villarule123 Posted July 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2015 Wow! Didn't see this coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) @mickey102 Lol you obviously have more faith in human beings than myself. After a woeful season and a horrible end to the season I can imagine the club trying to put some good news out there to try take people's minds off how shit we are and stop them thinking ' I ain't buying a season ticket for that shit again'. Weren't the season ticket deadlines all within the supposed exclusivity period? While people are weighing up getting a season ticket do you not think the news that we could have new owners would help convince some folk to renew rather than knowing for a fact that it was gonna be Lerner in charge and more of the same? Edited July 14, 2015 by Bunnski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2015 See you at the 2016 takeover thread. And the 2017 thread... And then... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted July 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2015 I didn't expect a takeover to happen and rightly or wrongly I'm not that fussed that Randy is still here. There's a little bit of the ghost at the feast about him, but I suspect his heart is in the right place. I feel confident in Tim, Tom and Paddy to do a good job here. Based purely on reading Tim's interview, he doesn't appear too downbeat and he certainly didn't appear anxious for change when he made that bet. If Tim's positive & relaxed, I'm positive & relaxed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 This is the line that makes me think somthing may still happen “I’m not sure if anyone is too close now.“Until it’s done it’s never there.” yeah, very cryptic statement, not sure what to make of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweldon1 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Odd that there's nothing about it on Sky Sports website when the BBC say he said it to Sky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I don't think it is cryptic, I think it is just another football man butchering the English language 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Regardless of whether we get taken over or not the squad needs some decent investment this summer. Lets hope Lerner can find £30m or so to sign a LB, ACM and a Striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Oh dear. We'll limp on for another wasted season then. I just can't see us achieving anything substantial under a Lerner ownership. We've had our chances to finish top 4 and win major trophies under him and blown all those opportunities. I wonder what on earth he's demanding in these deals for two to collapse within 122 months. Either that or the books have something worrying in them. Like it or not, WBA are a decent yardstick now if they get taken over for a similar price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Well this is uterly shit!! Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Oh dear. We'll limp on for another wasted season then. I just can't see us achieving anything substantial under a Lerner ownership. We've had our chances to finish top 4 and win major trophies under him and blown all those opportunities. I wonder what on earth he's demanding in these deals for two to collapse within 122 months. Either that or the books have something worrying in them. Like it or not, WBA are a decent yardstick now if they get taken over for a similar price. Believe me chap, our team will be lucky to be taken over and have a change of fortunes. We need a Mansour, but its very unlikely, so I think at the moment personally im happy with Lerner. At least we know we won't do a Portsmouth or even a QPR under his ownership 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 My take away is that the consortium who were closest to buying us have pulled out of the deal but there are still others interested. I'm sure there's a hell of a lot of people who are interested. It's meaningless though. YEah, I'm interested...you heard it first here ITK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 @bunnski Fair enough I can see your point, but I don't agree. I don't know anyone who would be swayed by a rumour. Yes an actual takeover or a big signing may have swayed people but I can't see a rumour doing so, even if the club had wanted it to change minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmirch Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Any reports of what the stumbling block was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGrath1874 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Oh well. At least I won't be worrying for the rest of the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 @mickey102 Lol you obviously have more faith in human beings than myself. After a woeful season and a horrible end to the season I can imagine the club trying to put some good news out there to try take people's minds off how shit we are and stop them thinking ' I ain't buying a season ticket for that shit again'. Weren't the season ticket deadlines all within the supposed exclusivity period? While people are weighing up getting a season ticket do you not think the news that we could have new owners would help convince some folk to renew rather than knowing for a fact that it was gonna be Lerner in charge and more of the same? Then those people are dumb **** and they deserve the disappointment that's come to them. NOBODY said it was a done deal. If they bought season tickets just on the basis that exclusivity was granted then more the fool them. They only had to pick up a copy of Mergers and Acquisitions for Dummies to know that the deal isn't done at that stage. Fair play for them, though, for putting money into the club, but if people have done it based on those stories then they are truly dumb bastards. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 IF there's not a takeover this summer I'll be a bit disappointed but as long as we get investment I don't care who's money it is. Sherwood has shown enough for me to think we will do ok next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Oh dear. We'll limp on for another wasted season then. I just can't see us achieving anything substantial under a Lerner ownership. We've had our chances to finish top 4 and win major trophies under him and blown all those opportunities. I wonder what on earth he's demanding in these deals for two to collapse within 122 months. Either that or the books have something worrying in them. Like it or not, WBA are a decent yardstick now if they get taken over for a similar price. Believe me chap, our team will be lucky to be taken over and have a change of fortunes. We need a Mansour, but its very unlikely, so I think at the moment personally im happy with Lerner. At least we know we won't do a Portsmouth or even a QPR under his ownership The thing is though even with new ownership I wouldn't be demanding the owner spends 100m in a futile attempt to finish 4th-6th. I'd be happy to finish top 10 and actually build something again that isn't based on sand like the MON era. Then after 2 years of doing that with hopefully a decent squad and more importantly a proper club infrastructure we could then look at the top end of the table again. Surely it's a misconception you have to spend ridiculous amounts to compete properly, teams like Stoke and Swansea seem to be doing fine and outperforming us every season on smallish budgets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Am I the only one who isnt that bothered by this news? For every sugar daddy there are 9 disastrous takeovers. We're not going to win the league so I'd rather have a chairman that at least wont let us get liquidated. That's the dream now? 3 cheers for Randy because we won't go bust? "The Dream?" Hahahahahahahah. Hahahahaha Hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) To be fair, if you don't hate Lerner then you obviously love him and think he's the best thing since sliced bread. It's typical VT logic. Edited July 14, 2015 by Mantis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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