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Signor_Maresca · « **Reply #875 on:** July 01, 2015, 10:10:11 AM »

Jeremy Peace is the best thing to happen to this football club in my life time.We'll miss him.

I find it laughable that people get their knickers in such a twist about the lack of a few thousand extra seats being installed in the Halfords; ignoring the fact that we are now an established Premier League outfit, that we have one of the best academies in the country, that we have superb training complex and that offering Â£10M for a footballer plus Â£70k a week in wages (SEVENTY THOUSAND) is no longer a thing of fantasy.

We've come along way and much of that is down to Jeremy Peace.

baggyman68 · « **Reply #876 on:** July 01, 2015, 10:30:45 AM »

Has he gone yet?

Webby · « **Reply #877 on:** July 01, 2015, 10:36:20 AM »

Quote from: baggyman68 on July 01, 2015, 10:30:45 AM

Has he gone yet?

To Barbados or from the club? I'd imagine he's just returned from his summer holidays

labaggies · « **Reply #878 on:** July 01, 2015, 10:55:32 AM »

Quote from: Signor_Maresca on July 01, 2015, 10:10:11 AM

Jeremy Peace is the best thing to happen to this football club in my life time.We'll miss him.

I find it laughable that people get their knickers in such a twist about the lack of a few thousand extra seats being installed in the Halfords; ignoring the fact that we are now an established Premier League outfit, that we have one of the best academies in the country, that we have superb training complex and that offering Â£10M for a footballer plus Â£70k a week in wages (SEVENTY THOUSAND) is no longer a thing of fantasy.

We've come along way and much of that is down to Jeremy Peace.

I thought that the increase in money in the Premiership was down to Sky, not JP. Maybe you know something that I don't, has he bought out the business from Murdoch....

divinewind · « **Reply #879 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:03:29 AM »

Quote from: Webby on July 01, 2015, 10:36:20 AM

To Barbados or from the club? I'd imagine he's just returned from his summer holidays

So he puts the club up for sale at the end of the season and goes on holiday?
Lot's of commitment there.

Pie · « **Reply #880 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:09:42 AM »

Quote from: divinewind on July 01, 2015, 11:03:29 AM

So he puts the club up for sale at the end of the season and goes on holiday?
Lot's of commitment there.

In the modern world it does not matter where you are, you can still work.

DaveWBA · « **Reply #881 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:11:42 AM »

Quote from: Webby on July 01, 2015, 10:36:20 AM

To Barbados or from the club? I'd imagine he's just returned from his summer holidays

He hasn't. He was in London last week.

I'm not ITK but if you go online and actually do a bit of research these things are easy enough to find out.

divinewind · « **Reply #882 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:23:54 AM »

Quote from: Pie on July 01, 2015, 11:09:42 AM

In the modern world it does not matter where you are, you can still work.

Not if you are supposed to be showing prospective buyers around a business. Or dealing in buying and selling stock.

Not saying that he has been on holiday, but he has before in the window. Who was that player who came to sign a few seasons back and there was nobody there to meet him?
I think he was Scottish or played for a scottish club.

Webby · « **Reply #883 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:26:56 AM »

My comment was tongue in cheek in response to has he gone.

Sure he's doing whatever he needs to if he is indeed selling or staying

Albionic · « **Reply #884 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:27:12 AM »

TLC bet are based in Macau for info, (china's version of Las Vegas)

PsalmXXIII · « **Reply #885 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:35:17 AM »

Quote from: divinewind on July 01, 2015, 11:23:54 AM

Not if you are supposed to be showing prospective buyers around a business. Or dealing in buying and selling stock.

Not saying that he has been on holiday, but he has before in the window. Who was that player who came to sign a few seasons back and there was nobody there to meet him?
I think he was Scottish or played for a scottish club.

You can buy and sell stocks using a mobile phone anywhere in the world. And I doubt at this apparently late stage of the process he is showing somebody around the business. I'd have said that was the first thing you do to interested parties, not do it after someones rooted through your accounts with a fine tooth comb. If they're onto due diligence and the actual buying of the club it'll be a lot of lawyers arsing about.

Anyway, apparently an announcement in the next 24 hours about the situation according to the Guardian article earlier.

Albionic · « **Reply #886 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:48:55 AM »

Hong Kong is on holiday today (celebrating end of british rule) so I would expect announcement tomorrow a.m HK time. (2:00 am here)

BoingFlyer · « **Reply #887 on:** July 01, 2015, 11:51:36 AM »

Quote from: Albionic on July 01, 2015, 11:27:12 AM

TLC bet are based in Macau for info, (china's version of Las Vegas)

Looks like we have had a deal with them before, more info here:
http://www.sbcnews.co.uk/sportsbook/2015/07/01/tlcbet-signs-first-shirt-sponsorship-deal-with-wba/

Their sister site Fun88 has had sponsorship deals with Burnley and Spurs in previous years as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun88

Signor_Maresca · « **Reply #888 on:** July 01, 2015, 01:14:29 PM »

Quote from: labaggies on July 01, 2015, 10:55:32 AM

I thought that the increase in money in the Premiership was down to Sky, not JP. Maybe you know something that I don't, has he bought out the business from Murdoch....

Yes and why are we receiving that money: Because we are an established Premier League outfit, and why are we established: Because of the foundations and infrastructure that JP has laid. We havenâ€™t gained a place at the golden table and enjoyed all its riches through entitlement or luck. Itâ€™s because of the footballing and business decisions which have been made over the last 10 years.

Albionic · « **Reply #889 on:** July 01, 2015, 01:19:13 PM »

Quote from: Signor_Maresca on July 01, 2015, 01:14:29 PM

Yes and why are we receiving that money: Because we are an established Premier League outfit, and why are we established: Because of the foundations and infrastructure that JP has laid. We havenâ€™t gained a place at the golden table and enjoyed all its riches through entitlement or luck. Itâ€™s because of the footballing and business decisions which have been made over the last 10 years.

Patience fella !

divinewind · « **Reply #890 on:** July 01, 2015, 01:28:35 PM »

Thompson laid the foundations.

bangkokbaggie · « **Reply #891 on:** July 01, 2015, 01:31:31 PM »

Googling past articles on the potential takeover from a couple of months ago, JP is reported as saying that if any deal is not completed by the beginning of July when pre-season training starts then he will shelve any possible deal so as to not impact on summer transfer dealings.

So based on this surely an announcement will be made by the end of the week on the outcome.

Jeremy Roland Peace · « **Reply #892 on:** July 01, 2015, 01:39:13 PM »

Quote from: BoingFlyer on July 01, 2015, 11:51:36 AM

Looks like we have had a deal with them before, more info here:
http://www.sbcnews.co.uk/sportsbook/2015/07/01/tlcbet-signs-first-shirt-sponsorship-deal-with-wba/

Their sister site Fun88 has had sponsorship deals with Burnley and Spurs in previous years as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun88

I'm pretty sure Fun88 were linked with us last season potentially before we signed with QuickBooks. they seemed determined to sponsor a prem team and made offers to quite a few clubs

mifos · « **Reply #893 on:** July 01, 2015, 01:47:08 PM »

Quote from: divinewind on July 01, 2015, 01:28:35 PM

Thompson laid the foundations.

maybe so, but it still needed someone to build on those foundations and establish us in the premier league . JP has been instrumental in this.

Jack Hayward laid the foundations for the dingles, but it didn't guarantee them succcess. Under Morgan they slipped 2 divisions and are in their last year with parachute payments.

halifax_baggie · « **Reply #894 on:** July 01, 2015, 02:46:05 PM »

Quote from: divinewind on July 01, 2015, 01:28:35 PM

Thompson laid the foundations.

Foundations are fine, you still have to build from there and even you have to admit Peace has built a strong club on those foundations,perhaps without Peace we could still be looking at the foundations.

Divine you are clutching at straws and for someone who started watching the Baggies in the mid fifties, sometime after me might add, you are looking somewhat out of your comfort zone of conjecture and supposed intrigue, you ignore the financial facts and hope to be convincing with the odd snippet, like "Thompson built the foundations". In fact it doesn't take a genius to cut costs and stop the rot, but it takes a lot more to build a business. You have not a shred of evidence that Thompson may have been up to the task

tambag · « **Reply #895 on:** July 01, 2015, 02:59:57 PM »

Peace and Thompson before him have done a fine job.

Trev the shed and Tony Hale did an awful job and nearly bankrupt the club. Never before did we haveto have the bank asking for money ASAP to clear some of the overdraft off !

BB74 · « **Reply #896 on:** July 01, 2015, 03:07:27 PM »

Quote from: tambag on July 01, 2015, 02:59:57 PM

Peace and Thompson before him have done a fine job.

Trev the shed and Tony Hale did an awful job and nearly bankrupt the club. Never before did we haveto have the bank asking for money ASAP to clear some of the overdraft off !

But is that why we rate Thompson and Peace so much? Perhaps Thompson and Peace are doing an average job but anyone will perform well compared to the other clowns we had as Chairmen.

baggyman68 · « **Reply #897 on:** July 01, 2015, 03:29:42 PM »

has he sold up yet?

TheJacko2000 · « **Reply #898 on:** July 01, 2015, 03:34:01 PM »

Quote from: BB74 on July 01, 2015, 03:07:27 PM

But is that why we rate Thompson and Peace so much? Perhaps Thompson and Peace are doing an average job but anyone will perform well compared to the other clowns we had as Chairmen.

There are no other clubs like us enjoying as much continued success. That alone tells you he's done a great job irrespective of what went before.

Webby · « **Reply #899 on:** July 01, 2015, 03:52:04 PM »

Quote from: baggyman68 on July 01, 2015, 03:29:42 PM

has he sold up yet?

Not since 5 hours ago when you asked the same thing