Firstly, Whatever you want to think of Jeremy Peace, you can't deny that he has bought stability to the club in the background and we still remain as one of the very few profitable clubs with no debt. So for that I say thank you Mr Peace for leaving my club in a solid financial position before moving on.
However, I do think that this takeover has come at pretty much just the right time to help progress the club to the next level. I'm cautiously optimistic of course, but in a world where billionaire owners in the prem are becoming commonplace now it was important for us to get ourselves near that level to continue to compete financially with some of the other clubs, in particular if we want to compete with the London based clubs we needed something like this to happen because lets face it, even some of the "smaller" clubs down there can still pull people in purely because they are in London so a little extra financial clout is always good to have.
One thing about new owners, they tend to stamp their mark on arrival with either a marquee signing (or 2) or a change of manager (or both). it remains to be seen what will happen for us in the remainder of the transfer market but if he's trying to market the club in China and attract further fans/investors over there then I find it difficult to see Pulis being at the club beyond the end of his current contract if we continue to play un-entertaining "hoof it and hope" football for the whole season. I still think he'll keep us up, but it will be painful viewing watching us squeeze the life out of a game to get the points we need....
Anyway, my two cents on the matter.
Cautiously Optimistic, waiting to see how it all unfolds.
