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Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: herthab on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 12:13:46 Just saw Smarmes on TV spouting his usual bullshit.
One thing that did puzzle me though, Smarmes said that the club has not received a firm offer from the consortium and instead of reporting a denial, the presenter said that the consortium have said that they will be making an offer in the next few weeks. Why? If this is true, why haven't they made an offer already? I know it's not an overnight thing, but I would think that the first step would be to make a formal offer. Or have I completely lost the plot? Title: Re: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: Fred Elliot on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 12:23:45 Quote from: "herthab" Just saw Smarmes on TV spouting his usual bullshit. One thing that did puzzle me though, Smarmes said that the club has not received a firm offer from the consortium and instead of reporting a denial, the presenter said that the consortium have said that they will be making an offer in the next few weeks. Why? If this is true, why haven't they made an offer already? I know it's not an overnight thing, but I would think that the first step would be to make a formal offer. Or have I completely lost the plot? We have been trying to negotiate a form of NDA with SSW since November 2nd. The manifesto is now complete and will be issued this week. I know that is a little sketchy Hertha but the the starting point before any formal offer was tabled was to get an "in principal" agreement prior to any negotiations taking place. Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: Simon Pieman on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 12:24:04 Correct me if I'm wrong though, when takeovers or significant purchases of businesses happen, isn't usual to have preliminary talks before making offers? And from what I hear the club hasn't allowed such a thing to occur.
Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: Fred Elliot on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 12:25:41 Quote from: "simon pieman" Correct me if I'm wrong though, when takeovers or significant purchases of businesses happen, isn't usual to have preliminary talks before making offers? And from what I hear the club hasn't allowed such a thing to occur. You are correct young man Title: Re: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: herthab on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 12:31:35 Quote from: "Fred Elliot" Quote from: "herthab" Just saw Smarmes on TV spouting his usual bullshit. One thing that did puzzle me though, Smarmes said that the club has not received a firm offer from the consortium and instead of reporting a denial, the presenter said that the consortium have said that they will be making an offer in the next few weeks. Why? If this is true, why haven't they made an offer already? I know it's not an overnight thing, but I would think that the first step would be to make a formal offer. Or have I completely lost the plot? We have been trying to negotiate a form of NDA with SSW since November 2nd. The manifesto is now complete and will be issued this week. I know that is a little sketchy Hertha but the the starting point before any formal offer was tabled was to get an "in principal" agreement prior to any negotiations taking place. Thanks Fred. So The Board are just doing their usual tricks, trying to make the consortium look like chancers. Bring on Rovers!! Hopefully there will be enough of us doing impressions of giant satsumas to show the board they're no longer wanted......... Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: Fred Elliot on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 12:49:03 Nail on head Hertha
Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: lebowski on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 12:54:32 it's a bit like a car purchase... you don't make an offer without having a look under the hood first do you?
Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: RobertT on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 13:00:07 So, if we make an offer they'll be happy to start the process...
I have a shiney 1p coin here Mr Starnes, I'll swap it for the club, can I now begin proper negotiations? Idiots, who the hell buys a business by making an offer before checking everything - duh. Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: lebowski on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 13:04:16 look forward to reading the manifesto - presumably this will be made public?
any chance of a sneak preview? Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: pauld on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 23:11:07 Yes. No.
Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: Fred Elliot on Sunday, December 10, 2006, 23:15:34 Quote from: "pauld" Yes. No. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: Frigby Daser on Monday, December 11, 2006, 11:42:11 I',m still quite surprised by the prevailing attitude which seems to be that the takeover will eventually happen - I honestly don't think the club have any intention to EVEr enter genuine talks wiht any form of fans initiative, whether sponsored by Bill Power or not - they see it as a defeat. They're bastards - cold hearted bastards to a man.
Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: Piemonte on Monday, December 11, 2006, 11:48:09 Quote from: "pauld" Yes. No. its not going to be made pubic? :wink: Extract from the Trust manefesto: 1 (a) Get a fan appointed onto the board. 1 (b) Remove dunwwody and Mike Diamandis from club 1 (c) Get Bill to buy Aston Martins for the entire trust board. except Gary Stanley who recieves an Escort Cosworth which is more fitting for thugs that get ejected from grounds Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: millom red on Tuesday, December 12, 2006, 09:36:26 Quote from: "simon pieman" Correct me if I'm wrong though, when takeovers or significant purchases of businesses happen, isn't usual to have preliminary talks before making offers? And from what I hear the club hasn't allowed such a thing to occur. Yes, but these muppets seem to have things to hide and i shudder to think that when access to the books is allowed, we are in for a nasty surprise. Millom Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, December 12, 2006, 21:16:23 Quote from: "millom red" Quote from: "simon pieman" Correct me if I'm wrong though, when takeovers or significant purchases of businesses happen, isn't usual to have preliminary talks before making offers? And from what I hear the club hasn't allowed such a thing to occur. Yes, but these muppets seem to have things to hide and i shudder to think that when access to the books is allowed, we are in for a nasty surprise. Millom But of course. Title: Smarmes on T.V. Post by: pauld on Tuesday, December 12, 2006, 21:27:12 Quote from: "lebowski" look forward to reading the manifesto - presumably this will be made public? It's on the Trust site now - hope it answers questions people have had |