Indian super league - untapped potential?

[SydneyFC]

If Southampton is wanting to look at players in Asia, look at Australia instead of India 5x the talent and less expensive.

[Redslo]

If Southampton is wanting to look at players in Asia, look at Australia instead of India 5x the talent and less expensive.

 

I agree that Australia would be a good place to look to build up the fan base, but why would Australian talent be cheaper than Indian?

[Fan The Flames]

LMFAO - Clueless

 

I fail to see what I'm being clueless about. With the rules on multiple ownership a feeder club is not useful, Arsenal were fined for loaning Bevern money years ago. They never got much out of the relationship, apart from the odd African player using Belgium as a stopping point for a EU visa. A feeder club is about as much use as a town being twinned. How do you think the big clubs got big abroad, it wasn't by raising their profile in emerging markets alone or what ever nonsense you want to spout, it's by being successful at home, simple as that.

 

Having links with a Chinese club didn't do much for the fortunes of Stockport, who Lowe copied. Most understand that in modern day football you have to maximise income and that includes foreign interest, but you can't get the big numbers until you are good.

 

It's all you wannabe businessmen who are clueless if you think there are clever strategies that will be a shortcut to untold riches.

[The9]

The August 2013 figures are listed. Another way to look at the figures is that the rise in 12 months in the States is almost 700%. If we can go close to replicating that by August 2015 then we'd be doing really well.

 

I had to look at the spreadsheet 3 times even after reading that to find them!

[The9]

Maybe another example of Lowe being a bit more of a visionary than people have him credit for (ala Woodward).

 

Quite - China is an absolutely massive market, but Lowe was hardly to know that when they did finally catch on to the Premier League there would be such a bunch of faffing about the rights (which are owned by a PPV company who offer occasional matches to numerous free local subsidiaries) - also, it might have helped if we were actually still in the Premier League in the seven seasons following this to have been able to maintain and/or benefit from it.

 

Seeing as we got relegated almost immediately, it would have gone the way of other non-essential projects like the Radio station and the women's football team.

[The9]

I fail to see what I'm being clueless about. With the rules on multiple ownership a feeder club is not useful, Arsenal were fined for loaning Bevern money years ago. They never got much out of the relationship, apart from the odd African player using Belgium as a stopping point for a EU visa. A feeder club is about as much use as a town being twinned. How do you think the big clubs got big abroad, it wasn't by raising their profile in emerging markets alone or what ever nonsense you want to spout, it's by being successful at home, simple as that.

 

Having links with a Chinese club didn't do much for the fortunes of Stockport, who Lowe copied. Most understand that in modern day football you have to maximise income and that includes foreign interest, but you can't get the big numbers until you are good.

 

It's all you wannabe businessmen who are clueless if you think there are clever strategies that will be a shortcut to untold riches.

 

The most important reason for building links and feeder clubs at the moment is still the ability to flog merchandise to a new market with a local identity and generate even more revenue to expand the FFP limits, judging by what Man City are doing with NYCFC. Or as a dumping ground for loan players (Chelsea).

[The9]

I agree that Australia would be a good place to look to build up the fan base, but why would Australian talent be cheaper than Indian?

 

Presumably there would already be more facilities of an appropriate standard, and existing infrastructure? Not sure if that would be cheaper than just building from scratch in an underdeveloped area?

[Gemmel]

I fail to see what I'm being clueless about. With the rules on multiple ownership a feeder club is not useful, Arsenal were fined for loaning Bevern money years ago. They never got much out of the relationship, apart from the odd African player using Belgium as a stopping point for a EU visa. A feeder club is about as much use as a town being twinned. How do you think the big clubs got big abroad, it wasn't by raising their profile in emerging markets alone or what ever nonsense you want to spout, it's by being successful at home, simple as that.

 

Having links with a Chinese club didn't do much for the fortunes of Stockport, who Lowe copied. Most understand that in modern day football you have to maximise income and that includes foreign interest, but you can't get the big numbers until you are good.

 

It's all you wannabe businessmen who are clueless if you think there are clever strategies that will be a shortcut to untold riches.

 

Then I can't help you. BTW my post was about Indians setting up academies. Nothing to do with the merits of having feeder clubs

[Fan The Flames]

Then I can't help you. BTW my post was about Indians setting up academies. Nothing to do with the merits of having feeder clubs

 

So why jump all over my post like an over agressive teenage drunk when I clearly talking about feeder clubs.

 

I look forward to our world domination along side the Jodhpur Saints. I would be happy for Arsenal to hook up with Mysore.