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skyblu3sk

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COVENTRY City have arranged a meeting with former vice-chairman Gary Hoffman next month to discuss his offer to buy the club for £1 and pump in £30million of fresh investment.
Sky Blues chairman Ken Dulieu confirmed: “I am happy to meet with Gary and I am optimistic that this time the investors will show up and we can have a meaningful discussion.

“I can totally understand that Gary wants another go * he has been in the paper more times than any of my players over the last few months, so he's obviously keen.

“But I am talking to lots of other people who do not want to conduct their business through the media. “ Dulieu stressed that he aims to strengthen City's squad for the new sea son despite having to operate “with one hand tied behind my back“.

Manager Andy Thorn has identified two players, believed to be a striker and a midfielder to offset the loss of out-ofcontract duo Marlon King and Aron Gunnarsson.

And, having secured fresh funds from owners Sisu Dulieu says that he will be trying to get those targets on board while holding on to the Sky Blues' current assets. The likes of Sammy Clingan, he insisted, will be going nowhere unless somebody comes in with an “absolutely ridiculous“ offer.
 
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TheSnoz

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Reading between the lines of this it seems Ken Delieu is coming up against the same things that Gary Hoffman and Ray Ranson encountered. 'One hand tied behind his back.' Most of us would say he was bound and gagged, to be honest.
Other parts of the statement sound a little condescending towards Garry Hoffman. Hopefully something will come of this and we can be contenders again.
 
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kg82

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Unfortunately, it just seems one more of those things now that I can't actually see materialising. Heard bits of the interview this morning - KD's put his head on the line a bit by stating Sammy will only go for a ridiculous offer... unless he's talking about a can of baked beans and bottle of ribena. That would kind of seem ridiculous to me, but I could definitely see them accepting it!
 
Covstu

Covstu

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Define rediculous offer, £1M and he is gone!

Give Ken's previous rep at Southampton i am not buying this 'woe is me' attitude and the talk of strengthening squad is another smoke screen.
 
ccfcway

ccfcway

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SISU agree to fund another 12 months...


Well, by then Craine and Clingan will be out of contract and we could be in DIv 1, brill, thanks
 
oldskyblue58

oldskyblue58

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KD is stating the obvious but then again what would you have him say

- that SISU isnt going to fund the the next twelve months ? We are looking to sell our best players just to keep the club afloat? GH might have funds but we dont want to meet him?

Of course not

Frankly it isnt what KD, PC SISU or GH say that is important ............ it is what they do and from an average fans perspective none of them are getting the things done that fans want to see.

Roll on 6th August when the season starts because I have lost a lot of patience with all this public posturing from ALL concerned at the club or potential investors !
 
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smileycov

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IMO i think the last few days have been good, as far as settling my nerves go!

SISU have aggreed to keep us going this season, looking into that, they are struggling to sell a mid/low table championship side with 2 or 3 decent players. If as some believe they then sell (for arguments sake) Juke, Clingan & Turner. We will go down. Now they are trying to sell a Div 1 club with no assets! The debt is still there's they are not idiots. They are not footie people that we know, but they are business people.

KD has said we are looking to get a couple in, i think we are, not sure if we did offer £500k for Le Fondre but i would like to think there is some money (if not a lot, a little at least).

Now the real reason i am content today, we have a manager that seems to be able to make even the most mediocre players look decent and certainly we play as a good team. If anyone can get every drop of effort and talent out of these promosing youngsters it is Mr T. So we may get beat by a lot of the better teams, we will also win a lot.

I truly believe we will do okay, not sure the Hoff takeover is real, he makes too much noise in the media for a geniune buyer. However if we can do okay maybe a decent league cup run (AT said will play a strong side, could pick off weaker teams!) who knows what will unfold.

I for one am not listening to all the If's,But's & Maybe's that we get depressed about. facts thats all i care about. Our starting 11 are decent, we have some good youngsters, in Thomas, Christie and Gael - Fact.

Fester can spend what they want - they are still shit..........FACT
CITY TILL I DIE
 
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Godiva

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Rich said:
Would Hoffman not need to speak to the owners instead of the Chairman? It is my understanding that he has no power to sell the club?
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Normal practise is that any offer to buy the company is presented to the board. If the board decide the offer is in the best interest of the company they will back it and take it to the shareholders.
 
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Godiva

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ccfcway said:
SISU agree to fund another 12 months...


Well, by then Craine and Clingan will be out of contract and we could be in DIv 1, brill, thanks
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Last season - with Westwood, Gunnar and King - we were heading towards Div 1.
The players are important, but so is the manager, the type of play, the mentality, the fans support ...
 
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Snozzer

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Sorry to be the party pooper but wouldn't believe a word of what KD has said in today's press. As far as I can tell it's just PR spin designed to appease the fans.
 
Houchens Head

Houchens Head

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Totally agree with Smileycov! There's far to much doom and gloom around the club!

Let's get positive and get the season underway next week! I can't wait!!
 
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Snozzer

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Not really other than there is no meeting agreed, unless they intend to but you'd think they'd let GH know that first wouldn't you? Bunch of clowns.
 
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Chipfat

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I agree with Snozzer, Ken is playing with the fans agian, he knows that sisu are done he also knows that they will have nothing to sell or to bargain with. Hoff is sitting nice quiet and waiting for sisu to pull the plug and make his move, i doubt if we will be getting any new players and players we have will be sold. Clingan is here until a offer comes in we can't refuse 1mill and he will be gone...
 
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TheSnoz

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skybluelee, i go back a very long time as a city follower. The Jimmy Hill thing yesterday reminded me again how much fun it was to support an ambitious, go ahead and very 'fashionable' team in the 1960s under Jimmy. Then we were contenders. And in the 1970s when we had some good years under Gordon Milne, inbetween the Houdini acts. And I seem to recall we won something called the FA Cup in 1987, was it? And we somehow were contenders in the top division for 34 years. And even as recently as five years ago had a very brief spell where Dennis Wise galvanised the club and we made a little impact. Yes, contenders again. I know a lot of younger fans have seen nothing, but it wasn't always so. I just get a bit fed up of cynical people talking the club down.
 
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Lord_Nampil

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1 million u having a laugh? they already turned that down from Leeds 2 weeks ago, he anit going anywhere unless both on and off the field can benefit from a sale, 1 million wouldn't do that! Make it 3 million then he would be off! And thats the same with any player!!
 
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fanta80

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Snozzer said:
Sorry to be the party pooper but wouldn't believe a word of what KD has said in today's press. As far as I can tell it's just PR spin designed to appease the fans.
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Rather than the hot air Hoffman spouts about an illegitimate offer? Personally i beleive none of them but if i was to side it wouldnt be with Mr Hoffman.
 
Nonleagueherewecome

Nonleagueherewecome

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Well that's a surprise fanta80! Why is that again?
 
skybluedan

skybluedan

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This whole takeover thing is starting to really fuckin piss me off not just sisu but hoffman as well,
i know for a fact that there already has been meetings in the last week between the 2 parties, wish it would fuckin hurry up and get sorted,every fuckin thing with sky blue be it signings,takeovers always fuckin take too long
 
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les_miserables

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Call me a cynic, but my belief is Ken Dulieu is playing what he thinks is a smart game, the Leicester game is creeping up on us, they have bought like there's no tomorrow and will be coming off a friendly match with Real Madrid, we so far have recruited just 2 goalis and have lost 3 of our better players. Dulieu knows a trouncing, and it has to be on the cards, from the inbreds and the crowd will be on his and SISU,s case big-time.
There are some who criticise Gary Hoffman, I fail to understand why. He is trying to bring the club, our club back from owners who haven't delivered anything like their promises, Hoffman is fantastically successful in the world of high finance and his contacts must be similar. He was trusted by the Brown Government in their hour of need to rescue Northern Rock from catastrophy and was a success, which quiet possibly prevented a domino effect. Northern Rock is now back in proffit He is now the main man in stating up a new bank, that is a massive task. Devoted fans perhaps aren't the people to run football clubs, there are a number of failed examples, Franny Lee at Manchester City and the old Palace chairman are examples but Hoffman is a finance king and i don't think for one minute he would introduce numpties to his club, so i trust Hoffman as much as i would anyone and certainly more than Dulieu and his SISU bosses. I am also a realist and wouldn't expect a new regime led by Hoffman to start splashing cash about left, right and centre, what i would expect is a slow recovery from the dire financial restaints we have endured for years and maybe be able to compete with the top or so called top teams.
 
The Reverend Skyblue

The Reverend Skyblue

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Dan you sound a little upset.
Patience is'nt one of my great traits, but in this situation that is what is needed.When dealing with such large sums of money and the complex negotiations it will take some time to complete,its the total lack of communication from them thats frustrating , but really you can't blame them, as there is'nt any news until the takeover is finally agreed.
I do agree its an agonising wait. :sleep::confused:

The Rev
 
blueflint

blueflint

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a well smiley good post m8 i tend to agree as long as we are funded we may do better than people think give youth mixed with experience a chance two new players would be good only if AT can work with them
 
The Reverend Skyblue

The Reverend Skyblue

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Dan,i'm in the Poitou Charente,Deux Sevres department.I've been here 8 years and i've recently put the house on the market as we think its time to come back home.Oldest child is coming back to Uni in London september, and my other wants to come back when she finishes college in a couple of years,and i don't want to be in a different country to my children.
House sales here are at a snail pace so it could take a year or so to sell.
I really looking forward to seeing Cov regularly again,doing this and fish and chips are the two things i miss most.

The Rev

Nb, and i good curry would be the third.
 
edgy

edgy

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Time to distinguish between SISU and KD. He is not SISU.

At this time KD and GH are working hard to convince SISU to accept GH's Consortiums offer. SISU haters need to lay off KD, he is now working in our best interests.
 
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Nick

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edgy said:
Time to distinguish between SISU and KD. He is not SISU.

At this time KD and GH are working hard to convince SISU to accept GH's Consortiums offer. SISU haters need to lay off KD, he is now working in our best interests.
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Has KD said that?
 
skyblueinBaku

skyblueinBaku

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edgy said:
Time to distinguish between SISU and KD. He is not SISU.

At this time KD and GH are working hard to convince SISU to accept GH's Consortiums offer. SISU haters need to lay off KD, he is now working in our best interests.
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KD may not be SISU, but I'm sure that he (and the rest of the board) will do whatever SISU tell them to do. That means that effectively, he is SISU.
 
oldskyblue58

oldskyblue58

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Would find it strange for KD to be working against SISU and with GH considering that KD is appointed by the shareholders of SBS&L Group - who are SISU and Brody. He might be a go between but he has a duty to get the best deal for his shareholders

Wasnt Joe Elliott suspended for working with GH?

sorry edgy I think you are seeing something that just isnt there
 
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