Parry off to the US [Talk of 'Rafa Summit Meeting' denied]

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Why do you torture yourself?

That site has to be, imho ofcourse, the worst LFC site there is.

6CM is up there with it to be honest.

[Dhav]

From what I have heard, backstreet sort of crap. G&H are looking for potential owners as they can't afford to run Liverpool. The credit crunch is killing them, the dollar on a low compared to the pound being another. G&H are rich but not filthy rich like Abramovich so they feel they can't compete with him and surprisingly the Glazers who are spending to support the short term in order for the long term to be rosy.

DIC are still interested in buying Liverpool as they want a Premiership club as part of their portfolio and whatever anyone may think that DIC will think of it as a plaything. They probably will, but they are football fans. One of the reasons why Moores didn't sell to DIC was that DIC wanted to sign players like Kaka and Ronaldinho and Moores felt Rafa and Parry would want to sign the players they wanted. Also, they wanted Parry out of the job. That gives us more incentive to back the DIC bid.

Come on DIC, make a bid.

I don't know what your source is or how much of it is true, but one thing I am certainly inclined to agree with is that Parry the snake-like weasel that he is would have preferred the investors that would have kept him on, and probably would have advised the board accordingly. It's funny how we got new investors in, Parry was one of the few directors who kept his job, plus he got a massive bonus as well. Hmm, extremely suspicious.

I'm inclined to agree with Chilli in that the DIC ship has sailed. If they bought the club now I think it would cost them more than they were prepared to offer a year ago, and as they weren't prepared to go above their valuation then I dont see why they would now, especially as probably no real value has been added to the club.

Personally I'd love to get rid of the yanks and get DIC in instead. Irrespective of resources etc, I'm inclined to think DIC have far more business acumen than the yanks.

But matter not that the club is in turmoil because at least Parry got to keep his job and get a nice fat bonus as well

[peekay]

No way will they lose the club to the banks.

These guys are here for the long term whether you like it or not.

No way are RBS gonna take control of the club. They will work out an arrangement with G&H which will allow them to repay at a later date at a higher interest.

If RBS take control over the club just because G&H defaulted it would be as much of a PR disaster for them as it is for us. They would like to avoid it as much as us.

[Dhav]

They didn't know about Abramovich when they took over. Now they find themselves owning a football club and suddenly they realise that Abramovich is in the game as well and they want out? What?

The credit crunch is killing them? The long term and short term interest rate looks like it on its way down. What is killing them?

The Dollar is weak compared to the Pound? The dollar is stronger than the pound compared to when they took over. At the very least the same. They want out because the dollar is what?

The reason Moores didn't sell to DIC was because of what...? Kaka and Dinho? What?

Can't afford to run Liverpool? Two old guns who's been around the block so many times they practically invented the term, buys a football club only to discover 10 months later that the real truth is, that they are infact braindead and too stupid to figure out whether they can/could afford to buy the club in the first place. What? What? WHAT?

It.makes.no.sense.

3 days due diligence says to me that the bit in bold above makes perfect sense. No business acumen, no real idea of what they were purchasing. They thought they were buying a baseball team or a sports franchise or something, not an institution.

[Red Chilli]

Ifr DIC came back now I'd have serious concerns about their business acumen

[livvy145]

6CM is up there with it to be honest.

Didn't realise you are a member over there. Or are you a lurker?

[Dhav]

Ifr DIC came back now I'd have serious concerns about their business acumen

Yes, which is why I think they won't be back.

We blew it. Thanks Parry, we got stuck with two cowboys so you could get your bonus and keep your job.

[Red Chilli]

Didn't realise you are a member over there. Or are you a lurker?

I'm a lurker

[Joe King]

They didn't know about Abramovich when they took over. Now they find themselves owning a football club and suddenly they realise that Abramovich is in the game as well and they want out? What?

The credit crunch is killing them? The long term and short term interest rate looks like it on its way down. What is killing them?

The Dollar is weak compared to the Pound? The dollar is stronger than the pound compared to when they took over. At the very least the same. They want out because the dollar is what?

The reason Moores didn't sell to DIC was because of what...? Kaka and Dinho? What?

Can't afford to run Liverpool? Two old guns who's been around the block so many times they practically invented the term, buys a football club only to discover 10 months later that the real truth is, that they are infact braindead and too stupid to figure out whether they can/could afford to buy the club in the first place. What? What? WHAT?

It.makes.no.sense.

Did you read the post or just jumping the gun?

The credit crunch is killing them because banks are reluctant to lend money.

The dollar is weaker to when they took over.

The raw materials for the revamped plans have gone up in price such as steel and glass.

DIC were giving the talk that they would buy Ronaldinho and Kaka to Liverpool. Moores didn't like it for some reason. I don't know.

So before you make your stupid posts read it again throughly. I have left spaces so you can understand, maybe I should have it in bigger writing and illustrate with pictures.

[AFII]

3 days due diligence says to me that the bit in bold above makes perfect sense. No business acumen, no real idea of what they were purchasing. They thought they were buying a baseball team or a sports franchise or something, not an institution.

They had a deadline to meet so they could get the money from EU and the city so they had more or less no choice than to take a gamble and do a very short due diligence.

[livvy145]

I'm a lurker

You would fit in quite well on there, as would CMS actually.

[CAD]

3 days due diligence says to me that the bit in bold above makes perfect sense. No business acumen, no real idea of what they were purchasing. They thought they were buying a baseball team or a sports franchise or something, not an institution.

Not a chance. They knew exactly what they were getting into. I still remember the very first interview as I'm sure you do. Hicks and Gillett are not morons who just drops millions because they don't know what they are buying. It's at the very best a gross simplification. There is no way in hell that they will fall on their asses over a bridge gap of around 40mill. Not a chance in hell.

You can tell people I said so

[Dhav]

They had a deadline to meet so they could get the money from EU and the city so they had more or less no choice than to make a gamble and do a very short due diligence.

Thanks AF, that does absolutely nothing to reassure me. If there's any truth in that then I'm even more worried about their business acumen - a £300m gamble?

[Red Chilli]

DIC were giving the talk that they would buy Ronaldinho and Kaka to Liverpool. Moores didn't like it for some reason. I don't know.

Not going to comment on the rest of it but does anyone take this claim seriously? I mean it's ****ing ridiculous, isn't it?

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Didn't realise you are a member over there. Or are you a lurker?

Know you're a regular over there mate, but there does seem to be a sack Rafa element on there, or at worst scepticism towards him.

Nah, I don't post.