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« Reply #5650 on: November 01, 2018, 01:06:07 PM »
Meanwhile Wolves have just spent £16 million on a new keeper to add to their already impressive squad. What the hell has happened to us?
Its a minor point but I believe they have just agreed a fee for their current keeper. Not a new signing

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« Reply #5651 on: November 01, 2018, 05:00:45 PM »
Its a minor point but I believe they have just agreed a fee for their current keeper. Not a new signing

Yes, sorry. Fair point. The red mist had dropped when I wrote that!

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« Reply #5652 on: November 01, 2018, 05:32:32 PM »
Yet to make an appearence at the Hawthorns this year and only made a handful of appearences while we were in the Premier league (against the top 4) shows he's lack of interest in us and our targets and shows his interest in the bright lights of the Premier league and its glamorous clubs. I remember the excitement when he took over. It couldn't of gone much worse under his leadership.

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« Reply #5653 on: November 01, 2018, 06:10:38 PM »
Maybe he'll become so disinterested that he'll sell us off cheaply to someone who cares - ooh look there's a flying pig!

I think that the original motivation for buying English clubs was that the Chinese Leadership wants to establish a league system that enables it to win the world cup.  Classic authoritarian regime trope of excusing clampdowns on freedom of speech etc for trophy victories and expansion abroad.


Then suddenly General Secretary (for life) Xi JinPing decides that too much foreign exchange was leaving the country and reined all that spending in.  You don't argue with Secretary Xi even if you're a multi-millionaire.  So we would seem to be in limbo.

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« Reply #5654 on: November 01, 2018, 06:13:51 PM »
Trust us to get the billionaire who will not spend any money

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« Reply #5655 on: November 01, 2018, 07:21:03 PM »
Trust us to get the billionaire who will can not spend any money


Got that sorted for you...
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« Reply #5656 on: November 01, 2018, 08:34:09 PM »
Trust us to get the billionaire who will not spend any money





To be honest I’m not sure what his wealth is. Im sure he’s a very rich man but it’s probably on paper, and he’s money is locked away in businesses etc. but again like many have said he never said he would go on a spending spree, in fact he clearly states in the one interview when he brought it would be pretty much business as usual

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« Reply #5657 on: November 02, 2018, 09:45:31 AM »
To be honest I’m not sure what his wealth is. Im sure he’s a very rich man but it’s probably on paper, and he’s money is locked away in businesses etc. but again like many have said he never said he would go on a spending spree, in fact he clearly states in the one interview when he brought it would be pretty much business as usual

It's as if some posters never bothered listening to what he said when he bought us and are judging because he hasn't done the things they've decided he should do, rather than judging him on what he said he would do.
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« Reply #5658 on: November 30, 2018, 07:43:02 PM »
Blimey, coming over for the Brentford game. As what do we owe the pleasure! Strange when we play villa a few days later

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« Reply #5659 on: November 30, 2018, 08:01:33 PM »
Blimey, coming over for the Brentford game. As what do we owe the pleasure! Strange when we play villa a few days later

Maybe he's here to also talk about any targets in the January window & money available.

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« Reply #5660 on: November 30, 2018, 08:17:21 PM »
Who knows, he might give us a free drink again, doubt it though.

On another related subject, has any St holders had their £10/5 voucher as per usual?

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« Reply #5661 on: November 30, 2018, 08:44:43 PM »
Who knows, he might give us a free drink again, doubt it though.

On another related subject, has any St holders had their £10/5 voucher as per usual?

Had mine last week
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« Reply #5662 on: December 02, 2018, 09:07:08 AM »
Who knows, he might give us a free drink again, doubt it though.

On another related subject, has any St holders had their £10/5 voucher as per usual?

Yeah got it about the 21st Nov.
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« Reply #5663 on: December 03, 2018, 06:47:49 PM »
If we are still in the mix form January he needs to back us sensiblely if he wants his money back. If we don't get back out first shot i fear it may take some time.

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« Reply #5664 on: December 03, 2018, 11:54:02 PM »
Apparently on his hols if media are to be believed, could anyone recommend a few sightseeing opportunities for him and the family around West Midlands?

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« Reply #5665 on: December 04, 2018, 07:05:48 AM »
Blackcountry museum is always worth a trip!

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« Reply #5666 on: December 04, 2018, 09:24:43 AM »
Could have a pint in the Tilted Barrel.

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« Reply #5667 on: December 04, 2018, 12:26:48 PM »
The "astute" businessman Lai could go to the German Market and buy it for £200m and think he is actually buying Germany because peace told him it was. But, he'd only commit to the purchase of it after doing his due diligence (reading the beano). Peace would then be a consultant/chancellor for a "year" to watch over his latest wunderbar investment, for a good salary of course.

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« Reply #5668 on: December 04, 2018, 11:35:41 PM »
Apparently on his hols if media are to be believed, could anyone recommend a few sightseeing opportunities for him and the family around West Midlands?

His holiday must be to West Bromwich then given he was at the game last night and had meetings with Moore today
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« Reply #5669 on: December 05, 2018, 12:49:13 AM »
The "astute" businessman Lai could go to the German Market and buy it for £200m and think he is actually buying Germany because peace told him it was. But, he'd only commit to the purchase of it after doing his due diligence (reading the beano). Peace would then be a consultant/chancellor for a "year" to watch over his latest wunderbar investment, for a good salary of course.

Costs about that much for a beer there doesn't it?

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« Reply #5670 on: December 05, 2018, 08:30:04 AM »
Blimey, coming over for the Brentford game. As what do we owe the pleasure! Strange when we play villa a few days later

Ah well, he was expecting us to beat Brentford quite comfortably, then we would have seen the grinning picture of him with his thumb up in the back of a car, being whisked away for another couple of years. His message would have been, carry on as you are.
I think Villa will turn us over, had he been here for that the crowd would have demanded he spend in the January window. Heaven forbid.
I wonder if he get's those three ghosts that used to haunt Jezza?

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« Reply #5671 on: December 05, 2018, 10:54:16 AM »
Just read in the Express and Star,that were still in an overdraft facility,how come?

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« Reply #5672 on: December 05, 2018, 10:59:12 AM »
Just read in the Express and Star,that were still in an overdraft facility,how come?

I have an overdraft facility, don't use it, but its still there.  If it costs nought / very little why wouldn't you, could help mitigate any cashflow concerns
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« Reply #5673 on: December 05, 2018, 02:58:24 PM »
I have an overdraft facility, don't use it, but its still there.  If it costs nought / very little why wouldn't you, could help mitigate any cashflow concerns

I believe the E & S article said that we were still in overdraft, & would be for some time.
Mainly to pay wages & ongoing transfer debts.
Tend to think that the "small" overdraft described by Jenkins is significantly larger than he originally indicated.
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« Reply #5674 on: December 05, 2018, 03:09:06 PM »
The overdraft thing I would guess applies to the footballing side given the football side is just one section of the business in the actual Holdings company, it could be wiped out whenever we wanted to if we chose to do so.
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