Mallorca Stimulus Package
With new owner Mateo Alemany basically buying the club because he wants to sell it, its hardly an ideal situation in Palma now and unless a buyer is found soon, we will be the clear favorites to be relegated next year as assets are being sold quickly to raise funds that no one can seem to find. Maybe we need to call the socialist Barack Obama and get him to buy the club as he would not likely need much transition into learning how to run it as the club is currently in free fall with money taken from the sale of players only to disappear with no benefit. Right up his alley.
The latest sale is Mallorca native and longstanding stud goalie, Miguel Moya, to Valencia. What did we get, 6 million? I know, to pay debts. With Arango gone, Jurado returning to Atletico, and Aduriz to be sold to pay for the transfer fee from when we bought him because we couldnt pay for him after selling off even bigger assets during last summers 2008 binge and purge tour, things are not looking good even if we end up with a charismatic owner who cant run the club properly. I know this does not make sense but I know you understand it.
At some point, someone needs to be held accountable. We are a team that has played more then 10 years in a row in La Liga and are not a yo yo club. We have finished in the top half the table the past two years and participated in the UEFA Cup and Champions League this decade. Part of this success includes some relatively huge profits from the sale of players after they have developed under our watch including Eto'o and Guiza to name a few. So where is the money from the sale of these players? Someone please explain to me how a small club can sell players like they did last summer, reinvest a lot less in new players for the 08-09 season, which they cant pay for, and a year later, after a decent campaign, ends up smothered in debt.
I understand why no one would want to buy a soccer team if its fianances are in shambles or if it is simply not a viable business. But why is it this way? Who is running this team? So when does the sale of players clear all the debt? What do we need to do to keep from incurring more debt?
We sold our two biggest assets with little fanfare this week and the sale does not seem to eliminate debt worries. Just like the USAs stimulous package, throwing money at a problem while destroying assets only keeps the problem the same and eventually the assets are gone or worthless and the problem still exists.
We are in crisis here folks. At some point we will need an owner who not only knows how to run a business but who has the passion for it. Once Aduriz is sold, and assuming no money for new players, because if the club is not sold there will be no money, the club might as well go into administration. How can you piss away a consistent LaLiga reputation so easily.
The fan base has been pretty solid over the years so management should know what it has to work with. How we can survive and occasionally thrive in LaLiga for the past ten years and the past two years, we have now suffered serious economic problems despite having valuable assets sold in consecutive summers?
We need to do something and something soon. This selling assets stimulous package does not work.
Raul Albiol presentation..., is he happy to be here????
Raul Albiol was presented as a Real Madrid player earlier this afternoon.
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Albiol Forced to Kiss Madrid Logo
Raul Albiol is such a Valencianista, he didn't want to kiss the Real Madrid shield (or escudo in Spanish) during his Santiago Bernabeu presentation today.
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Do we really need this guy????
I still have mixed feelings about the Benzema signing, but I'd like to share my concerns with you regarding another frenchman, Franck Ribery.
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Our Friend David
David Villa is a coveted striker.
One day Manchester United calls, the next Real Madrid is banging on the door for a date.
Today, the hot rumor concerns FC Barcelona, who want the services of Villa for €40m plus a loan of either CB Martín Cáceres or newly acquired striker Keirrison, who we flirted with last year.
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Tamudo
When you're club captain for so long and a talismanic figure to the only club you have ever played for in the first division, I realize he was on loan at Alaves and LLeida early on in his career, it is surprising to hear that the club ...
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Wow! The New Kits are AWFUL!
Wow ... guess I WON'T be buying one of the 2009/10 Valencia CF kits.
The things are hideous to look at ...
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YUSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
Benzemaaaaa. Say It. Just Rolls Off The Tongue!
One very happy blogger here. Benzema has been signed, its official. Read more about it here and here. Both the Real Madrid an Lyon websites have made it official as well.
Real Madrid C.F. and Olympique Lyonnais have reached ...
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New Kits and Other Stuff ...
A picture should go here. But apparently, the Offside won't let me have a go at that today ... so on we go ...
As reported on Kyle's web site, the new shirts are out and about Valencia city.
Have a look. What do you think?
Jul 01, 2009 | Read this article...
Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
This is a post about my recent trip to Tanzania. Enjoy.
The wind picks up slightly, pushing a thin breeze through the truck. I lift my head a little, so that I can see the roof, so that my neck and my chin get some of the new air. Sweat is beading just above my collar, which is shoved against my neck to protect me from the sun. This is how Africa feels when you watch the Discovery Channel, the heat waves simmering on the open plains as the silhouettes of animals pass across the unfocused background. There are a few stray clouds in the sky, but they provide no shade; the only protection from the sun is our roof, which is popped up to allow us to stand.
When I stand up, I can see out across the great “endless plain” that is the Serengeti, a kopje sitting in the distance the only source of shade visible. The rest is grassland, khaki-colored against a baby blue sky that stretches to unimaginable distances before finally meeting the earth. There is the unmistakable feeling that I can see the earth curving, even as I know that’s not possible. The grass here is too short to sway much in the breeze – there is no water here, nothing to sustain life, to keep the heat down, to protect animals from the sun. But there is also no cover for predators, so the gazelles I’m looking at, some laying down, others gently grazing, are safe for a few minutes. I send my eyes over the landscape quickly, trying not to squint against the sun; relax, I tell myself, your eyes will see recognize anything different.
In the distance, a dark shape appears in the grass, it’s far, but I can see it. It’s the right size, it has to be, yes, it’s a predator that the gazelles haven’t seen. I grabbed my binoculars from around my neck and bring them to my eyes. I scan quickly as I focus, looking for the same shape, looking for my cheetah that I know is out there. I see it then, I spin the focus, heart surging, bringing a termite mound into sharp relief.
“Dammit,” I say quietly.
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