Quote Originally Posted by slack_pie View Post
The bros are bit like value investors but in football rather than the stock market. They see a player whose market value seems to be below their actual value for whatever reason, give them a platform to shine, and then sell them on for their actual value, or even at a premium. Buy low, sell high, repeat. In the process, the club benefits from quality players coming and going and hopefully climbs up the pyramid slowly but surely.

Every decision is about extracting maximum value, whether that's recruitment or tactics.
Of course, football isn't a normal business to apply a chosen "model" to. Like most of us, my interest in Notts isn't about profit and loss. Conversely, irrational passion doesn't matter much to bean counters. For Notts as an entirety, promotion is more important than maximising profit. This isn't a criticism of the Bros model, and thank heavens they invest in Notts, but unless you are a behemoth like Liverpool or City, nobody in their right mind would see football club ownership as a good business investment. After four years of ownership are Notts really any nearer to making a profit?