creepy Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 is £6m or £8m which has been mentioned an overflated price for a league 1 club like us? i remember SC a while ago saying he has turned down offers for us because ''they are not right for the club'' were these offers right for the club instead of not being right for Blitz and Gazal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 The club is worth nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 is £6m or £8m which has been mentioned an overflated price for a league 1 club like us? i remember SC a while ago saying he has turned down offers for us because ''they are not right for the club'' were these offers right for the club instead of not being right for Blitz and Gazal? £8m I was told, and you've answered your own question there imo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec1954 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 If you were the Chairman of a non-league club ploughing money into getting into the Laegue he may have a different view. We are one league from the Championship and two from the Golden Land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I don't think it's possible to make a sustainable profit out of Oldham Athletic. So the football business really has no value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 £8m was the club and land etc lock, stock and barrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 According to my game on Football Manager we get taken over by a Norwegian Consortium in 2016 and move to the Andy Ritchie Stadium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 £8m was the club and land etc lock, stock and barrel I would say then that the land was valued by the bidder at £8m. I presume they were also looking at a write off of existing debts? Anyone, be it Blitz or any other investor, wanting to make the biggest profit would close the football club down tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 £8m wasn't a bid, it was the asking price - the discussions were short... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 £8m wasn't a bid, it was the asking price - the discussions were short... Not surprised then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 The fact that Jordan Rhodes is worth £8 million and Oldham Athletic football club with land, employees and 100 years worth of history and tradition included is worth :censored: all tells you everything that you need to know while showing you everything that is wrong with the state of the professional game in this country in 2012! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 The fact that Jordan Rhodes is worth £8 million and Oldham Athletic football club with land, employees and 100 years worth of history and tradition included is worth :censored: all tells you everything that you need to know while showing you everything that is wrong with the state of the professional game in this country in 2012! We make a loss. What value is there on a loss making business? Land aside our only assets are the players, not many of who could be sold for a lot, and a place in a league in which most clubs lose money. It's just facts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Won't somebody think of the houses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) We make a loss. What value is there on a loss making business? Land aside our only assets are the players, not many of who could be sold for a lot, and a place in a league in which most clubs lose money. It's just facts... I understand the facts and that we make a loss! however the fact that 1 player and an average player at that is worth over 10 times what a potential employer is worth tells you that there is something wrong in the way the game of football is run in this day and age..... unfortunately it will never change and ultimately it is these sort of things that will kill the game at this level - over a 10 years of 4/5 leagues at a professional level will be killed off forever no argument can make that right! Edited September 8, 2012 by palmer1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break The Silence Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 £8m was the club and land etc lock, stock and barrel I doubt it's worth £8 at present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 £8m was the club and land etc lock, stock and barrel The club doesn't own any land as far as I know, it's owned by Blitz and Gazall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 is £6m or £8m which has been mentioned an overflated price for a league 1 club like us? i remember SC a while ago saying he has turned down offers for us because ''they are not right for the club'' were these offers right for the club instead of not being right for Blitz and Gazal? Without knowing the details, you couldn't possibly start to answer that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 The fact that Jordan Rhodes is worth £8 million and Oldham Athletic football club with land, employees and 100 years worth of history and tradition included is worth :censored: all tells you everything that you need to know while showing you everything that is wrong with the state of the professional game in this country in 2012! Not in my opinion, the business has been loss making for quite a while and employees really only equal expenditure. If the club made money or had the potential to, the tradition potentially could be worth something, but it's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Not in my opinion, the business has been loss making for quite a while and employees really only equal expenditure. If the club made money or had the potential to, the tradition potentially could be worth something, but it's not. well thats your opinion but i wouldn't have thought that most clubs in league 1 or 2 are worth £8million (there are exceptions obviously) but should an employee of a company be worth more than the company that employs them?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EASTLEY Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I think the players are regarded more as a saleable asset than an employee, therefore the players will be seen as an asset on the balance sheet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) A player and a club are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them. There's no objective or moral standard here, like it or not. If someone is willing to pay £8m for Rhodes than that's what he's worth (to that club or person, even if not to anybody else in the world). Conversely, if nobody wants to stump up £1m, or £5m, or £8m for OAFC then it's hard to argue why the club is worth that amount. The other way to look at it is that Blackburn are paying for an asset to bring their trophies and increase their income. That's what he's worth to them. Buying OAFC is unlikely to bring anyone anything more than a money pit. Of course, you could argue that the collective weight of history and community has worth, but could you assign a monetary value to it? My memories are priceless to me, but worthless to pretty much anyone else. Edited September 9, 2012 by Crusoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 If this figure is true then, let's face it, the club is not for sale, in spite of claims that it would be 'to the right person/people'. The club is not worth that amount to anyone, probably not even a property developer who wants nothing more than the land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 The club is not worth that amount to anyone, probably not even a property developer who wants nothing more than the land. Jesus, what if they did sell to somebody who just wanted to liquidate the football club and build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superblue Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay so i guess the club is worth practically nothing £8m is dreaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepy Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 so we are never going to be sold then unless Blitz and Gazal drop there asking price? a reduced budget year after year? when does it end? outside investment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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