New Owners Silence

[HeySethUTB]

More players like Grbic then ?

Is this top trumps? Brewster.

 

[The Bear]

Signing Hirst would have great shithouse value

If it happened hope it more Bromby/Geary/Quinn than Curran

 

[The Bear]

That is just cringeworthy

If that had been a derby I might have expected "Sheffield Wednesday's full of ladyboys" chanted in response.

 

[Foxy]

You don’t have to look too far to see when owners should reign it in and be careful what they communicate…

 

[Charlieblade]

You don’t have to look too far to see when owners should reign it in and be careful what they communicate…

Not taking sides here, but whatever the new owners may have said to Wilder, may have been misinterpreted or misunderstood. Wilder was possibly over optimistic at best, or at worst, gullible?

We are talking about two moving parts here, both speaking a similar, but often misunderstood language. Wilder is bluff, arrogant and intransigent, and the other side is a group of very wealthy Americans, using business speak?

On the other hand, they could be bullshitting, and he could be hearing what he wants to hear. Wilder has many admirable qualities as a football manager, and he is uniquely suited to this club. The new owners are not well known for anything other than taking a very long time to buy the club, and having the wealth and persistence to get their bid past the tests set by the EFL.

 

[loveWalrusDaveTheBlade]

Not taking sides here, but whatever the new owners may have said to Wilder, may have been misinterpreted or misunderstood. Wilder was possibly over optimistic at best, or at worst, gullible?

We are talking about two moving parts here, both speaking a similar, but often misunderstood language. Wilder is bluff, arrogant and intransigent, and the other side is a group of very wealthy Americans, using business speak?

On the other hand, they could be bullshitting, and he could be hearing what he wants to hear. Wilder has many admirable qualities as a football manager, and he is uniquely suited to this club. The new owners are not well known for anything other than taking a very long time to buy the club, and having the wealth and persistence to get their bid past the tests set by the EFL.

Or, they could of course, all be on the exact same wavelength as each other, understand each other perfectly, and be working hard together to address issues created by potential vendors of players.
To quote Albert Camus ( probably badly)....” in football, plans are always complicated by the presence of the opposing team”

 

[tyke1889]

The star stuff wants me to register or I can’t look when they post anything interesting

Fuck that

archive.is is your friend

 

[Chunkey]

The star stuff wants me to register or I can’t look when they post anything interesting

Fuck that

Just click in the I'll do it later box

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Just click in the I'll do it later box

Never worked on the ex wife.

 

[Varkanoid]

and the other side is a group of very wealthy Americans, using business speak?

... who have never owned a football club before ...

Now we understand the silence.

 

[The Crab]

Just click in the I'll do it later box

For some reason it doesn’t seem to be even letting me do that

 

[Sean Thornton]

For some reason it doesn’t seem to be even letting me do that

It’s because of your reaction to their review of The Happy Crab in the Eating Out section.

Martin “Kill yourself before the food does”

 

[Shadota]

The new owners are not well known for anything

Not well known by you. While I can't say I know them either, their respective accomplishments will make them well known to some people. Helmy especially appears to be of particular renown, based on the info shared about him in the confirmation article the club put out.

other than taking a very long time to buy the club

The official announcement on the club website came on December 23rd. The thread on here about this takeover attempt was started on May 22nd. Seven months is not a particularly long time to get a deal done, when the deal in question is £100million+.

The article here suggests a rough timeline to complete acquisition of a business as being 6-12 months. So unless talks were ongoing for a lot longer than they appeared to have (which would have required the likes of El Accounto and such to be in the dark for multiple months), this deal was done in a perfectly reasonable amount of time.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Not well known by you.

Charlieblade there is literally videos of them on fox news and conferences in the US. Now they might not be household names but how many owners are?!

 

[The Crab]

Charlieblade there is literally videos of them on fox news and conferences in the US. Now they might not be household names but how many owners are?!

We almost had a household name almost take us over, right after the Carlo Colombotti thing.

Sir Charles Household. So literally a household name…

 

[Snowflake]

Never worked on the ex wife.

Obviously worked once !,

 

[Charlieblade]

Charlieblade there is literally videos of them on fox news and conferences in the US. Now they might not be household names but how many owners are?!

I think the US media, especially Fox, shows just how different the two countries and populations are! If that is used as a measure of our understanding of US business speak, no wonder there are delays.

I should say at this point, my experience of US media is gleaned predominantly from following their recent election coverage. It does amplify any differences between the two countries concerned.

 

[Rodley]

Heard nowt, seen nowt, signed nowt.

 

[Charlieblade]

Not well known by you. While I can't say I know them either, their respective accomplishments will make them well known to some people. Helmy especially appears to be of particular renown, based on the info shared about him in the confirmation article the club put out.

The official announcement on the club website came on December 23rd. The thread on here about this takeover attempt was started on May 22nd. Seven months is not a particularly long time to get a deal done, when the deal in question is £100million+.

The article here suggests a rough timeline to complete acquisition of a business as being 6-12 months. So unless talks were ongoing for a lot longer than they appeared to have (which would have required the likes of El Accounto and such to be in the dark for multiple months), this deal was done in a perfectly reasonable amount of time.

Seven months is a long time for a supporter with little knowledge about such deals.

In my defence, my comments were meant to indicate that the long period of gestation was a positive for the supporters, in that great care was taken, and they waited patiently to be authorised by the EFL system review, ensuing that they were a viable proposition for the clubs future.

In other words it was not meant to come over as a complaint, but more of a positive observation.

Yes, not well known by me!
Sadly not all supporters are blessed with international business acumen.

 

[Yoonited]

We really are heading further down the road to the loony bin if we take the theories of ARTIFICIAL intelligence as facts.
We have a brain for good reason.

 

[Rodley]

Silent but deadly!

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

There's an old saying that go's -
"The proof of the Pudding is in the eating"
I haven't got the faintest what it means,
but it seems to fit ..

Let's just wait and see how it pans out
,
THEN COMPLAIN !!!....