham City Stadium Limited, the company that owns and operates the stadium. The remaining payment will then come when BSH hands over its shares. Their most recent set of accounts, which deal with the 2020-21 season, show Birmingham lost almost £5million. Not bad, you might be thinking, considering that was a season played behind closed doors because of COVID-19 restrictions on crowds gathering and the club’s turnover fell from £22.8m to £13.7m. But then you remember this is the financial year which includes £26.5m in Jude Bellingham-inspired player-trading profits and that the club lost £18m in 2019-20. They would have lost even more the year before that, but the owners used the then-legal loophole of selling the stadium to themselves, turning a £25m deficit into an £8m loss. This enabled them to avoid breaching the league’s financial fair play rules for a second time. Birmingham had lost £37m in 2017-18. The Athletic has spoken to several people who have had preliminary discussions about bids for Birmingham. One source, who asked to remain anonymous, said the situation was “hopeless”, with the club losing more than £500,000 a month, £8million needed to repair the stadium, a threadbare squad and not much else to come in terms of transfer instalments. 16 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted July 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, tismyk said: One source, who asked to remain anonymous, said the situation was “hopeless”, with the club losing more than £500,000 a month, £8million needed to repair the stadium, a threadbare squad and not much else to come in terms of transfer instalments. When did the Athletic start writing erotica? 4 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I just want to know if the sty is still called the trillion trophy stadium ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Designer1 Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 hour ago, tismyk said: Uncertainties surround Birmingham City takeover July 21, 2022 Although long suffering Birmingham City fans have been heartened by the prospect of new owners, many uncertainties surround the completion of the deal. Birmingham Sports Holdings (BSH) has owned 75 per cent of the club since 2016, with a British Virgin Islands-registered company called Oriental Rainbow Investments owning 21.64 per cent. According to the official paperwork, BSH’s majority owner is a Chinese businessman named Paul Suen, while Oriental Rainbow’s beneficial owner is Vong Pech, a Chinese-Cambodian businessman. Very little is known about either of them, and neither has been seen much at St Andrew’s. The Athletic, however, understands that the Lopez and Richardson offer breaks down into an up-front payment of £25million to acquire the 21.64 per cent, full operational control of the club and Birmingham City Stadium Limited, the company that owns and operates the stadium. The remaining payment will then come when BSH hands over its shares. Their most recent set of accounts, which deal with the 2020-21 season, show Birmingham lost almost £5million. Not bad, you might be thinking, considering that was a season played behind closed doors because of COVID-19 restrictions on crowds gathering and the club’s turnover fell from £22.8m to £13.7m. But then you remember this is the financial year which includes £26.5m in Jude Bellingham-inspired player-trading profits and that the club lost £18m in 2019-20. They would have lost even more the year before that, but the owners used the then-legal loophole of selling the stadium to themselves, turning a £25m deficit into an £8m loss. This enabled them to avoid breaching the league’s financial fair play rules for a second time. Birmingham had lost £37m in 2017-18. The Athletic has spoken to several people who have had preliminary discussions about bids for Birmingham. One source, who asked to remain anonymous, said the situation was “hopeless”, with the club losing more than £500,000 a month, £8million needed to repair the stadium, a threadbare squad and not much else to come in terms of transfer instalments. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rjw63 Posted July 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2022 And yet you just know they will somehow put out a patchwork team of journeymen who will be in the top six after four games. Then they'll nosedive as per usual nicking the odd jammy win which just about saves them from the drop. Am I doing this right? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2022 21 minutes ago, rjw63 said: And yet you just know they will somehow put out a patchwork team of journeymen who will be in the top six after four games. Then they'll nosedive as per usual nicking the odd jammy win which just about saves them from the drop. History tells us you're probably right, unfortunately. But, I dunno. I think they might be in rather more serious shit this time. This could be the year. Fingers crossed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 let this be the season..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I dont think they will go down as there are some serious shit teams in championship. Rotherham are the yoyo team there so i expect them to be bottom leaving another two teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, mottaloo said: I just want to know if the sty is still called the trillion trophy stadium ? I think it’s being renamed to the Trillions of debt stadium 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Should rename it the Dribbling Drongo Drosspit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 8 hours ago, rjw63 said: And yet you just know they will somehow put out a patchwork team of journeymen who will be in the top six after four games. Then they'll nosedive as per usual nicking the odd jammy win which just about saves them from the drop. Am I doing this right? There's no Brentford again this year to somehow gift them 4-6 points. They usually play the eventual league winners first as well and nick a win from their only shot of the game that was off target but deflected in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Wait, so they've paid £25m for 21%?? Value of the club circa £125m? Maaaaaaaaaaate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2022 3 hours ago, StewieGriffin said: Wait, so they've paid £25m for 21%?? Value of the club circa £125m? Maaaaaaaaaaate Yeah, that's what I couldn't understand. No way can that be the correct value. The whole thing is dodgy as ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 I still dont get how they sold the stadium to themselves just so they met FFP. Surely thats a rule break itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 31 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I still dont get how they sold the stadium to themselves just so they met FFP. Surely thats a rule break itself? It's against the EFL rules now. Wasn't when they did it though. Wasn't when we did it either We were one of the club's to benefit most from that scam. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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