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Post by singupgas on Feb 19, 2016 15:13:00 GMT
Reading the comment about it being a family not knowing about English game or rookie manager..not sure what that all means.. Running day to day life of a football club can't be too different from running any other business. Hire employees, look after employees, invest in new employees, Improve facilities and plan to meet targets and set budgets..DC doing a good job and with better finances you would think he'd do even better else we invest in another manager. I am excited about this, actually really feel for once we might be going somewhere other than bust.
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Post by gasheadpirate on Feb 19, 2016 15:14:59 GMT
As they have a 92% shareholding, I assume GD was happy to pledge his shares to the new group.
If the deal has been signed, it will be an interesting AGM without the "old order" Imassumethe 8% left are the supporters club and individual small shareholders like me that have been left by the old BoD who I assume have done very well out of this deal. I thought that shareholders needed to be consulted on any potential takeovers?
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Post by harrybuckle on Feb 19, 2016 15:17:25 GMT
Black arabs in 1883 to Rich arabs in 2016 ...what must our founders make of this Dunno, they're dead. their not dead....just ghosts on the Tote end
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Post by faggotygas on Feb 19, 2016 15:18:19 GMT
I really hope your trust is repaid. Based on history of foreign investment in other football clubs, I'm a currently bit more guarded. Hasn't done Manchester City much harm. I think we should be optimistic. Think you get dodged people all over the place, some might end up owning a football club. The New President seems alright. Cherry picking one success ain't going to make me jump for joy.
Ah, we shall see. I have nothing to go on yet, except a couple of Wikipedia entries and a 30 minute press conference. All I want is investment on the non-playing side leading to a stable club on the field that isn't making a massive loss every year. If they can deliver that, then I'm a happy man.
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Post by faggotygas on Feb 19, 2016 15:19:41 GMT
As they have a 92% shareholding, I assume GD was happy to pledge his shares to the new group.
If the deal has been signed, it will be an interesting AGM without the "old order" Imassumethe 8% left are the supporters club and individual small shareholders like me that have been left by the old BoD who I assume have done very well out of this deal. I thought that shareholders needed to be consulted on any potential takeovers?I imagine it has to be ratified at a general meeting, by a certain percentage of shareholders.
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Post by Cheshiregas on Feb 19, 2016 15:20:37 GMT
their not dead....just ghosts on the Tote end Hope they are haunting Ikea!!"
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Feb 19, 2016 15:21:00 GMT
Black arabs in 1883 to Rich arabs in 2016 ...what must our founders make of this Ha! I thought similar... Black Arabs to Arabs taking us back into the black.
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 19, 2016 15:25:43 GMT
Black arabs in 1883 to Rich arabs in 2016 ...what must our founders make of this Yes. Mind you don't know what I think about it at the moment. From watching us at Eastville in 60s in the fog and rain and never having a pot to **** in, to being owned by Jordanians! Of all the clubs in this country I never thought Rovers would be the ones to be foreign-owned. Wow!! I hope it's as good as it appears it might be and not another Notts Co/Sven GE or QPR fiasco. Feel I need to give them benefit of doubt because without this and the loan about to be called in we were about to go belly-up and lose the chance of our new ground. So cautiously optimistic then. UTG!
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Post by Lazza on Feb 19, 2016 15:58:51 GMT
Delighted to have your investment in Bristol Rovers and give the club the opportunities it deserves. I really hope your investment is repaid. Thank you Indeed. Better make sure we get his name right tomorrow - OK .....
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Post by interceptor on Feb 19, 2016 17:04:43 GMT
Hasn't done Manchester City much harm. I think we should be optimistic. Think you get dodged people all over the place, some might end up owning a football club. The New President seems alright. Cherry picking one success ain't going to make me jump for joy.
Ah, we shall see. I have nothing to go on yet, except a couple of Wikipedia entries and a 30 minute press conference. All I want is investment on the non-playing side leading to a stable club on the field that isn't making a massive loss every year. If they can deliver that, then I'm a happy man.
Look on Wikipedia at the owners of british football clubs, there is a whole punnet of cherries there!
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Post by faggotygas on Feb 19, 2016 17:16:02 GMT
Cherry picking one success ain't going to make me jump for joy.
Ah, we shall see. I have nothing to go on yet, except a couple of Wikipedia entries and a 30 minute press conference. All I want is investment on the non-playing side leading to a stable club on the field that isn't making a massive loss every year. If they can deliver that, then I'm a happy man.
Look on Wikipedia at the owners of british football clubs, there is a whole punnet of cherries there! If you mean a list of current owners, that's self-selecting, the bad ones mostly scarper when the bad things are discovered. There will be bad ones amongst current owners, but we probably don't know that they are bad yet!
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Post by Bridgeman on Feb 19, 2016 17:19:28 GMT
I really hope your trust is repaid. Based on history of foreign investment in other football clubs, I'm a currently bit more guarded. Hasn't done Manchester City much harm. I think we should be optimistic. Think you get dodged people all over the place, some might end up owning a football club. The New President seems alright. Although the family is from a different part of the world, being 'family owned' hasn't done Blackburn Rovers a whole lot of good has it ? But what's done, is done and we had no say in it.
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Post by JeffNZ on Feb 19, 2016 17:33:11 GMT
Yes time will tell but for the first time in decades I am very excited about the future of Bristol Rovers F.C.
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 19, 2016 19:33:49 GMT
Unequivocally bloody good news. Let's enjoy it. Let's get 100% behind the new owners. I am gutted I am not in Bristol tomorrow to welcome them. Right - I'm going down the pub to celebrate. Up The Gas. Yes - finally it's true. UP THE GAS.
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Post by interceptor on Feb 19, 2016 19:59:26 GMT
Unequivocally bloody good news. Let's enjoy it. Let's get 100% behind the new owners. I am gutted I am not in Bristol tomorrow to welcome them. Right - I'm going down the pub to celebrate. Up The Gas. Yes - finally it's true. UP THE GAS. Well said you. I have supported Rovers since I was 6, for the 46 years I have been gas we have always struggled. It's finally true; debts wiped, recognition from the new chairman that a new stadium is a must not talking premiership or giving timescales, building on the base that has been started in the last 18 months. In addition the new board, particularly Wael are drenched in football. I was just standing in my kitchen doing something quite mundane when a physical shiver of excitement ran through me. It is a momentous day and I am not joining in with the pessimists. Like you said Epping let's get 100% behind the new owners.
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Post by interceptor on Feb 19, 2016 20:09:18 GMT
And also; what must it be like to be a city fan now. I am not gloating over the investment merely speculating on what it must be like to have looked at us as Rag Bag rovers and then over night we are not! Rag bags to rich's It must feel very odd for them because they have always had the financial upper hand. I always wanted to be above City in the tables because realistically that was all we could hope for, after today they really don't seem quite so important to me (obviously I am still utterly revolted by them and it would me more interesting listening to my hair grow than going to watch them).
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Post by brizzle on Feb 19, 2016 20:26:01 GMT
Unequivocally bloody good news. Let's enjoy it. Let's get 100% behind the new owners. I am gutted I am not in Bristol tomorrow to welcome them. Right - I'm going down the pub to celebrate. Up The Gas. Yes - finally it's true. UP THE GAS. Well said you. I have supported Rovers since I was 6, for the 46 years I have been gas we have always struggled. It's finally true; debts wiped, recognition from the new chairman that a new stadium is a must not talking premiership or giving timescales, building on the base that has been started in the last 18 months. In addition the new board, particularly Wael are drenched in football. I was just standing in my kitchen doing something quite mundane when a physical shiver of excitement ran through me. It is a momentous day and I am not joining in with the pessimists. Like you said Epping let's get 100% behind the new owners. I think that for today at least we'll just have to ignore the resident pessimists, and I'm quite certain that they'll have to be dragged screaming into the reality of where the club now finds itself. I'm preparing myself for either a chorus of ''I told you so,'' or complete silence.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 19, 2016 20:26:19 GMT
And also; what must it be like to be a city fan now. I am not gloating over the investment merely speculating on what it must be like to have looked at us as Rag Bag rovers and then over night we are not! Rag bags to rich's It must feel very odd for them because they have always had the financial upper hand. I always wanted to be above City in the tables because realistically that was all we could hope for, after today they really don't seem quite so important to me (obviously I am still utterly revolted by them and it would me more interesting listening to my hair grow than going to watch them). Nice You should read a few choice comments they have made in the BEP pieces. They aren't at all happy.
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Post by Bridgeman on Feb 19, 2016 20:56:25 GMT
I'm trying to be sensible in my understanding of the potential investment that could come into the club. It's very early days to speculate what affect the Qadi family financial resources could have on the club but also the additional investment this could bring to the wider City of Bristol itself. I don't imagine we'll see any immediate effect unless of course they perceive some additional impetus could help us over the 'promotion' line, which would be nice I also hope there will be a little more openess from our new owners in some of the decision making processes.
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Post by singupgas on Feb 19, 2016 20:59:19 GMT
Hasn't done Manchester City much harm. I think we should be optimistic. Think you get dodged people all over the place, some might end up owning a football club. The New President seems alright. Although the family is from a different part of the world, being 'family owned' hasn't done Blackburn Rovers a whole lot of good has it ? But what's done, is done and we had no say in it. Not sure why people trying to put even the slightest of downers on the new. If ands pots and pans. Anything can happen, but I think this is good news.
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