Jon

possibly yes on both Ian, althought train crashes are very few and far between. Coaches defo - thought they already were? I sometimes don't wear seatbelts when i'm in the back of a car. Depends who's driving :winkold:

a bird in the bush is worth two in the hand? :?

I think that works out as 95% of votes cast being in favour of our Man Randolph. and this was BEFORE he had his bid accepted IIRC.

Bumped in response to Ian's Support for Randy thread. The result here looks quite comprehensive!!

leaving MON in limbo in the transfer market. Can he spend any money before a takeover goes through? Who's money would he be spending? would he have to receive transfer ratification from HDE/Randy/Padfield before he could buy a player? I suspect that the Lerner bid is all but done and dusted, irrespective of other bids, and that MON would only need clearance from HDE/ Lerner to invest in a specific player at this present time.

Well, McClaren starts his reign with a correct decision IMO.

Time And Relative Dimensions in Space, and all that ......

I think that the start of the commencement of the beginning has now begun ......

Yep. Gone for randy too. Let's hope we're on for a Nice Little Lerner ....

Job Sat, every time. you spend one hell of a lot of your life at work - many of your waking hours are spent at work (or travelling to it) - and if you really don't like/hate what you're doing then it can really grind you down. The few well recompensed hours outside of work would barely make up for that IMO. Having said that, money does make the world go around, and if you're doing a job you love but have no money, it's maybe an equally sh*t situation. solution = win the lottery and then do a job you love that pays b*gger all. :wink:

how do you know this Brian? :? I would vote for JT for these very reasons. I just see him as the most "commanding" player in an England/Chelsea shirt every time i see him play. He seems to "own" the pitch, so to speak. I see JT very much as i used to view Donkey Adams, only JT is a better player IMO.

But it is possible that Still and Lerner have much better bids to explore. It is possible that AV06 and Neville have all but been declined already defiantely they probably do have better bids than nevilles borrowed cash. BUT Doug shud of contacted them already and at least spoke to them!! really. Why not the other way around, if they are so interested in putting a bid in. They should be chasing AVFC officials and rothschilds (and HDE), not waiting for a phone call from HDE. :? HDE does not strike me as being an "active" seller, let's put it that way. THEY have to make the running, not him.

IMHO if MON is appointed manager today Ian can pop all the champagne he wants. just written the same on the new manager thread Pete. MON is a clear signal that one of the bids is going through with him as manager. The new manager announcement is huge today for AVFC .....

Shrek - with Cesc getting young player. Well that's what it should be anyway.

because we have that many options! but at least you've finally recognised that we do at least have those options. we're not Chelsea, so don't have 22 superstars. we do have alternatives and options though, built up over the last 3 years.

Out, Out, and thrice Out. i want to stay up and can't see where the next win is coming from, i really can't. you can't even take Sunderland as a gimme any more

please to see Gaz Bazz leading this one at the moment. Gaz Baz any day of the week. If i were manager, would be one of the 1st names i'd stick down on the team sheet every week. A consistent, quality premiership performer, proven over several seasons. A regular in several sides finishing top half of the premiership. Milner shows promise and has some good games, but at the moment it's more about potential with him. I wouldn't swap something that I know works well often with something that i think might work well occassionaly.

very, very good point david. That does indeed have a massive bearing upon the value of the club/shares. IF we were to go down, Elies cannot ask for anywhere near as much for his share of AVFC. well, he can ask, but ...........

seems i've gone with the crowd. Blackadder for me, with fawlty towers a close 2nd. Blackadder (minus series 1) was simply a genuis franchise. find it hard to choose between 2, 3 or 4. probably go with 3 though.

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Elies

Vorderman? Thatcher? Oh, I get it ....... Carol y

Like who? Ali :winkold: depends which way the wind is blowing as to whether DOL's great or cr*p. for me, a 1-0 win over Pompey at home changes nothing. Like DDID, i'd say he was still very much on trial.

i think Ali might have meant asking price. should elies meet his maker, i believe whoever wil then inherit his shares would want as quick and smooth as sale of them as possible. hence they'd take a lower price to get rid quickly. Once sold, i'd expect the share price to increase somewhat ..... So if you happened to be sitting on 20% of the shares that you bought for buttons, wouldn't it make sense to snap up the other 80% that are suddenly worth buttons following our great leaders demise, flog off some land* to pay off the short term debts and then package it up and sell at a nice profit to some mysterious sheikh/russkie/cocaine dealer/property developer etc etc. When you think about it, that might even be a more profitable route than selling your 20% at only £4.80 a share. quack. *to some completely unrelated company at a completely fair market price of course. maybe Gringo. But for petchey, an unneccessary gamble IMO. if he sold now he'd still be making a decent profit anyway. To hang on until elies leaves this world (arguably he did that a long time ago) and then attempt to but all shares at a reduced price and then sell at an inflated one is a big gamble IMO. Investors could just as easily by Elies shares once he's gone as Petchey could. and then offer peanuts for Petchey's allocation. orm Petchey could then buy all the shares and find no takers for AVFC at the price he wants. He'd be lumbered. If he ran us into the ground to make money and then tried to sell us, the proposition would be even less tempting for bidders. AVFC is worth less if Petchey has sold the land! so i can see Petchey wanting a sale sooner rather than later. there's more certainty now than when Elies leaves us.

i think Ali might have meant asking price. should elies meet his maker, i believe whoever wil then inherit his shares would want as quick and smooth as sale of them as possible. hence they'd take a lower price to get rid quickly. Once sold, i'd expect the share price to increase somewhat .....