Textor buying Everton? / Bids to buy Palace outright

[HKOwen]

Press speculation the current other two US shareholders want to get out as they don't see the new stand being economically viable. Can see their point of view.

The only certain thing is that we, as in the non shareholders ,will take what we are given.

 

[syd snot]

Either put your money where your fat American trap is ,Textor or f*** right off lad.
We hear so much about what you're going to do yet you do sod all.

 

[NEILLO]

Given Textors / Eagle Holdings track record, it begs the question that if Textor was to become outright owner of CPFC, would he pass the PL’s Fit and Proper Owner test ?

 

[grumpymort]

Press speculation the current other two US shareholders want to get out as they don't see the new stand being economically viable. Can see their point of view.

The only certain thing is that we, as in the non shareholders ,will take what we are given.

If true makes sense the new stand financially makes 0 sense.

150+ million to increase capacity by not even 10 thousand (prices keep increasing so now the expected price is over 200m)

If you do simple math in the owners life time they would not even break even (some articles mentioned it would take 10 years to break even which was true for the original figure of 75m not the new amount plus it hasn't taken into account the project time will take 4 years to complete)

I said it at the time makes no sense to polish a turd and they have wasted large sums of money already.

 

[ASCPFC]

The biggest thing holding us back is our ownership. We're never going to get further than where we are now with our current ownership. Unless they have sudden personality changes.

 

[HKOwen]

If true makes sense the new stand financially makes 0 sense.

150+ million to increase capacity by not even 10 thousand (prices keep increasing so now the expected price is over 200m)

If you do simple math in the owners life time they would not even break even (some articles mentioned it would take 10 years to break even which was true for the original figure of 75m not the new amount plus it hasn't taken into account the project time will take 4 years to complete)

I said it at the time makes no sense to polish a turd and they have wasted large sums of money already.

I just don't see companies lining up to have off sites in SE 25, vanity project IMO./ and now thefre is talk of "engineering issues", if true that is the kind of negligence directors get sued for.

 

[Spiderman]

I just don't see companies lining up to have off sites in SE 25, vanity project IMO./ and now thefre is talk of "engineering issues", if true that is the kind of negligence directors get sued for.

What is this?

 

[HKOwen]

What is this?

It was in a proper article, maybe The Athletic, no elaboration

 

[HKOwen]

It was in a proper article, maybe The Athletic, no elaboration

Build costs soar to £200m for new main stand at Selhurst Park

Palace’s new stand could take a decade to pay for itself, according to latest reports Soaring development costs hitting an estimated £200million and continuing uncertainty over the role of a …

insidecroydon.com

I think the issue is that it is not feasible to keep any part of the stand open when the works are being done, and this makes the project even more expensive.

Maybe SP will finally have to use the appalling facilities in the AW but I suspect he will be in one of the CAFS boxes

 

[Badger11]

If true makes sense the new stand financially makes 0 sense.

150+ million to increase capacity by not even 10 thousand (prices keep increasing so now the expected price is over 200m)

If you do simple math in the owners life time they would not even break even (some articles mentioned it would take 10 years to break even which was true for the original figure of 75m not the new amount plus it hasn't taken into account the project time will take 4 years to complete)

I said it at the time makes no sense to polish a turd and they have wasted large sums of money already.

Whilst I agree with a lot of this don't forget that the reason for the re-build is not just extra capacity. The stadium is out of date with modern designs and I doubt if you wanted to build one like it today it would pass the necessary standards.

When your toilet breaks down at home you just have to spend the money to fix it, that is how I see the rationale behind this. Now could it be done cheaper or give us more bang (seats) for our buck I don't know I leave that to others.

 

[Canterbury Palace]

See other sites are now picking this story up . . .

John Textor launches plan for audacious takeover of Crystal Palace

John Textor, who faces competition from the NY Jets owner Woody Johnson, is in talks with Crystal Palace’s other main shareholders to increase his stake in the club to 80%

uk.sports.yahoo.com

We should literally protest if this begins to look like it could happen. The bloke is an absolute weapon and would drag us into oblivion, I'm sure of it. Parish has his flaws but he has brought this club on further than anybody in our history and the idea that f***ing fraud would force him out makes me feel ill.

 

[Badger11]

Blime pantome season is early this year.

We have the 2 ugly sisters (Textor and Johnson) so who’s playing Cinderella? Or is that the fans?

 

[wilelliott88]

If there is a club out there less like 'Harchester United' id love to hear it...it is unbelievable! Hopefully Textor doesn't get his way, but nothing would suprise me!

 

[Canterbury Palace]

It seems like these days most takeovers either involve American or Middle Eastern owners.

The Middle Eastern owners are often highly morally questionable for obvious reasons, though they do seem to be successful in improving their clubs.

The American owners are insanely dangerous from a football perspective as they just seem to view it as a money making project and come in with little understanding of the game, the culture and typically tend to be arrogant enough to think they can bulldoze it all.

I'm desperate for Palace to somehow kick on but would much rather mid table mediocrity and steady growth than risk it all with any of that lot. Honestly, I think Textor would relegated us or worse.

Dream scenario some English billionaire who just lets Parish continue to call the shots.

 

[Stirlingsays]

It seems like these days most takeovers either involve American or Middle Eastern owners.

The Middle Eastern owners are often highly morally questionable for obvious reasons, though they do seem to be successful in improving their clubs.

The American owners are insanely dangerous from a football perspective as they just seem to view it as a money making project and come in with little understanding of the game, the culture and typically tend to be arrogant enough to think they can bulldoze it all.

I'm desperate for Palace to somehow kick on but would much rather mid table mediocrity and steady growth than risk it all with any of that lot. Honestly, I think Textor would relegated us or worse.

Dream scenario some English billionaire who just lets Parish continue to call the shots.

The middle eastern owners don't care about losing money because they have it to burn.
They are doing it for status and other reasons but most definitely not to make profits....at least not until they sell up.

The Americans so far seem not to be prepared to lose as much money and think it's a commercial venture.

I agree, the nature of the people holding ownership is paramount to our future.

Nothing but good has happened to Palace since Parish and co took over and I find the bitching over the top when you consider what went before and what other clubs have to put up with.

We could very easily have been Cardiff City right now looking at league one football next year.

 

[Canterbury Palace]

The middle eastern owners don't care about losing money because they have it to burn.
They are doing it for status and other reasons but most definitely not to make profits....at least not until they sell up.

The Americans so far seem not to be prepared to lose as much money and think it's a commercial venture.

I agree, the nature of the people holding ownership is paramount to our future.

Nothing but good has happened to Palace since Parish and co took over and I find the bitching over the top when you consider what went before and what other clubs have to put up with.

We could very easily have been Cardiff City right now looking at league one football next year.

Absolutely. Middle Eastern owners, you'll improve but at the expense of morals.

American owners, could go either way but you know they're in it for themselves.

Very rare for any club to establish themselves as we have with an owner who genuinely cares about the club in charge.

 

[FinchleyEagle]

Several concerning factors are happening at once here:

A big shiny stand, far better than the rest, costing a fortune.

There are lots of high-profile people leaving the club, including Dougie, the CFO, the COO, and others, as I understand it.

A possible takeover from people who couldn't care less about the club.

Meanwhile the club is doing well on the pitch with several top players.

Got a bit of a Leeds Utd 2004 vibe to it I fear...