I think Chansiri has some major issues with his attitude, ego, understanding of football and ownership style. He doesn’t listen or pay enough attention to the club at key moments.
I also don’t think he’s rich enough to own a football club like Wednesday.
But I don’t think he’s as bad as people make out. He does the best given the above failings. He’s spent his own wealth on us, given us entertainment and stability compared to the drama of the decades before.
The other issue is fan attitude. Chansiri is spending his money but fans treat it like their own money. I understand what he gets annoyed at during fans forums. A lack of gratefulness.
Why do we think it’s ok to spend someone else’s riches?
However, he’s about as good as we’re going to get. Sorry but it’s true.
Football ownership is a mad man’s game. You have to be rich, willing to lose a ton of money, willing to spend cash and be criticised for any poor decision. How many rich people are there that tick the list of what we want? They all bring baggage. Many are in it to screw over clubs sadly. Asset stripping or running them into bankruptcy. If you get an ambitious, rich group buy you then money tends to come from nefarious sources or they want to propel the club to further their own business aims.
Wednesday are not an attractive prospect for the kind of owner you all want.
Yorkshire isn’t wealthy or investable to the same degree as London or Manchester. The underlying numbers show this - we don’t spend enough as a fan base. The city doesn’t attract business like some others either - Man City was a perfect investment as the city is seeing huge investment, is becoming a business centre, has an airport and already has a legacy of Man Utd. Sheffield has nothing similar at all.
A new owner has to take on debt, have cash in bucket loads, be willing to tolerate a huge, noisy and entitled fan base that doesn’t have much cash to throw around, build a new stadium and do it all without much hope for a long term return.
The Burnley Model - Debt
The nearest similar deal was that of Burnley. We can probably only hope for that - a leveraged buy out that is extremely risky and saddles the club with debt.
I’m not sure the type of owner you all want, really exists.