Re: New(er) Consortium
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:11 pm
From his company's website he's obviously pretty posh - it's all Eton and Camilla, Hugo, Alicia etc. Maybe Boris Johnson or David Cameron is the mysterious Mr Big?
That made me jump into my own FB account to check. I counted 6 people at least who are regular posters on this board and ‘friends’ with him just through my limited network. He’s not FB mates with Firoz though, ‘nor Kelvin. Off to check TAGs friends now...Hog wrote:I notice a few people on here are pals of his on Facebook: perhaps you could find out just how chummy you really are with him? I looked for clues about the consortium amongst his other friends (Verity, Tamara, Spyro, Camilla, Oscar, Tilly, Danvers etc etc) but there's nothing obvious! Doesn't he have family connections in the affluent circles in Argentina too?
I see that he raised £12m to start his sports newspaper - did they lose the lot? If so what are the chances of raising another £12m?
I don't think Charlie has ever been a contributor on here. You are probably recalling TiU v1.0 and the days immediately pre-Kassam. Charlie was anti FK from day one, took an awful lot of stick for it (from myself included), and a lot of what he said subsequently came to pass.Mooro wrote:I seem to remember a series of forum 'debates' with CM many years ago on here (or its predecessors) when he was a regular poster. Miles seemed to get involved quite a lot too, but memory fails to serve as to which side he tended to be on.
I don’t recall that he has posted on here either, but this small bunch of internet nomads who have been following the same board in its many incarnations will recall Mr. Methven’s contributions since the Mzuri days. A pity we don’t have a searchable archive of the version Terry used to run.Myles Francis wrote:I don't think Charlie has ever been a contributor on here. You are probably recalling TiU v1.0 and the days immediately pre-Kassam. Charlie was anti FK from day one, took an awful lot of stick for it (from myself included), and a lot of what he said subsequently came to pass.Mooro wrote:I seem to remember a series of forum 'debates' with CM many years ago on here (or its predecessors) when he was a regular poster. Miles seemed to get involved quite a lot too, but memory fails to serve as to which side he tended to be on.
Snake wrote:I don’t recall that he has posted on here either, but this small bunch of internet nomads who have been following the same board in its many incarnations will recall Mr. Methven’s contributions since the Mzuri days. A pity we don’t have a searchable archive of the version Terry used to run.Myles Francis wrote:I don't think Charlie has ever been a contributor on here. You are probably recalling TiU v1.0 and the days immediately pre-Kassam. Charlie was anti FK from day one, took an awful lot of stick for it (from myself included), and a lot of what he said subsequently came to pass.Mooro wrote:I seem to remember a series of forum 'debates' with CM many years ago on here (or its predecessors) when he was a regular poster. Miles seemed to get involved quite a lot too, but memory fails to serve as to which side he tended to be on.
You know he is! After all he's got you as a FB friend!Eric Pollard wrote:I've met Charlie a couple of times. Nice guy, smart, keen supporter. Assume he's well connected.
I think they're hoping to use it for some kind of leverage, or a way to get information out about what's going on, which would seem fair enough. There's no way the fans could buy the stadium on their own at anywhere near the current asking price.Hog wrote:What keeps confusing me is this Right to Bid business that OxVox keep trumpeting on about and the six months they'll have to (try and) raise the cash to match any deal. The point is do they really think they will be able to raise the x amount of millions required and if they can then why not do it NOW?
I love the way that people keep punting this out as a solution, and yet the multi-millionaire professional property developer who currently owns the stadium hasn't done it.Snake wrote:If I were a businessman with no interest in local football I’d jump at the opportunity to buy a ‘x’% share in the stadium and its surroundings. The overflow car park and corners alone would recoup the investment made once they’ve been converted into housing.
That may have something to do with the the willingness (or otherwise) of the local council to deal with the current owner.SmileyMan wrote:I love the way that people keep punting this out as a solution, and yet the multi-millionaire professional property developer who currently owns the stadium hasn't done it.Snake wrote:If I were a businessman with no interest in local football I’d jump at the opportunity to buy a ‘x’% share in the stadium and its surroundings. The overflow car park and corners alone would recoup the investment made once they’ve been converted into housing.