Flight

Is spot on.

Make that two.

Quote : Parry insists Gillett should not be seen as a second choice.... Hilarious from Krusty, as usual. So why did Gillette have to bid £5k a share to get the clubs attention and why did the club sign an exclusivity deal with DIC ? Personally, I'm gutted DIC have dropped out. Not because of potential investment but because of the breadth and depth of business acumen they would have brought us. EXCLUSIVE by Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo Rick Parry LIVERPOOL chief executive Rick Parry today appealed for the fans? trust as the club pressed ahead with George Gillett jnr?s Anfield takeover. After the collapse of the Dubai International Capital investment, the board was unanimous in declaring Gillett the best option. But his comments came as Irishman John Miskelly re-emerged as a rival bidder. Parry insists Gillett should not be seen as a second choice, has ruled out a prospect of a groundshare with Everton, and has been through a thorough background check on his suitability. He said: ?The overriding message is: Don?t worry. ?Whatever decision is finally taken will be done so in the best interests of Liverpool Football Club. When we have more to say, we are sure it will be good news and the right news. ?We had a duty as directors to consider a very interesting bid from George Gillett. The price is not a factor in David Moores?s mind. He is not after cash for himself, absolutely not. But he felt compelled to consider the rival bid. ?The DIC response to this was to give the club 12 hours to make a decision, but the chairman was not prepared to have Liverpool Football Club bullied like that. ?We would also stress this is not a question of going for the second choice. David has always given George Gillett serious consideration while at the same time we didn?t want to rush into any decision, and we were aware DIC might walk away. ?George Gillett has made it absolutely clear to us he will not be in favour of a groundshare. There will be funding for the new stadium and a proper commitment to investment in the team. ?Be assured the only thing David Moores is concerned about is the club being in the right hands for the future. You can be certain he has done his homework carefully and will make a decision in the best interests of the club. The fans have trusted David to do the right thing in the past and can be sure that?s what he?s doing now. If they thought the Dubai bid was good, rest assured he is now considering a different course for the right reasons.? Mr Miskelly, an executive box holder at Anfield, made a £220m bid for Liverpool last November, but has never been favoured by the club?s hierarchy. The Northern Ireland entrepreneur values the club at £140m, but pledged a further £50m to pay the shortfall on the Stanley Park Stadium, and to hand an initial £30m to Rafa Benitez in transfer funds. Miskelly, worth an estimated £150m, approached club accountants Price Waterhouse Coopers yesterday to confirm his offer is still on the table. It?s clear the 41-year-old?s pockets are not as deep as Gillett jnr, but the Irishman argues his affinity with Liverpool and the transparency of his motives ought to make him a genuine contender. A source close to Miskelly told the ECHO: ?John has put a real offer on the table. He is a staunch fan with a hugely successful background who wants to be taken seriously as someone who can take the club forward. ?He has stayed in the background so far, and as fan was happy with the DIC bid. What?s confusing to him now is why anyone would pay £5,000 a share for Liverpool when the next offer is £4,000 a share? ?Surely it would make more sense to make a lower bid and invest the rest in the club and the team? Those who?ve seen the books know this is an overvaluation of the club, which is why we?d question the motives and like to be considered as a viable alternative.? On possible alternatives to Gillett, Parry said: ?We have not been left high and dry but the focus is on George Gillett. There are other expressions of interest but we hope to conclude a deal going forward with George Gillett.?

rofl well spotted that man

To be honest mate it has genuinely got nothing to do with the goings on of the last few months. Its an opinion I've always held. My next door neighbour is best friends with his step son and we've spoken a lot about all sorts of stuff. Aside from anything else, every single business he started himself went bankrupt with debts. LFC fell into his lap at a time when it would have been impossible to not make a profit. He backs off and leaves everything to Parry. Whatever Parry is capable at, Moores hasn't gpt it in him to step in when he needs to. I'll repeat, as a fan and a backer of the manager we've got the best chairman in the Prem. The business side of things he isn't particularly competent at. I know he has had misfortune in his life, but he has repeatedly had massive money come to him, while earning little of it.

Parry looked decidedly flustered last night and Parry looked well unchuffed. As a supporter and backer of the manager and team he is above reproach, but as a businessman he is hopeless. I'm not looked through rose coloured glasses - on many levels we couldn't ask for a better chairman. He doesn't know his a*** form his elbow a lot of the time at the level he works. Wouldn't surprise me if non football people around him (family etc) have been changing his mind over the last week. I'm just venting frustration. Like I say half of me thinks he has been fantastic in supporting the team and the chairman, but when decisive action is needed at top level he hasn't got it in him.

Saw Heighway in town earlier; his teeth were still gritted.

Did he 'go into the back of him'?

He's admitted lieing to a Commons select committee. Isn't that a serious crime ?

I was just coming on to make a post very similar to the OP. All these comments from Maureen and the press about them having no CB's ignores the fact that its down to Maureen himself, who has chosen his squad and spent a fortune on it. His centre backs yesterday cost £38m for the two of them, while the two subs he used cost more than our entire squad. It also ignores the fact that we matched and out played them all over the park and not just in that position.

Out of contract in the summer. Can't understand the Mancs letting him go. How would you feel about him moving straight from the Mancs to us ?

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Oh he should definitely be in there at least once, but calling him lamps ??? fat t**t, c**ty b*****ks or two faced snidey fouling c*** I could know how you mean immediately but LAMPS ?

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I'm disappointed with the way Neill has messed about. I saw him as first choice left back and back up for Finnan. Well played by Rafa though.

Shame if he goes to the Hammers. I reckon he would be first choice LB here.

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Kev is sounding more and more like Rashid.

Nailed on then.

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And yet we finished above Arsenal easily last year and remain above them this year in the league - the team we are consistently being measured against at the moment.

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