Mantis Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) I can sense the xenophobia. Strange, I never noticed it when potential Arab owners were menetioned just a few pages back. That's because people are just generalising based on the most famous examples. People associate Arabs with Man City and big spending whereas as Indians are associated with Venkys and their dreadful ownership of Blackburn. It's as simple as that. Americans are mostly neutral it seems. Edited May 16, 2014 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 American Telegraph: Dirty barefaced LIES!!!!!!111!!!1 IndianSportsExpress: Its true! Lerner has **** us over! Get a grip people. Links in With Tony's post though and proven to be correct before. Yeah it does but... US Consortium : Every wealthy american person known to man. Indian buyer hinted: First one mentioned is deffo the buyer. They aren't the only wealthy Indian buyer in the world. An Indian buyer has not been hinted at, one of India's biggest news sources has broken a story they claim to be a world exclusive, stating that they have bought us. No quotes, no facts, no real links, false information (Reuters). All about page hits IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) In fact, a quick look into other areas of the page and it seems that this could have been somebody either pulling the post trigger early, or one of their staff playing a joke (for some unknown reason). The "tweet this story" links to tweeting a story about Bayern, whilst the tags of the post include "german cup". Another note, the story was posted at the exact same time as this one: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/bayern-munichs-bastian-schweinsteiger-ruled-out-of-german-cup-final/ Mine don't, links to the correct article. Edited May 16, 2014 by Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Strange how two different posters mention it and then an article appears about it. I don't think it's a joke. the article was posted 7 hours ago. they most likely were told based on the link quoted for last post on the page-ness Says 8:07pm here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Strange how two different posters mention it and then an article appears about it. I don't think it's a joke. the article was posted 7 hours ago. they most likely were told based on the link quoted for last post on the page-ness Says 8:07pm here Yeah, and it's now 330am in India Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Saying that, the article seems to have been taken down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 The story has now changed to Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Typi non habent claritatem insitam; est usus legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem. Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius. Claritas est etiam processus dynamicus, qui sequitur mutationem consuetudium lectorum. Mirum est notare quam littera gothica, quam nunc putamus parum claram, anteposuerit litterarum formas humanitatis per seacula quarta decima et quinta decima. Eodem modo typi, qui nunc nobis videntur parum clari, fiant sollemnes in futurum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted May 16, 2014 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2014 Looks like it's been taken down. WTF?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 This is what i fear - if Randy cant find a buyer he gets lets choosy....money talks - and he is a couple of hundred mill out of pocket.....come on Faulkner get on the web site and quash this one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 If it was accidental they wouldn't have had reuters as the source, nor would they have cited "today" when referring to the meeting. It's someone internally having a giggle, and it most likely was never intended for public consumption I hope your right mate, but I think its a cockup personally and whoever has dropped this story (if true) is going to get blasted i dont understand why would it be indian newspaper site to pull a prank. i still think there is something in this unfortuantely simply the person who has put this up has just made a complete mess of everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 If it is indeed one of india's biggest newspapers surely it wouldn't be posted as some kind of harmless gag..i think theres something in it personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 As I said, I think somebody wasn't meant to post it yet, the time and all meta data of the post weren't correct. As I also said, it is a big company, I can't imagine some random Indian guy making up a story about Villa that could potentially lose him his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 My fake signal works. Good. Very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 This is what i fear - if Randy cant find a buyer he gets lets choosy....money talks - and he is a couple of hundred mill out of pocket.....come on Faulkner get on the web site and quash this one.. Why should Faulkner deny one rumour but none of the others? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 I can sense the xenophobia. Strange, I never noticed it when potential Arab owners were menetioned just a few pages back. That's because people are just generalising based on the most famous examples. People associate Arabs with Man City and big spending whereas as Indians are associated with Venkys and their dreadful ownership of Blackburn. It's as simple as that. Americans are mostly neutral it seems. Yep. Anzi Makhachkala got relegated this season, not so long after their billionaire owner pulled the plug. However if a Russian was being mentioned, people would be wanking themselves silly about how we've got the new Abramovich. Drawing comparisons to other owners based on their nationality is futile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 its no longer there! what the hell? this is very dodgy to me. seems like someones dropped a b0ll0ck here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny*Nunny Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 http://www.indianexpresssports.com/article/sports/football/aston-villa-hari-and-shyam-bhartia-set-to-buy-aston-villa/jnknskfnk.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 The big question is....... Did TBAR see the article before it was taken down? ....VT4EVA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcwills10 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 WAIT A SECOND, MILNERS COMING BACK !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 I can sense the xenophobia. Strange, I never noticed it when potential Arab owners were menetioned just a few pages back. That's because people are just generalising based on the most famous examples. People associate Arabs with Man City and big spending whereas as Indians are associated with Venkys and their dreadful ownership of Blackburn. It's as simple as that. Americans are mostly neutral it seems. I agree but then that isn't xenophobia because the fear of some is from the bad example of Indian ownership rather than the fact that they are foreign. Which is what the word 'xenophobia' means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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