Liverpool and Tom Hicks?

[lennon]

can anyone confirm the report i think i just heard on the radio that said tom hicks (texas rangers and dallas stars owner) and a business partner are buying liverpool?

[James]

I've not heard his name linked with them.

Latest reports are that the Dubai group pulled out and that they are talking with the guy that owns the Montreal Canadiens.


I don't think they should allow Tom Hicks to ruin another organisation...

[James]

on second thought, I just heard from an insider that Tom Hicks is indeed part of the ownership group with the Canadiens owner...


Great. Ruinin' teams worldwide!

[roach]

on second thought, I just heard from an insider that Tom Hicks is indeed part of the ownership group with the Canadiens owner...


Great. Ruinin' teams worldwide!

I was at the last rangers game a couple seasons ago, after the game we were waiting by the Hicks-coptor. Out comes he and his family and a rather drunken roach screams out "hey hicks, how 'bout getting us a winner next season"... i did my part.

[James]

Reports are the group are going to purchase Liverpool FC for $450 Million. That's a STEAL for a club like Liverpool. Of course, I think they need to build a new stadium, or at least seriously upgrade Anfield....

[lennon]

as an arsenal fan, i approve of this sale.

[James]

as an arsenal fan, i approve of this sale.

yeah, well, just wait until dan snyder comes for arsenal....

[aquaphase]

Worse, wait until Jerry Jones figures out he wants a footie team.

[James]

Worse, wait until Jerry Jones figures out he wants a footie team.

Naw, it wouldn't be worse, perhaps the same. Jerry Jones, Dan Snyder, and Al Davis are basically the same. Except Jerry and Al have three super bowl trophies each, where as Dan has none.

Any of them would declare themselves general manager, start buying players, and probably fire Arsene Wenger in the stupidest move ever...

[lennon]

as an arsenal fan, i approve of this sale.

yeah, well, just wait until dan snyder comes for arsenal....

while not a dan snyder fan, he wouldnt be nearly as bad as tom hicks. hicks has proven in a league with no salary cap that he doesnt mind cutting/trading players to reduce salaries in order to turn a profit.

snyder and jones have both proven they are willing to spend money to try to put a contender on the field. as a fan, i will take that anyday.

[sam]

Jerry as GM of an premiership team? That would be entertaining. A disaster I'm sure, but entertaining.

I don't think Al Davis belongs in this conversation anymore as I am pretty sure he has lost the last thread connecting him to reality.

[James]

I don't think Al Davis belongs in this conversation anymore as I am pretty sure he has lost the last thread connecting him to reality.

well he did have a super bowl team a few years ago...granted they got thrashed but they did get there...

[sam]

I don't think Al Davis belongs in this conversation anymore as I am pretty sure he has lost the last thread connecting him to reality.

well he did have a super bowl team a few years ago...granted they got thrashed but they did get there...

Trent Dilfer can thank Mr. Davis for his ring. They were talking the other day on the radio about the worst quarterbacks to ever play in the superbowl. He made the top (or bottom) five and was the only one that had won.

Are international ownership groups common in Spain, Italy, etc? Is this a trend that will continue?

[James]

I don't think Al Davis belongs in this conversation anymore as I am pretty sure he has lost the last thread connecting him to reality.

well he did have a super bowl team a few years ago...granted they got thrashed but they did get there...

Trent Dilfer can thank Mr. Davis for his ring. They were talking the other day on the radio about the worst quarterbacks to ever play in the superbowl. He made the top (or bottom) five and was the only one that had won.

Are international ownership groups common in Spain, Italy, etc? Is this a trend that will continue?

um...Dilfer won his super bowl with the Ravens?

Brad Johnson won his with the Bucs...

neither one of those a formidable force at QB though....

[sam]

um...Dilfer won his super bowl with the Ravens?....

Sorry. I was thinking that it was Kerry Collins and the Raiders that they played, but it was Kerry Collins and the Giants. Which brings to mind another fair-at-best quarterback to make it to the big game, Rich Gannon.