If I were the millionaire I'd be delighted, because I'd attempt to build a community and sports around the club as it grew and went through the tiers, but that's not the question.
If my club were a small club within a community, winning and losing but achieving at a reasonable level and loved by local people, I wouldn't want it turned into something unrecognisable to us. If we were suddenly likely to be hosting 10,000 Man Utd fans and what we were was lost then I'd hate it.
Maybe if we were Eibar in Spain, a small-ish town which has over-achieved and kept on doing it, I'd love it when we beat Real Madrid or Barcelona. If we were Basford, a very small club with quite big ambitions, I wouldn't be going into it without a few qualms. I'd know how unlikely it was and how far away the Premier Leaguer was, but I'd also know you get exactly what you aim for if you aim low.
Carrying people with you, is what stops you being plastic. Wakefield is a big enough place to avoid that accusation if its team began to progress. MKD has landed in such a big place it is difficult to level the accusation of being plastic at it ........ but thousands still do ......
If my club were a small club within a community, winning and losing but achieving at a reasonable level and loved by local people, I wouldn't want it turned into something unrecognisable to us. If we were suddenly likely to be hosting 10,000 Man Utd fans and what we were was lost then I'd hate it.
Maybe if we were Eibar in Spain, a small-ish town which has over-achieved and kept on doing it, I'd love it when we beat Real Madrid or Barcelona. If we were Basford, a very small club with quite big ambitions, I wouldn't be going into it without a few qualms. I'd know how unlikely it was and how far away the Premier Leaguer was, but I'd also know you get exactly what you aim for if you aim low.
Carrying people with you, is what stops you being plastic. Wakefield is a big enough place to avoid that accusation if its team began to progress. MKD has landed in such a big place it is difficult to level the accusation of being plastic at it ........ but thousands still do ......