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Post by tommym9 on Nov 4, 2015 17:03:56 GMT
I'm very bored at work and have a theoretical scenario game that I'd like to play with you all. The scenario is that you win the Euro millions and have £200m to burn. You spend £100m on women, booze and cars (or investments if you like) and decide to waste the other £100m on buying Rovers. You can spend the money however you like, but once the £100m is spent that's it you can't put any more money into the club and you want to make the maximum impact on the club and leave a lasting legacy. For this scenario you don't spend any of your £100m buying the club or paying off it's debts. Lets say you are given the club because you are a nice person. Sounds absurd looking through the forum, but it could happen  Things to consider: - New UWE stadium/re-developing the Mem
- Youth system
- Scouting network
- Transfer funds for DC (or Jose if you bring him in)
- Merchandise/sponsorship
- Setting up the club to be self-sufficient
- Any bugbears with how the club do things now
I would do the following (roughly): - Spend £70m re-developing the mem to be a proper community hub with bars, 5-a-side, community center, proper shop, etc. This means the stadium is used 24/7 rather than just on a Saturday. I'd follow Brightons example and have away teams local beers on and encourage people to come early to games and stay on afterwards which will also help some of the horrible traffic jams after games
- I would then take a £3m hit on ticket prices over 3/4 seasons to attract more fans to the shiny new Mem
- Controversial but included in that £70m will be some green measures to generate electricity (solr, hydro, whatever) so the stadium can generate electricity for the club while idle
- I would give the SC 20% of the club and have 2 reps on the board.
- I would then give them £1m to smarten up their operation and attract new members. This would hopefully mean the SC can be a voice for ALL fans and organise more of their own events.
- I would give DC £5m for transfers over 3/4 seasons to get us into the Championship. If that doesn't work then he could dip into the rainy day fund
- I would spend £1m to get the club shop/ticketing/merchandise sorted out. The current system is one thing that really gets on my nerves. Having a top class booking system and club shop shouldn't be that hard. Also having decent merchandise shouldn't be difficult (maybe having more fan design competitions would help here)
- I would splash out on a top notch scouting system for ease of maths this costs £1m to try and unearth some Barry Hayles-esqe jems
- I would invest £5m into a top notch youth system to produce more quality youngsters. I'm not sure how viable this is with the EPPP but I'd give it a go
- I would leave £15m in the bank for rainy days just to be on the safe side
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Post by Dr Gas on Nov 4, 2015 17:23:43 GMT
I'm very bored at work and have a theoretical scenario game that I'd like to play with you all. The scenario is that you win the Euro millions and have £200m to burn. You spend £100m on women, booze and cars (or investments if you like) and decide to waste the other £100m on buying Rovers. You can spend the money however you like, but once the £100m is spent that's it you can't put any more money into the club and you want to make the maximum impact on the club and leave a lasting legacy. For this scenario you don't spend any of your £100m buying the club or paying off it's debts. Lets say you are given the club because you are a nice person. Sounds absurd looking through the forum, but it could happen Things to consider: - New UWE stadium/re-developing the Mem
- Youth system
- Scouting network
- Transfer funds for DC (or Jose if you bring him in)
- Merchandise/sponsorship
- Setting up the club to be self-sufficient
- Any bugbears with how the club do things now
I would do the following (roughly): - Spend £70m re-developing the mem to be a proper community hub with bars, 5-a-side, community center, proper shop, etc. This means the stadium is used 24/7 rather than just on a Saturday. I'd follow Brightons example and have away teams local beers on and encourage people to come early to games and stay on afterwards which will also help some of the horrible traffic jams after games
- I would then take a £3m hit on ticket prices over 3/4 seasons to attract more fans to the shiny new Mem
- Controversial but included in that £70m will be some green measures to generate electricity (solr, hydro, whatever) so the stadium can generate electricity for the club while idle
- I would give the SC 20% of the club and have 2 reps on the board.
- I would then give them £1m to smarten up their operation and attract new members. This would hopefully mean the SC can be a voice for ALL fans and organise more of their own events.
- I would give DC £5m for transfers over 3/4 seasons to get us into the Championship. If that doesn't work then he could dip into the rainy day fund
- I would spend £1m to get the club shop/ticketing/merchandise sorted out. The current system is one thing that really gets on my nerves. Having a top class booking system and club shop shouldn't be that hard. Also having decent merchandise shouldn't be difficult (maybe having more fan design competitions would help here)
- I would splash out on a top notch scouting system for ease of maths this costs £1m to try and unearth some Barry Hayles-esqe jems
- I would invest £5m into a top notch youth system to produce more quality youngsters. I'm not sure how viable this is with the EPPP but I'd give it a go
- I would leave £15m in the bank for rainy days just to be on the safe side
What would you do with the cash? We would soon find ourselves in financial trouble under your stewardship. You have overspent by £1,000,000  |
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Post by RetroGamer on Nov 4, 2015 17:31:57 GMT
Stadium and a quality youth set up for me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 17:37:27 GMT
I'd buy the shoite, run them down, demolish the stadium, plough the pitch and spread Agent Orange all over it. If Agent Orange is not allowed, I'd turn the pitch into a Mushroom Farm, because as we all know, the place is full of shoite.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 17:44:24 GMT
You could do all that stadium redevelopment with £200m but you couldn't even buy Messi with that...
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Post by Centenary Gas on Nov 4, 2015 17:50:32 GMT
- I'd follow Brightons example
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 4, 2015 18:01:42 GMT
£101m spent but we're still having to borrow the Cribbs training pitches plus use a make shift room there for the physio! Personally I wouldn't spend a penny at the Mem given there's no car parking, I'd either buy the land and build at the UWE or look to build a stadium on the old Filton airport site. Hopefully once the staduim is up and running it would soon start generating it's own income leaving more of the £100m for player & youth development. Then again you could always spend anything less over on S Glos Sport and buy a rugby team etc!!
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Post by Gas-Ed on Nov 4, 2015 18:16:06 GMT
I would go for a Man Citeh style stadium/training ground complex but on a smaller scale.
If you haven't seen this academy 'fly through', watch it. The place looks incredible.
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Post by peterpirate on Nov 4, 2015 18:31:30 GMT
Went in the stadium tour last year it is fantastic and worth the visit,the executive boxes are amazing,how the other half live eh
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Post by wiaww on Nov 4, 2015 18:38:56 GMT
Based on last years average home league attendance of 6793 and a (very) generous estimate of £20 per head match day ticket price, if you were willing to take a £3,124,780 hit on ticket prices you could make all home league games free for a year. That could very well put a few more on the gate and if you had already brought our merchandise and catering into the 21st century you could probably afford to subsidise the following season as well. It's almost surprising that the likes of Man City haven't built a 100,000 capacity stadium and done something similar just to see how many would turn up. Instead they've just piddled away money on sh!t centre-backs  |
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Post by tommym9 on Nov 4, 2015 19:44:42 GMT
One upside of my terrible maths is that I'm now qualified to run the books at Rovers |
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Nov 4, 2015 19:57:01 GMT
I'd build a new ground at another site such as the Old Rolls site or the old Airfield opposite, and it would be a proper football ground with 4 modern yet different looking stands! The ground would also include conference room and bars that can be used everyday of the year. It would also have a gurt big car park which we'd rent to local businesses for events and everyday parking! All of this costing around £45 million.
I'd build us a new state of the art training facility on the complex on the site which will house all the club offices so there's more conference space in the stadium. I'd spend around £10 million on this.
£30 million will be then be given to the managers over the next 20 years for transfer fees (obviously other fees will come as well from elsewhere) the remaining £15 million will be left in place for whatever improvements MY board of directors seems needed in the future!
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 4, 2015 20:08:24 GMT
I'd build a new ground at another site such as the Old Rolls site or the old Airfield opposite, and it would be a proper football ground with 4 modern yet different looking stands! The ground would also include conference room and bars that can be used everyday of the year. It would also have a gurt big car park which we'd rent to local businesses for events and everyday parking! All of this costing around £45 million. Isn't that virtually word for word what NH had planned at the UWE? 1) A modern looking stadium similar to Brighton's? 2) Conference rooms/bars even a gym for 24/7 use on non match days. 3) Build a car park and then rent during weekdays to the UWE students? Although his plan only cost £30m and Sainsbury's buying the Mem was looking his lottery win! |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Nov 4, 2015 20:35:22 GMT
Spend 100 Million on women and booze and waste the rest?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 21:03:17 GMT
Cool thread.
I'm sure many of us have thought this through before.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 21:04:38 GMT
Spend 100 Million on women and booze and waste the rest? Haha! I scrolled up to read it again!! Lol |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Nov 4, 2015 21:28:58 GMT
I wouldn't do a single thing.
I know feck all about running a football club.
I'd get in someone who knew what they were doing.
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Post by axegas on Nov 4, 2015 21:36:13 GMT
I wouldn't do a single thing. I know feck all about running a football club. I'd get in someone who knew what they were doing. I wish some of the rovers board would come to their senses and take this approach aswell! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 21:56:41 GMT
I wouldn't do a single thing. I know feck all about running a football club. I'd get in someone who knew what they were doing. Nick, is that you? Alas not....... |
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Nov 4, 2015 22:55:23 GMT
I'd build a new ground at another site such as the Old Rolls site or the old Airfield opposite, and it would be a proper football ground with 4 modern yet different looking stands! The ground would also include conference room and bars that can be used everyday of the year. It would also have a gurt big car park which we'd rent to local businesses for events and everyday parking! All of this costing around £45 million. Isn't that virtually word for word what NH had planned at the UWE? 1) A modern looking stadium similar to Brighton's? 2) Conference rooms/bars even a gym for 24/7 use on non match days. 3) Build a car park and then rent during weekdays to the UWE students? Although his plan only cost £30m and Sainsbury's buying the Mem was looking his lottery win! The Mem is a bowl, and would've/will be soulless! Running businesses and conferences on site everyday of the year is pretty standard at every modern stadium. |
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