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  • Start date May 5, 2023
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #36
I’m not against King - I’m saving my thoughts to after Gyokeres inevitably leaves, then we’ll see King’s intentions
 
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Ashdown

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #37
He’s not your Leicester type Billionaire owner is he ? Can’t say I’m hyped or disappointed.
Right now I’m more interested in Robins and Adi and progressing as we have been.
 
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Astute

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #38
Sick Boy said:
Based on what?
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King doesn't have a stadium to sell?
 

Grendel

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #39
Astute said:
King doesn't have a stadium to sell?
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What that has to do with Bryan Richardson I’ve no idea. Richardson wouldn’t have even sold the stadium in the end
 

Hutch11

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #40
Grendel said:
What that has to do with Bryan Richardson I’ve no idea. Richardson wouldn’t have even sold the stadium in the end
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He sold Highfield Road and as a consequence left us not owning our own stadium , how's that worked out?
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #41
Hutch11 said:
He sold Highfield Road and as a consequence left us not owning our own stadium , how's that worked out?
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Well actually it was McGinnity who relinquished our option, that allowed us to own Highfield Road after all, for a cost that was less than its market value.
 
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blunted

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #42
We have had boards with good intentions who made bad decisions. Jimmy Hill's all-seater stadium and investment in the USA. Visionary as ever, but too far ahead of the curve. Then we have had some pretty useless owners. To my mind McGinnty and Robinson were dreadful. Richardson I get the impression thought he was really sharp but evidence would say otherwise. Bringing in Big Ron spending millions and ending up in a relegation fight says it all. Years before, Spitting Image were taking the piss out of Big Ron for being profligate. Selling Highfield Road was not a clever move, although easy to say in hindsight. I think we had to lease it back for a while. Sisu didn't have a clue about running a football club and thought they could sue, bully and bluff their way into achieving their aims. The penny finally dropped and they got lucky with MR and AV but still nearly undermined this season with the sale of Hyam and the pitch debacle. Don't think some of the owners realised how closely their statements are analysed by fans, especially now fans on social media scrutinise everything. King, so far so good. He does not appear to be daft and knows we need more revenue from all sources. We will have to sell in the Summer if we don't go up. That will not be King's fault. He is not a Saudi prince but already the noises coming from above seem reasonable.
 

Hobo

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #43
I'm prepared to give the guy a chance but let's wait and see how he turns out? We are in a good feel-good place at the moment and don't really see what he has contributed so far?
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #44
Hobo said:
I'm prepared to give the guy a chance but let's wait and see how he turns out? We are in a good feel-good place at the moment and don't really see what he has contributed so far?
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Robins says stability but he may be trying to keep him sweet
 

Hobo

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #45
Sky Blue Pete said:
Robins says stability but he may be trying to keep him sweet
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Hopefully that turns out to be the case. I don't expect the guy to pump in millions. But if we have to sell players (and we will). I just hope the money gets put back into the team.
 
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Astute

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  • May 6, 2023
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Hobo said:
Hopefully that turns out to be the case. I don't expect the guy to pump in millions. But if we have to sell players (and we will). I just hope the money gets put back into the team.
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That's the best we should hope for. Rely on our income including player sales as our budget. We nearly went out of business overspending just like many other clubs.

Then it would be a bonus if he did donate a bit of cash for a players signing.
 
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Offhegoes

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  • May 6, 2023
  • #47
Robinshio said:
If their plan had worked and they had a robins instead of a Coleman who knows!!
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A half decent manager would have got us promotion with the budget Coleman had.
His rambling post match interviews were torturous.
 

Bernie Rhodes Nose

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  • May 7, 2023
  • #48
Sky Blue Harry H said:
He hasn't had any opportunity to do so - and do you mean putting £6.5m of his own money, or £6.5m in purchases (funded from a £15m sale of Julian Gray etc)?
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Julian Gray. Come on Harry let it go now.
 

Grendel

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  • May 7, 2023
  • #49
Hutch11 said:
For 1 he allegedly tried to buy the stadium not sell up and leave us not owning anything
For 2 he didn't pull the rug out from under Robins feet as what was done with Strachan on a number of occasions
For 3 he's actually delivered on what he said he would
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He didn't try and buy the stadium - he made an "offer" subject to looking at the books which he could then instantly withdraw

Only time will tell what he is all about really
 
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Hutch11

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  • May 7, 2023
  • #50
Grendel said:
He didn't try and buy the stadium - he made an "offer" subject to looking at the books which he could then instantly withdraw

Only time will tell what he is all about really
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Hence allegedly but yes you're right, time will tell but I'm a lot more optimistic about the immediate future of the club than I ever was under them cnuts
 
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oldfiver

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  • May 7, 2023
  • #51
Grendel said:
He didn't try and buy the stadium - he made an "offer" subject to looking at the books which he could then instantly withdraw

Only time will tell what he is all about really
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His problem was ( allegedly) the deal had already been struck between WASPS, CCC and Frasers and secured with a £1m exclusivety payment.

It was reported Frasers reduced their final offer price by £1m
 

Brylowes

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  • May 7, 2023
  • #52
bawtryneal said:
The question was who did we feel genuinely optimistic with, not who did we think was crap.
Why turn everything into a negative debate.
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