The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[ROBBO]

I don't believe any of it, just made up crap for us to talk about.

[mr underhill]

you're right. Roy doesn't actually exist. He was made by Pixar using their 3D RenderMan  software.

[john e]

Paulies post is very good, and asks more questions than it answers

There just doesn't see any logic in what's happening at  VP at the moment,
 if you take everything at face value it doesn't add up, that's why we all look for things going on that we don't know about,
Unfortunately I still don't think an awfull lot is going on behind the scenes,

My own conspiracy theory is as I said yesterday, I think Randy will have a change of heart and take the club off the market and build a new team with better support starting with Keane ( if he comes) and Lambert keeping his job

Only a hunch mind, nothing more

[KevinGage]

What I don't get is why Lambert and Keane are prepared to work in those circumstances. It can't just be money, they are both extremely wealthy men, Keane especially, one imagines, and they are both relatively young and will almost certainly see their career progression as more important than cash right now.

In Keane's case, I'd say part of the motivation could be the very real possibility that he might walk into the top job, should we have a difficult start to the season.   

Takeover or no takeover, if we're near the drop zone in Oct/ Nov, any remaining goodwill Lambert has will be well and truly exhausted.

In that case, and in the interests of continuity, it's more likely they will stick with someone on the books (ie him) rather than going out to appoint a new manager, with all the expense that entails.

I'm sure on some level Keane would be genuine enough to want to help his mate too, but he's pragmatic enough to know that this might be his last opportunity to manage one of the bigger clubs in the topflight.

[ChicagoLion]

IMO Roy Keane will not be joining the club to work for Lambert. Roy Keane will not be a RL appointment.
My view is Keane is advising a bidder and this is a US Irish connection.

[Dante Lavelli]

Paulies post is very good, and asks more questions than it answers

There just doesn't see any logic in what's happening at  VP at the moment,
 if you take everything at face value it doesn't add up, that's why we all look for things going on that we don't know about,
Unfortunately I still don't think an awfull lot is going on behind the scenes,

My own conspiracy theory is as I said yesterday, I think Randy will have a change of heart and take the club off the market and build a new team with better support starting with Keane ( if he comes) and Lambert keeping his job

Only a hunch mind, nothing more

This is what I think.  However I think the club will nominally still be for sale, however Randy must realise that the club needs some sort of leadership and therefore he will do what is necessary to protect his investment.

[Malandro]

Paulies post is very good, and asks more questions than it answers

There just doesn't see any logic in what's happening at  VP at the moment,
 if you take everything at face value it doesn't add up, that's why we all look for things going on that we don't know about,
Unfortunately I still don't think an awfull lot is going on behind the scenes,

My own conspiracy theory is as I said yesterday, I think Randy will have a change of heart and take the club off the market and build a new team with better support starting with Keane ( if he comes) and Lambert keeping his job

Only a hunch mind, nothing more

This is what I think.  However I think the club will nominally still be for sale, however Randy must realise that the club needs some sort of leadership and therefore he will do what is necessary to protect his investment.

I think the sale process was started before O'neill left and I don't think Randy will be here past the summer

[Dante Lavelli]

Paulies post is very good, and asks more questions than it answers

There just doesn't see any logic in what's happening at  VP at the moment,
 if you take everything at face value it doesn't add up, that's why we all look for things going on that we don't know about,
Unfortunately I still don't think an awfull lot is going on behind the scenes,

My own conspiracy theory is as I said yesterday, I think Randy will have a change of heart and take the club off the market and build a new team with better support starting with Keane ( if he comes) and Lambert keeping his job

Only a hunch mind, nothing more

This is what I think.  However I think the club will nominally still be for sale, however Randy must realise that the club needs some sort of leadership and therefore he will do what is necessary to protect his investment.

I think the sale process was started before O'neill left and I don't think Randy will be here past the summer

Really?  If the process started during O'Neil's reign why will it suddenly be completed now?

[Malandro]

Paulies post is very good, and asks more questions than it answers

There just doesn't see any logic in what's happening at  VP at the moment,
 if you take everything at face value it doesn't add up, that's why we all look for things going on that we don't know about,
Unfortunately I still don't think an awfull lot is going on behind the scenes,

My own conspiracy theory is as I said yesterday, I think Randy will have a change of heart and take the club off the market and build a new team with better support starting with Keane ( if he comes) and Lambert keeping his job

Only a hunch mind, nothing more

This is what I think.  However I think the club will nominally still be for sale, however Randy must realise that the club needs some sort of leadership and therefore he will do what is necessary to protect his investment.

I think the sale process was started before O'neill left and I don't think Randy will be here past the summer

Really?  If the process started during O'Neil's reign why will it suddenly be completed now?

I was told (and wrote on here at the time - I'm not sure how to write that without sounding like a twat) that Randy wasn't interested anymore - a fair few others on here also questioned whether he'd be sticking around.
My guess is that he wanted to get the club in order.

Why do I think it will happen now - just a guess. I wouldn't have thought he'd have been so candid otherwise.  The possible Keane appointment doesn't seem to tally with soon though! Unless J.P Mcmanus is involved

[pauliewalnuts]

I wonder how long "we're trying to sell the club" will be generally accepted as a reason to show absolutely no ambition.

I think we're probably assuming any takeover will happen soon, but there's nothing to say it will. If he's still here in two years or three years, will it still be "we're trying to sell the club" as the excuse for being unambitious?

How long is it valid? Or acceptable? It is understandable now, given that he's only just announced it, but I do wonder if he's been a bit canny here and realised it's a brilliant justification to carry on running the tight ship (despite all the evidence it doesn't really work very well), and to keep people off his back.

[aj2k77]

If he's still here in 3 years time and continuing along these measures then we will be in the Championship and his club will be worth less than £100m.

[Chris Smith]

I wonder how long "we're trying to sell the club" will be generally accepted as a reason to show absolutely no ambition.

I think we're probably assuming any takeover will happen soon, but there's nothing to say it will. If he's still here in two years or three years, will it still be "we're trying to sell the club" as the excuse for being unambitious?

How long is it valid? Or acceptable? It is understandable now, given that he's only just announced it, but I do wonder if he's been a bit canny here and realised it's a brilliant justification to carry on running the tight ship (despite all the evidence it doesn't really work very well), and to keep people off his back.

Perhaps, but he must realise that if we keep flirting with relegation then eventually we'll go down and that will just devalue his investment further.

I think for the moment we have to take it at face value.

[Matt Collins]

IMO Roy Keane will not be joining the club to work for Lambert. Roy Keane will not be a RL appointment.
My view is Keane is advising a bidder and this is a US Irish connection.
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Um. I doubt it!

[cheltenhamlion]

I agree with Chris. Not for one second do I believe he stuck us up for sale on a whim after the last game (and lots of homework about Shunnamites) nor do I believe he is using this club for sale as a cunning ruse not to spend money. Let's see what happens.

[Boz]

The Mirror reckons Randy is willing to drop the price to £150m for a quick sale and there are arabs interested.

Does Nursey have ITK information or just speculative guessing?