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by **burjennio** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:17 pm

Im pretty sure I saw George Gilette outside my building today begging for change, hes going by the name "Randolph"

by **Dundalk** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:22 pm

Well thats it - at last!

Thanks to everyones efforts we have finally got rid of the that cancer and we welcome with a hint of optimism our new owners. Lets hope this is the start of something new and exciting and we can all concentrate on football again and not have to worry what courts and banks think.

We are football supporters so lets get back to what we do best and help get this club back were it belongs

Let the good time roll...

by **parchpea** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:30 pm

Dont know how they honestly expect to win a claim for damages given they defaulted on a loan to the tune of £250 - 300m and then complain when RBS look to get their money back from elsewhere. If I owe someone £300m then cannot pay it back its a bit of a cheek that I then decide to sue them for £1billion. Its absolute farce.

by **zarababe** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:35 pm

They left with................................................. -£140m

teach ya to mess with the Red Army

by **NANNY RED** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:42 pm

God the way all yous lot are carrying on youd think poor Thomas had done something terrible to this club, and we were glad to see the back of him, AHHH

Im gonna write him a letter offering my condolences and advising him he shouldt give up trying to invest in the premier league theres a smashin team called Everton who are crying out for a new owner , there fans would welcome him with open arms, they will adore him ,go on thomas you know it makes sense buy the bitters .

Thank you Bill, thank you Bob and Joe for looking down on us and seeing us through our time of need , we knew you wouldnt let us down, you can now walk the corridors of Anfield once again in peace without being threatend by a man called Thomas Hicks and his midget mate George ,

Welcome home boys , We have got our house back .

by **Kopite25** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:50 pm

Just watched John Henrys 1st interview with LFCTV and can say nothing other than being totally impressed with him so far.

Non of your typical American posturing of we're gonna win this and we're gonna do that, just came across as a humble guy who considers it an honour to be in 'Guardianship of our great club'

Said it's gonna be a lot of hard work but they will do all within their power to return LFC to it's rightful standing. ALso loved the comment again that they won't be making big brash promises but their actions will speak loader than any words.

Welcome to Anfield John and all at NESV, be straight and true to your word and it wont take long to discover you have just become the owner of the greatest team in the world, hope the Blackburn (1st home game i believe) will blow you away and I can promise you'll never have heard a noise like it in your lives.

YNWA

by **Reg** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:53 pm

Bad Bob wrote:
Reg wrote:Hicks and Gillett were dropping the claim to comply with an English court order.

Not that I'm really all that hung up on the legal minutae at the moment but what's this bit referring to? Did I miss another High Court decision today or is this something that came as part of yesterday's ruling?

Its part of the day 2, anti-suit casewhen they were refused leave to take further action in connection with blocking the sale of the club. They had to drop the suit to comply with the court order.

Bob, the best explanations are contained within the 2 links I posted on page 1204, the shorthand taken actual words of Justice Floyd.

by **LFC2007** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:56 pm

What a brilliant end to the working week. Comprehensively defeated in the courts, their reputations forever sullied in this land and beyond, and £140m out of pocket. 'Ave that. :cool:

by **Ian Rush's Right foot** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:59 pm

So happy, first thing i'm doing tomorrow is getting and me and my boy the full Home & Away kit, finally i can buy a shirt. Whoop Whoop, happy happy days

by **roberto green** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:02 pm

What a week it's been, it has seen me averaging about 5 hours sleep every night. Now I can enjoy the weekend and no matter what the result is on Sunday I think we already have the best result of this weekend.

YIIIIIIIPPPPPPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **Ciggy** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:02 pm

I celebrated getting rid of the tw@ts with a 3 hours sleep, and felt the weight on my shoulders being lifted it was the best feeling ever.

by **Kopite25** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:03 pm

1st interview in full

Liverpool Football Club's new owner John Henry has spoken of his delight after New England Sports Ventures completed their purchase of the Reds.

In an exclusive interview with Liverpoolfc.tv, Henry reveals his pride at the deal and explains why he believes NESV can lead the Club into an exciting new era.

First of all John, welcome to Liverpool Football Club...

Thank you. I'm really happy to finally be here.

How pleased are NESV to be our Club's new owner?

We're incredibly pleased. Talking to all the partners in the States, they're extremely happy.

It's been a dramatic few days - what have they been like from your point of view?

It has been a dramatic few days, twists and turns, it's been stressful but finally we have it done and that was our goal and our hope. I'm extremely proud of this team that worked on this deal.

Were you always confident this deal would go through?

No. There were many days where I was wondering whether or not we'd be going home. In fact, even today I wasn't a hundred per cent confident. There were days where I was confident but there were a lot of twists and turns here. It was a terrific team - Martin, Ian, Christian - who did a tremendous job of managing this process and I'm just happy it ended successfully.

Now the deal has been done and we can look forward, do you see similarities between Liverpool now and the Boston Red Sox team you took over?

There are a lot of similarities and that was something we've been discussing as we started doing our due diligence. We found more and more similarities between Liverpool 2010 and the Red Sox of 2001. I won't go into them at this point, but for instance the stadium issue was a big issue in Boston in 2001 and we went in there not knowing what we should do, whether we should build a new ball park or refurbish Fenway. We have the same issue here. We have to listen, learn, talk to the community, talk to the council, talk with the supporters, but the biggest issue of all is really what makes the most sense for Liverpool long term.

We're going to have to work very hard. There's a lot of work to be done to get this club to where it needs to be in the grand scheme of things. We really, through all the work we've done over the last two months, saw the challenges and problems which exist and we've got to work to address those. There is a great nucleus here off the field and on the field and we think we can build from that, but it's not going to be easy. We've got real challenges.

Some Liverpool fans expressed concern when it emerged that their Club could be sold to a new set of Americans - can you understand those fears?

I can, I absolutely can. It's been a tough three years and there were a lot of expectations created, so one thing I'm going to try not to do is to create a lot of expectations. I'm going to hopefully rather than make promises, deliver. When I say I, I mean New England Sports Ventures. We've got a very strong organisation, financially and otherwise, we have some terrific strategic thinkers and we're going to be attacking this head on starting tomorrow.

A lot of Liverpool fans all over the world are very happy today - what's your message to them?

All I can say at this point is we're going to work as hard for you as we possibly can and there's no doubt about it, you deserve it. You have supported this club through the worst of times now and we're going to do everything in our power to make the supporters proud of their club and of us. It's a big challenge but I think we're up for that challenge.

by **fivecups** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:12 pm

Sky reporting Hicks and Gillett are going to the high court. A'rseholes.

by **hawkmoon269** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:14 pm

Does anyone know what happens to the 50% share(s) that Mill Financial got of Gillett

by **Bad Bob** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:16 pm

fivecups wrote:Sky reporting Hicks and Gillett are going to the high court. A'rseholes.

Not a problem. Grabbo lies in wait. :buttrock

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