Sunday news report thread

[bazza76]

They think its a possibility.
By the way, this summer we spent less than sunderland.

Sack rafa?
No chance, the yanks may have considered it, or my be considering it, but they will realise, there is no way they fans would ever forgive them for sacking Rafa.
It wont happen IMO, unless there is a blazing arguement between the two parites.

[bazza76]

They think its a possibility.
By the way, this summer we spent less than sunderland.

tom it is all guesswork, there is no way anyone at the Echo knows what hicks and gillett are going to do, why would they tell any of the media?.
it is all guesswork as usual.

[Johnny]

tom it is all guesswork, there is no way anyone at the Echo knows what hicks and gillett are going to do, why would they tell any of the media?.
it is all guesswork as usual.

Exactly.

[sonsofthedesert]

Sack rafa?
No chance, the yanks may have considered it, or my be considering it, but they will realise, there is no way they fans would ever forgive them for sacking Rafa.
It wont happen IMO, unless there is a blazing arguement between the two parites.

They wont want to rock the boat yet, they will know that it will take a couple of years to settle properly and get the fans on side. They may start to think like that and do things that the fans don't like once the stadium is part constructed. Still a PR job to be done, esp with fans like RASHid.

[sonsofthedesert]

tom it is all guesswork, there is no way anyone at the Echo knows what hicks and gillett are going to do, why would they tell any of the media?.
it is all guesswork as usual.

Proven over the summer that the press don't know what is going on anymore.

[Fowler_God]

tom it is all guesswork, there is no way anyone at the Echo knows what hicks and gillett are going to do, why would they tell any of the media?.
it is all guesswork as usual.

But they know the general vibes coming out. This story must make sense to what they are hearing

[El Jefecito]

tom it is all guesswork, there is no way anyone at the Echo knows what hicks and gillett are going to do, why would they tell any of the media?.
it is all guesswork as usual.

To be fair Tony Barrett at the Echo has spoken directly to Hicks about this very subject. Who know what was mentioned off the record? Who knows if he spoke to his old mate CB.

If anyone knows whats next, then it will be the Echo. It's always been that way. They may not be right, but I bet that have more information than anyone else.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

They think its a possibility.
By the way, this summer we spent less than sunderland.

Which just goes to prove it's not how much you spend, but who you spend it on.

[blacky]

Tom........did your source mention anything about the Hicks & Gillet split? It's been mentioned on here that Gillet wants an investor to buy Hicks shares

[mark1975]

I don't think he was right the way he went about things mid-week, and I was equally annoyed with G&H's statement, but I understand his frustrations.

I'm just looking forward to Wednesday now and I hope we give a big roar of defiance, and we do Porto. It's massively important for Rafa to keep us in the Champions League, ahead of this meeting in December.

Don't give them any room to exert their power.

[pjc1]

For those who this Chris Bascombe is outside the loop they are VERY much mistaken.

For those of you who don't know, Chris is a massive Liverpool fan and was genuinely upset with the (unfair in my opinion but that is another topic) criticism he recieved from the forums when he left the echo - like I said I don't want to get involved in that as we have to agree to disagree.

To back up Tom, I know someone in the local media (not Chris by the way) and Chris has huge links with the playing staff and Rafa. Anything about the relationship between the board and Rafa that Chris reports is pretty much staright from Rafa.

Not sure about the sacking story source but must have some substance.

If you ever read a story about one of the local players from Chris, trust me it is from the horses mouth.

Also, we all used to trust Chris in terms of his stories. Why suddenly have we started to doubt it when he goes to as many games as before and does not work from London?

Can't people see we are in no better position than under Moores. He earned £80m from the takeover, and Parry £500k. Personally I think the club has been badly mananged and these two Americans are very bad news. £500m debts!!! It is a joke and jeopardises the future of the club as we used to pay max £4m a season in interest.

I am angry with Moores and Parry with the way they have sold out to the highest bidder. We've spent £25m a season net for years and this is only what we should be spending - Hicks is a lying for saying anything else!

Hicks and Gillette should f**k off back to US sports and stop hiding behind the (fantastic by the way - I admit that much) stadium plans.

I feel that strongly about the direction of the club - we were promised things that were lies from Parry, Gillette and the Risdale mark 2 Hicks!!!

Rant over!

[Morph]

i think if we can gain one thing from all this is that no one really knows whats going on at all, so any sources etc are either guessing or just going along with unsubstantiated rumours

All this stuff is going to be between gillett and hicks, i doubt Mourinho has been sounded out at this early stage and i'll be happy when takes his next job which isn't LFC cos it'll put that rumour to bed

[Johnny]

Bascombe is cencored by his editer and has to tow the party line.he`s no longer a reliable source.

[pjc1]

Bascombe is cencored by his editer and has to tow the party line.he`s no longer a reliable source.

Absolute nonsense!

You're blind to what is going on - Like I put above I know who his sources are!

If anything he has more control over what he writes now from the censorship of John Thompson!

I'm not sure about the sacking story, but I believe the relationship has broken down badly as per the Bascombe article!

[FoxForceFive]

My sourec is 100% reliable & told me on Friday 'a manager' had been 'sounded out' They didnt say who, but as I say, I know at least 1 manager has been spoken to for a fact.