Agreed. I’m sure KSE are happy for us to spend as much as we like and be as successful as we can be, as long as they don’t have to fund it. They’re only going to put their hands in their pockets if the value of their shares start tanking and their investment comes under threat.
For the record, I’m still very much pro self-sustaining, and I don’t want their money - my biggest gripes with them are the lack of vision and standards they’ve set and the people they keep leaving in charge. So far we’ve had Wenger being left to do everything by himself, followed by Gazidis, a crook, and now 3 interns?!
Opportunities-wise, I think you’re right - there’s plenty there to exploit, but they’ve been too focussed on this ESL business to see it. Streaming feels like it’s going to be the big one - the PL clubs just need to realise that Sky needs them a lot more than they need Sky now.