Hicks & Gillett split?

[honk]

I think they have the Mascher report right actually. Think about it.

yes but they word it as though he is putting pressure on them and he is not. He has just passed coment

[Bari]

let's bring in Bob Kraft

[captainfog]

Sack Rafa

[JohnDoe]

Sack Rafa

No.

Sack Parry.

[bobbyfallon]

No.

Sack Parry.

[Colemere]

let's bring in Bob Kraft

No, a Dubai based consortium

[The Erectile Banana]

No, a Dubai based consortium

I've got five euro burning a hole in my pocket.

Anybody want to form a syndicate.

[tsb]

Dont believe the Sunday Sun

[Colemere]

Dont believe the Sunday Sun

That would make a good T-shirt

It wouldn't suprise me, but I would have had them the other way round, Hicks care more about the club and Gillet more about the venue for himself

[friedk]

Wow this is huge news

It must be in all the papers in America and around Liverpool

[scouse lad]

This is what Dave Usher has just posted on TLW, make of it what you will.


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The split is apparently because Hicks wants to saddle us with debt by refinancing so the debt is ours, not his, and Gillett doesn't want to because he's worried about fan opinion and the fact they said they wouldn't do it.

Also, Gillett is meant to be a bit pissed off at how 'public' Hicks is, as he'd prefer them both to be in the background, but Hicks is always doing tv interviews.

Also, this makes interesting reading:

"Forbes issues major smack-down to Tom Hicks for mismanaging the Dallas Stars"

By Pegasus News wire

DALLAS — Forbes.com recently came out with their list of NHL franchise values and economic outlooks, and the Stars come in as the #5 most valuable franchise overall, trailing just Toronto, New York, Detroit and Montreal. According to the report, the Stars are worth approximately $254 million.

Despite this, Tom Hicks does not get any love from the writers at Forbes, who had this to say:

It is a good thing Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks is a billionaire. Otherwise, he might not survive the mess he has made of the Dallas franchise. The team, which owns 50% of American Airlines Center, is saddled with $200 million in debt (the team's holding company, Southwest Sports, defaulted on $135 million of debt four years ago), a high payroll, and an under-performing team that can't make it past the first round of the playoffs. The natives have clearly gotten restless, illustrated by sagging ticket sales and waning interest in the Dallas market for the Stars. In the face of this Hicks has actually increased the team's marketing staff to boost ticket sales. What he really needs is a better product.

[Darth Marty]

all this is bollocks...........at the end of the day Liverpool will outlive all of us and thats the important thing! Also I am not going to start slagging off the yanks based on pure speculation, so far they have been good and I like them!

[Morph]

I've never been too confident about this Hicks/Gilette takeover, all it takes is for one of them to take his ball and go home and it all goes tits up. Whether this is tru or not I have no clue, th way Usher has put it sounds believable, guess we'll just see what happens in the coming months

[cobain]

If Hicks and Gillett actually split, I want Hicks to take over from Gillett

[Morph]

If Hicks and Gillett actually split, I want Hicks to take over from Gillett

and saddle us with the debt for the stadium rather than them taking it on themselves?