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by SEAHammer
Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Had a long chat with a close friend about equity investing today, at some point we got on to West Ham. Like any business West Ham are always for sale at the right price, but what is the right price? West Ham are valued at around 500m that's based on a PE ratio that is used for all major sporting ent...
by SEAHammer
Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Karim Virani is no loss whatsoever. Responsible for the tie ups with Socios and Bassett & Gold. Says it all. He epitomised everything about the calibre of upper management at the club, third rate at best. Karim was one of the best liked and most respected guys left at the club ... he's leaving ...
by SEAHammer
Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

But once this contract has been signed why would he spend any of his money on the team (or very little). Can see Rice sold and us in the Championship or 1st division. Could see the contract being the size of war and peace with all the clauses in it. Could also take 2 years to put it together with t...
by SEAHammer
Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

There's absolutely no way anyone is ever going to take a minority share from Sullivan. Can you imagine handing over £ 10'sm to Sullivan, not as a loan, as an investment and letting Sullivan spend it, fund his businesses, do what he wants with it, open house ? Its all or nothing. That's not true, if...
by SEAHammer
Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Let me be frank the consortium are still very confident something will happen at some point. The longer the retail and commercial rental market suffers as a consequence the shorter GBS lives become. It is clear from the now £100m debt pile they are no longer able to service West Ham's requirements ...
by SEAHammer
Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

It doesn't make sense if West Brom are not worth £250m, a fee which seems hugely inflated, especially when they are not taking gate receipts and seemingly have very little international exposure. They are one of the favourites to be relegated, so it actually makes very little sense paying £250m for...
by SEAHammer
Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Been told that the US group looking at West Ham have now turned their attention to West Brom - 250m instead of 450m - seems the dildos got their valuation a bit wrong.
by SEAHammer
Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Simple really. Average gate vs Average Ticket price x matches. Plus match day merchandise, corporate hospitality and food/drink concessions (where applicable). The top clubs also obviously tend to charge more and have more matches. Nothing sinister here. So simple you can just look at the published...
by SEAHammer
Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Olympic Stadium Discussion and Questions
Replies: 17224
Views: 2328047

Re: Olympic Stadium Discussion and Questions

What this article shows is how stadium moves do not generally offer an automatic benefit. Even if the OS had been converted more successfully the only guaranteed benefit would have been to allow more season ticket holders. The whole premise of new stadia bringing massive benefits is a totally outda...
by SEAHammer
Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Well if you want some indication as to whether no ticket revenue is effecting the sale price of teams.... NBA's Utah Jazz were sold today for $1.66B, or around £1,280,000,000 Billionaires don't care. Which is probably why Sullivan thinks he can get £600M That is a good but not elite franchise in th...
by SEAHammer
Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

The news of a potential massive change in European football makes any takeover of a non Super league member a non-starter, my view is that a European Super League is never happening, if it did fans would boycott it and all it's sponsors, I know I would. However from a potential takeover point of vie...
by SEAHammer
Sat Oct 17, 2020 2:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 👋 Farewell, Said Benrahma
Replies: 4433
Views: 239417

Re: Welcome to West Ham, Said Benrahma

Keep reading over and over how he's a young talent - but he's not he's 25 with over 200 games behind him all at 2nd tier level - he scores a goal every 4 games which is good, about 10 goals a season good, but by no means great. I have obviously got hope, but not that big an expectation - let's trust...
by SEAHammer
Thu Oct 15, 2020 5:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

So your argument is that they will continue to take a few million a year out instead of getting a 500M payout? What they do with it is irrelevant, they could let their other businesses fail, if it is truly all about money then they should definitely sell, they are far too old to have any chance of ...
by SEAHammer
Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Anyone else have the fear that we are finally going to make progress with a potential takeover, only for this “Project Big Picture” to pass and for our new top 6 overlords to veto any takeovers from non elite clubs, to ensure the natural order remains intact? In all seriousness, let’s hope progress...
by SEAHammer
Mon Oct 12, 2020 3:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

I saw an interesting article on the Athletic about a huge US "entertainment giant" ICM who have never been involved in football buying the biggest UK football agency Stellar Group. Whilst not directly related it does go on to talk about the current viability for US investors in English fo...
by SEAHammer
Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Its great to speculate and get a sense of excitement and hope but there's one thing that does not make sense to me. Why on earth would anyone invest a monstrous amount of cash into an industry that is currently going through a huge crisis in terms of income?. Surely any prospective deal would be fi...
by SEAHammer
Sat Oct 10, 2020 4:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover tal

Trying to compare buying an English football club to an American sports franchise and treating them the same is a disastrous idea for any investor outside of the big 6. I agree that trying to compare the closed shop US Sports with football serves little purpose on a guaranteed income basis alrhough...
by SEAHammer
Sun Oct 04, 2020 3:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

If you want to be in charge for the winter window you need to start the process of buying the club within the next week or so, the process takes months, it isn't like walking onto a used car lot and driving away with something that day. Realistically, you're not going to be 100% into your changes u...
by SEAHammer
Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeover talk
Replies: 7985
Views: 872551

Re: Takeover talk

Makes little sense for anyone to takeover the club in the short term, with the window closing new owners can't impact the playing staff until January and with fans still locked out it's almost certain that our club is losing money every week. If, and I'm not convinced, but if there is a serious buye...
by SEAHammer
Thu Oct 01, 2020 6:00 am
Forum: West Ham United FC Match Threads
Topic: CCR4: Everton 4-1 West Ham Utd (30/09/20)
Replies: 742
Views: 24197

Re: ⚽ Everton v West Ham Utd: EFL Cup Rd of 16 match thread

What this game highlighted yet again is our amazing lack of depth in an EPL squad, look at the teams the other EPL clubs put out as their 'B' teams and ours doesn't even come close. If we lose Rice and don't get in at least 3 or 4 squad payers any injuries and we will be in massive trouble. If you k...