The proposed takeover by the Red Sox owners is:

[Shaggy]

:tries to imagine marky "researching":

This isn't Marky with the guns, the gym membership and the nightclub ban.

[red g]

This isn't Marky with the guns, the gym membership and the nightclub ban.

I know ...... but first thing that popped into my head and loved the image

[squaddie]

Im keepin schtum until those cunts have ****ed off.

[Fierce]

:tries to imagine marky "researching":

This isn't Marky with the guns, the gym membership and the nightclub ban.

Was just about to say the same thing! Luckily for Healy he probably doesn't know THE Marky in order to take offence!!

[BrooklynRed]

I've barely had the heart to log on here in recent weeks; just gutted over the state of club, barely anything to say that wasn't absolutely obvious to everyone. That said, I am very happy that the Red Sox owners have bought the club. They are good at what they do, they are competitive, they know a few things about a blood rivalry and ending title droughts, they even have their own version of Istanbul (the 2004 ALCS). That said, economically, I am not sure if they're able to compete with billionaire oil money. Hopefully, they can get us into shape, but the on the field problems still remain; H&G aren't the ones running out the wrong formations and the wrong tactics week after week. so, while I am hopeful, we have a lot of work to do; still, much better position to do that work with the Sox in charge.

Now, to avoid establishing a curse of El Niño...

[Assassin]

Another Broughton quote

"I can understand why there might be an instant reaction about them being American. But being American is not a problem, leveraged ownership of a football club is the problem"

[Bender]

Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton expects New England Sports Ventures (NESV) to complete their £300 million takeover of the club "in about a week", despite opposition from current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
Broughton said: "It's likely to take about a week. I would hope we will get the judgement by the end of next week."

He added: "The key thing is the court case. We need to go to the court to get a declaratory judgement ... then the buyers can complete the sale. We have to get Premier League approval and I'm certain that's not going to be an issue."

The Premier League have confirmed in statement they have been kept informed of developments at Anfield and expected the board to complete all the necessary processes by Friday so that the sale can proceed. LINK

[nineteen]

not sure but i wanna say probably not yet. i don't think he owned them for long.

If memory serves me, Henry owned the Marlins for all of three seasons (post 1998 season to pre 2001 season). However, Henry's tenure as owner of the Marlins was more of a stepping stone toward his ultimate ambition of owning the Red Sox. He's a shrewd businessman who doesn't throw money around needlessly and isn't afraid to take a gamble calculated gamble on young talent.

What strikes me about both his stints as an MLB team owner is the way the two clubs have successfully sought out and drafted young talent on the field, and appointed young visionary talent in the backroom. He promoted Dave Dombrowski to GM in Florida, whom eventually left around the same time Henry sold the team and turned Detroit (the perenial worst team) into a winner again. He also appointed Theo Epstein, an unheard of mid-30s statistics oriented "geek" as GM of the Red Sox. Both GMs have been extremely successful at their new roles, despite some marked opposition to them initially.

In addition, Henry has overseen a shift away from signing pricey over-rated free agents to draft and blooding good young players. While the GMs are typically reponsible for choosing the players to draft and trade for, Henry has a track record of finding the right man for that job.

I'm with Dave on this, while I understand people are uncertain about the new owners and somewhat skeptical of jumping from the frying pan into the fire, Henry and his group know the sports business from a commercial side and know how to delegate responsibility for on field matters to the right people. While I don't think we'll be going out to sign a load of new players in January and next summer, I believe that these guys understand the value of a winning team on the field and how that translates into success off the field - which is ultimately what one would assume they are after.

BTW - I'm a Blue Jays fan, but have a lot of respect for what Henry has done with the Red Sox over the last ten years. They are what we aspire to be - perennial contenders.

[malg]

I don't want this guy near our club at all. He can get ****ed for all I care. He's not interested in football at all, this is all business again, the money to buy the club is very likely to be borrowed again. His love is baseball, the interview I saw stated that he as looking at investments to help grow the red sox!!!
**** him, we'll be in the same position as the manc fans (in that we will hate our owners and want another change) in a couple of years only without the success.

This is not the answer. Same ****, different faces.

I've sort of said the same things today and been shot down, but I guess time will tell, but like the employment of Hodgson I have a bad feeling about this take over. O ye and at one point I was accused of being a racist because I said I didn't want any Americans near the club.

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

I've barely had the heart to log on here in recent weeks; just gutted over the state of club, barely anything to say that wasn't absolutely obvious to everyone. That said, I am very happy that the Red Sox owners have bought the club. They are good at what they do, they are competitive, they know a few things about a blood rivalry and ending title droughts, they even have their own version of Istanbul (the 2004 ALCS). That said, economically, I am not sure if they're able to compete with billionaire oil money. Hopefully, they can get us into shape, but the on the field problems still remain; H&G aren't the ones running out the wrong formations and the wrong tactics week after week. so, while I am hopeful, we have a lot of work to do; still, much better position to do that work with the Sox in charge.

Now, to avoid establishing a curse of El Niño...

Good to see you're still around,was wondering if you had topped yourself.

[paulg]

I'm in the "I just don't know anymore" camp.
In a way I'm glad it's not middle eastern business men, I don't want us to be like Chelsea or Man City. I just want us to be properly run, with a long term future and a good solid youth policy that can perhaps bring us success for a long time to come.

Not much to ask?

[Tatterdemalion]

Another Broughton quote

"I can understand why there might be an instant reaction about them being American. But being American is not a problem, leveraged ownership of a football club is the problem"

Broughton understands leverage. It's appropriate for some businesses (like utilities) but not for others. He gets that it is not appropriate for the uncertain revenue streams of a football club.

[BrooklynRed]

In case you don't know about the Red Sox "Istanbul" moment... Say hello to our new Overlords... it's on tomorrow on ESPN Classic here in the States (11:00 PM EST) if you wanna DVR it.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVyobFoH0-E"]YouTube - Preview for ESPN's "Four Days in October"[/ame]

[Vermilion]

Don't like rounders..

[BrooklynRed]

Don't like rounders..

me either, actually. Not a big baseball fan at all (doesn't help being a Detroit Tigers fan, although I object to them being called the worst team in baseball by nineteen; The Royals, Mariners, Pirates and Cubs are much worse.)