Sunny*Nunny Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 $4 billion is enough, it's more about how much of it they are willing to spend. RL could have spend more if he was more interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGregor1888 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 More of the same I feel. I don't think they have any track record of building successful sporting teams - someone please prove me wrong(!) These are a couple of guys in for the investment, keep villa tick along in the Premier League and then sell up in maybe five years. That's my hunch but it'll be interesting to see what they have to say for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Jesus Christ some on here are really coming across as spoiled. What are these guys worth? Would they be investing their own wealth or is this consortium a Ltd company type deal? I don't really understand finance but I'd hate them to be the next Gillette and Hicks. That Davis fella is worth between £1 £1.5 billion Bit of a let down to be honest - seems very low profile - who operates similar to Randy stays in the background. One thing in his favour is he is 'Self Made' - but overall I wouldn't be bothered if this doesn't happen How is it a let down? I thought the biggest problem with Lerner is that he wasn't prepared to spend much over these past few seasons? These new owners are hardly poor FFS, and staying in the background is actually one of the good things about Lerner - better than being like Dave Whelan or Vincent Tan. What the **** were people actually expecting? Edited April 21, 2014 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I take it this is just a rumour, nothing concrete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cliffy Biro Posted April 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2014 Written off before they've even taken over the club because they 'only have $4b' 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Howard Hodgson has just tweeted that these 2 are quite feasible as potential owners of AVFC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilGibson Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Surely it is about smart business choices, get the right manager, purchase the right players, sort out the coaching, scouting etc. Then invest whatever money you have wisely I do not think we will be Man City or Chelsea spending but at the same level as Spurs or Liverpool then we can make a go of it. As long as we stay in the league of course!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny*Nunny Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Info on the dynamic duo: http://www.shutdowninning.com/7/post/2013/10/owners-profile-ray-davis-bob-simpson.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 One of them is hinting that it's Ray Davis. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 In August 2010, Simpson and Ray Davis were co-lead investors in the $593 million winning bid, to take the Texas Rangers baseball team out of bankruptcy.[4] In October 2010, the Texas Rangers played in the World Series, for the first time in franchise history.[5] In 2011 Simpson expressed a desire to keep his ownership role low key, with co-chairman Davis, depending on minority owner and team president Nolan Ryan to operate the team.[6] In October 2011, the team again reached the World Series.[7] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted April 21, 2014 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) So if it IS these guys, they bought the Texas Rangers from Tom Hicks (former Liverpool owner) in 2010 just as they were on the brink of bankruptcy. The Rangers made it to the World Series for the first time ever in 2010, and again in 2011. Edited April 21, 2014 by NurembergVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ray Davis seems to be a self made billionaire. He and Bob Simpson bought the Texas Rangers for $525 million, and now it's supposed to be worth $825 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 So. It's either: Or: EDIT: Damn, beaten to it, twice. Me too. My intended 'he doesn't really get you' to Smetrov's post is now redundant. Gotta be quicker on VT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaspg Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 How are people so sure its them? From that tbar forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Surely it is about smart business choices, get the right manager, purchase the right players, sort out the coaching, scouting etc. Then invest whatever money you have wisely I do not think we will be Man City or Chelsea spending but at the same level as Spurs or Liverpool then we can make a go of it. As long as we stay in the league of course!! Looks like it's the first approach or bust for many people. You'd think that given how little Lerner has spent over these last few seasons and how much people go on about wanting him out (a fair gripe) that they'd be a little happier about all this. Instead it's "Oh, they're only worth $4bn? How disappointing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 If it turns out to be Ray Davis and Bob Simpson, then fair play to 'admin' on TBAR for getting proper ITK info and sharing it too. <br /> <br /> The talks of a new Man City/ Chelsea owner & model were a hopeful fantasy, to say the least, but another owner of Randy's wealth (or slightly more, in footballing terms) in still good for us. <br /> <br /> In the early days, Randy was happy to give a manager £30m-£50m to get the ball rolling, and then steady ongoing investment. If the new owners do the same, I'll be happy as it'll hopefully make us compete again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2014 Hasn't made the BBC website yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGregor1888 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 In August 2010, Simpson and Ray Davis were co-lead investors in the $593 million winning bid, to take the Texas Rangers baseball team out of bankruptcy.[4] In October 2010, the Texas Rangers played in the World Series, for the first time in franchise history.[5] In 2011 Simpson expressed a desire to keep his ownership role low key, with co-chairman Davis, depending on minority owner and team president Nolan Ryan to operate the team.[6] In October 2011, the team again reached the World Series.[7] Sounds promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Where do people get the 4 billion figure from? I can only find Ray Davis being worth 1.9 Billion Dollars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post limvillian Posted April 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2014 Hilarious comments from some on here. These 2 lads have 4 times the miney Randy has and people are still not happy. Also remember Lerner has a fair few $$$ in the first place but has decided he doesn't want to spend it on Villa the last few seasons. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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