The dom hyam sale (9 Viewers)

[Deleted member 5849]

Either way I'm pretty sure they didn't plan on still being here by this time.

Possibly not, but the original fund would have been written down / off a long time ago.

As an aside, Liverpool's (and Boston Red Sox) owners are a hedge fund, and have owned the Red Sox for a couple of decades.

 

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

Possibly not, but the original fund would have been written down / off a long time ago.

As an aside, Liverpool's (and Boston Red Sox) owners are a hedge fund, and have owned the Red Sox for a couple of decades.

The plan with us quite clearly was for a quick promotion to the top flight and a sale at profit. Then it turned into a plan to grab the stadium on the cheap and sell combined at a profit. Now it seems to be to strip off a pound of flesh every season and put zero extra into the club in the process.

 

[fatso]

They've been here 15 years. That in itself is extremely odd for a hedge fund usually looking for a quick buck

I don't think there has been an abundance of buyers. Sisu were the only ones willing to take us on and saved us from administration. Since then we've had our ups and downs as is well known, but who else has been willing to put money down?
Plenty of bullshitters and rumours that's all.
Now that the arena is potentially available, we will see who comes crawling out the woodwork.

 

[fatso]

He said Hyam wasn't sold because of cashflow problems did he not?

And you believed that?

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Possibly not, but the original fund would have been written down / off a long time ago.

As an aside, Liverpool's (and Boston Red Sox) owners are a hedge fund, and have owned the Red Sox for a couple of decades.

U.S. sport is very different - basically you're protected even if you make the worst decisions ever because there's no risk of relegation etc. You could lose every game one year and still be able to win the big prize the next. In fact you can even be helped to do so because the draft system means you'd get the pick of the young players coming through.

Fans will continue to pile money in because if not the owner will just throw a tantrum and threaten to move the team somewhere else, which with a limited number of pro teams means there's no end of takers willing to throw millions/billions at attracting one in terms of tax breaks and infrastructure.

A sports team in the U.S. is a goldmine.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

He said Hyam wasn't sold because of cashflow problems did he not?

Yep just the cycle of selling to invest

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

And you believed that?

Prove its a lie

 

[Deleted member 5849]

U.S. sport is very different - basically you're protected even if you make the worst decisions ever because there's no risk of relegation etc. You could lose every game one year and still be able to win the big prize the next. In fact you can even be helped to do so because the draft system means you'd get the pick of the young players coming through.

Fans will continue to pile money in because if not the owner will just throw a tantrum and threaten to move the team somewhere else, which with a limited number of pro teams means there's no end of takers willing to throw millions/billions at attracting one in terms of tax breaks and infrastructure.

A sports team in the U.S. is a goldmine.

Are we just going to type a lot of words totally unrelated to the point made...?

 

[olderskyblue]

Are we just going to type a lot of words totally unrelated to the point made...?

That’s the usual way of doing things on here isn’t it?

 

[rexo87]

We look more solid defensively than we ever have, we aren’t a club with a bottomless pit of cash, we have 4 very very capable centre halves.

I honestly think the squad we have today (addition of palmer, panzo and Doyle, bidwell looking a very solid option at LB and with Josh Eccles development) that we actually have a stronger squad today than we did with hyam

Struggle to understand the fans who berate the owners over ‘a lack of investment’ when we held onto our big 3, absolutely nobody thought that Gus, Cal and Gyok would all be here this season, yet here we are. The investment in the summer was holding onto these guys.


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we kept onto all 3 by accident

 

[fatso]

Prove its a lie

Well we can start by asking yourself, what happened to the money?

 

[higgs]

Any news of believer is he ok

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[Greggs]

Any news of believer is he ok

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Tied up in the chicken room at Nandos apparently.

 

[higgs]

Tied up in the chicken room at Nandos apparently.

Spicy

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[fatso]

Tied up in the chicken room at Nandos apparently.

Getting spitroasted?

 

[procdoc]

Hyam is a good championship defender. He was an excellent servant for us. However he’s moved on and our defence is solid at the moment. Not bringing in another centre half is more worrying than selling Hyam. If we get a couple of injuries there we are fucked

 

[higgs]

Good honest pro hyam wish him well think he would have happily stayed with us. Would be interesting to see if he can step up in the premier league that would be some rise from league 2

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[TomRad85]

Any news of believer is he ok

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Bit of a shame he was hounded out tbh, I think his input would be quite interesting right now.

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[higgs]

Bit of a shame he hounded out tbh, I think his input would be quite interesting right now.

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It would be is he still active on here just not posting?

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

It would be is he still active on here just not posting?

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Was on here last night

 

[TomRad85]

Was on here last night

Very quick response BSB... or should I say SBB! Can't believe I didn't see it before

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

Very quick response BSB... or should I say SBB! Can't believe I didn't see it before

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If it was me I wouldn’t have the username all one word.

 

[fatso]

Well well well, yet another clean sheet, and a new club record set!!!

This is now the best defensive unit in the history of the club. FACT???

Well done lads!!!!

 

[rob9872]

Dom who?

 

[pusbccfc]

Apparently at fault for the Birmingham goal today but he did get another win. Hyam is a great player but there is no way he would throw his head on the line like our back 3 are now.

One goal conceded in how many?

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Well well well, yet another clean sheet, and a new club record set!!!

This is now the best defensive unit in the history of the club. FACT???

Well done lads!!!!

Apparently it was achieved back in 1934, so just one more game to go.

 

[fatso]

Apparently it was achieved back in 1934, so just one more game to go.

Apparently it was achieved back in 1934, so just one more game to go.

This is a new record for our time in the top two divisions.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

This is a new record for our time in the top two divisions.

It's not the all time record.

 

[fatso]

It's not the all time record.

It's an all time record for our time in the top 2 divisions.
We were in the third division south in 1934 (if my memory serves me well, I'm getting on a bit now)

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

It's an all time record for our time in the top 2 divisions.
We were in the third division south in 1934 (if my memory serves me well, I'm getting on a bit now)

Let's hope after tonight's game it will be.

 

[pusbccfc]

Comparing him tonight to Panzo makes it look like unbelievable business. He was awful first half.

 

[hill83]

We won so he’s shite

 

[Grendel]

We won so he’s shite

he’s just Hyam - same tentative weak Hyam - and slow. With good players around him he can sometimes compete but he’s just anonymous

 

[pusbccfc]

he’s just Hyam - same tentative weak Hyam - and slow. With good players around him he can sometimes compete but he’s just anonymous

Pretty much spot on. Good player but the idea he's this God is laughable. He'd genuinely struggle to get into the side now.

 

[SBT]

To be honest if you were going to design a player who would give Hyam a tough time of it, it would be Gyokeres.

But who cares, he’s gone, we won.