Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher have just been made targets by the IRA, after letting 11 orangemen walk over them for 90 mins

 

Only just?

That was ages ago now.

 

Liverpool to be bought by Boston Red Sox owners

 

Liverpool are to be sold to the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

 

But the takeover by the New England Sports Ventures requires resolution of a legal dispute with the Reds' American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

 

The Premier League hopes to "complete all the necessary processes by Friday 8 October so the sale can proceed".

 

Hicks and Gillett tried to sack managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre in a last-ditch bid to keep control of the club.

 

In an attempt to block any sale and regain control of the crisis-hit club, Liverpool's much-criticised owners tried to replace Purslow and Ayre with Hicks's son, Mack Hicks, and Lori Kay McCutcheon, a vice president at Hicks Holdings.

 

Hicks and Gillett are understood to have argued that the club's English directors were not acting in the best interests of Liverpool and that the NESV bid - as well another undisclosed offer from Asia - "dramatically undervalued the club".

 

Purslow, Ayre and chairman Martin Broughton are now consulting lawyers over whether they can resist the owners' attempts to replace them and force through a sale.

 

"I am only disappointed that the owners have tried everything to prevent the deal from happening and that we need to go through legal proceedings in order to complete the sale," said Broughton, who has met with representative from NESV over the past few weeks.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9064599.stm

 

How exactly would that improve things? It would just be replacing one lot of yank owners with another.:dozey:

This happens when you try to touch the shoulder of the referee and she moves one step backwards (2. Bundesliga). :D

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc-K4p8D940&feature=related]YouTube - Busen-Wischer bei Schiri Bibiana Steinhaus (Hertha - Aachen)[/ame]

^seen that yesterday. the way she looks at him afterwards is priceless :awesome:

How exactly would that improve things? It would just be replacing one lot of yank owners with another.:dozey:

 

How does your mind work?!

 

Yes, 100% of Americans are the exact same and therefore it will definitely be the same outcome. :thinking:

 

This said, I know nothing about the Red Sox owners or their track record, so who knows it could very well have the same outcome, but that's a possibility whether it's Yanks or Dutch owners, you do realise they are different Americans from the ones who previously owned it?

 

The "Thanks but no yanks" and many yank jokes going around Liverpool doesn't mean they have a problem with American owners, it's those particular Americans that are fucking the club up, so they're using the 'yank' status against them.

 

Good lord.

Dutch owners would be far more likely to know something about football as opposed to baseball or "throwball".:dozey:

Dutch owners would be far more likely to know something about football as opposed to baseball or "throwball".:dozey:

 

:rolleyes:

Yeah, and they'd all be high and nailing prostitutes in clogs.

I don't understand why you don't understand.

 

 

 

Anyway, just seen the De Jong tackle. Don't see what all the fuss is about. Mis-timed tackle, but you see plenty of them. Seen them sent off for it but there was no malice.

And he uses the example of Dutch people! Can you believe it?! :facepalm:

 

You could not have missed the point more then you did.

 

Anyway, just seen the De Jong tackle. Don't see what all the fuss is about. Mis-timed tackle, but you see plenty of them. Seen them sent off for it but there was no malice.

 

Exactly, it's so ironic that the first time a major decision is made on the morals of starting a player who's done a leg break, doesn't even deserve it.

 

Oh and yeah Daryl I may be a Newcastle fan but anyone who pays attention would know that I never get biased generally, De Jong's tackle was a bit hasty but totally fair and reasonable. At the same time I don't really care to feel sincerely sorry for him because he's a thickheaded douche who most likely will break another leg or two in future, he's Paul Scholes except heavier (Bad combination for opponents legs).

This happens when you try to touch the shoulder of the referee and she moves one step backwards (2. Bundesliga). :D

 

YouTube - Busen-Wischer bei Schiri Bibiana Steinhaus (Hertha - Aachen)

 

:laugh3:I love how she just laughs about it!

 

Hertha :awesome:

 

 

 

So liverpool belongs to the people who own the Red Sox eh?

 

Liverpool to be bought by Boston Red Sox owners

 

Liverpool are to be sold to the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

 

But the takeover by the New England Sports Ventures requires resolution of a legal dispute with the Reds' American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

 

The Premier League hopes to "complete all the necessary processes by Friday 8 October so the sale can proceed".

 

Hicks and Gillett tried to sack managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre in a last-ditch bid to keep control of the club.

 

In an attempt to block any sale and regain control of the crisis-hit club, Liverpool's much-criticised owners tried to replace Purslow and Ayre with Hicks's son, Mack Hicks, and Lori Kay McCutcheon, a vice president at Hicks Holdings.

 

Hicks and Gillett are understood to have argued that the club's English directors were not acting in the best interests of Liverpool and that the NESV bid - as well another undisclosed offer from Asia - "dramatically undervalued the club".

 

Purslow, Ayre and chairman Martin Broughton are now consulting lawyers over whether they can resist the owners' attempts to replace them and force through a sale.

 

"I am only disappointed that the owners have tried everything to prevent the deal from happening and that we need to go through legal proceedings in order to complete the sale," said Broughton, who has met with representative from NESV over the past few weeks.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9064599.stm

 

 

Would have commented on this yesterday but since I have no internet connection in my flat (library right now) I don't get much time on here.

 

 

First of all I think the main priority for Liverpool is to get rid of those truly awful owners. That is a success in itself. Secondly I am pleased to see the relative success NESV have achieved in their sporting businesses although it's clear that the Premier League is a whole different kettle of fish. Where they are immensely successful in the national sports of America can they hack it on the international stage which effectively is what the Premier League is? Obviously questions remain on that but the priority for Liverpool FC is to be a stable well run business once again. Certainly they do not posess the spending power to rival Chelsea or Man City but that shouldn't be an issue (particularly amongst fellow Liverpool fans, some who are disappointed that they don't posess such a luxury which is totally the wrong way to look at things following the disgusting, unprofessional current ownership)

With new UEFA financial doping rules coming into play not long down the line we will perhaps only see the real fruits of bring owned by NESV occur then. They operate as a business first and business last - football clubs will have to operate as a business in Europe very soon, rather than becoming tacky toys for oil tycoons around the world. So overall - I am satisfied. Anyone should be following the way the club was run for nearly 4 years now.

I do feel sorry for Hodgson for the mess that Rafa left behind him, although obviously they should be doing better.

 

Will be good for the club if he could afford to get his own players in and get rid of the deadwood.

I'm going to the LA Galaxy/Philly Union game tonight! Go Galaxy! I'm going to try to get an autograph of some kind, and if I'm really lucky, a jersey. :dance:

Bottom of the Zamaretto Premier League with -4 points facing our third relegation in as many years. The joys of supporting Weymouth FC, and that's just the on-field problems.

the Premier League is a whole different kettle of fish. Where they are immensely successful in the national sports of America can they hack it on the international stage which effectively is what the Premier League is?.

 

Exactly. Anyway, let's hope it isn't a case of "out of the frying pan..................";)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9069040.stm

 

 

Hicks set to fight Liverpool sale

Tom Hicks has vowed to fight the £300m sale of Liverpool in the High Court.

 

The Reds board agreed the deal with New England Sports Ventures but co-owners Hicks and George Gillett claim to have sacked two directors to halt the sale.

 

However, chairman Martin Broughton has stated that the American duo do not have the power to change the board.

 

Both parties are now set for a legal dispute after Hicks told BBC Radio 5 live's Brian Alexander he intended to pursue the matter through the courts.

 

The Liverpool board consisting of Broughton, managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre outvoted Hicks and Gillett in agreeing the sale.

 

However, in an effort to keep control of the Anfield side, Hicks and Gillett have claimed they have replaced Purslow and Ayre with Hicks' son Mack and Lori Kay McCutcheon, a vice president at Hicks Holdings - giving the co-owners a majority on the board and with it the ability to block any sale.

 

When asked about the takeover by Alexander, Hicks replied in a e-mail: "We legally reconstituted the board and the board does not approve of this transaction."

 

Then asked how he and Gillett could block the move, Hicks added: "We have removed Christian Purslow and Ian Ayre."

 

Hicks and Gillett believe that the deal with NESV, which owns the Boston Red Sox baseball team, undervalues the Merseyside outfit and, if it were to go through, would see them lose about £140m.

 

However, Broughton, who was brought in to oversee the sale of the club in April, insisted on Wednesday that he and the rest of the board have the authority to push through the deal.

 

"When I took the role they gave a couple of written undertakings to Royal Bank of Scotland - that I was the only person entitled to change the board and that they would take no action to frustrate any reasonable sale," stated Broughton.

 

"I think they flagrantly abused both of those written undertakings. I have the casting vote."

 

The issue is now likely to go to the High Court next week, while the Premier League also has to ratify the deal, though it is thought to be happy with NESV's proposed business plan.

 

If a ruling goes the way of Hicks and Gillett then the pair will have to negotiate the hurdle of the 15 October deadline set by Royal Bank of Scotland to repay the £240m of loans and £40m of fees they are owed.

 

RBS could then place Liverpool into administration,

 

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NESV has said it will remove "all acquisition debt" if it buys the club and Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson is looking forward to the arrival of a group which also owns American baseball team Boston Red Sox.

 

 

Dan Roan, BBC sports news

"It's very positive and of course I'm delighted," he told the

 

. "It's been going on a long time and I know how hard the board have worked to set things up.

"I know it's not easy for them because the owners have other ideas in terms of the sale of the club and what is achievable.

 

"But I was delighted to hear the news and have it confirmed that it looks like it is going to go through."

^Fight, fight, fight!:rolleyes:

Its not good this, as it is the club would be better of being bankcrupt, and the banks selling the club to the fans.

 

Its a very uncertian time at liverpool... its not good and now I am sorry for them.

 

I am going to change my avitar.

Hopefully, this whole charade will be hilarious.

I am going to change my avitar.

To something Liverpool related? :thinking:

I'd hate England to win the bid.

 

Mr T says something

 

Crazy Fool

 

It will bring in money

Bottom of the Zamaretto Premier League with -4 points facing our third relegation in as many years. The joys of supporting Weymouth FC, and that's just the on-field problems.

 

At least Salisbury are doing well in the Zamaretto Premier League, 3rd currently, after getting kicked down 2 leagues due to a stupid rule which isn't even in the rule-book anymore.

I'm going to the LA Galaxy/Philly Union game tonight! Go Galaxy! I'm going to try to get an autograph of some kind, and if I'm really lucky, a jersey. :dance:

 

good luck Christina!!:wacky:

 

Liverpool could face points loss

 

Liverpool are likely to face a nine-point deduction if parent company Kop Holdings goes into administration.

 

League rules say a deduction can be applied if a parent company insolvency is caused by the club's management.

 

Sources suggest Liverpool will struggle to argue the running of the football club by owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett had not affected Kop Holdings.

 

Liverpool could enter administration if a sale to the owners of the Boston Red Sox is not completed by 15 October.

 

If Hicks and Gillett manage to block a £300m takeover of the club by New England Sports Ventures (NESV), their holding company could be put into administration by the Royal Bank of Scotland as a result of their £280m debts.

 

The Premier League board, which comprises chief executive Richard Scudmore, chairman Sir Dave Richards and secretary Mike Foster, would then decide whether to dock points.

 

Liverpool are already in the bottom three of the Premier League after a dismal start to the season, amassing only six points from their opening seven games.

 

Initially, it was thought the Reds would avoid a points penalty but the club now faces the very real possibility of a deduction if a sale to NESV is delayed.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9074311.stm

oh dear...

Just seen Roy Hodgson doing 140 mph the wrong way up a one way street.

He was holding a can of beer in one hand and a mobile phone in the

other.

 

Apparently the poor sod will do anything for three points now.