Sport Republic

[Turkish]

Can 

32 minutes ago, Elmore Saint said:

We've established "Hungry eyes" and "Lying eyes" - Dragan must be "blinkered eyes" then?

well none of our lot have the Eye of the Tiger do they

[Turkish]

3 hours ago, franniesTache said:

 

It's from this article and some of the stuff in there is fucking mind blowing and shows why we are such an unbelievable shit show

All of these are direct quotes from him:

People see huge difference between the Premier League and the lower divisions in England,’ Ankersen explains. ‘We think this is not true.

 

‘And I’m not going there to watch him play,’ Ankersen says – this could only muddle his opinion of the player, who he knows is good.

 

Ankersen says. ‘We tell them: your job is not to tell us whether a player is good or not. We already know that. The scouts need to see whether they are a fit from a personal, psychological point of view.

 

‘We redesigned the club based on a question: what would a football club look like if it had no human eye and ear?

Doesnt his brother own some sort of transfer portal where you can see which players are available and all their data? It'll be interesting to know how many of our signings come from that.

 

edit - indeed he does, The Transfer Room

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-ankersen-13913393/?originalSubdomain=uk

TransferRoom is a hyper-growth B2B SaaS business on a mission to change the football transfer market for the better. We do this by empowering football clubs, agents and players to be successful in the transfer market by giving them real-time market intelligence and direct access to a global network of decision-makers.

Since our launch in 2017, clubs have used TransferRoom to facilitate over 5000 transfers and we are thrilled that today over 800 clubs and 550 Trusted Agencies across 130 leagues in 60 countries are accelerating their success on our platform.

Edited 5 hours ago by Turkish

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Can 

well none of our lot have the Eye of the Tiger do they

I expect Matsuki could be described as having a ‘jap’s eye’. In case that helps. 

[Miltonaggro]

2 hours ago, Saint86 said:

 

Its pretty evident how we've arrived at our current situation. Sadly though, i think the truth/reality is being kept very well hidden from Solak. Perhaps not so hard to believe if he invested in a man who came out with "what would a football club look like if it had no human eye or ear".

So alas, behold, the smartest man in football... and someone we must apparently suffer through until bankruptcy strikes.

Think in terms of Solak we must be at the acceptance rather than realisation phase now.  Will be for a challenge for him to accept the damage that Ankerson has has inflicted on his reputation, bank balance and our football club, but it he wants to recover anything he has to remove the charlatan and his idiot entourage pronto! 

[franniesTache]

16 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Doesnt his brother own some sort of transfer portal where you can see which players are available and all their data? It'll be interesting to know how many of our signings come from that.

 

edit - indeed he does, The Transfer Room

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-ankersen-13913393/?originalSubdomain=uk

TransferRoom is a hyper-growth B2B SaaS business on a mission to change the football transfer market for the better. We do this by empowering football clubs, agents and players to be successful in the transfer market by giving them real-time market intelligence and direct access to a global network of decision-makers.

Since our launch in 2017, clubs have used TransferRoom to facilitate over 5000 transfers and we are thrilled that today over 800 clubs and 550 Trusted Agencies across 130 leagues in 60 countries are accelerating their success on our platform.

Yup and if what i've been told is true Saints actually actively sell his brothers platform to other clubs, which feels - i don't know - a bit unethical to me, almost like SR is a ponzi scheme

[trousers]

13 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said:

Think in terms of Solak we must be at the acceptance rather than realisation phase now.  Will be for a challenge for him to accept the damage that Ankerson has has inflicted on his reputation, bank balance and our football club, but it he wants to recover anything he has to remove the charlatan and his idiot entourage pronto! 

I know we've been around this loop before but I can't remember the definitive position... Does Solak actually have hire and fire rights at boardroom level within the Sport Republic company structure, or is he 'just' an investor who happens to have a vested interest in Sport Republic but he couldn't actually get rid of Ankersen if he wanted to...?

[Miltonaggro]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

I know we've been around this loop before but I can't remember the definitive position... Does Solak actually have hire and fire rights at boardroom level within the Sport Republic company structure, or is he 'just' an investor who happens to have a vested interest in Sport Republic but he couldn't actually get rid of Ankersen if he wanted to...?

Yes. He is a large majority shareholder. The option in terms of (very) minor shareholders (such as RA) would be to retire or face legal action towards removal. It’s a matter of desire. 

[Midfield_General]

57 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Doesnt his brother own some sort of transfer portal where you can see which players are available and all their data? It'll be interesting to know how many of our signings come from that.

 

edit - indeed he does, The Transfer Room

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-ankersen-13913393/?originalSubdomain=uk

TransferRoom is a hyper-growth B2B SaaS business on a mission to change the football transfer market for the better. We do this by empowering football clubs, agents and players to be successful in the transfer market by giving them real-time market intelligence and direct access to a global network of decision-makers.

Since our launch in 2017, clubs have used TransferRoom to facilitate over 5000 transfers and we are thrilled that today over 800 clubs and 550 Trusted Agencies across 130 leagues in 60 countries are accelerating their success on our platform.

No quality metrics whatsoever then. No mention of whether the transfers were a success or not. Just that they were 'facilitated'.

It's like that bit in Spinal Tap when they're described as 'one of Britain's loudest bands'. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Midfield_General

[Turkish]

43 minutes ago, franniesTache said:

Yup and if what i've been told is true Saints actually actively sell his brothers platform to other clubs, which feels - i don't know - a bit unethical to me, almost like SR is a ponzi scheme

Seems like a great deal for the Ankersens, we buy players from the transfer room, Jonas gets a nice little commission, no one is held accountable. Wonder if Rasmus has his snout in the trough as well.

[coalman]

5 hours ago, danjosaint said:

There's a qoute from RA from his time at Mitjyland saying something like your eyes lie to you when watching a player, so they dont hence why its done on data analysis 

Probably best not to watch the actual games and just look at the stats page afterwards then.

[saintant]

2 hours ago, franniesTache said:

Yup and if what i've been told is true Saints actually actively sell his brothers platform to other clubs, which feels - i don't know - a bit unethical to me, almost like SR is a ponzi scheme

Do they sell it using us as an example of how successful it is? Not sure that'd help grow the business.

'Here, look at this. You should try it. We use it all the time.'

'Nah, you're alright mate.'

[saintant]

2 hours ago, trousers said:

I know we've been around this loop before but I can't remember the definitive position... Does Solak actually have hire and fire rights at boardroom level within the Sport Republic company structure, or is he 'just' an investor who happens to have a vested interest in Sport Republic but he couldn't actually get rid of Ankersen if he wanted to...?

Nobody seems to know for sure. All part of the smoke and mirrors if you ask me.

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Seems like a great deal for the Ankersens, we buy players from the transfer room, Jonas gets a nice little commission, no one is held accountable. Wonder if Rasmus has his snout in the trough as well.

Do bears shit in the woods?

[Weston Super Saint]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

Since our launch in 2017, clubs have used TransferRoom to facilitate over 5000 transfers and we are thrilled that today over 800 clubs and 550 Trusted Agencies across 130 leagues in 60 countries are accelerating their success on our platform.

FFS!

We can't even get that fucking right!  We have literally got the inside scoop on this platform but whilst over 800 other clubs are 'accelerating their success' using the platform, we're throwing our fortunes away and accelerating our march down the leagues.

Everyone out.  FFS.

[Weston Super Saint]

19 minutes ago, saintant said:

Nobody seems to know for sure. All part of the smoke and mirrors if you ask me.

Not at all.

Solak is sole shareholder of the company at the top of the pyramid.  That company has voting rights over ALL the other companies.  Ergo, Solak has the ability to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, if he wants.

The shareholding is very transparent and easy to follow.

[Gloucester Saint]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

Can 

well none of our lot have the Eye of the Tiger do they

Flynn Downes can shit through the eye of a needle though.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, franniesTache said:

Yup and if what i've been told is true Saints actually actively sell his brothers platform to other clubs, which feels - i don't know - a bit unethical to me, almost like SR is a ponzi scheme

Rasmus Madoff with Dragan’s money (geddit?) 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

15 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Not at all.

Solak is sole shareholder of the company at the top of the pyramid.  That company has voting rights over ALL the other companies.  Ergo, Solak has the ability to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, if he wants.

The shareholding is very transparent and easy to follow.

If that's accurate than Solak is ruining this club. 

[Sir Ralph]

They should start doing what the City Players do. We could end up having essentially free tickets by the end of the year. Good to see a team that actually cares about their fans, rather than the shameless embarrassments we have playing for us that dont care one it about the impact of their poor attitude . https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4gwp79rdz7o

Edited 1 hour ago by Sir Ralph