Jareth Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 minute ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: I still think Dr T is a genuine guy. I just need more input over the coming weeks to settle my rattled nerves. He promised more communication from the club under his watch and I look forward to him seeing through on that promise. I got an email today with links to all the takeover interviews and stories - can't remember that happening before, only emails about products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) in relation to this takeover......Until i have something tangible to believe, I have nothing to doubt. Edited May 20, 2016 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 6 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Samuelson's apparent involvement is an enormous reg flag, absolutely enormous! My gut feeling tells me that this is going to end in some serious tears. This is an outrageously dodgy set of circumstances we find ourselves in as far as I'm concerned. That rumour has come from a name on a shirt. I wonder how many Samuelson's there are in the world. Until that's concrete, I'd not worry about it myself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villafan306 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 39 minutes ago, a m ole said: I feel like my book has a few chapters missing. Who the **** is Chris Samuelson, and how do we know he is involved in this deal? I was wondering how we know of his involvement too? That picture of Xia yesterday in the dressing room was odd. If Hollis flew to China then when was that pic taken? And if it is genuine is there only one person involved in football named Samuelson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam3773 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Fit and Proper test covers loads more now. That guy who tried to buy Doncaster failed it due to a "lack of funding". It can happen for reasons other than criminality. Apparently they've tightened up since past events. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) I wouldn't apologise for being skeptical, even if there does seem to be a view from a very brash and vocal section of the fanbase that skepticism is outrageous or just moaning for moaning's sake, and that all will be grand because the new man said so. Nah. **** that. Too much doesn't add up for me to be a happy chappy just yet. If it turns out to be good and this was just a bad start, then fine, but so far nothing about this strikes me as something worth getting very optimistic about, unless one is into big daft promises and change for change's sake. Edited May 20, 2016 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 2 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: That rumour has come from a name on a shirt. I wonder how many Samuelson's there are in the world. Until that's concrete, I'd not worry about it myself. The Telegraph reported that he was involved with the takeover and could have a future role. Not concrete but no smoke without fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Samuelson and Wyness have previous from Everton in 2004 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said: The Telegraph reported that he was involved with the takeover and could have a future role. Not concrete but no smoke without fire. I imagine Dr Tony will not be submitting Chris Samuelson's name for the fit and proper person test, he possibly would not pass it. So therefore, he would not have a position of power going forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Edit. Edited May 20, 2016 by Avfc96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007√ Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Samuelson? I'm more worried about Damien Comolli if he is involved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godders Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 So @Avfc96 and @Dr_Pangloss, what is Samuelson trying to do here exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 6 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: The Telegraph reported that he was involved with the takeover and could have a future role. Not concrete but no smoke without fire. The same telegraph that stated that Comoli was involved in the consortium and was undertaking diligence into our set up and academies, only for it to be revealed that Comoli apparently hasn't been contacted by them and him joining is unlikely? Literally all there is to go on with this Samuelson stuff is one photo that has a shirt with Samuelson on it in the background, I'm sure there's more than one Samuelson in the world. It's fine being skeptical about the takeover, but some people on here are getting themselves into a tizz over very little. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I was a little sceptical about the pessimism here about the new owners, now that pictures have surfaced of this Samuelson fella at villa Park with Dr Xia, starting to feel a little worried now. Do not want our great club to be crippled like what he has done to Reading. Think we really do need some clarity now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 minute ago, supermon said: I was a little sceptical about the pessimism here about the new owners, now that pictures have surfaced of this Samuelson fella at villa Park with Dr Xia, starting to feel a little worried now. Do not want our great club to be crippled like what he has done to Reading. Think we really do need some clarity now. If you mean the one in the locker room, that's not Samuelson. Well, Chris Samuelson at least, could be another Samuelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Avfc96 said: Why does it feel like that Xia is not buying the club with his own money and the money is being borrowed against our future parachute payments? Guess who would provide just a service? That's right, Chris Samuelson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrac_Corporation Well here's the thing, Samuelson is not the loan shark - he is the person who introduced the loan shark to Reading. And every loan mentioned on that link is to a club, none of them are a loan to purchase a club. Don't see any parallel here with Dr Tony's takeover. Edited May 20, 2016 by Jareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Didn't Reading get promoted when Samuelson was there. Obviously I don't know the exact details of the off the field stuff he got up to there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Apparently dude in blue is Samuelson as per twitter, The doc is in background in a villa shirt, pic was doing the rounds on twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney_avfc Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 You may have already seen this. It's a photo take at the Newcastle game. Taken of a corporate box with Dr x, Wyness and Samuelson. The first 2 seem to look like the aforementioned, but I'm not sure about Chris Samuelson. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 If he isn't a fit and/or proper person then I imagine he would fail the fit and proper persons test, however if he is fit and proper then I imagine he'll pass it. That's the point of these tests isn't it? To weed out the wrong'uns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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