Is his business 'global' or part of the state run Chinese market? This may explain why he seems to be the worst businessman the World of football has seen.
Everything about Lai's ownership is an absolute shower and I think it's time the fans were very vocal about it.
We've focused on managers, players (rightfully) but the real source of our problems are the awful ownership.
Couldn't agree more on being vocal. It's time. It's remarkable how little he has been on the receiving end of. If there were fans in the stands in Nov 20-Feb 21, I think he'd have been copping for it.
The likes of Pulis, Pardew, Dowling, Allardyce, Ken, Livermore, Ismael, Bruce, Mowatt, Robinson - whoever the target has been up until now - have been (with one or two exceptions) brought into the club based on their availability.
The clubs transfer policy reflects this - available on the cheap is the principal criteria. Furlong, Townsend, Mowatt, Reach, etc.
If you employ goons who can't do their jobs adequately, things decline. And the fault rests with their employer. Lai.
You can point to so many areas of the club. The academy? I'm absolutely gutted about it. Pereira? Zohore? Swathes of empty seats at home?
He needs to know that he is responsible for this malaise. I don't know that he does think that. Sacked Pulis, Pardew, Moore, Bilic, Ismael and Bruce (soon, no doubt). Dowling and Ken got the shove. And Gourlay will go at some point. I'd imagine he thinks it's their fault.
In part, he's right. But if he believes the ultimate responsibility lies with anyone but himself then he's wrong he needs a loud, public, RUDE awakening.
The longer fans are apathetic, the more he gets away with it, the deeper we decline. Do we need to wait to get beat at home to Forest Green Rovers or Morecambe in League One to generate enough anger to hold him to account?