The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[Phil from the upper holte]

That bloke quoted in the Mail also said earlier.in the summer that our new owners could be one of the rumoured names or somebody we'd never heard of. That's not  narrowing it down much is it? A member of the human race then?

He's like a character from Viz.

Roger Irrelevant?

[tomd2103]

Well thank god for that..http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/aston-villa-takeover-could-month-7508514

How could you doubt the words of a financial expert who uses such technical terms as "back of a fag packet stuff"?

[kippaxvilla2]

Honestly I have said it before but I will say it again, is somebody actually paying this guy for these musings.  I was sat out in my garden on Saturday under the umbrella and I was thinking Villa might be sold in a month or so if they find a buyer who has the required money and Randy's correct bank details.  But then I drank my cup of tea and thought nothing more of it.  I am going to call the Mail now to see if they want to run a story on my thoughts.

[paul_e]

The thing is though, as bad as the story is and as obvious as what he's saying is there's still plenty of people who are certain that because we aren't already sold we're going to be up for sale for years.  The reality is we were never likely to hear anything meaningful until about now, which is pretty much what he's saying.

[pauliewalnuts]

The thing is though, as bad as the story is and as obvious as what he's saying is there's still plenty of people who are certain that because we aren't already sold we're going to be up for sale for years.  The reality is we were never likely to hear anything meaningful until about now, which is pretty much what he's saying.

I don't think anyone is saying they're 'certain' we'll be up for sale for years.

Some people have pointed out the folly of assuming anything re timings of a sale, though, which is a different thing entirely.

The story in the Mail is harmless enough, it's just this bloke they see as their "go to guy" for takeover stories who just states the blindingly obvious every time. "It'll be someone who has been rumoured to be interested. Or someone else", "They'll have to do due diligence" - that sort of thing.

[paul_e]

The thing is though, as bad as the story is and as obvious as what he's saying is there's still plenty of people who are certain that because we aren't already sold we're going to be up for sale for years.  The reality is we were never likely to hear anything meaningful until about now, which is pretty much what he's saying.

I don't think anyone is saying they're 'certain' we'll be up for sale for years.

Some people have pointed out the folly of assuming anything re timings of a sale, though, which is a different thing entirely.

The story in the Mail is harmless enough, it's just this bloke they see as their "go to guy" for takeover stories who just states the blindingly obvious every time. "It'll be someone who has been rumoured to be interested. Or someone else", "They'll have to do due diligence" - that sort of thing.

We were referred to as Everton mkII pretty recently.  A few days earlier we had someone on here telling us that the club wasn't really for sale, those are the comments/posters I'm referring to.  Aside from that some of the obvious stuff you mention might not be obvious to everyone, the due diligence stuff at least.  It's an easy mistake to think that this forum is representative of the villa supporter community whereas the reality is that I think the average intelligence on here is a lot higher than a standard football forum.

[Holte L2]

My maths is shite . 50,000 times 10,000 is 500 million.

So would it be feasible for 50 million to come from richer investors and 100 million from 50,000 fans at 2 grand each ?

Given a season ticket is say 400 quid that's 5 years worth. What if in effect you could 'buy your seat ' for say 2 grand - would you do it ?

Yes I would.

[mr underhill]

We're actually being bought by a new consortium led by Arthur Dent,  backed by Trillian and Ford Prefect. All new names, all new bid. The price is truly astronomical; intergalactically huge, in fact, and one which dwarfs all previous offers. So that geezer from the Mail was lying through his teeth.

[pauliewalnuts]

We were referred to as Everton mkII pretty recently.  A few days earlier we had someone on here telling us that the club wasn't really for sale, those are the comments/posters I'm referring to.

I get that, but that's hardly plenty of people being certain we're going to be up for sale for years, is it? It's a couple of people, one of whom is the forum's Suicidal Sid

[robbo1874]

3 viz characters mentioned so far, with suicidal Sid. We seem to have overlooked roger mellie... I wonder what his take on our transfer dealings to date in this close season would be? Bollocks.....?

[TheMalandro]

Joe Cole and N'Zogbia get my vote for the Fat Slags

[Percy McCarthy]

The thing is though, as bad as the story is and as obvious as what he's saying is there's still plenty of people who are certain that because we aren't already sold we're going to be up for sale for years.  The reality is we were never likely to hear anything meaningful until about now, which is pretty much what he's saying.

I don't think anyone is saying they're 'certain' we'll be up for sale for years.

Some people have pointed out the folly of assuming anything re timings of a sale, though, which is a different thing entirely.

The story in the Mail is harmless enough, it's just this bloke they see as their "go to guy" for takeover stories who just states the blindingly obvious every time. "It'll be someone who has been rumoured to be interested. Or someone else", "They'll have to do due diligence" - that sort of thing.

We were referred to as Everton mkII pretty recently.  A few days earlier we had someone on here telling us that the club wasn't really for sale, those are the comments/posters I'm referring to.  Aside from that some of the obvious stuff you mention might not be obvious to everyone, the due diligence stuff at least.  It's an easy mistake to think that this forum is representative of the villa supporter community whereas the reality is that I think the average intelligence on here is a lot higher than a standard football forum.

Amen to the last sentence.

[rob_bridge]

Well thank god for that..http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/aston-villa-takeover-could-month-7508514

How could you doubt the words of a financial expert who uses such technical terms as "back of a fag packet stuff"?

'..could be..' a month away. I could win the lottery big style.

Utter drivell.

[The Laughing Policeman]

And after the takeover our first signing will be............

[rob_bridge]

The thing is though, as bad as the story is and as obvious as what he's saying is there's still plenty of people who are certain that because we aren't already sold we're going to be up for sale for years.  The reality is we were never likely to hear anything meaningful until about now, which is pretty much what he's saying.

I don't think anyone is saying they're 'certain' we'll be up for sale for years.

Some people have pointed out the folly of assuming anything re timings of a sale, though, which is a different thing entirely.

The story in the Mail is harmless enough, it's just this bloke they see as their "go to guy" for takeover stories who just states the blindingly obvious every time. "It'll be someone who has been rumoured to be interested. Or someone else", "They'll have to do due diligence" - that sort of thing.

We were referred to as Everton mkII pretty recently.  A few days earlier we had someone on here telling us that the club wasn't really for sale, those are the comments/posters I'm referring to.  Aside from that some of the obvious stuff you mention might not be obvious to everyone, the due diligence stuff at least.  It's an easy mistake to think that this forum is representative of the villa supporter community whereas the reality is that I think the average intelligence on here is a lot higher than a standard football forum.

Amen to the last sentence.

It is probably in part due to the age demographic. We are a bunch of cynical old bastards sometimes.

And seen or remember the great, the good, the bad and the downright incompetence over the years. Other than cit-eh there is no club to rival the ups and downs in the last 3 decades or so.