Crab Lungs Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 ....any chance you could f*** off? And you too Kat, your oily hands have been all over this mess for too long. Ta.
madge Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 He’s going to ruin this club..... I have a bad feeling about him. Blackburn and the venkis comes to mind. Does anyone on this forum actually have any confidence with him at the helm.
saint lard Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Strange you should mention this....Nelly Gao might just be willing to talk. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Katalinic Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Clearly potless and Kat couldn't wait to get shot to the first bidder, due diligence my arse - he is taking us to a new level that is for sure.
Batman Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 He (and Kat) appears to get a complete free pass at games Imagine if he was in charge at West Ham Mike Ashley is an Infinitely better owner and look at the grief he gets
Crab Lungs Posted 9 February, 2019 Author Posted 9 February, 2019 Strange you should mention this....Nelly Gao might just be willing to talk. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Walk would be better.
Bridge Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 We have the worst owners in the league, why invest in something that you are not willing to improve. Looks to me that they want a quick buck by doing sweet FA. Sold saying they would take us to the next level! What a load of crap that was!!! Just p!ss off and give us owners who walk the talk.
Crab Lungs Posted 9 February, 2019 Author Posted 9 February, 2019 Out of interest, is there anyone who actually wants him here? Is there any counter argument?
Saint Albert Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Out of interest, is there anyone who actually wants him here? Is there any counter argument? The Gao takeover looked worryingly bad at the time and is looking worse as time progresses. Next level my arse.
ChiefScummer Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Gao is a useless cu nt but kat is worse. Sold us down the river and has been asset stripping for years. Enough is enough. We should be giving them sh it when they turn up to games.
badgerx16 Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Time for Goa to step up. ...was 3 weeks ago.
Lighthouse Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 I think if Gao took over a successful tanning salon, he'd immediately sell all the sun beds and sit there with his feet up thinking of all the money he has just made and how much he's going to save on electricity.
simo Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 I said it before but there's a reason the premier league changed their fit and proper rules after Gao came , Kat has well and truly sold us down the river !
angelman Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Gao is a useless cu nt but kat is worse. Sold us down the river and has been asset stripping for years. Enough is enough. We should be giving them sh it when they turn up to games. Not sure asset stripping is correct. Certainly we were overly self sufficient. We sold good players (mostly) at good prices. That money was the only money that went in to the team. That is apart from that going for training ground improvements + interest. TBH I have no problem with the club being run as a business. People were mad talking about Marcus' legacy - his legacy was to his daughter, and it netted her a £200m profit (while retaining 20% of the club). The insincere BS from her about doing the best for the club was something she really shouldn't have wasted her time doing, but hey, £200m is £200m. A good investment. The new fella, I have no idea about. Before people say that there is no reason to have my hand held by him, I do think he could come out and tell us what the plans are, what the situation is. He didn't even say well done to the team for pulling it around at the back end of last season and surviving. Nothing about the new season. Nothing about the new manager. Nothing. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. It does look like we are a bit ducked.
Saints foreva Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Amazes me that him and Kat have received no stick inside the stadium for them to hear.
aintforever Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Gao is a useless cu nt but kat is worse. Sold us down the river and has been asset stripping for years. Enough is enough. We should be giving them sh it when they turn up to games. This.
Badger Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Strange you should mention this....Nelly Gao might just be willing to talk. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Talk to who, and about what ? Talk to supporters about the club's position and prospects under her father's ownership, or to prospective buyers ?
SaintsLoyal Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 The club was sold to someone in the far east to get increased commercial revenue, but nobody has seen anything on that front. Japan was the place to go for commercial ties in that area.
ChiefScummer Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Not sure asset stripping is correct. Certainly we were overly self sufficient. We sold good players (mostly) at good prices. That money was the only money that went in to the team. That is apart from that going for training ground improvements + interest. TBH I have no problem with the club being run as a business. People were mad talking about Marcus' legacy - his legacy was to his daughter, and it netted her a £200m profit (while retaining 20% of the club). The insincere BS from her about doing the best for the club was something she really shouldn't have wasted her time doing, but hey, £200m is £200m. A good investment. The new fella, I have no idea about. Before people say that there is no reason to have my hand held by him, I do think he could come out and tell us what the plans are, what the situation is. He didn't even say well done to the team for pulling it around at the back end of last season and surviving. Nothing about the new season. Nothing about the new manager. Nothing. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. It does look like we are a bit ducked. That's what irks me the most. We have no idea what his plans are. Does the useless pr ick even have any? Are we going to scrape 17th every year and bag the TV money or are we going to push for Europe again? He's not an owner who cares about the football. He bought us to make profit and that makes both our owners only caring about profit. I 100% see kat as asset stripping though, mate. Made as much from our stars as possible and then sold the corpse to the first bidder. We are a shambles and I'm sick of it now. If we get relegated I hope we go up for sale.
Avenue_Saint Posted 9 February, 2019 Posted 9 February, 2019 Forget Gao, he’s just the chancer looking to make a buck. Fat KAT is who screwed us over good and proper. Like others have rightly said. She took us to the next level...
Delmary Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Kat and Gao need to f*ck off. Have asset stripped and shown zero interest in the well being of the club. Please take the bull sh*tter RK with you.
Dalek2003 Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 That's what irks me the most. We have no idea what his plans are. Does the useless pr ick even have any? Are we going to scrape 17th every year and bag the TV money or are we going to push for Europe again? He's not an owner who cares about the football. He bought us to make profit and that makes both our owners only caring about profit. I 100% see kat as asset stripping though, mate. Made as much from our stars as possible and then sold the corpse to the first bidder. We are a shambles and I'm sick of it now. If we get relegated I hope we go up for sale. TBH, if we scraped 17th every season with the minimum amount of outlay it would make great commercial sense !!! LOL
S-Clarke Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Worst owner in the league. Worst owner we've ever had. Get the **** out.
Batman Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 (edited) by a country mile, worse than Mike Ashley. as said, look at the mountain of grief he (ashely) gets, yet people probably politely clap the directors box at SMS Edited 10 February, 2019 by Batman
The Cat Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Don't worry, everything will be fine once the Head of International Commercial Development (Asia) and Head of International Sports Business Development (Asia) that we're currently advertising for are employed. All those tie ins with Indonesian tyre companies and extra shirt sales in Vietnam will take us to the next level. Exciting times
Wes Tender Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Look on the bright side; without him, we probably wouldn't have the pre-match pyrotechnics, clappers and the red carpet around the pitch.
Wes Tender Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Worst owner we've ever had. Get the **** out. Really? Worse than Lowe? Never.
CLOTH EARS Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 I have to say that i agree with many of you. Kat took the 1st offer that came along. The B-llsh-t about 'getting the right owner' is looking just like that 'b-llsh-t'. I have heard grumbles about it for a while from fans but those grumbles are getting louder and i 'fear' that this will turn into a massive issue come the end of the season. Nick over on the UI is always 'sticking up' for the owners asking 'what have they done wrong?'. I think the fact that they haven't invested in new signings that we desperately needed in January is more than wrong, it's blatantly incompetent. It's obvious to me that Gao won't put his hand in his pocket. If he won't help us out in the situation we are in then he never will. This club could be on the verge of a major crisis because if we drop into the Championship our slide won't stop there. Everything that Markus did for us will be undone by his daughter selling out to a chinaman who is only here to suck up the Premier League cash.
Daft Kerplunk Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Gao’s plans for Southampton FC are to use the club as a way into getting property developments in the city. The people (board) who work for the club are here in Southampton and can meet with the council chiefs, council chiefs want to work with the football club and politically the club’s status in the city helps open doors. The money made will go back to China and not to develop the football club. Kat could have sold to other investors who would genuinely have improved us but she wanted the money. Owning a football club is a mere vehicle for bigger more lucrative activity.
ally_uk Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Dress it up how you want lads we have a owner who is scraping the barrel has no ambition for this club either.. If we hit relegation it could be dire with all the dross on the books on high wages we could bounce down to league 1..... Only good thing is my save game on footy manager would be more challenging haha
Topcat Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 If the folk running the Club had any financial nous, they would have seen an opportunity to both:- 1) avoid relegation and the financial meltdown in most of Gao's £200m investment/loan and 2) the opportunity to have lifted the team by a further £10m to £15m in the Merit (league position) revenues. It just needed them to buy a solid reliable inform striker, of which £15m would have been a bargain for Che.
Topcat Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Q: Is Gao worse than Lowe? A: May be becoming as bad. Under Gao we are repeating the Lowe mistake of under investing in a team that is trying to avoid relegation. Save a few million and risk losing hundreds of millions.
Crab Lungs Posted 10 February, 2019 Author Posted 10 February, 2019 So it appears the general consensus is f()ck off, Gao et al. If only it were that easy, eh.
Nordic Saint Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 I certainly don't hate Gao: in fact, I feel a bit sorry for him. Kat has taken him for every penny she could get and he is in way over his head. Over the last few months he has had to sell off most of his shares in Lander Sports cheaply in an attempt to raise enough cash to pay back the loan he took out to pay her. Kat has been utterly ruthless in her pursuit of cash and has made more money out of this football club - so far around quarter of a billion pounds - than just about any other owner in the history of football. Charging the club she owned interest for loans was plain mean and just another way she found of siphoning money out of it. There is nothing wrong with having a wealthy Chinese owner as Wolves have found out. The problem is we don't have one: https://www.forbes.com/china-billionaires/list/#tab:overall
Dalek2003 Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 I certainly don't hate Gao: in fact, I feel a bit sorry for him. Kat has taken him for every penny she could get and he is in way over his head. Over the last few months he has had to sell off most of his shares in Lander Sports cheaply in an attempt to raise enough cash to pay back the loan he took out to pay her. Kat has been utterly ruthless in her pursuit of cash and has made more money out of this football club - so far around quarter of a billion pounds - than just about any other owner in the history of football. Charging the club she owned interest for loans was plain mean and just another way she found of siphoning money out of it. There is nothing wrong with having a wealthy Chinese owner as Wolves have found out. The problem is we don't have one: https://www.forbes.com/china-billionaires/list/#tab:overall Can't blame Katrina. She is a businesswoman and sold at 'just the right time'. Gao is a businessman and should know there is no such thing as a free lunch.
S-Clarke Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Really? Worse than Lowe? Never. On par, but getting worse. Seemingly because he has no interest in us, none at all. If he was a passionate owner as our Ralph claims him to be...then he'd have bothered to learn English and given us some concrete proposals on his plans going forward. At the end of the day his actions speak louder than words, and all his actions have been is to sell and get rid, whilst not investing a penny. This entire charade seems to have been simply an ego boost for himself and his franchises in China, a quick and easy sale for Kat as she needed money urgently, whilst helping him jump on the football bandwagon they’re trying to promote over there. None of this is being done in the interests of us guys who spend our money to line his pockets. This entire takeover screamed alarm bells from the moment he initially failed any test.
Wade Garrett Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Kat and Gao need to f*ck off. Have asset stripped and shown zero interest in the well being of the club. Please take the bull sh*tter RK with you. Pretty much exactly how I feel. RK is just their spin doctor feeding bullsh*t to the supporters whilst they pursue their own agenda.
Saint Billy Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 As soon as Kat said she is leaving us in safe hands I knew we were screwed.
benjii Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Kat and Gao have no clue or sensible ambition and are financial small-fry in relative terms to other owners. Ralph is a waste of space. Les hasn't been replaced. Thank goodness we've got a decent manager, but it is about the only positive throughout the club at the moment.
aintforever Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Really? Worse than Lowe? Never. To be fair Lowe had to work under tighter constraints than the current clowns, he had the mortgage and shareholders to worry about. Obviously our current ownership situation is miles better than under Lowe but in terms of actuall descisions made by the chief exec then I’m not sure current lot are any better. We have £100mill odd of players loaned out to clubs across Europe and are starting with Shane Long up front. We are looking likely to be playing Championship football next year whilst loaning our right back to Inter Milan - the club is a mess.
Turkish Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Out of interest, is there anyone who actually wants him here? Is there any counter argument? He’s doing a great job. On the football side We cut salary expenditure significantly during January and made a profit in the transfer window from player sales. We have a marketing department on board with every cause there is, note the recent acclaim we got for flying the trannie flag on our twitter feed supporting transgender rights. What With the fans forums to keep it touch with what’s going on, the new gas works bar, pre match light display and the wide arrange of foodstuff available in the kiosks its arguable that that the match day experience has never been better.
verlaine1979 Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Gao’s plans for Southampton FC are to use the club as a way into getting property developments in the city. The people (board) who work for the club are here in Southampton and can meet with the council chiefs, council chiefs want to work with the football club and politically the club’s status in the city helps open doors. The money made will go back to China and not to develop the football club. Kat could have sold to other investors who would genuinely have improved us but she wanted the money. Owning a football club is a mere vehicle for bigger more lucrative activity. Eh, I don't buy this reasoning at all. Lander aren't a general real-estate development company, and Gao doesn't seem to have any significant business interest outside Lander and his ownership of Saints (and Lander's value has collapsed over the past few years, making a simultaneous international expansion AND a broadening in their commercial focus quite a stretch - not to mention Gao has sold off the majority of his Lander holdings in the last few months anyway). I think it far more likely that buying the club was a way to transfer wealth to a more liberal regulatory environment. Acquire the club with money borrowed from outside PRC, and either sell it in a few years for a profit or use the club's own ever-increasing revenues to pay off the debt, and one way or another you have moved over £200m out from under the nose of the Chinese government.
K,Billy's supersound Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Kat and Gao have no clue or sensible ambition and are financial small-fry in relative terms to other owners. Ralph is a waste of space. Les hasn't been replaced. Thank goodness we've got a decent manager, but it is about the only positive throughout the club at the moment. Ross Wilson.
Saint Without a Halo Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Gao’s plans for Southampton FC are to use the club as a way into getting property developments in the city. The people (board) who work for the club are here in Southampton and can meet with the council chiefs, council chiefs want to work with the football club and politically the club’s status in the city helps open doors. The money made will go back to China and not to develop the football club. Kat could have sold to other investors who would genuinely have improved us but she wanted the money. Owning a football club is a mere vehicle for bigger more lucrative activity. Much as i dislike Gao this is crap there are much better property investments throughout the world than in Southampton And his money would be much better spent profit wise elsewhere. Also the Southampton council would bite the hand off a good investor in the city so no need to buy a football club for that. Do you really think he can recover the cost of the club that he paid Kat as profit on property deals in Southampton? No chance!
Saint Without a Halo Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Eh, I don't buy this reasoning at all. Lander aren't a general real-estate development company, and Gao doesn't seem to have any significant business interest outside Lander and his ownership of Saints (and Lander's value has collapsed over the past few years, making a simultaneous international expansion AND a broadening in their commercial focus quite a stretch - not to mention Gao has sold off the majority of his Lander holdings in the last few months anyway). I think it far more likely that buying the club was a way to transfer wealth to a more liberal regulatory environment. Acquire the club with money borrowed from outside PRC, and either sell it in a few years for a profit or use the club's own ever-increasing revenues to pay off the debt, and one way or another you have moved over £200m out from under the nose of the Chinese government. Much more feasible
CB Fry Posted 10 February, 2019 Posted 10 February, 2019 Gao’s plans for Southampton FC are to use the club as a way into getting property developments in the city. The people (board) who work for the club are here in Southampton and can meet with the council chiefs, council chiefs want to work with the football club and politically the club’s status in the city helps open doors. The money made will go back to China and not to develop the football club. Kat could have sold to other investors who would genuinely have improved us but she wanted the money. Owning a football club is a mere vehicle for bigger more lucrative activity. Do people still believe this utter horsesh it?
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