6 tanker om “The funeral party”

  1. Her er hvad RAWKs helt egen “Deep Throat” Bamba havde at skrive om sagen, i går aftens efter småbørnsfar her forlængst var gået i seng:

    Hicks and Gillett entered into a “Joint & Several” arrangement when they re-financed the time before last. That means they’re responsible for one another’s LFC obligations if one or the other defaults. As a result of the direct hit, George Gillett has been bankrupted and stands no chance of paying his share of the RBS debt by 6th October. Tom Hicks is now legally obligated to pay Gillett’s 50% of the debt. So the obvious danger arising from Gillett’s demise is that if any financial institution were insane enough to lend Tom Hicks the money, he now has the right to buy out Gillett’s 50% of the club.

    That’s scary. But a more agreeable way of looking at it is to imagine Hicks and Gillett handcuffing themselves to each other on that fateful day they entered into that Joint & Several pact. Gillett has now given up; he’s jumped off the pier. A horrified Tom Hicks realises he’s still cuffed to him. He clings on by his fingertips as his former partner sinks, his dead weight dragging Hicks closer and closer to the edge. Hicks, wild-eyed, is pleading to the merchant seamen who pass by, begging them to grab his hand and haul him back from the brink. One or two of them come over for a look, but recognise Hicks as the man who killed their trade in Brazil, or Texas… it’s just not worth them getting involved with a man like this. He’ll always shaft you in the end, so they turn a deaf ear to his pleas for one last chance. If Hicks can’t get someone to throw him a lifeline, he’s going down with Gillett, and soon.

    Just as Kirdi was in all likelihood a stooge created by Gillett, for the precise purpose of wheeling him out as a stalking horse whenever an offer came in for the club, it’s equally likely that the Blackstone bombshell is Hicks’s last gamble; an empty bluff from a poker player who doesn’t have a hand. But from the RBS’s and from a legal point of view, it’s still complicated. Martin Broughton, Christian Purslow and Ian Ayre are not the enemy. They are carefully and skilfully navigating a path through a minefield, keeping a keen eye on what needs to happen (Gillett and Hicks out) and the strict legalities and procedures for bringing that about. To give just one blunt example, a recent report about Hicks’ refinancing fiasco stated that Martin Broughton is “open minded” about the prospect of Hicks staying on. He can hardly state otherwise, can he? Any suggestion, let alone confirmation that Broughton was not acting in the best interests of the owners would only lead to another hiatus as Hicks stalls and sues and refuses to go. Equally, the supposed Purslow Smirk after today’s game is much more likely to be “if only I could tell you…” rather than “why should I care”. The U.K-based element of the board have gone through a lengthy and diligent legal process to ascertain what they can lawfully do to prevent Gillett and Hicks from re-financing. They’re hardly going to blow it now by playing to the crowd.

    Me neither. That’s all for now. Go to bed knowing that it’s not over yet. But neither is it Over.

    Det er et vildt spil poker om LFC der bliver spillet for tiden. Nervepirrende er et understatement.

  3. Flotte trøjer ja. Og det var så det positive… havde det som Rozzer inden kampen. Luften er ligesom lukket ud på forhånd. En særdeles ubehagelig tid at være (ægte) rød. Roy H har heller ikke formået at rokke ved min oprindelige skepsis til ham ved roret. Han er fremragende på pressekonferencerne, men jeg er ikke overbevist af hans taktiske evner. Og hvornår spiller vi en bare nogenlunde godkendt 1. halvleg? Det er utroligt nok ikke sket endnu.

    Og Hicks’ desperado-manøvrer i kulissen tør jeg slet ikke tænke på. Suk.

  4. Ingen gode resultater i går. Overhovedet. 🙁

    @martin: Der er vel ikke grund til at påføre sig selv mere lidelse end nødvendigt…

  6. Nej, det synes jeg ikke godt om. Ellers flotte retro-trøjer, drengene har på som udebanedragt – ligner modsat spillet noget Liverpool fra 1980′ erne.

    Nå, det var godt, der var kamp i Parken bagefter. Dette resultat synes jeg til gengæld godt om.

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