DIC latest - the largely wild speculation thread

[Jayesh87]

How long has it been quiet in the media then?

[Steve101]

How long has it been quiet in the media then?

Never, becasue we are part of the media and we never shut up about it!!!!

[Lecter]

Well, if you are doing DD then you are not allowed to talk about the deal until the DD is done.

DIC are probably doing their DD right now because of the agreed deal with Gillett that Hicks used his veto to turn down. Nothing can really stop them doing DD during the 90 day deadline.

I dont believe DIC have started due dilligence

[Sarb]

I dont believe DIC have started due dilligence

What do you think is happening then Lecter?

[Kloppster]

I dont believe DIC have started due dilligence

maybe they've finished :-)

[AFII]

I dont believe DIC have started due dilligence

Well, it's a strange timing for a more or less total media blackout, straight after the veto from Hicks.

The time for DIC to start the DD would be when Gillett or Hicks accepted a bid for their 50% of the club and that is what happened last week, Gillett accepted the DIC bid but Hicks used his veto.

[Red Chilli]

DIC should wait around for a few weeks and allow the global recession to really kick in. Hicks will be begging for them to come back in

[dawmdt]

now that would be cool. i remember in the early 90s the chancellor pissing off some european business man who then ****ed up our currency resulting in us having to withdraw from the European monetary union. In hindsight probably a blessing in disguise but boy did i laugh at the tory prick

That was George Soros but it wasn't because the chancellor was pissing him off, it was because Moron Lamont at the time created a scenario where somebody with enough US dollars in their bank could devalue the pound

[calvoboy]

That was George Soros but it wasn't because the chancellor was pissing him off, it was because Moron Lamont at the time created a scenario where somebody with enough US dollars in their bank could devalue the pound

Or because off the back of the Lawson boom, the UK entered the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) at an exchange rate that was above our long-term rate, and which was never likely to be sustainable in the long term. When the inevitable pressure on sterling came, the tory government was so desperate to avoid devaluing the pound that they increased the interest rate again and again to try and bolster the exchange rate. Canny investors such as Soros realised that even this wouldn't be enough and sold sterling short, making a killing when the inevitable withdrawal and devaluation occurred. Speculators made a killing, while the UK entered our last severe recession.

Anyway, are DIC buying us or what? Or is it Kraft? Or Hicks? Or even Ross Perot Jnr (now there's a new name!)?

[carlton]

DIC would have made a public announcement if they have fuc*ed off. Given a key part of their strategy was/is to get fans on side it doesnt make sense to walk away without saying anything.

I like the blanket media ban theory or the theory that DIC are sitting back and watching the financial meltdown in the debt/equity markets fu*k up 'Mr.Leveraged buy-out King' Hicks. Hicks has to be doing it hard given his business model is based on debt.

[pezzzer]

DIC would have made a public announcement if they have fuc*ed off. Given a key part of their strategy was/is to get fans on side it doesnt make sense to walk away without saying anything.

I like the blanket media ban theory or the theory that DIC are sitting back and watching the financial meltdown in the debt/equity markets fu*k up 'Mr.Leveraged buy-out King' Hicks. Hicks has to be doing it hard given his business model is based on debt.

FWIW i think the deal is done, with g and h selling lock/stock and barrel.

the media blackout is giving thicks enough time to put his other affairs in order imo

and yes, the ansari's would of told us if they were walking away (like last time) but they aint
hicks would be shouting from the rooftops if this was the case and he aint.

[carlton]

FWIW i think the deal is done, with g and h selling lock/stock and barrel.

the media blackout is giving thicks enough time to put his other affairs in order imo

and yes, the ansari's would of told us if they were walking away (like last time) but they aint
hicks would be shouting from the rooftops if this was the case and he aint.

Wouldn't that be great if it was done? I think it still on with Hicks spitting the dummy over the media war and his email being leaked and more or less demanding a media blackout.

[MattB]

Wouldn't that be great if it was done? I think it still on with Hicks spitting the dummy over the media war and his email being leaked and more or less demanding a media blackout.

Which might well explain the fact that a senior DIC exec was shown the door soon afterwards

[Tee]

SSN today were running a story on Derby County's new American owners and they were talking about Liverpools ownership situation.

The Derby owner said that Liverpool FC has provided the Americans a big profit on a short term investment, or words to that effect. Does he know something we don't? Could it be a done deal already?? Please, please let it happen...

[MattB]

SSN today were running a story on Derby County's new American owners and they were talking about Liverpools ownership situation.

The Derby owner said that Liverpool FC has provided the Americans a big profit on a short term investment, or words to that effect. Does he know something we don't? Could it be a done deal already?? Please, please let it happen...

Given the valuations being thrown about, that is true whether they sell or not. I hope he does know something, but it's more likely he is just talking about the value of the asset, rather than any actual sale profit.

Fingers crossed though...