The Pit of Misery (All mess in here)

[PeterWithe]

Collymore thinks Tony has managed to get 50 million into the club from another business.

A loan from Recon so I read, if it’s being loaned from China then I think we can rule out Chinese govt currency policy being the cause of this calamity.

[kippaxvilla2]

Yes that’s what I was referring to.  He was inferring he knew a lot about what was going on behind the scenes so I was just putting two and two together.

[ChicagoLion]

For those that still don’t know what the resolution means I think it means the shareholders have decided to issue further shares for a new investor or investors to come in. I’m guessing that it’s Simon Jordan.

I'd be amazed if it was him.  He's surely very wary about getting involved with a football club again after his Palace days.  Plus he was on Talksport this morning and didn't give any impression along those lines at all.

Has he got any money left?

[Rudy65]

For those that still don’t know what the resolution means I think it means the shareholders have decided to issue further shares for a new investor or investors to come in. I’m guessing that it’s Simon Jordan.

I'd be amazed if it was him.  He's surely very wary about getting involved with a football club again after his Palace days.  Plus he was on Talksport this morning and didn't give any impression along those lines at all.

I heard him this morning. Despite his perma  tan and hairstyle he normally talks a lot of sense

[kippaxvilla2]

Agreed I think he talks a lot of sense.  Plus I still laugh at his alleged line to Peter Taylor when he was about to sack him.  ‘Peter I don’t know how we’re going to cope without you, but from Monday we’re going to give it a go.’

[SheffieldVillain]

Agreed I think he talks a lot of sense.  Plus I still laugh at his alleged line to Peter Taylor when he was about to sack him.  ‘Peter I don’t know how we’re going to cope without you, but from Monday we’re going to give it a go.’

Yeah, agree too. Enjoyed his autobiography as well. He certainly didn't hold back his opinions.

[Risso]

He really likes the Villa and hates the Blues, so he's OK by me.

[wozwebs]

He alluded to know more about the Villa situation than he could say last week

[SO Villa]

He alluded to know more about the Villa situation than he could say last week

Good friends with Bruce isn't he?

[Pat McMahon]

He really likes the Villa and hates the Blues, so he's OK by me.

How do you know that Risso?

A former neighbour of mine, a Hammer who dislikes their owners, told me that Jordan once said “ if I hear one more time Sullivan’s story of poor East End boy made good I’ll impale myself on one of his dildos”

[Drummond]

Couldn't he issue new shares then buy them himself? Or rather get one of his companies to buy them. Such as a film company....

[Ads]

He did buy Millennium Films. Its not a railroad in Eastern Africa.

[kippaxvilla2]

Couldn't he issue new shares then buy them himself? Or rather get one of his companies to buy them. Such as a film company....

If the rumours of a £50m loan from Recon is true then probably yes.

[ozzjim]

So, as I asked a few pages back, is the share thing an elaborate way to get his money into the club without annoying the Chinese authorities? And if so, fair play to him for finding a way to do it.

On another note, reports today suggest our wage bill is now closer to £40 million not £60. Once the big fees for players are paid off, and considering that since Hogan we have spent very little on incomings, surely with 4-5 selected players going out the door to get the wage bill under around £35 million, we will be much, much closer to being self sufficient?

[ChicagoLion]

So hey Mr Chinese Regulator, instead of lending money to the club I own, I am now buying shares in the club I own.