Holding out

[Muzzy's Right Boot]

Can only be good for the club imo if there are more genuine potential buyers waiting in the wings. If it was only MM, he might withdraw his offer and we'll be back to the skint club syndrome that we currently are. At least with others being involved surely the club will have better prospects in the coming year.

Good point. Although i hope MM does get in

 

[Siouxsie]

From a conversation with one of the shareholders today, who was obviously being cautious about what was said, I got the impression that he was making his decision based upon what experience / knowledge was being brought to the club rather than the financial offer being the major factor.

 

[Muzzy's Right Boot]

From a conversation with one of the shareholders today, who was obviously being cautious about what was said, I got the impression that he was making his decision based upon what experience / knowledge was being brought to the club rather than the financial offer being the major factor.

let's hope so:icon_bigg

 

[DesertFox]

Honestly, this is starting to do my flippin' head in!

It is patently obvious that the current shareholders are ALL big LCFC fans. Anyone who thinks otherwise is completely ignoring the facts.

Who the feck else would have been investing at that time - effectively throwing money at something that could never make a profit? Were they the investors from the Society for the Terminally Stupid? :icon_roll

I know quite a lot of people who make a living from "investing". They are very sharp-minded people who know what's going on and know how to make a decent return on an investment. To suggest that even one person invested a serious amount of cash thinking they would break even, let alone make a profit, is UTTERLY LAUGHABLE! :icon_lol:

(Of course, even it they are now "getting their money back" they are still not even close to breaking even - the trick with investing is purely and simply to beat inflation and interest rates by a few percent. If it wasn't possible to do that, investors would just leave their money in the bank, thank you very much. Just work out the difference between a few hundred grand at 0% for three years and a few hundred grand with a relatively safe yet still completely realistic return of 8-10% for three years... and that's an investment in a SAFE scheme, not "LCFC, In Administration"!)

I'm sure the current board are well aware that they could be lynched, literally, if the MM bid doesn't go through. Either way they're out of a job, IMO, and I'm sure they all know that. So I'm taking them on their word when they say they're doing it for the best interests of the club. There's not much else they can do...

OK, rant over. I think I might take a few weeks off from posting on here now.... maybe until around December 15th or so....

 

[OldGit]

Well said, Desert, but please don't go - we need you, and as many other calm heads as possible!!!

 

[NN Fox]

Well said, Desert, but please don't go - we need you, and as many other calm heads as possible!!!

Agree 100%.

 

[cleefox]

So why are they even discussing unconfimed offers if not to persuade shareholders not to vote for mandaric. They should put his offer to the shareholders as the only one available. Not wait until they are in a position to tell other would be investors what his offer was and give them time to come up with an alternative. The whole thing is beginning to smell to me.

FFS a couple of weeks ago MM's bid was unconfirmed but everyone wanted the Board to discuss it then. What exactly do you want them to do? Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

I would be very happy if a the board were in a position to discuss more than one offer for the clubs ownership.

My hope would be that a local consortium launching a bid, involving a return to the Chairman's role of Martin George would be my preferred option.

 

[norman leet]

I would be very happy if a the board were in a position to discuss more than one offer for the clubs ownership.

My hope would be that a local consortium launching a bid, involving a return to the Chairman's role of Martin George would be my preferred option.

Would be nice, but I think Martin Georges recent comitment to the cub may be best seen in the amount of shares he holds,. 50K i believe.

Rumoured to be the Midlands consortium i doubt it

Just wish the current board would stop holding us to ransome, done their bit ..thank you

They say they wants whats best for the club, well its not the current lot putting a token extra wedge in

 

[OldGit]

I know something.



But I can't tell.

 

[Melton Fox]

I know something.



But I can't tell.

Are you applying for the FTs Press Officers job OG?

 

[OldGit]

No comment

 

[Melton Fox]

No comment

:icon_lol:

 

[OldGit]

Eat your heart out, Paxman

 

[Melton Fox]

Eat your heart out, Paxman

I ask you once again OG, ansd I won't continue this discussion until you answer this question: Are you applying for the FTs Press Officers job OG? :icon_wink

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

Would be nice, but I think Martin Georges recent comitment to the cub may be best seen in the amount of shares he holds,. 50K i believe.

Rumoured to be the Midlands consortium i doubt it

Just wish the current board would stop holding us to ransome, done their bit ..thank you

They say they wants whats best for the club, well its not the current lot putting a token extra wedge in

Don't agree, as regards Martin George he has always been committed to the club and IMO is arguably the best football chairman to have been in charge of our club.

I would not be at all surprised if he was involved in this rumoured Midlands Consortium, if so and if investment was similar to Mandaric I would not be surprised to see supporters back his bid.

 

[OldGit]

I ask you once again OG, ansd I won't continue this discussion until you answer this question: Are you applying for the FTs Press Officers job OG? :icon_wink

If I might say so, you are basing your questions on idle speculation. I am content with my current job as a layabout. Perhaps we could talk about something more interesting.

 

[newtonfox]

If I might say so, you are basing your questions on idle speculation. I am content with my current job as a layabout. Perhaps we could talk about something more interesting.

bloody hell you already have all the skills you need to be press officer :icon_lol: :icon_wink

 

[OldGit]

Many years ago I spent a very happy couple of months training people in quite responsible jobs in dealing with the media.

Most of them could not, of course see why they needed training, so the session started with a role play, in which 99 times out of a hundred you could get them to say the diametric opposite of what they intended, then watch them dig deeper and deeper.

That's why I never trust isolated quotes.