DIC latest - the largely wild speculation thread

[carlton]

That's another thing, the new stadium...how's he intending to afford that?

Surely his bid to take sole control is merely a precursor to selling the whole club for a bigger profit? Surely...

getting maximum profit would involve a completed stadium you would think?

[Steve001]

Even more money has to be borrowed for the stadium if it ever gets built, the club will soon be in 400 million pounds worth of debt maybe even more. I wouldnt put it past this cun* to reintroduce groundshare.

The stadium funding stands outside of the general funding as it pays for itself, at least that’s the idea. The differential increase from 44,000 to 70,000, or whatever the capacity will be, must be enough to pay for the ‘new build’ or else why bother?

[Scratch]

Could it be that Hicks ain't as poor as we've been led to believe, and the reason that the refinancing took so long was that it was Gillett, not Hicks who was unable to raise the necessaries to appease the banks (wasn't it 50 million or something of their own money required each, and Gillett may have been unable to raise it, or unwilling as he wanted out?) We all know that Gillett is the poor man out of the two after all.

Edit: Quick question..."I tried, but i failed"? Is that a common comment under a poster who's just reached the magical 100 posts, or have i got my own little slogan based on a comment about a failed joke i made ages ago? Either way, i like it. Can i keep it please??

[Craig_H]

getting maximum profit would involve a completed stadium you would think?

Well yeah, you'd think so. Just makes the whole thing more difficult to understand.

[Tee]

It seems fairly obvious to me that this saga is coming to an end, an unhappy end for us fans. DIC look to have failed again and the parting shots are being fired.

[Vermilion]

Fair point. He must have some seriously high credit score, let's just put it that way

What if he brought in Bill Gates as a partner....

[Craig_H]

You can bet ticket prices will shoot up too.

[Craig_H]

What if he brought in Bill Gates as a partner....

Well, if the team bus has as many crashes as windows...

[Joe King]

What if he brought in Bill Gates as a partner....

Don't even think about it....

[Pacman]

Radio 5 saying DIC have given Hicks and Gillett and 24 hour take it or leave it offer.

Looks like they have missed out again.

[carlton]

Fair point. He must have some seriously high credit score, let's just put it that way

But if the money has come from selling equity in Hicks Sports or whatever its called he has diluted his own holdings. So if he has sold equity, even privately, wouldnt he have been obliged to offer GG first go?

[Joe King]

Radio 5 saying DIC have given Hicks and Gillett and 24 hour take it or leave it offer.

Looks like they have missed out again.

**** me. If only ****ing Moores and Parry weren't so ****ing greedy...

[Craig_H]

Radio 5 saying DIC have given Hicks and Gillett and 24 hour take it or leave it offer.

Looks like they have missed out again.

[Vermilion]

Radio 5 saying DIC have given Hicks and Gillett and 24 hour take it or leave it offer.

Looks like they have missed out again.

Thought we were getting near that scenario, once Dic went public.

[Steve001]

Could it be that Hicks ain't as poor as we've been led to believe, and the reason that the refinancing took so long was that it was Gillett, not Hicks who was unable to raise the necessaries to appease the banks (wasn't it 50 million or something of their own money required each, and Gillett may have been unable to raise it, or unwilling as he wanted out?) We all know that Gillett is the poor man out of the two after all.

Edit: Quick question..."I tried, but i failed"? Is that a common comment under a poster who's just reached the magical 100 posts, or have i got my own little slogan based on a comment about a failed joke i made ages ago? Either way, i like it. Can i keep it please??

I agree with that, I have seen nothing to suggest that Hicks is in anyway 'poor'. Just because you borrow to the hilt against businesses does not mean you don't personally have a "pot to piss in". Borrowing can be done for many many reasons, not least being big tax advantages.