Tom Hicks Talks

[Guest]

You think Rafa would even see the Mascherano money?

Yes mate obviously. It's an unsustainable business model if they can't invest in the team in the long run.

[Craig_H]

Yes mate obviously. It's an unsustainable business model if they can't invest in the team in the long run.

They'd probably give Rafa a quarter of the fee and tell him to sign Mark Noble as a replacement.

[Guest]

They'd probably give Rafa a quarter of the fee and tell him to sign Mark Noble as a replacement.

Don't you think it's a bit far fetched to reason like that? Let's see what happens first, then analyse things. We haven't been doing too bad lately.

[BrianF80]

Chelsea spent £18m on Zhirkov. Who did they sell to generate that?

And in any case, why are we basing what WE do on what others do? Who cares what they do? All that matters is what we do, and we were in the position whereby some decent strengthening on top of what we had, would've made us favourites for the title. It was the best time to do it.

But the yanks ****ed us. Again.

It seemed to me that the one other player he wanted was Silva and he mentioned in an interview on the offal that the "market was crazy and we were asked 40-50m for a winger". If that is the case and we can't afford that player what do you want him to do spend whatever he has left on a stop gap a la Pennant? Those times are gone we already have plenty of stop gaps, we're in the low volume high quality phase now and if that means we need to wait until we can combine budgets and until the right player is available so be it.

[Craig_H]

Don't you think it's a bit far fetched to reason like that? Let's see what happens first, then analyse things. We haven't been doing too bad lately.

Not far fetched at all. I'm basing it on what's happened before.

Waiting and seeing what happens is great, except it's too late once it's happened.

Where are you going?

We have a match tonight, remember?

[Guest]

Not far fetched at all. I'm basing it on what's happened before.

Waiting and seeing what happens is great, except it's too late once it's happened.

I don't think we're strong enough to fight this battle mate.

[EwarWoo]

Waiting and seeing what happens is great, except it's too late once it's happened.

Not really. All we can do about it anyway's is bitch and moan. Plenty of time for that after the sky as fallen.

[Craig_H]

It seemed to me that the one other player he wanted was Silva and he mentioned in an interview on the offal that the "market was crazy and we were asked 40-50m for a winger". If that is the case and we can't afford that player what do you want him to do spend whatever he has left on a stop gap a la Pennant? Those times are gone we already have plenty of stop gaps, we're in the low volume high quality phase now and if that means we need to wait until we can combine budgets and until the right player is available so be it.

That's fine if you think he was given money and chose not to spend it. He's been banging on about how we havent got money to spend, so i dont believe he's simply chosen to sit on what he has.

[Craig_H]

I don't think we're strong enough to fight this battle mate.

That's exactly what i would expect you to say. Fair enough.

[Pacman]

Yeah, he should, he should look at getting us our biggest ever shirt deal, equal to THE biggest ever, then look at, amongst other things, additional sponsorship revenue streams.....oh.....hang on.......

Or maybe we should focus on the fact that good old Tommy and George said no debt would be placed on our club when they bought it yet now he is talking about reducing the debt?

Good old Tom Hicks hey such a stand up guy.

[Craig_H]

Or maybe we should focus on the fact that good old Tommy and George said no debt would be placed on our club when they bought it yet now he is talking about reducing the debt?

Good old Tom Hicks hey such a stand up guy.

It amazes me how easily people can just, not only 'forgive and forget' this, but act as if there's no reason to doubt what those cunts say.

[Pacman]

It amazes me how easily people can just, not only 'forgive and forget' this, but act as if there's no reason to doubt what those cunts say.

It baffles me it really does.

The lies these pair have peddled since they bought our club yet people still believe stuff that comes out their horrible gobs.

You only need to look at what Hicks and his gang did to Corinthians in Brazil to see what a horrible man this bloke is.

[Neil Young]

I sometimes think your problem, Craig, is that that you care too much. You're the football equivalent of, oh, I dunno, maybe Gwyneth Paltrow.

[BrianF80]

That's fine if you think he was given money and chose not to spend it. He's been banging on about how we havent got money to spend, so i dont believe he's simply chosen to sit on what he has.

But he's not said anything differently than he has always said. He has always said, "I want more money. It's not fair everyone else has more money than me".

The only thing he's said that's close to being original is that he decided to spend money extending contracts of the spine the team!!!

[Craig_H]

I sometimes think your problem, Craig, is that that you care too much. You're the football equivalent of, oh, I dunno, maybe Gwyneth Paltrow.

Me and Gwyn, peas in a pod.

It's not a conscious decision one makes, whereby one thinks "Oh, i know. I'll care this much" But i'm sure you know this.