It doesn't sound like a good thing to me. At the moment the US investors are happy to allow Parish to deal with the day-to-day running of the club. That may not be the case with this company, and as already pointed out, the Granada experience doesn't look encouraging. There was always going to be a risk of new investors, with no real connection to the club, possibly selling out at some time. Not that I'm saying that's what Harris and Blitzer want, as they haven't been invested for two years yet.

My slight worry is, their principal raison d'etre was to fund stadium refurbishment, initially to the tune of £50m (with the possibility, I think, of further investment), and that the square root of zilch seems to have happened since. We seem to need every brass farthing just to stay in the PL and perhaps doing major works at SP has proved more problematical than they were led to believe. As I've said before, it would help if we could have an unequivocal statement on where exactly we are with it.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

I've no idea whether the required works are possible or not, but I would like to be told one way or the other rather than all the ducking and diving that Parish does whenever he's asked about it. If he's as vague with the other investors I wouldn't really blame them for having second thoughts.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

chinese Palace ? is that Forbidden Palace, the big timber yoke in the centre of Beijing ? Doesnt sound very democratic. This could seriously imperil our wishes to sign any talented midfielders from Tibet.

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Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

Americans have not got a great record of being good at running English football teams the way the fans want their club to be run. However, Steve Parish , who does have the club at heart, seems to have built up a good relationship with them. Chinese consortiums are a force that is coming, some of them are huge and have state backing, so the potential is enormous. I've got to say though, this lot do sound a bit tin-pot, Grenada are going down and Tony Adams , although a great player seems to be a bit of a clown now. Think with foreign owners it's all a bit hit or miss really.

has resisted writing a single post on the Ross McCormack thread !!!

I would have been inclined to agree until I saw how they've developed Anfield. Ultimately, developments in engineering mean you can build a structure over an existing one, which is what the club are seriously looking at. The problem is Croydon council and Sainsbury's. Sad really.

laddo

"People say, live fast, die young. I say live fast, die old. That's me, the non-conformist".
David Brent.

It's really behind it and higher than it until old one is dismantled, replaced and joined to the half behind, but i agree with what you've said. It's just some have difficulty comprehending this or believing it's possible to do this and/or redevelop selhurst no matter how many times they post and are given these details to say it can be, but the difficulty is the council and Sainsburys.

COYP