That's the one with Adam Pearson involved, so it's genuine and the one we should be praying for. He comes close to being an honest businessman does AP and you don't see many of them. Oops, present company excluded Lammy
Cheers for the updates guys, hard keeping track now The greater china one seems to be the most serious so far my only worry is the allams are playing piss take seeing how close they can get to transfer deadline before they close the auction it seems Hopefully if only one group are left it means it goes through quicker
The simple answer is to ask him for a meeting, either formally or informally. Whether we would get one is more difficult. The answer depends on the following in my opinion: 1. How close to a sale they are 2. How close the offers still on the table are to the price they want 3. What benefit he sees from any meeting 4. Whether the supporters have anything to suggest other than sell as soon as possible 5. Whether, if they decide to stay for the next few years, they want to bridge the gap between them, the supporters and the wider community The alternative, shown by Blackpool and Charlton Athletic, is a long period of decline and a war of attrition. Some of the protests will look good on television but will they force them to write off £20, £30 or £60 million? I doubt it. I think we both felt the same about the Derby County match and Wembley. I don't think that is a healthy feeling and don't want to be in that position again. Personally I think there are three issues which need to be resolved if they stay. Our identity, the membership scheme and the way the SMC is taking millions out of the club that could be spent on players. With goodwill on all sides they can be resolved. I know its not a popular view but for me its worth a try.
Actually there's nothing you've said I disagree with in principle (SMC is less of an issue for me, but the other 2 are definitely the main issues) and sadly the outcome you describe seems relatively likely to me I just don't think that either Allam would entertain the idea. In fact I thought the Trust tried to meet early days and didn't get anywhere?
In my case it will be ill health or death. Although I fully respect those that stay away in protest and understand their reasons why, it's just not for me. I won't let Allam drive me away from my club, not now not ever. Oh and it's now twenty days since James Deacon (head of the SMC) told me the club would be contacting me 'as a matter of urgency' regarding the Away Direct scheme, strange definition of urgency methinks! The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Like I said, the lower the price falls the less likely they are to sell. Unless they want their money back urgently they can wait until they get what they want, either through Hull City's profits or from a sale or from a mixture of both. It may take 10 years but if they are prepared to wait they'll get everything back and more.
I think we abandoned the red card protest far too quickly. The message was very clear at the end of last season. They don't care about us but I think they do care about humiliation on national TV. They managed to supress the protest for the Leicester game by announcing the sale was going ahead (to the Yanks). Whether or not they thought it was going ahead, they were sufficiently bothered to do that. If the game is on live tv, there is little choice but to show it.
Given the collapse of so many of the possible bids, it does seem that sensible negotiations with the Allams are not easy. It does make you think that possibly the City Council were not quite the villains the were painted at the time?
Mars, Jupiter or Saturn; just three of the planets you could be on. Unless it's Cloud Cuckoo Land. All of this time and you seem to have learnt **** all about the Allan's.
There's absolutely no doubt that the Allams are incredibly awkward to deal with. They take pride in it, thinking that if they push and push they'll get what they want and everyone will respect them for being so strong and powerful. They think they're like mafia bosses. Problem is, it never works. The other party always walks away. The Andre Gray deal, the Shane Long deal the first time, the discussions with the council, at least three takeover bids. Burnsy has been dropping loads of hints about what he knows about some of these consortiums. They keep moving the goalposts and the other parties get fed up. The Americans agreed a deal three times before having the price changed by the Allams at the last minute. The Dai Yongge deal was done but the Allams saw dollar signs when the Fit and Proper test delayed the deal meaning the exclusivity period and deposit were lost. They thought they could just demand more and the Chinese lot would pay it. The Allams don't seem to realise that eventually people will say no to them and they won't get what they want. They just can't understand the concept of people saying no to them. We know they never learn from their mistakes (after all, they don't believe they make any) so this just keeps going on. It's difficult to see how a takeover will ever be concluded with this pair doing the negotiating. And on top of all that, Ehab wants to stay so he can tell all the ladies at the Polo club that daddy owns a Premier League team and that sometimes, if he's been good, he lets him sit in the driver's seat and beep the horn.
seen a video from the last few days near the boardrooms a hanging poster welcoming the contingencies of southampton or so 'welcome ssouthampton from all at hull city tigers' hmh
