We've been on the verge of being taken over by rich Arabs for ten years now......
True but if it wasn't for Bates being silly, we would have been!
We've been on the verge of being taken over by rich Arabs for ten years now......
As most rumours are!If Rads has approached some Jewish businessman and told him he wants to sell because we are skint then he is a dumbfuck. I don’t believe he is but if A is true, get someone to give Rads my number, I can negotiate better than that.
B is possibly closer to the truth, Ristac has said a hundred times he sees Rads as the stepping stone to great owners. If he has steadied the ship as Doc alludes to with the Mike Thornton (I also really rate this guy) quotes then Rads will win big time, if IBWT achieves promotion first, Rads probably has his biggest business win ever.
Non story for me.
..............then they go to dirty old Leeds and quickly change their minds.We've been on the verge of being taken over by rich Arabs for ten years now......

I was going to post something rude in response, but now you’re hovering only 1 point above the drop zone I think we’ll have to start being kind...............then they go to dirty old Leeds and quickly change their minds.![]()
Yea! Right.I was going to post something rude in response, but now you’re hovering only 1 point above the drop zone I think we’ll have to start being kind.

Imagine the scenario, Leeds win at Millwall and Millwall end up in the relegation zone, two weeks to live with that pleasant thought, at leastYea! Right.![]()
It’s not a thought it’s a certaintyImagine the scenario, Leeds win at Millwall and Millwall end up in the relegation zone, two weeks to live with that pleasant thought, at least
Imagine the scenario, Leeds win at Millwall and Millwall end up in the relegation zone, two weeks to live with that pleasant thought, at least
I shall stand and sing the Millwall song with pride when we win, and we shall. If it's the only bloody game we win this season, this will be it.It’s not a thought it’s a certainty

No it won’t you’ve already won your game for this seasonI shall stand and sing the Millwall song with pride when we win, and we shall. If it's the only bloody game we win this season, this will be it.![]()
I signed up for a weeks trial of the eleven plus thing so I could watch the golf a couple of weeks back. To be honest, their lineup is less interesting than Eurosport and need to attract some major events to even justify the fifty or sixty quid a year. Sky have a stranglehold on most of the good stuff and will take some ball of money for anyone else to make any impactThink R2 might have some legs but not for the reasons of being skint. Radz is extending his Eleven sports business, If he manages to get some sort of PL package would that stop him from owning us if we got promoted (like Sky & the scum many years back)??
I signed up for a weeks trial of the eleven plus thing so I could watch the golf a couple of weeks back. To be honest, their lineup is less interesting than Eurosport and need to attract some major events to even justify the fifty or sixty quid a year. Sky have a stranglehold on most of the good stuff and will take some ball of money for anyone else to make any impact
Didnt Rad say himself early on, hed give himself four years or something like that to get promotion or hed walk away. That would tie in with what Mike Thornton. To be honest, if were not promoted by then we might be better letting someone else have a crack. I think well get up before that thoughI have had a reply from Mike Thornton so I’m happy, hope this helps put peoples minds at ease
Hi Pete
Thanks for contacting me and sharing, I'm away at the moment so apologies for delayed reply.
As regards rumour #1 I did hear the same after the Las Palmas game but in the version told to me Radz said the same to many people in the room.
Am I worried or is it significant? Hard to tell what was meant really. Even/If Radz says "investment" he could mean the club or he could mean the infrastructure plans he has. Different projects with different funding models.
Logic tells me he knows, or has contact to, all these folk and any serious business wouldn't be initiated when "glad handing" before a game.
I'm sure Radz has funding for the club sorted but he might seek partners for larger infrastructure projects so I don't dismiss these rumours.
As for rumour #2 that has been doing the rounds for some time but I thought it had been put to bed as not true. A lot of these rumours can have some truth on one side and be put into the public domain by the other side to try and get some traction... much like agents and transfer rumours. I've no indication Radz is ready to sell up or dilute his shareholding yet. In a year or two without promotion I think he will do a GFH and get a big partner to help him.

Didnt Rad say himself early on, hed give himself four years or something like that to get promotion or hed walk away. That would tie in with what Mike Thornton. To be honest, if were not promoted by then we might be better letting someone else have a crack. I think well get up before that though![]()
With our luck they will turn out to be ISISWe've been on the verge of being taken over by rich Arabs for ten years now......
With our luck they will turn out to be ISIS
3/ when players like Ayala go around kicking people, retribution would be swiftWell they have two advantages over most of the Arabs we've been linked with in the last decade ;
1/ they exist
2/ they probably have the money