Takeover Rumour

[brian green]

We saw those smart asians.   Number 2 son and I arrived early (we are so much better than other fans)  Son was having a drink and I was trying to work out the legality of the signs outside the betting booth.

The smart asians were followed by an entourage of what looked like Villa lackeys.

The fact that they were asians is probably irrelevant because they snooped about like inspectors of some sort.   Trading standards? health and safety?   Maybe from Rangers administrators looking for a ground share.

[dave.woodhall]

We saw those smart asians.   Number 2 son and I arrived early (we are so much better than other fans)  Son was having a drink and I was trying to work out the legality of the signs outside the betting booth.

The smart asians were followed by an entourage of what looked like Villa lackeys.

The fact that they were asians is probably irrelevant because they snooped about like inspectors of some sort.   Trading standards? health and safety?   Maybe from Rangers administrators looking for a ground share.

Or local councillors on their annual visit.

[Jimmy Smash]

Apparently Cafe Soya are taking over the catering. Yum.

[pauliewalnuts]

There were a group of very smart of Asian's in the middle tier of the police control room yesterday. They couldnt be the consortium, could they?

"Smart Asians" = must be oil barons.

[silhillvilla]

did they look like Arabs ?

[Des Little]

Smart asians.  Love it.

[Bad English]

Smart Asians? I bet they were showing people how to differential equations and stuff.

[AV82EC]

There were a group of very smart of Asian's in the middle tier of the police control room yesterday. They couldnt be the consortium, could they?

I doubt that very much indeed.

Me and you both. But after a few beers I did start to convince myself!

And you didn't shut up about it all bloody game either!!  I was trying to watch the match and all you wanted to talk about was bloody middle eastern businessmen and takeovers.

[DerHammer]

oh well, it was good to dream!!! f'all has happened

[The Left Side]

Bugger, I read the title and got my hopes up!

[Dante Lavelli]

oh well, it was good to dream!!! f'all has happened

Put the champagne back in the fridge! 
It would take months, not weeks to buy a football club.

[Mister E]

oh well, it was good to dream!!! f'all has happened

Unless the mystery buyers are waiting for the season-end.

[KevinGage]

The main weakness in this flight of fantasy was the timescales. 

Why would QIA (or whoever else for that matter)   piss about by announcing it in Feb/ March and only complete  the purchase in the summer?

Surely they'd want to do away with any chance of relegation and get involved ASAP?  Why would it benefit them to delay?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I saw a couple of smart Alsatians near Bodymoor Heath yesterday.
Clearly they'd just been shampooed and clipped.

[Mazrim]

I saw some scArabs looking at Bodymoor Heath. They were several miles away at Drayton Manor Zoo.