Evangelos Marinakis And Co

[ac_vodka]

“It will be hard to leave the City Ground but in an age when revenue streams dictate success on the pitch, there’s no doubt moving to a bigger facility will set the club on the right path.

“Over the last 10 years, the city of Nottingham has lacked the confidence and ambition of the other big regional cities of Manchester and Birmingham. Nottingham needed a new leader to be brave, ambitious, to invest and be honest"

Its hard to argue against needing a new stadium but this will kill it for me and its already pretty close with how we've been run over the past few weeks/months.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Very interesting.

[ToryTom]

A few bits from the interview:

''People say you learn from your defeats - but I want victories not defeats,' Marinakis explains. 'I don't want to learn from defeats. I want to keep winning.''

''I didn't storm on the pitch to confront the referee, all this was in the imagination of Sky and the others that said this. 'I was there to show unity with the team, as I have done many times in the past, after a terrible (refereeing) decision. I was just stood outside the tunnel, the referee walked past and I didn't even look at him. That's why the Premier League never even questioned me about this.''

''I have attended over 100 games at the City Ground or away and we never had any incident,' Marinakis suddenly says unprompted. 'We've won and lost games - big games - but we have always had an excellent reputation.''

''Even the Key Match Incidents panel admits that we've had seven wrong decisions against us and there's another nine to my count not admitted.''

''There were three undisputed penalties - not one. We have the analysis from trusted experts to prove it,' says Marinakis in response to a question about referees chief Howard Webb admitting that Forest should have been awarded at least one spot-kick at Everton.''

''Neville is subject to FA rules too, surely – he is a director of Salford FC. His comment about the club was outrageous, but the FA have done nothing.
I need to be careful - because our lawyers have already been in contact with Sky regarding Neville and this is not over yet. The comments and words he used were inappropriate, didn't correspond with reality and harmed people.''

''For sure these have hit our position in the table,' he insists. I am very concerned about this and still considering and discussing with the board what would be the appropriate course of action, including legal measures.''

''The stadium and training ground are not befitting the status and ambitions of the club.''

''It'll be hard to leave City Ground, but in an age when revenue streams dictate success on the pitch, there's no doubt moving to a bigger facility will set the club on the right path.''

I don’t disagree with a single word of that. We all have a massive emotional attachment to the city ground but logic dictates that if we want to compete at the top end of the premier league we need the advantages a bigger multi use stadium will bring. head needs to rule heart and not the other way around.

[Tricky]

Thanks Sal.

An interesting read and really supportive of the character of the big man.

[JollyLolly]

If we do indeed finish up in a new stadium I believe it will be designed in such a way and be built in situation that when we all reflect some years later, agree this was the best move for us!.

[Hyperkoi]

Agree with you JollyLolly

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Well EM wants to make a sports village not just a football stadium.

So what can we read into that?

I would say tennis courts, swimming pool, basketball, a gym, cinema, restaurants, museum, hotel, etc etc.

[Username]

A few bits from the interview:

''People say you learn from your defeats - but I want victories not defeats,' Marinakis explains. 'I don't want to learn from defeats. I want to keep winning.''

''I didn't storm on the pitch to confront the referee, all this was in the imagination of Sky and the others that said this. 'I was there to show unity with the team, as I have done many times in the past, after a terrible (refereeing) decision. I was just stood outside the tunnel, the referee walked past and I didn't even look at him. That's why the Premier League never even questioned me about this.''

''I have attended over 100 games at the City Ground or away and we never had any incident,' Marinakis suddenly says unprompted. 'We've won and lost games - big games - but we have always had an excellent reputation.''

''Even the Key Match Incidents panel admits that we've had seven wrong decisions against us and there's another nine to my count not admitted.''

''There were three undisputed penalties - not one. We have the analysis from trusted experts to prove it,' says Marinakis in response to a question about referees chief Howard Webb admitting that Forest should have been awarded at least one spot-kick at Everton.''

''Neville is subject to FA rules too, surely – he is a director of Salford FC. His comment about the club was outrageous, but the FA have done nothing.
I need to be careful - because our lawyers have already been in contact with Sky regarding Neville and this is not over yet. The comments and words he used were inappropriate, didn't correspond with reality and harmed people.''

''For sure these have hit our position in the table,' he insists. I am very concerned about this and still considering and discussing with the board what would be the appropriate course of action, including legal measures.''

''The stadium and training ground are not befitting the status and ambitions of the club.''

''It'll be hard to leave City Ground, but in an age when revenue streams dictate success on the pitch, there's no doubt moving to a bigger facility will set the club on the right path.''

Is this actually true?

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

I love this bit...

''Nottingham needed a new leader to be brave, ambitious, and invest. There is no one in the history of the area who has invested more than £250 million of their private wealth here. When I see decisions or actions go against us that are not justified, it is my character that I come back even stronger. I am not discouraged. It makes me stronger. At the end of the day we are winners''.

[wassy04]

A few bits from the interview:

''People say you learn from your defeats - but I want victories not defeats,' Marinakis explains. 'I don't want to learn from defeats. I want to keep winning.''

''I didn't storm on the pitch to confront the referee, all this was in the imagination of Sky and the others that said this. 'I was there to show unity with the team, as I have done many times in the past, after a terrible (refereeing) decision. I was just stood outside the tunnel, the referee walked past and I didn't even look at him. That's why the Premier League never even questioned me about this.''

''I have attended over 100 games at the City Ground or away and we never had any incident,' Marinakis suddenly says unprompted. 'We've won and lost games - big games - but we have always had an excellent reputation.''

''Even the Key Match Incidents panel admits that we've had seven wrong decisions against us and there's another nine to my count not admitted.''

''There were three undisputed penalties - not one. We have the analysis from trusted experts to prove it,' says Marinakis in response to a question about referees chief Howard Webb admitting that Forest should have been awarded at least one spot-kick at Everton.''

''Neville is subject to FA rules too, surely – he is a director of Salford FC. His comment about the club was outrageous, but the FA have done nothing.
I need to be careful - because our lawyers have already been in contact with Sky regarding Neville and this is not over yet. The comments and words he used were inappropriate, didn't correspond with reality and harmed people.''

''For sure these have hit our position in the table,' he insists. I am very concerned about this and still considering and discussing with the board what would be the appropriate course of action, including legal measures.''

''The stadium and training ground are not befitting the status and ambitions of the club.''

''It'll be hard to leave City Ground, but in an age when revenue streams dictate success on the pitch, there's no doubt moving to a bigger facility will set the club on the right path.''

Is this actually true?

Yes it is, look at a league table of wages and compare it to actual positions (it's depressingly close) with some outliers. What defines how much wages teams can spend, revenue.

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Well I’m guessing that Olympiakos and Leverkeusen aren’t in the top 50 richest clubs in Europe?

Finishing 4th in the EPL shouldn’t be deemed a success.

[wassy04]

Well I’m guessing that Olympiakos and Leverkeusen aren’t in the top 50 richest clubs in Europe?

Finishing 4th in the EPL shouldn’t be deemed a success.

That's a knockout competition so it's a bit different as it's affected by the draw but yes those are outliers. There's nuance with regards to priorities etc too.

Picking out exceptions doesn't make the general rule not true.