David-Copenhagen

Best question and piece written in this whole saga. Do we really want somebody to borrow money in Villa to buy us? And were does transfer funds then come from.??

They are consultants. Their fee will be dependent upon and factored into the purchase price Which is why they will do everything they can to sell Villa.

Sounds good to me

I think there could very much be something is this. Doug has ruled on the gace of others, but this is becoming more and more clear that his time are over.

How about Comers offer a package that values the club at what the city says its worth Clubs advisors suggest the Board accept The other major shareholders suggest the board should accept The Chairman says its not the value package he thinks the club is worth. The comers ask for further clarification of certain valuations to justify their stance Ellis tries to delay the provision of this information, but fails A meeting is arranged with all parties present and the Comers suggest a certain action. Ellis is then involved in 3 days of discussions and Rothchilds are asked again, to provide suitable buyers based on the new appraisal of the club forcing Ellis effectively out of the club. Now you might be able to guess why there is a moritorium on expenditure and why the Mail were able to post what they did, they know there will be no comeback from Ellis There's more to come too Just read it again - do you suggest that Ellis is gone?? or at least has his hands tied as the board no longer trust him to handle the club in the shareholders best intrests????

How about Comers offer a package that values the club at what the city says its worth Clubs advisors suggest the Board accept The other major shareholders suggest the board should accept The Chairman says its not the value package he thinks the club is worth. The comers ask for further clarification of certain valuations to justify their stance Ellis tries to delay the provision of this information, but fails A meeting is arranged with all parties present and the Comers suggest a certain action. Ellis is then involved in 3 days of discussions and Rothchilds are asked again, to provide suitable buyers based on the new appraisal of the club forcing Ellis effectively out of the club. Now you might be able to guess why there is a moritorium on expenditure and why the Mail were able to post what they did, they know there will be no comeback from Ellis There's more to come too Sounds to me like you are not speculating?? I think what you say sounds very plaussible.

I think this is spot on, we survive and we can build, go down it is going to get tuff - a point tomorrow would be really welcome.

I think that is very true, the price goes down when you are trying to sell.

Is that a fact or your guess?

Could that not be because what Ellis is really doing is trying his best to make the club sellable and therefore not gambling at all to obtain success. To be honest the Ellis of old times would have let DOL go by now and if he had any ambition left for the club he would have. Ellis wnats to sell and he is trying his best to get a good price. Therefore the day to day runing of the club is not on his agenda. That is how I see it anyway. I keep my fingers crossed for someone with ambition taking over Villa.

And everybody needs luck to win, look at Man U, if that is not the biggest break of football luck in history, apart from englands "goal" in 1966, then I don't know what it was.

Agreed, and if the 10 mill had any influence on transfers, is that the kind of owners we would like? I would like people that are ready to invest in the club, not Ellis clones.

Hellelujah! Its raise, call or fold time at long, long last. Says an undisclosed source :-) - lets see it is not the first deadline is it. I am hoping, but if I was the Comers I would play hardball and stall since Ellies is runnig out of time and JP should want to sell before Ellis dies.

Now I agree with most you wirte, but I think you need to find a place for JP in all this. Ellis can sell, but without him selling as well who wants to buy?

The thing for Ellis is that he does not have the time, he knows that and everybody else knows that. JP is the unknown variable here, since it is not only Ellis that needs to sell!

He does David. Exactly, so how does that fit in with the piece that Denis wrote???

Denis I m a bit sad to read your comments, do you have any explenation to why M. Neville made the comments he did, when you say it is 100% that the comers will not be buying? Does NEville not represent the Comers?

Nice to see that your are sticking to your usual negative approch :-), it going to happen mate, do worry. You know me Just dont want to get hopes up for them to be dashed I think that is your usual approch stay negative right until something happens. Dont your dare getting your hopes up mate? :-)

Nice to see that your are sticking to your usual negative approch :-), it going to happen mate, do worry.

Nice to see that he knows we nned work before we will succeed.

Not really. We still have a football team to run Yes agree, but Doug is trying to sell up, don't you think there is a risk he might try to avoid sacking the manager? Could be because he don't want to make the pay of or it could be because the comers would want to install a new man, hence they might would have to fire the new manager! It is a mess as I see it. I just wish that Doug and the Comers would agree or disagree so we can get this shio turned.

true, but we have a very special situation with the take over.

Are you that confident that he will be gone soon?

To be fair I just don't know - I depends on how they look at practice I would guess -

We already have a huge talent in Moore - and another one comming in Gaby - we need a top player if any.