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PE club deal with DIC would be a good marriage of skills but not necessarily for a consistent direction for the club itself.

Would that be a viable model for Kraft though? - Based on his thoughts in that Sky piece he sounds like he has a fundamental problem the lack of a ceiling on the player expenses/wages/transfer fees: that coupled with a much higher purchase price (why else would DIC or G&H buy us in the first place) will not make us attractive.... Or am I talking twaddle? Or is he just talking down his interest in a contra situation to Hicks talking up his committment?

Pako Hill - the players must be s***ting it in case he returns.

Personally I agree - best to keep your mouth shut but some business leaders take a very agressive approach to stating they won't sell for any price - then after the fact they simply state that everything has it's price and that the sale is in the best interests of all parties concerned. Hicks appears to be all PR bravado and so he'll probably take the aggressive approach all the way to a sale (I hope).

At a base level if he is seen to value the club and want to hold on to it then that sends the message that it is an asset worth having and therefore worth more. Sales 101

Yeah our fanbase of breastfeeding mothers from Africa would plummet.

Nestlé surely?

Hi I'm Mervyn King, relax - everything's fine....

In a heartbeat

I've just cancelled my e-season ticket and told them why

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This is more exciting than the will he/won't he Kewel transfer of 03 - I want this so bad my balls are aching, sorry

I am also secptical but positive if it rids us of Hicks. What would your alternative to D.I.C. be? We are nestled betwwen a rock and an unknown - I'll take the unknown everyday and twice on Sundays. Might turn out to be a hard place or it might be the benevolent, longterm backer we need who has a sympathetic eye for the fans and how we should be run.

on the right? in the hole? swapping with babel at half time?

Champs League? Yes Rafa as Manager? No The yanks in charge? Yes Gerrrard, Torres, Masch all walked? Masch gone.

I have been hoping for this since November - green shoots of recovery in some matches since then but in the main disappointment. Villa at home is the potential start of the real challenge. I hope the players rise to this, as I am a glass half full guy but the media circus is going to make this uphill journey a lot harder.

Nope - it's a lot of money for Anelka - in my humble view

Anyone on here think Torres was too expensive? Nah, didn't think so

The "mix" and structure will set the tone for the targets for business growth and by extension monies available for anything (including transfer budgets etc)..... Anything more specific than that is supposition - unless you happen to work for Och-Ziff et al or one of their advisors (who will push the covenants on their deals on their behalf) and therefore know all the covenants, targets, dates and penalties.

Ta. Oh and just asked a Slovakian lady I work with - it's "Skirtal" for the pronunciation. As in - fancy a bit of skirt Al?

Will he be cup-tied for Champions League - sure he played against for Zenit in UEFA? What's the rule on this?

Anyone have any ideas what this refers to....?

Any figures available or the source this comes from?

You are Andy Townsend and I claim my £5

Chives talking, you telling me lies.... Barry Gibb, sometime in the seventies ©