Ajax Treesdown Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 So did the alternative I suggested earlier. Both men promoted teams that season - one as champions, others by a late play-off dash. Both men nearly kept their teams in the top division - both failed on the last day, although Wortho had a better shout than Dowie thanks to the previous 37 games played before that day. As for not moaning and supporting the team more, I'm more patient with managers than many on here, so my record has been reasonably sound. Or at least it will be until we appoint Dowie. Don't worry, I hate Reed plenty. He's a scrote. Woe is Les. Les Reed, Iain Dowie and The Board have all played their part in the relegation of their club. Dowie for spending money on shite, and the board for allowing him to spend money on aforementioned shite. And Les Reed for... well, being Les Reed, really. Your opinion. Fair dues. Just get bloody sick of the moaning about him, he hasn't even been appointed yet and might not anyway.
Matt Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 Your opinion. Fair dues. Just get bloody sick of the moaning about him, he hasn't even been appointed yet and might not anyway. Also RK hasn't been sacked, and might not anyway. Looking likly if you beleive tabliod rumours.
Basingstoke Fox Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 it could have gone differently for dowie thats my point but I would be happier without him anyway though if we ever get in the prem him and Gary = good highlights on MOTD
Jonbluefox9 Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 It's on their main site now... Following recent confirmation from the Foxes Trust Board that they had received the relevant paperwork from Leicester City FC regarding the Milan Mandaric takeover bid, the Trust Board has today released the following statement. The Foxes Trust Board has today signed and submitted to the Leicester City FC Board the irrevocable undertaking documentation to sell its shares to UK Football Investments, LLC (the organisation created by Milan Mandaric to own LCFC). Trust Board Member Matt Davis commented "Until now the Trust has always stated we were neither for nor against the takeover by Milan Mandaric & wanted to view the final bid detail before making any commitment. At the same time we also wanted to make sure all other options had been fully considered, just as we did when there were rival consortiums seeking to take the club out of administration a few years ago†"The loss of parachute payments & falling attendances will, inevitably, mean the club urgently needs additional investment to be competitive in the Championship or risk losing our proud record of never being below 2nd tier football." Chairman Ian Bason stated “We have now concluded the Milan Mandaric bid offers the best short & medium term option for Leicester City Football Club to play competitive football at the highest possible level, in particular his years of experience of running a number of clubs is not matched by the board which has ran the club in recent years†“In our view the deal proposed by Mandaric is currently the only viable option for taking Leicester City Club forward. Ideally we would have liked to have had assurances on the issues we raised directly with Mandaric's representatives prior to the EGM in November before giving our support. However securing the deal is now of the utmost priority & urge all connected with the club and Mandaric’s representatives (even if the required % of shareholders support is not achieved initially) to ensure this prevails. Following the conclusion of the takeover we will then will be seeking to work closely with Mandaric to resolve the longer term issues we have raised.†Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 February 2007 ) I'm I alone in thinking it's a little disrespectful of Ian Bason to refer to Milan Mandaric as just 'Mandaric' throughout his statement? Surely Mr Mandaric would be more appropriate? I'm sure Ian Bason wouldn't like it if Milan Mandaric came out with a statement about him and referred to him as just 'Bason' throughout. Maybe it's just me...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I'm I alone in thinking it's a little disrespectful of Ian Bason to refer to Milan Mandaric as just 'Mandaric' throughout his statement? Surely Mr Mandaric would be more appropriate? I'm sure Ian Bason wouldn't like it if Milan Mandaric came out with a statement about him and referred to him as just 'Bason' throughout. Maybe it's just me... I thought exactly the same. I was gonna mention it but I thought the Trust have been taking a bit of a bashing over trivial stuff lately so I'd let it go. But you're/we're right.
davieG Posted 11 February 2007 Author Posted 11 February 2007 I'm I alone in thinking it's a little disrespectful of Ian Bason to refer to Milan Mandaric as just 'Mandaric' throughout his statement? Surely Mr Mandaric would be more appropriate? I'm sure Ian Bason wouldn't like it if Milan Mandaric came out with a statement about him and referred to him as just 'Bason' throughout. Maybe it's just me... Your probably correct, but I think just this once it would be nice if people just let the positive aspects of the statement take precedence over any errors, misgivings etc.
Basingstoke Fox Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 If and hopefully when Mandaric is our owner we can ditch him then cant we unless it was a mistake - you never know
ThurmastonFox Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I think that we should give the Trust some credit on this one. All along we thought that they would blindly reject Mr Mandaric's bid, but they haven't.
lookwhaticando Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 Your opinion. Fair dues. Just get bloody sick of the moaning about him, he hasn't even been appointed yet and might not anyway. We live in hope. At least I do anyway. I've got nothing against the bloke personally, I'm sure he's a decent chap. I just don't think he's the man for us. If he is appointed, then there's nothing I can do about it. I'm too remote to make a proper stand. I will hope he does something useful for us if he is appointed and will be the first to applaud him if he moves us closer to our dream of returning to the big time. He wouldn't be my choice of manager, but I'm not one to begrudge someone credit when it's due.
Jonbluefox9 Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 Your probably correct, but I think just this once it would be nice if people just let the positive aspects of the statement take precedence over any errors, misgivings etc. I've not said anything against the Trust during the last few months but I saw that and thought it didn't read in a very sincere way. The whole of Ian Bason's statement read as if the FT have agreed to the deal but aren't that pleased to be doing so. If they want to be taken seriously by Milan Mandaric then it would help if they showed him a bit of respect because if the deal goes through, he will be the man in the driving seat and it'll be his choice who he pays attention to and who he ignores. "Oi Mandaric, listen to our questions" is likely to go down like a lead balloon.
brookfox Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I'm I alone in thinking it's a little disrespectful of Ian Bason to refer to Milan Mandaric as just 'Mandaric' throughout his statement? Surely Mr Mandaric would be more appropriate? I'm sure Ian Bason wouldn't like it if Milan Mandaric came out with a statement about him and referred to him as just 'Bason' throughout. Maybe it's just me... And surely he could have spelt his surname differently. Basin or Bison I could have accepted, but Bason?!
davieG Posted 11 February 2007 Author Posted 11 February 2007 I've not said anything against the Trust during the last few months but I saw that and thought it didn't read in a very sincere way. The whole of Ian Bason's statement read as if the FT have agreed to the deal but aren't that pleased to be doing so. If they want to be taken seriously by Milan Mandaric then it would help if they showed him a bit of respect because if the deal goes through, he will be the man in the driving seat and it'll be his choice who he pays attention to and who he ignores. "Oi Mandaric, listen to our questions" is likely to go down like a lead balloon. I appreciate you've not been 'involved' in FT bashing, (even I have) and you are 100% correct. I think yet again it demonstrates clearly that they lack a good communicator both in written and verbal statements. It wasn't particularly a dig at you and apologies if it came across as such.
Jonbluefox9 Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I appreciate you've not been 'involved' in FT bashing, (even I have) and you are 100% correct. I think yet again it demonstrates clearly that they lack a good communicator both in written and verbal statements. It wasn't particularly a dig at you and apologies if it came across as such. No, I understood what you meant. Seems a picky thing to highlight especially as other people have been criticising more important things involving the FT for a long time now but I just felt it was worth pointing out. The FT is meant to be the 'our voice' as a group of supporters. If I was Milan Mandaric reading that statement from a group who are meant to be representing the fan base I would wonder if my opinion of Leicester City's supporters was wrong.
Phlashman Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I hope once the takeover is done we get some good coverage and information about whats been going on. I'd like to see a feature on Football focus about us and the last few years.
Jon the Hat Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I've not said anything against the Trust during the last few months but I saw that and thought it didn't read in a very sincere way. The whole of Ian Bason's statement read as if the FT have agreed to the deal but aren't that pleased to be doing so. If they want to be taken seriously by Milan Mandaric then it would help if they showed him a bit of respect because if the deal goes through, he will be the man in the driving seat and it'll be his choice who he pays attention to and who he ignores. "Oi Mandaric, listen to our questions" is likely to go down like a lead balloon. To me it read like the Trust are going for the deal as it offers the only viable alternative, but they aren't willing to blinding accept that the world with Mandaric in charge is automatically the best thing ever. They have clearly asked for a couple of what they, and probably we, would think are key things for the future of the club, and have not received assurances. We could speculate for days over what these might be, but two obvious things are ownership of stadium / groundshare, and the future of the training ground. Two things which could either leave the club basically a group of players as tenants of a Rugby club or a respected Football club with it's own ground and training facilities. Just because Mandaric is going to be the boss, and is clearly a better option than what has gone before doesn't mean we should be blind to problems and faults.
Jonbluefox9 Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 To me it read like the Trust are going for the deal as it offers the only viable alternative, but they aren't willing to blinding accept that the world with Mandaric in charge is automatically the best thing ever. They have clearly asked for a couple of what they, and probably we, would think are key things for the future of the club, and have not received assurances. We could speculate for days over what these might be, but two obvious things are ownership of stadium / groundshare, and the future of the training ground. Two things which could either leave the club basically a group of players as tenants of a Rugby club or a respected Football club with it's own ground and training facilities. Just because Mandaric is going to be the boss, and is clearly a better option than what has gone before doesn't mean we should be blind to problems and faults. I didn't say we should be blind to problems, but if the FT have agreed to the deal then they are saying that they are happy for MM to take control despite these concerns. If you are helping somebody take control then you should attempt to get in their good books so the questions you want answering have a better chance of getting answered at a later date! I believe that this is the FTs way of saying if things don't work out, they had their concerns at the time.
Thracian Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I'm I alone in thinking it's a little disrespectful of Ian Bason to refer to Milan Mandaric as just 'Mandaric' throughout his statement? Surely Mr Mandaric would be more appropriate? I'm sure Ian Bason wouldn't like it if Milan Mandaric came out with a statement about him and referred to him as just 'Bason' throughout. Maybe it's just me... It is basic good manners. And it certainly should be Mr Mandaric to him. And the FT should tell Bason exactly that.
He's not bald Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I'm I alone in thinking it's a little disrespectful of Ian Bason to refer to Milan Mandaric as just 'Mandaric' throughout his statement? Surely Mr Mandaric would be more appropriate? I'm sure Ian Bason wouldn't like it if Milan Mandaric came out with a statement about him and referred to him as just 'Bason' throughout. Maybe it's just me... Or even worse...sink!
He's not bald Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 It is basic good manners. And it certainly should be Mr Mandaric to him. And the FT should tell Bason exactly that. Ahem...Mr Bason
Daggers Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 Fudge me...pop off for some grub & stuff and things start to happen. Maybe this whole process will be over in another seven months It is basic good manners. And it certainly should be Mr Mandaric to him. And the FT should tell Bason exactly that.
Jon the Hat Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I didn't say we should be blind to problems, but if the FT have agreed to the deal then they are saying that they are happy for MM to take control despite these concerns. If you are helping somebody take control then you should attempt to get in their good books so the questions you want answering have a better chance of getting answered at a later date! I believe that this is the FTs way of saying if things don't work out, they had their concerns at the time. OR they are happier to see MM in control than the alternatives. Doesn't mean they are completely happy, and we should all be a little concerned about that. What is MM not promising? Anyway, FT concerns aside, this is a positive step. Go Milan. I fervently hope the MM takeover is the start of a great era for the club and we never have to face the spectre of relegation to L1 again. Vie la Vie Mandaric
DanTheFoxBhoy Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 Despite some critics of the FT on here, IMO they have handled themselves professionally during this process. As Bason says, they agree in principle to the deal and will sort out longer term issues down the track. If administration really is around the corner short to medium term, then a suggestion to can the deal in favour of 'longer term' issues is certainly not in the interests of the club's survival in any sense.
Mort Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 We have a document and if the FT has come round to backing it (albeit with modest reservations) then i think this whole sorry mess should be sorted pretty soon... even (dare i say... and i do!) in the next few days... giving time to tackle the threat of relegation (loans?) in preperation for an overhaul of the business, coaching and playing staff in the summer (rather than at this late and critical stage in a tricky season). Its all comming up Milan!
BartonFox Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 :laugh: It's all coming out now, but the FT have just put themselves in an even less influential position than they have with the current mob. Well done guys <_<
Thracian Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 Ahem...Mr Bason Not quite. Ian Bason, like Bill Anderson, Blanderson, Barber, John Barber etc are just people in passing on a casual fans forum where it is common practise to address people informally. Mr Mandaric is Chairman of a Board on which Bason is invited to sit. In effect he is the boss in that situation and is therefore entitled to the respectful title of Mr. At least that's how I see it.
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