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Selling up rumour?

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by GCTiger, Sep 5, 2014.

  1. balkan tiger

    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

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    That's something like what i was trying to say. Makes perfect sense.
     
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  2. TheCasual

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    Exactly. People don't generally asset strip the asset they're trying to sell.
     
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  3. look_back_in_amber

    look_back_in_amber Well-Known Member

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    Unless your name's David Lloyd, or Christopher Needler.

    Edit:- Or Oyston. How the **** could I forget about Oyston?!
     
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  4. balkan tiger

    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

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    I think you misunderstood my point.
     
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  5. look_back_in_amber

    look_back_in_amber Well-Known Member

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    Quite possibly, but I still made mine.
     
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  6. Charlie1

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    Bruce and Allam obviously get on and he is allowed free reign as regards transfers etc. Will a new owner let him do the same? For me its a big worry that Bruce would leave sooner rather than later if he and the new owners don't have such a good working relationship.
     
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  7. HCAFCHangout

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    That is a real concern of mine. I hope if it is true then the owners give him the respect the allams have
     
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  8. Charlie1

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    I hope so too. But I bet the odds aren't great that it would happen. Look how many other clubs get new owners and it all goes pear shaped.
     
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  9. Crash Gate 9

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    It seems like the "selling up" rumour is gathering some momentum.

    Could this explain why the cash was splashed on transfer deadline day?
     
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  10. TigerMarv

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    I appreciate what the Allams have done but I've not forgotten what they tried to do and the way they treated the fans. I would like the club to be sold because I just don't trust them but I do also wonder if it's a case of better the devil you know.
     
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  11. jayc89

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    Plenty of theories already in this very thread.
     
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  12. HCAFCHangout

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    There's an argument for both sides really. If it's someone who either understands football or appreciates that he doesn't (like Allam) then we could be ok
     
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  13. kirkellatiger

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    It's gathering because one match burns a thousand trees. Nobody knows what's happening so it creates one enormous domino effect on social media.
     
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  14. minuteman

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    All we can say for sure is: whoever owns the club next, we don't know what they'll be like.
     
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  15. The FRENCH TICKLER

    The FRENCH TICKLER Well-Known Member

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    Not this tired old subject again. Then again we are in the middle of an international break.

    Thankfully the Japan v Uruguay game was good and the cricket is entertaining for a change. Rooooooooooot.
     
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  16. HCAFCHangout

    HCAFCHangout Well-Known Member

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    Basically it's like Schrodinger's cat. But with football owners
     
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  17. minuteman

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    Yes. The new owners are both currently brilliant and s**t.

    If they even exist at all.
     
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  18. GLP

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    Stereophonics - Classic
     
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  19. GLP

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    By doing up houses it usually involves spending money, businesses don't often have money spent on them to sell, in fact in many cases it is the opposite. A poor analogy.
     
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  20. Tony Angelino

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    Could just be a little rumour started by the Allams to see what sort of reaction it gets now he's signed all these players
     
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