DIC latest - the largely wild speculation thread

[Darkon]

FFS - can't this all just end soon?? Every time it seems to be finalished, some mongering idiot aka Hicks comes out with a blast of some sort!

Whenever this part is over, and whether it ends up with a Hicks + DIC or a breakdown, there is no way that we should let Hicks of the hook. There is no way that he should ever be able to go to an anfield game without knowing just how unpopular he is!

We are finally starting to play well, win games and win them comfortably not least - this can't be ruined again by uncertainty. Do the deal and do it in private!

[pezzzer]

I am going to go watch Die Hard 4.0 in blu ray , by the time it is finished the takeover saga better be over



See you tomoz folks for more twist and turns

on your playstation 3 sir i hope

[Jayesh87]

on your playstation 3 sir i hope

Indeed. So is it over???

Or am i going to have to go kick sum american ass

[pezzzer]

Indeed. So is it over???

Or am i going to have to go kick sum american ass

lets open up a can of vietnam WhoopAss on the cuntthey lost there and the'll lose here

they dont like it up em, dont tell him pike, etc etc

[chadrtc]

Avoid the Diet Hard 4 Blu-Ray and stick with the DVD! The Blu-Ray is cut to buggery for some strange reason. Sorry, back to the topic!

[Jayesh87]

Avoid the Diet Hard 4 Blu-Ray and stick with the DVD! The Blu-Ray is cut to buggery for some strange reason. Sorry, back to the topic!

Are you drunk?

[Leyton388]

Wish Hicks would shut the **** up and get on with it. I think this is a result of Hicks secretly needing to sell but publicly he cannot afford to be seen as needing to so he can look like the big boss and get some backing for his other clubs. As the letter says his advisors are in dubai anyway meeting someone else. I think he is looking for a backer for his US interests and cannot afford to be seen as needing to sell his stake in liverpool and this letter makes him look weak.

[pezzzer]

Avoid the Diet Hard 4 Blu-Ray and stick with the DVD! The Blu-Ray is cut to buggery for some strange reason. Sorry, back to the topic!

mines fine, a repacement is proberbly your best bet

[Leyton388]

I Think HD DVD is better than Blu-Ray, However blu-ray has had better marketing and backing which has killed off HD DVD. Still loads of hd dvd titles out there worth getting and you can get a cheap hd dvd player for £40 now which is the xbox 360 drive which can also be used with a PC

[Jayesh87]

Anyone know what Bascombe wrote yesterday?

[pezzzer]

I Think HD DVD is better than Blu-Ray, However blu-ray has had better marketing and backing which has killed off HD DVD. Still loads of hd dvd titles out there worth getting and you can get a cheap hd dvd player for £40 now which is the xbox 360 drive which can also be used with a PC

i'll look out for them whilst on my hunt for a beta-max and sinclare c5.

quality wise there is no difference(i've owned both) and put them on 2 different tv's, a sharp aquas 42" and a samsung 32"

[nbryan1764]

This is only the beginning. I think once DIC are in with their feet under the table, there will be bloodshed. They want the club and seeing as the way the saga has been played in the media to date I can only see it getting worse. We need one owner with the financial backing to support us. Hicks cannot provide that but he won't go down without a fight.

[Harv]

now now boys. Console wars should be played out in the gaming rooms

[Kev_81]

Hicks in the Dallas News

..Hicks said he was in the Middle East a few weeks ago and met with Sameer Al Ansari, the CEO of DIC.

"We had a good meeting; he's a sharp guy," said Hicks, who bought Liverpool with Gillett for $431 million last March. "That doesn't mean anything. At the end of the day, it depends on 'What are their true intentions?' Are they willing to accept a position as a passive, minority investor, or do they want more than that? If they want more than that, they're not going to be involved."

He is a ****

[carlton]

More reasons to hate El Gordo, nicked from RAWK:

Hicks: Other ventures won't affect Texas Rangers
04:57 AM CDT on Sunday, March 9, 2008

By RICHARD DURRETT / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected]
SURPRISE, Ariz. – Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks made it clear Saturday that the possibility of additional investors, whether in the Liverpool Football Club or Hicks Sports Group, will not affect the Rangers.

"It has absolutely no impact whatsoever," Hicks said in his second visit to spring training. "The Rangers are a separate entity, like the other teams. Nothing changes."

Hicks said his representatives continue to negotiate with Dubai International Capital, which is seeking to become a minority partner in Liverpool, the Premier League soccer club Hicks co-owns with George Gillett. Hicks said there are other groups he's talking to in addition to DIC and that negotiations aren't as far along as reported.

Hicks said he was in the Middle East a few weeks ago and met with Sameer Al Ansari, the CEO of DIC.

"We had a good meeting; he's a sharp guy," said Hicks, who bought Liverpool with Gillett for $431 million last March. "That doesn't mean anything. At the end of the day, it depends on 'What are their true intentions?' Are they willing to accept a position as a passive, minority investor, or do they want more than that? If they want more than that, they're not going to be involved."

Hicks said he sent DIC a 60-page draft of a shareholders agreement that would define what terms he is seeking if it wants to own 49 percent of the club. Gillett, who owns 50 percent of the team, could sell a portion of his stake to Hicks and the rest to DIC or another group. That would leave Hicks as the majority partner.

Hicks told The Associated Press that he's upset with DIC's lead negotiator, Amanda Staveley, saying she has been leaking private correspondence between the pair to the British media.

No matter what Hicks does, he says it won't alter his plans with the Rangers. He doesn't plan on being as active with the baseball team now that Nolan Ryan is president and has operational control.

"As the owner, you only have to get involved when there are issues," Hicks said. "With Nolan and [general manager] Jon Daniels, there are no issues. I try to help with sponsors and do what I can to help grow the revenues of the team."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/030908dnsporangnotes.33caf05.html