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Post by kingswood Polak on Jan 15, 2015 17:47:42 GMT
Its all a bit desperate IMO; yes, it would be great if a Arab put a chunk of money in the club,although we all know that is very unlikely to happen. Whats more worrying is Higgs is looking for money to start the build, which says to me he is a long way away from getting any cash out of Sainsburys. UTG Exactly. It really is the first real indication of the reality with the ongoing saga
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Post by ismellgas on Jan 15, 2015 17:48:26 GMT
The big issue
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 18:13:32 GMT
So any company that do blind advertising (most do) are "Utter Shambles" ? Thanks for those words of wisdom then It probably depends what you are trying to achieve. If all you want is to raise the profile and awareness of your company then just 'getting the name out there' is reasonable. But even then, the more thought and planning that go into it the better the return is likely to be. If you are marketing a football club with a strap line that it has Premier League potential then you may want to seek professional help, put together a proper prospectus and make sure that the right people find out about the opportunity? Or just ping a message to Swiss to ask if that crazy horse racing dude Stateside is still interested enough to have details forwarded to his acquisitions department for evaluation? Wonder what happened to the queue of people lined up outside of Higgs' office desperate to talk to him about ''investing'' in Rovers?
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jan 15, 2015 18:53:42 GMT
So any company that do blind advertising (most do) are "Utter Shambles" ? Thanks for those words of wisdom then It probably depends what you are trying to achieve. If all you want is to raise the profile and awareness of your company then just 'getting the name out there' is reasonable. But even then, the more thought and planning that go into it the better the return is likely to be. If you are marketing a football club with a strap line that it has Premier League potential then you may want to seek professional help, put together a proper prospectus and make sure that the right people find out about the opportunity? Or just ping a message to Swiss to ask if that crazy horse racing dude Stateside is still interested enough to have details forwarded to his acquisitions department for evaluation? Wonder what happened to the queue of people lined up outside of Higgs' office desperate to talk to him about ''investing'' in Rovers? It's always a lottery with what information is out out. It would seem there is desperation at board level with this going out. I honestly thought it was a wind up
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 19:17:37 GMT
I think it is a partial wind up. Fills space in Free Ads Bahrain and realistically what Club wouldn't invite mega rich people to invest? Looks to me though Nick's mouth ran away from him a bit.
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Post by aghast on Jan 15, 2015 21:37:05 GMT
It just seems very odd to me that after months of maintaining a complete news black-out on UWE negotiations, due, many suggested, to confidentiality issues, a mate working on an obscure ex-pat newspaper in the Middle East gets Higgs to give a interview admitting that the deal is not progressing as planned, and that further funding will be required to complete the project. Quite bizarre when the fans of the club of which he is Chairman have been begging him for some kind of update.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 15, 2015 21:45:06 GMT
Bizarre but after Cheltenham sadly not unexpected, even the Bristol Post seems to have given him an easy ride today as there's no reference to the Sainsbury's deal. I can't understand these comments from NH as I thought he was here to run the club not just build a stadium? "My priority at the moment is purely to try to get the stadium built to move the club forward. That is what I am here for and that is what I will try to do." Read more: www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-Rovers-chairman-Nick-Higgs-expecting-lots/story-25858215-detail/story.html#ixzz3OveNmLu6 Follow us: @bristolpost on Twitter | bristolpost on Facebook
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Post by Strange Gas on Jan 15, 2015 21:53:15 GMT
It just seems very odd to me that after months of maintaining a complete news black-out on UWE negotiations, due, many suggested, to confidentiality issues, a mate working on an obscure ex-pat newspaper in the Middle East gets Higgs to give a interview admitting that the deal is not progressing as planned, and that further funding will be required to complete the project. Quite bizarre when the fans of the club of which he is Chairman have been begging him for some kind of update. Sounds like hair of the dog on New Year's Day that got a bit out of hand to me. We've all done it
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Post by PessimistGas on Jan 15, 2015 23:39:38 GMT
So any company that do blind advertising (most do) are "Utter Shambles" ? Thanks for those words of wisdom then If you are marketing a football club with a strap line that it has Premier League potential then you may want to seek professional help Why not, Blackpool did it. Bournemouth and Brentford are knocking on the door. I would argue that Rovers have more potential than any of those.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 11:42:54 GMT
If you are marketing a football club with a strap line that it has Premier League potential then you may want to seek professional help Why not, Blackpool did it. Bournemouth and Brentford are knocking on the door. I would argue that Rovers have more potential than any of those. Blackpool. They can't teach Higgs anything, he can do boom & bust all by himself, he lost every single penny generated by playing City twice, Cardiff, Wembley, promotion, FA Cup quarter finals, Lambert money, selling Hoskins, Caryol etc etc etc, all at a time when gate receipts were in excess of most of the teams we were playing, he also ran up record losses and made us a national laughing stock by getting us relegated out of the entire League. Bournemouth. Seriously? They sold their ground for £3m and now lease it back, they have offered £4.5m to buy it back but the offer wasn't accepted, that's what happens when you jump into bed with payday loan companies. OK, they have a Russian backer, but the moment he loses interest they will be well and truly stuffed. Hardly the debt free and progressive future Higgs has promised. Higgs wouldn't want to hear it, but if Rovers is to be marketed globaly as an opportunity to own a club with PL potential, then it would be best for him to be least in sight and to let professionals deal with presentation and negotiations. Look at his record as Chairman of Rovers, who would take him seriously?
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Post by Nobbygas on Jan 16, 2015 12:14:48 GMT
Bamber - Is your consortium ready to jump in yet?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 12:23:55 GMT
Why not, Blackpool did it. Bournemouth and Brentford are knocking on the door. I would argue that Rovers have more potential than any of those. Blackpool. They can't teach Higgs anything, he can do boom & bust all by himself, he lost every single penny generated by playing City twice, Cardiff, Wembley, promotion, FA Cup quarter finals, Lambert money, selling Hoskins, Caryol etc etc etc, all at a time when gate receipts were in excess of most of the teams we were playing, he also ran up record losses and made us a national laughing stock by getting us relegated out of the entire League. Bournemouth. Seriously? They sold their ground for £3m and now lease it back, they have offered £4.5m to buy it back but the offer wasn't accepted, that's what happens when you jump into bed with payday loan companies. OK, they have a Russian backer, but the moment he loses interest they will be well and truly stuffed. Hardly the debt free and progressive future Higgs has promised. Higgs wouldn't want to hear it, but if Rovers is to be marketed globaly as an opportunity to own a club with PL potential, then it would be best for him to be least in sight and to let professionals deal with presentation and negotiations. Look at his record as Chairman of Rovers, who would take him seriously? One day you may post something nice about our club, but i won't hold my breath
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Post by irishrover on Jan 16, 2015 12:27:42 GMT
Blackpool. They can't teach Higgs anything, he can do boom & bust all by himself, he lost every single penny generated by playing City twice, Cardiff, Wembley, promotion, FA Cup quarter finals, Lambert money, selling Hoskins, Caryol etc etc etc, all at a time when gate receipts were in excess of most of the teams we were playing, he also ran up record losses and made us a national laughing stock by getting us relegated out of the entire League. Bournemouth. Seriously? They sold their ground for £3m and now lease it back, they have offered £4.5m to buy it back but the offer wasn't accepted, that's what happens when you jump into bed with payday loan companies. OK, they have a Russian backer, but the moment he loses interest they will be well and truly stuffed. Hardly the debt free and progressive future Higgs has promised. Higgs wouldn't want to hear it, but if Rovers is to be marketed globaly as an opportunity to own a club with PL potential, then it would be best for him to be least in sight and to let professionals deal with presentation and negotiations. Look at his record as Chairman of Rovers, who would take him seriously? One day you may post something nice about our club, but i won't hold my breath When is it 'our club' and when is it 'Mr Higgs club'?
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Post by casey12a on Jan 16, 2015 12:31:55 GMT
Bamber - Is your consortium ready to jump in yet? I do love the old if you're not going to buy the club you can't have an opinion argument.
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Post by Peter Parker on Jan 16, 2015 13:01:53 GMT
Why not, Blackpool did it. Bournemouth and Brentford are knocking on the door. I would argue that Rovers have more potential than any of those. Blackpool. They can't teach Higgs anything, he can do boom & bust all by himself, he lost every single penny generated by playing City twice, Cardiff, Wembley, promotion, FA Cup quarter finals, Lambert money, selling Hoskins, Caryol etc etc etc, all at a time when gate receipts were in excess of most of the teams we were playing, he also ran up record losses and made us a national laughing stock by getting us relegated out of the entire League. Bournemouth. Seriously? They sold their ground for £3m and now lease it back, they have offered £4.5m to buy it back but the offer wasn't accepted, that's what happens when you jump into bed with payday loan companies. OK, they have a Russian backer, but the moment he loses interest they will be well and truly stuffed. Hardly the debt free and progressive future Higgs has promised. Higgs wouldn't want to hear it, but if Rovers is to be marketed globaly as an opportunity to own a club with PL potential, then it would be best for him to be least in sight and to let professionals deal with presentation and negotiations. Look at his record as Chairman of Rovers, who would take him seriously? I thought Blackpool had money but he refuses to spend it
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Post by droitwichgas on Jan 16, 2015 14:05:10 GMT
Why not, Blackpool did it. Bournemouth and Brentford are knocking on the door. I would argue that Rovers have more potential than any of those. Blackpool. They can't teach Higgs anything, he can do boom & bust all by himself, he lost every single penny generated by playing City twice, Cardiff, Wembley, promotion, FA Cup quarter finals, Lambert money, selling Hoskins, Caryol etc etc etc, all at a time when gate receipts were in excess of most of the teams we were playing, he also ran up record losses and made us a national laughing stock by getting us relegated out of the entire League. Bournemouth. Seriously? They sold their ground for £3m and now lease it back, they have offered £4.5m to buy it back but the offer wasn't accepted, that's what happens when you jump into bed with payday loan companies. OK, they have a Russian backer, but the moment he loses interest they will be well and truly stuffed. Hardly the debt free and progressive future Higgs has promised. Higgs wouldn't want to hear it, but if Rovers is to be marketed globaly as an opportunity to own a club with PL potential, then it would be best for him to be least in sight and to let professionals deal with presentation and negotiations. Look at his record as Chairman of Rovers, who would take him seriously? Aren't we also "stuffed" if NH decides Sainsbury's won't be clearing his loans and decides he want's out? As who clears out circa £10m debt then when the only assest is the Mem? It's hard to believe, after finally having our own ground and probably being almost debt free after last promotion season, the dire financial state we now seem to be in.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 17:07:41 GMT
Why not, Blackpool did it. Bournemouth and Brentford are knocking on the door. I would argue that Rovers have more potential than any of those. Blackpool. They can't teach Higgs anything, he can do boom & bust all by himself, he lost every single penny generated by playing City twice, Cardiff, Wembley, promotion, FA Cup quarter finals, Lambert money, selling Hoskins, Caryol etc etc etc, all at a time when gate receipts were in excess of most of the teams we were playing, he also ran up record losses and made us a national laughing stock by getting us relegated out of the entire League. Bournemouth. Seriously? They sold their ground for £3m and now lease it back, they have offered £4.5m to buy it back but the offer wasn't accepted, that's what happens when you jump into bed with payday loan companies. OK, they have a Russian backer, but the moment he loses interest they will be well and truly stuffed. Hardly the debt free and progressive future Higgs has promised. Higgs wouldn't want to hear it, but if Rovers is to be marketed globaly as an opportunity to own a club with PL potential, then it would be best for him to be least in sight and to let professionals deal with presentation and negotiations. Look at his record as Chairman of Rovers, who would take him seriously? Stop being a twat, it's all Lennie's and John Wards fault.
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Post by Bridgeman on Jan 16, 2015 21:43:25 GMT
Blackpool. They can't teach Higgs anything, he can do boom & bust all by himself, he lost every single penny generated by playing City twice, Cardiff, Wembley, promotion, FA Cup quarter finals, Lambert money, selling Hoskins, Caryol etc etc etc, all at a time when gate receipts were in excess of most of the teams we were playing, he also ran up record losses and made us a national laughing stock by getting us relegated out of the entire League. Bournemouth. Seriously? They sold their ground for £3m and now lease it back, they have offered £4.5m to buy it back but the offer wasn't accepted, that's what happens when you jump into bed with payday loan companies. OK, they have a Russian backer, but the moment he loses interest they will be well and truly stuffed. Hardly the debt free and progressive future Higgs has promised. Higgs wouldn't want to hear it, but if Rovers is to be marketed globaly as an opportunity to own a club with PL potential, then it would be best for him to be least in sight and to let professionals deal with presentation and negotiations. Look at his record as Chairman of Rovers, who would take him seriously? Stop being a twat, it's all Lennie's and John Wards fault. Don't forget the fans too, I mean we shouldn't left out of the blame should we, with our high expectations and our questioning of the Board and Fans Director's.....I mean as we were reminded at the Q&A sessions if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be where we are today.....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 22:42:02 GMT
Stop being a twat, it's all Lennie's and John Wards fault. Don't forget the fans too, I mean we shouldn't left out of the blame should we, with our high expectations and our questioning of the Board and Fans Director's.....I mean as we were reminded at the Q&A sessions if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be where we are today..... That was one of Higgs truths, sadly the rest of the time he isn't so honest.
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Post by davehuddscousin on Jan 18, 2015 1:18:09 GMT
The name Stan Szecowka rings a bell. Didn't he used to be Deputy Editor of the Evening Post?
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