Tom & George

[Jazzmaster]

What is the joke?

You are mate

[AFII]

Well, at least they won't be our owners 2009.

[Johnny]

Well, at least they won't be our owners 2009.

They probably will.

[MARTINOZ]

Well, at least they won't be our owners 2009.

Where did you get that from?
I have a sneaky suspicion they'll be around for a while yet.

[AFII]

Where did you get that from?
I have a sneaky suspicion they'll be around for a while yet.

[TheRedDragon]

**** me now even AF has a source.....

Is having a source the equivalent of having the plague in the olden days?. It's just it's spreading like you won't believe.



See.

[fah-q]

More like plaque.

[friedk]

is this thread a joke

nope, they have brought pride back to Liverpool.

[tomasjj]

Them beans need spilling, AFII.

[AFII]

LFC TAKEOVER: Fans give owners dismal one year one report

Feb 6 2008 by David Higgerson, Liverpool Daily Post

LIVERPOOL fans have delivered a devastating verdict on American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to mark their first year in charge.

A snapshot poll carried out online yesterday by the Liverpool Daily Post invited fans to rate the performance of Gillett and Hicks individually on a scale of one to 10.

The vast majority – 82% – scored Hicks, who has regularly spoken in public over the past few months, as one out of 10.

Fans were more generous to Gillett, whose silence in recent weeks has led to expectations that he will move to end his partnership with Hicks. 33% rated Gillett’s performance as one out of 10, although 56% rated his first year as worthy of two, three, four or five out of ten.

One participant, referring to why he had scored Gillett so low, said: “While I, like many others have no idea what has been going on behind the scenes I feel let down that he has not done more to end this situation and take Hicks with him.”

Another said: “He looks a bit more genuine than Hicks, but has totally been overshadowed by Hicks. Can’t fully criticise him yet, but looks like he lacks the backbone he would need as an owner, especially to square up to Hicks.”

Our survey also suggests fans are becoming increasingly concerned with Rafa Benitez’s peformance as manager. A quarter rated his season as worthy of a seven out of 10, but of all those surveyed, 66% said the score they’d chosen was lower than it would have been at the end of last season.

Some fans appear to have concerns about the ongoing protests against the Americans – a third said they feared it could be a cause of recent poor match performances.

And while 85% backed the idea of the fans buying the club, just 14% believed it would actually happen.


http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...4375-20440203/

[AFII]

Them beans need spilling, AFII.

I have already said what the situation is according to my friend. Hicks want a bidding war, he don't want to keep the club.

It may take a few months but he will sell up. Lec more or less said the same yesterday.

Gillett want out because he can't afford it.

[tomasjj]

I have already said what the situation is according to my friend. Hicks want a bidding war, he don't want to keep the club.

It may take a few months but he will sell up. Lec more or less said the same yesterday.

Gillett want out because he can't afford it.

cheers.

[AFII]

VIDEO AND QUOTES: Gillet and Hicks, promises and reality

Feb 6 2008 By Dave Higgerson

We have purchased the club with no debt on the club," George Gillett, Feb 6, 2007.

"We are going to build the finest team for the finest stadium in the Premier League and that is Liverpool," Tom Hicks, Feb 6, 2007.

"The shovel needs to be in the ground in the next 60 days," George Gillett, Feb 6, 2007.

"It's all about the fans and the winning tradition," George Gillett, Feb 7, 2007.

"I won't be a visible owner. You'll see me in the stand yes, but probably not so much in the directors' box as out in front meeting people and thanking them for their support," George Gillett, Feb 7, 2007.

"I'm not a person who goes and hides," George Gillett, Feb 7, 2007.

"Our job is to be custodians of this franchise, not the owners of this franchise," George Gillett, Feb 7, 2007.

"There's no way either of my two teams' fans have the level of intense passion that Liverpool has," Tom Hicks, May 26.

"We want to be regularly competing for the Premiership and the Champions League.

"The fans are smart. The fans can sense that George and I want exactly what they want," Tom Hicks, May 26.

"It is really time for Rafa to quit talking about new players and to coach the players we have," Tom Hicks, Nov 23, 2007.

"It's been a big misunderstanding blown very much out of proportion. George and I are happy to see that it has settled back down," Tom Hicks gives Rafa Benitez his backing, Dec 1, 2007.

"George and I have never been closer. We both were very disappointed and confused as to where that inaccurate information came from," Hicks dismisses rumours of a split, Dec 1, 2007.

"We attempted to negotiate an option as an insurance policy to have him (Klinsmann) become manager if Rafael left for Real Madrid or other clubs that were rumoured in the press," Tom Hicks, January 13, 2008.

"I will still be an owner of Liverpool Football Club in five years," Tom Hicks, Jan 27, 2008.

"Rafa's going to be our manager. He's got a contract here for two more years and hopefully he'll stay for longer.

"As far as I'm concerned Rafa Benitez will be here for at least the length of his contract," Tom Hicks, Jan 27, 2008.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...4375-20442087/

There is a video clip in the article in the daily post.

[Kev_81]

"I'm not a person who goes and hides," George Gillett, Feb 7, 2007.