Liverpool FC Forum

[PabloMedina28]

Just sent a letter 2 all of them Ciggy. I hope it helps and i hope the lads who go the game on sunday do us proud with a (non-violent) protest

[Ciggy]

Use this great letter if you want guys its from Rob off RAWK.

bennett.goodman@gsocap.com; Stephen.Schwarzman@blackstone.com

lgoldman@beachpointcapital.com; droerig@beahpointcapital.com;
cgoldsmith@beachpointcapital.com; lgoldman@beachpointcapital.com;
droerig@beachpointcapital.com; lfink@blackrock.com; tlevart@dkpartners.com; sleviant@dkpartners.com; jbloom@trimarancapital.com; David.Shaw@deshaw.com; jaranson@centerbridge.com; jbader@halcyonllc.com; mbrancaccio@stonetowercapital.com

This morning, supporters of Liverpool Football Club woke up to the news that Blackstone/GSO is considering a £281m loan to Tom Hicks to continue in his leveraged ownership of the club, news which is greeted by us with a mixture of anger, outrage and despair.
I can assure you of a number of facts:
Should Blackstone/GSO or any other of the financial institutions cc-ed to this email bail out Tom Hicks, you will be taking a heavy risk, even without the hostility of the supporters of the club.
You are no doubt aware that Hicks Sports Group defaulted on a $525m loan last year and the details of the lenders’ outrage at his subsequent manoeuvres concerning land around the Texas Rangers’ stadium. If not, we would be happy to provide you with the details.
Hicks subsequently gave interviews making clear that the default was ‘strategic’ and painting himself as a successful businessman in other fields.
Hicks cannot have it both ways. Either he is a successful businessman – in which case he thinks nothing of reneging on financial agreements if they prove onerous to him – or he did not have the money to repay the loan. In neither case can he be considered a good risk for repayment of a large loan.
No doubt, Hicks has portrayed LFC as a successful vehicle with a growing commercial profile and the ability to repay high interest payments in his approach to you. You should be aware that LFC is in decline, thanks to Hicks’s tenure, and has dropped out of the lucrative Champions League. Its inability to support the interest on the current loans is one factor draining the on-pitch success that ensures off-pitch profit. On Thursday, its ground was 20,000 short of capacity as fans stayed away. It is said that Hicks is seeking to mortgage the loan against the ground and players: if so, you should also be aware that the ground is worth little, being in an extremely depressed area of Liverpool, and the players have made publicly clear their opposition to Hicks’ continuation as owner so that it is likely the best will leave (their ability to pick their own destinations means there can be no guarantee of their achieving their highest worth) should he stay.
It is said that Hicks believes the supporters will accept him as a sole owner. If he has indeed been so deluded as to have informed you of this, I now seek to correct the impression. Hicks and his son are held in contempt by millions of Liverpool supporters worldwide. We are increasingly mobilised and drastic measures, including boycotts, are now being discussed. We are not prepared to see the club we love bled to death.
Has he informed you about Liverpool’s worldwide supporter base? A word of advice: the lukewarm fans will drift away as the debt bleeds the club dry of success, the hardcore fans will boycott and do everything in their power to ensure Hicks is ousted without a penny of profit as quickly as possible.
Don’t believe me? Research us. Look at whom you are dealing with. Look at the boycott we carried out against The Sun newspaper after it defamed our supporters. Look at how we drove shock jockey S Cohen off the air when he insulted our dead. We are not the tame consumers you lbo people are used to dealing with. We are militant, passionate and committed. I don’t know how we will do it, I don’t know how long it will take, but we will drive Hicks from this club and your organisation will be the target of our considered and organised action if you bail him out.

[inglis5]

Another post on RAWK referred to a boycott - http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=263353.0

Have just sent this letter to the people at Blackstone. Please follow suit.

Dear Sirs.

As it has come to my attention that you (Blackstone) are potentially involved in the refinance of Liverpool FC by the odious Tom Hicks, I would like to advise you that I, along with many other Liverpool supporters will, with immediate effect, be boycotting the following companies associated with Blackstone -

United Biscuits – whose main brands include the following: McVities, Twiglets, Phileas Fogg, Hula Hoops, Penguin, Jaffa Cakes, Carrs, KP, McCoys, Mini Cheddars, Skips.
Orangina
Hilton Hotels, Cafe Rouge, Bella Italia, Strada, Spirit pubs.
Centre Parks, Alton Towers, Tussauds, Legoland, London Eye.
Cineworld.
T mobile.

If Tom Hicks is unable to refinace and he is rightly ousted from his position of owner and 'guardian' of Liverpool FC then we will of course return to our normal purchasing habits.

Sincerely,

Inglis
SOS Member & Liverpool fan

[Igor Zidane]

Just a little follow up from inglis's post above . If you can help out please do . Don't say it won't work . If everyone who said that actually give it a go we'd have no problem . Lets give it a go .


Boycott of Blackstone interests: do your bit to oust the liar Hicks!

As many of you will be aware, GSO a leverage specialist, part of the Blackstone group, is trying to enable Hicks to remain in ownership (sole) at LFC by extending to him a 281m loan at high interest rates for two years, with no investment in players or the stadium included in that deal.

Blackstone have a number of interests in the UK and we are calling for all LFC supporters to boycott the following products. Do not buy the brands, do not visit the restaurants/venues, cancel T-mobile contracts if you can, informing them why, and don't sign up to them.

United Biscuits – whose main brands include the following: McVities, Twiglets, Phileas Fogg, Hula Hoops, Penguin, Jaffa Cakes, Carrs, KP, McCoys, Mini Cheddars, Skips.
Orangina
Hilton Hotels, Cafe Rouge, Bella Italia, Strada, Spirit pubs.
Centre Parks, Alton Towers, Tussauds, Legoland, London Eye.
Cineworld.
T mobile.
Please register your intention to boycott by posting on this site. In the meantime, inform these little f*ckers what you’re doing and why:
bennett.goodman@gsocap.com; Stephen.Schwarzman@blackstone.com

Even now, a man who is due to be showered with luscious women and ale, is getting contact details for the head honchos of the firms concerned; when we have them, we’ll be posting them so you can also let them know exactly why they are the target of our action.
Don't forget the possibility of viral anti-marketing; ever got food-poisoning at Cafe Rouge? Tell everyone you know. Had a bad experience at the Hilton? - big it up on trip advisor. Get in there and make them feel our wrath, redmen.

See also the thread with a template letter for sending to Blackstone/GSO and other financial institutions Hicks is trying to do a deal with. A

[NANNY RED]

Ive sent a few emails Igor this mornin a few have bounced back to me, nothing,