Hoof hearted Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 6 minutes ago, IwishIwasalivein1982 said: what does TD mean? Tweet Deciphererer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 6 minutes ago, IwishIwasalivein1982 said: what does TD mean? TaxiDermist. We're going to have Gabby, Lescott and Richard's heads on the wall as a reminder to any wasters at the club what happens when you cross the Doc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Deisler123 said: Yes, there are some media coverage about this. Wanda (Wang Jianlin, who is the most wealthiest businessman in Asia) take over West Brom. Not sure it will happen. Too late to buy a club in August. But if someone from China will buy a PL club, it no doubt will be Wang Jianlin. if this indeed happens, I wouldn't be surprised if West Brom become one of the richest clubs with billions of pounds parachute money. If one is paranoid one could perhaps see the Chinese buying all of the major clubs in and around Birmingham, merging them and creating Midlands FC - just saying, stranger things have happened. Edited August 4, 2016 by Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Watching the Tesco bags become the Harrods bags would be, ah... inconvenient. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoof hearted Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, Hughes said: If one is paranoid one could perhaps see the Chinese buying all of the major clubs in and around Birmingham, merging them and creating Midlands FC - just saying, stranger things have happened. As long as they play in claret and blue, at Villa park and are called Aston Villa then crack on! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Just now, Hoof hearted said: As long as they play in claret and blue, at Villa park and are called Aston Villa then crack on! Sure, but that's not what I was saying... more like Midlands FC playing in red at some new stadium called YingYang ground outside of the city of Brum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynnchin84 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Just now, Hughes said: Sure, but that's not what I was saying... more like Midlands FC playing in red at some new stadium called YingYang ground outside of the city of Brum. Never ever ever ever ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoof hearted Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, Heretic said: Watching the Tesco bags become the Harrods bags would be, ah... inconvenient. But their fans will all still have 7 fingers....... ..... On each foot. Form is temporary, class is permanent. They are and always will be a classless football club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, Flynnchin84 said: Never ever ever ever ever I'll leave this thought as it makes me sick but IF the chinese decide this is what they will do, then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler123 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 1 minute ago, Hughes said: If one is paranoid one could perhaps see the Chinese buying all of the major clubs in and around Birmingham, merging them and creating Midlands FC - just saying, stranger things have happened. Fail to see how much business sense it makes tbh. Indeed it can only happens if someone is paranoid. If you are super rich - for example a stake controlling company with trillions of pounds money - you would rather buy all companies (say in retail market) and retain their own brands, so they can work in a coorporative way and possibly dominate the whole market for better profit, rather than merging them into a Retail.LTD (illegal too). In the next 10-20 years, it may well be that a few PL clubs are owned by foreign groups, but merging clubs absolutely won't happen, 100%. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynnchin84 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Just now, Hughes said: I'll leave this thought as it makes me sick but IF the chinese decide this is what they will do, then.... Then this site will be called MidlandTalk and everyone would hate each other 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 12 minutes ago, Hughes said: If one is paranoid one could perhaps see the Chinese buying all of the major clubs in and around Birmingham, merging them and creating Midlands FC - just saying, stranger things have happened. Piffle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Richard Posted August 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2016 1 minute ago, Flynnchin84 said: Then this site will be called MidlandTalk and everyone would hate each other So only the name changes then 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Little more than ten years back all the West midlands teams were owned by English guys. The Chinese are no more going to merge all the clubs than, Ellis, Hayward and company were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler123 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 9 minutes ago, Hughes said: Sure, but that's not what I was saying... more like Midlands FC playing in red at some new stadium called YingYang ground outside of the city of Brum. I know what you were trying to say and fully understand what you may 'worry' about. I suggest you/we discussing something realistic/constructive, than this purely illusional, never-going-to-happen stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 3 minutes ago, useless said: Little more than ten years back all the West midlands teams were owned by English guys. The Chinese are no more going to merge all the clubs than, Ellis, Hayward and company were. Well, Doug may think he is all that but the Chinese government he is not... Guys, not saying this will or even is remotely possible to happen but the Chinese government (if they are or somehow will be involved) has a completely different way of thinking than you and me. Mergiung clubs have not happened a lot yet but if you directly or indirectly own a lot of clubs in the same region and they are competing with each other; why not merge them together. I promise, I will now leave this topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 The Chinese will benefit from the rivalry between the clubs and the attention that that will provoke in China. In the far east Villa vs Wolves might become their version of El Classico. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Deisler123 Posted August 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, useless said: In the far east Villa vs Wolves might become their version of El Classico. Oh com'on, be ambitous please. Villa vs Real Barcelona (merged one day) will be El Classico one day. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 1 minute ago, Dante_Lockhart said: I love how much information we get from the owner. Yes, it will end badly eventually, but loving it in the meantime. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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