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Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:05 pm

blueminati wrote:
Woodville Willie wrote:Seriously though, a serious attitude problem. He's a teacher by the general look of things. He uses KS2 as a derogatory term so probably a secondary or college level teacher. PhD's tend to be science/maths/ICT qualified. How am I doing teach? :wave:


1) Im not a teacher
2) Im a CompSci grad


I'm half right then about your area of expertise.

Your use of the term KS2 means you have at least one child who is educated at Primary level (or has just moved into secondary school). :?:

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:23 pm

Just for the record, your full sentence read:

I want us to go down a division or two, cut cloth accordingly and become a club that is financially sound with a fans stake in the club.

It is true that you further qualified your initial statement, but that was only to explain why you wanted the club relegated. You did not at any point in the second part of the sentence state or imply that you didn't want relegation.

Therefore: You expressly stated that you want the club relegated at least once. Your dismissal of the other posters is unfounded and makes you look a little pompous and, in a word, WRONG!

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:11 pm

Woodville Willie wrote:Just for the record, your full sentence read:

I want us to go down a division or two, cut cloth accordingly and become a club that is financially sound with a fans stake in the club.

It is true that you further qualified your initial statement, but that was only to explain why you wanted the club relegated. You did not at any point in the second part of the sentence state or imply that you didn't want relegation.

Therefore: You expressly stated that you want the club relegated at least once. Your dismissal of the other posters is unfounded and makes you look a little pompous and, in a word, WRONG!



He as roathy syndrom he is never wrong! Every man and his dog can see that except him! :thumbup:
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Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:11 pm

blueminati wrote:
nubbsy wrote:Don't argue with blueminati he is a financial expert with a masters degree awarded from the respected governing body of Wikipedia

Reported for selling me short. I have a PhD. Do not undermine me. :old:




Did you base your research for your PhD on Wikipedia too?

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:36 pm

pembroke allan wrote:
Woodville Willie wrote:Just for the record, your full sentence read:

I want us to go down a division or two, cut cloth accordingly and become a club that is financially sound with a fans stake in the club.

It is true that you further qualified your initial statement, but that was only to explain why you wanted the club relegated. You did not at any point in the second part of the sentence state or imply that you didn't want relegation.

Therefore: You expressly stated that you want the club relegated at least once. Your dismissal of the other posters is unfounded and makes you look a little pompous and, in a word, WRONG!



He as roathy syndrom he is never wrong! Every man and his dog can see that except him! :thumbup:


You're not wrong there Allan! Might I suggest this is one for Smackerzbluebird and his whopper thread? Come on Annis. It must be a contender!

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:02 pm

pembroke allan wrote:
CardiffCityBlue wrote:So which club is appealing ? A relegation battle and millions in debt ?

Or a nice debt free club:lol:



But there are around ten clubs in danger of relegation, we won't be in debt if sold got the infrastructure already!
And several clubs above us totally unsuitable for takeover? Brentford for 1 as cannot expand ground or move! Bolton more debt than us! so not that many! But don't think it would happen anyway, :thumbup:

Is that the Brentford building a brand new stadium?

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:11 pm

CayoBluebird wrote:
pembroke allan wrote:
CardiffCityBlue wrote:So which club is appealing ? A relegation battle and millions in debt ?

Or a nice debt free club:lol:



But there are around ten clubs in danger of relegation, we won't be in debt if sold got the infrastructure already!
And several clubs above us totally unsuitable for takeover? Brentford for 1 as cannot expand ground or move! Bolton more debt than us! so not that many! But don't think it would happen anyway, :thumbup:

Is that the Brentford building a brand new stadium?
how much will that cost in London bet it's around the 80 million mark

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:22 pm

wez1927 wrote:
CayoBluebird wrote:
pembroke allan wrote:
CardiffCityBlue wrote:So which club is appealing ? A relegation battle and millions in debt ?

Or a nice debt free club:lol:



But there are around ten clubs in danger of relegation, we won't be in debt if sold got the infrastructure already!
And several clubs above us totally unsuitable for takeover? Brentford for 1 as cannot expand ground or move! Bolton more debt than us! so not that many! But don't think it would happen anyway, :thumbup:

Is that the Brentford building a brand new stadium?
how much will that cost in London bet it's around the 80 million mark



Havnt built it yet! :thumbup:

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:34 pm

pembroke allan wrote:
wez1927 wrote:
CayoBluebird wrote:
pembroke allan wrote:
CardiffCityBlue wrote:So which club is appealing ? A relegation battle and millions in debt ?

Or a nice debt free club:lol:



But there are around ten clubs in danger of relegation, we won't be in debt if sold got the infrastructure already!
And several clubs above us totally unsuitable for takeover? Brentford for 1 as cannot expand ground or move! Bolton more debt than us! so not that many! But don't think it would happen anyway, :thumbup:

Is that the Brentford building a brand new stadium?
how much will that cost in London bet it's around the 80 million mark



Havnt built it yet! And checked bees website no mention of new stadium? Did hear wanted new one but problems with location as i have stayed in brentford and know area you can see why! Also if you know stadium cant expand as surrounded on by houses, Unless of course knock them down? :laughing6:

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:53 pm

Robert Kraft the owner of the New England Patriots is the man we need from the USA .

This guy knows how to run a club when it comes to wages - signings - winning etc... :thumbup:

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:54 pm

TopCat CCFC wrote:Robert Kraft the owner of the New England Patriots is the man we need from the USA .

This guy knows how to run a club when it comes to wages - signings - winning etc... :thumbup:

Does he have a football club already ?

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:55 pm

TopCat CCFC wrote:Robert Kraft the owner of the New England Patriots is the man we need from the USA .

This guy knows how to run a club when it comes to wages - signings - winning etc... :thumbup:


We want him now
:thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :bluescarf:

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:33 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
TopCat CCFC wrote:Robert Kraft the owner of the New England Patriots is the man we need from the USA .

This guy knows how to run a club when it comes to wages - signings - winning etc... :thumbup:


We want him now
:thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :bluescarf:


Annis
Wishful thinking or another bid coming up? :laughing6:

Re: ' AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WANTS A CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB '

Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:50 pm

New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft has profited handsomely from his team's 15 years with future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady. Three Super Bowl victories helped push the Patriots to a record-high franchise valuation in 2014 of $2.6 billion, second only to the Dallas Cowboys in revenue and profit. Kraft bought the team for just $172 million in 1995 with profits from his paper manufacturing business.

Robert Kraft was born in 1941 in Brookline, Massachusetts into a working-class Jewish family. He went to Brookline High School and attended Columbia University on a scholarship, where he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. He graduated from Columbia in 1960, and went on to get his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1965. Kraft married Myra Hiatt in 1963, a full year before she graduated from Brandeis University.

Eventually, Kraft went to work for the Rand-Whitney Group, the Worcester-based packaging company of his father-in-law, Jacob Hiatt, where he still serves today as the company's chairman. Several years after that, in 1972, Kraft founded International Forest Products, a company that trades physical paper commodities, an activity closely related to that of his father-in-law's business. Combined, Rand-Whitney Group and International Forest Group make up the largest privately-held paper and packaging company in the US.

In 1985, Robert Kraft bought the parcel of land right next the Patriots' Stadium. This was the first in a series of steps that now appear to have been Kraft's master plan to own the New England Patriots. Step 2 came in 1988, when Kraft outbid a slew of competitors to buy the stadium, which at the time was in bankruptcy court for $25 million. As a condition of the purchase, Kraft also acquired the stadium's lease to the Patriots. This point is key, as it is an integral piece of Kraft's master plan to eventually purchase the team.