Exiled in Texas

News of a new suitor for Liverpool appeared in the Dallas Morning News today. Tom Hicks, the owner of the Dallas Stars ice hockey team and the Texas Rangers, is apparently going into partnership with Gillette (who also owns the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team) to purchase Liverpool for $450M.

All players must wear shin pads, but the size and material are not specified.

Sounds like you already made up your mind. Newcastle has somehow interested you, while the local teams leave you cold. Start making the transition, follow the Toon, get some Newcastle gear, but take your time before proclaiming to be a die-hard fan. You can always fall back on the truth that you finally came to realise that Chelsea are plastic, while the Toon live and breath for NUFC through all their ups and down. Better to follow the Toon for their character than Chelsea for their titles.

The question was, where can you see the game best? TV or Stadium? I think you can see the game best from TV. Closer to the action, replays etc. Now, if you ask the question about where do you enjoy the game more. Then the stadium wins hands down everytime.

Can we do a "Buy it Now" or do we have to wait for the auction to end in 40 days?

I think the Beatles covered that one in their "A day in the life"

It's got to be this one....plus you get a two-for bargain.

But what if Darlington or Hartlepool keep getting promoted? Spain has a no promotion rule for the B teams, how would you feel if you were a Darlington fan? I'd be p*ssed off! More to the point, if there were a number of B teams being introduced, further down the food chain there will be clubs being bounced into the Conference. No, if Chelsea want a B team or an agreed feeder club, let Abramovich buy a team in Scotland or France and ship the rest of the squad there. The agreement that Manure have with Royal Antwerp is the way for Chelsea to go if that's what they want. True....the minor league/feeder club approach that they have with Baseball and Hockey works because there is no promotion/relagation between leagues. Within one countrys structure there would be issues of Chelsea B getting promoted into the same league as Chelsea A or a series of B league teams topping their division but the 8th through 10th teams get promoted. That couldn't work. But going over seas could work.

I think what will eventually happen is that the League 1 and League 1 teams will become feeder clubs for the big ones, and there will be a formalised relationship where players go up/down between the lower club and the big club. What is does, unfortunately, is push some of the lower tier players out of a job as Big Club reserve teamers and subs take spots in the minor league teams saturday lineup. eg Newcastle form relationships with Hartlepool and Darlo and send their players there for development. Newcastle retains control over these two clubs in terms of controling the coaching staff and managers etc.

The best way to drive up the share price is to improve the team and make the club worth more. If buying a couple of good players for £10M would drive up the share price enough to make the club worth more than that then it's to Freddies advantage to invest now.

We got what we wanted.....cover for the striker position. Sure SAF might have wanted Rossi to play, and if he was good enough I would have wanted him to play too, but he was only ever here for cover. No one thought that Sibierski would have been Glens go-to-guy, so if Rossi couldn't beat out Sibs for the forward position then he wasn't as good as SAF thinks he is. We wanted cover for the forwards....Rossi was that cover. Job done. Now GR needs to sign some player permanently to shore up the forwards and defense.

I thought this was going to be about Nzogbia

Man Utd's success came not so much from who they bought, but from one amazing accademy class that gave them Beckham, the Nevilles, Gigs and Scholes (did I miss anyone). That was almost half their first team for almost a decade. Their transfer records is as hit & miss as many teams, but that academy class was like catching "lightning in a bottle" and they would love to do that again, just as every other team would.

This comment was a classic...... bluebiggrin.gif

Even if Roeder is looking to move Luque, I'm sure he is trying to buy first and then sell, cos he doesn't want to move him on and then be left with Shola and Milner as his starting forwards. Luque won't go anywhere until Roeder has suitable replacements.

Wanting LuaLua back is simply "good old days" syndrome. Remembering a few of his good moments and forgetting about all his bad ones. Squad player, bench warmer and back is all he should be considered for.

That is what chelsea want Hope so, but saying "Loan fee £10M and then must purchase" makes me think that the overall outlay would be more than just £10M

The worrying thing for me is that the Loan/purchase terms are not clear. If £10M is the loan fee and we must purchase him, do we have to pay any more £££ to purchase him, or does he then sign for us for free at the end of the loan. If we have to pay £10M loan fee and then pay an additional transfer fee to sign him, then it's too much. Are they any clauses as to why Newcastle could not/would not buy SWP after spending £10M on a loan fee - thats a lot of money to risk if we might not get SWP as a full time player. Ideally, we would loan him for the season, with the provision that we sign him for £10M at the end of the season. That way his price is fixed, but we can spend the £££ on other players this season and use next years money to pay for SWP.

somebody moved the goalposts Yes, but was it to Castle Leazes, Gateshead or the Town Moor tongue.gif