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Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by hallamblue » Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:17 pm

https://twitter.com/ITKDobbo/status/136 ... %3D21%2F16



I know its rumour ....but there has been a few conversations on twtd over this week, with Phil Ham ( who is usually very guarded about commenting on such things), making one or two comments along similar lines.

IF true , then it might explain why Evans has said nothing , done nothing , since the last debacle by the team and PL ......personally I do start to now get " a feeling" that something might be about to happen, bigger than Lambert getting the chop.

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by K L Blue » Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:32 pm

Please let that be true!

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by patthegimp » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:46 pm

Be careful what you wish for!

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by number 9 » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:12 pm

patthegimp wrote:
Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:46 pm
Be careful what you wish for!
Brilliant! :lol:

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by Bluemike » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:15 pm

And now the end is near...........

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by number 9 » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:25 pm

Don't you think if Evans is in negotiations to sell the club it would have hit the press?

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by Tinytown » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:38 pm

More Twitter rubbish i fear. :roll:

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by hallamblue » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:53 pm

Probably IS a load of old baloney but I think everyone connected with the Club wants SOMETHING to happen now. I just help but think Evans silence is deafening and that something is happening behind the scenes. It’ll either be about the manager, or significant changes for the club.

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by K L Blue » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:53 pm

Have shared the link of a couple of the Town FB pages,
And the general consensus is the guy post sh*te

IE
"That guy is a wind up - always posting in the know stuff that’s usually just bollocks"

"Absolute loads of bollocks. The bloke works at an insurance company and is well known for throwing sh*t at the wall hoping something sticks. Nothing in it all all I’m sure"

to quote a couple of posts

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by goldandblack » Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:33 pm

hallamblue wrote:
Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:17 pm
https://twitter.com/ITKDobbo/status/136 ... %3D21%2F16



I know its rumour ....but there has been a few conversations on twtd over this week, with Phil Ham ( who is usually very guarded about commenting on such things), making one or two comments along similar lines.

IF true , then it might explain why Evans has said nothing , done nothing , since the last debacle by the team and PL ......personally I do start to now get " a feeling" that something might be about to happen, bigger than Lambert getting the chop.
an interest view from the Mix Lis. and shows how things can change over night, get yer chop sticks ready, :wink:
https://www.molineuxmix.co.uk/forum/ind ... ch.432423/

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by hallamblue » Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:57 am

Ha ha .... I wish ( and I AM careful what I wish for )!

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by goldandblack » Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:17 pm

hallamblue wrote:
Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:57 am
Ha ha .... I wish ( and I AM careful what I wish for )!
just in case, you can borrow my book, couldn't find one for Chinese to Suffolk but I'll translate it for you. ?
imagine our Marko talking to em, lol,


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just keep yer hands of Nuno :? 只是保持你的手努诺:?

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Club sold ??

Post by hallamblue » Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:56 pm

Just seen a post on FB ( can’t copy n paste it sorry , but if there was any truth in it , Evans has sold the club to an American consortium, who have their own manager lined up and Evans won’t sack Lambert as would have to pay compensation etc etc


Probably a complete load of balderdash ..... but we live in hope ? 🤷‍♀️

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Re: Club sold ??

Post by number 9 » Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:14 pm

Well Facebook is certainly a credible source! :astroll:

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Re: Club sold ??

Post by arana peligrosa » Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:21 pm

Yeah it's me, I've purchased it..

Find a reliable source of information and then we can attempt to take notice. I'd expect Marcus Evans to be here for some considerable time to come, even if Paul Lambert won't be.

Furthermore doesn't seem to be mention on the TWTD main page of any such actions so guess it's all garbage for want of better description.

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Re: Club sold ??

Post by hallamblue » Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:00 pm

Well I did say it’s probably a load of 💩 but there’s definitely rumours going round atm . Wait n see I guess . But PL ( having already had a F2F meeting with Evans yesterday by all accounts) , was positively jovial in the post match interview..... BIG change in his demeanour

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Re: Club sold ??

Post by hallamblue » Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:23 pm

PriceOfFootball
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Now that Sunderland takeover complete only one big deal in town in the sale of League One clubs.
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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by hallamblue » Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:02 pm

Ha ha .. well it might be an American- English translation required Woolfie if the latest round of rumours are to be believed 👍 :wink:

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by goldandblack » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:56 pm

hallamblue wrote:
Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:02 pm
Ha ha .. well it might be an American- English translation required Woolfie if the latest round of rumours are to be believed 👍 :wink:
so its the American Calvery coming, Robert E Lee will sort you red necks out, :lol: :lol: :lol:
didn't he play for Newcastle United recently.

on a serious note I think its time for a change of ownership and quick, I wish the Town well,

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Re: Club sold ??

Post by Tangfastic » Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:25 am

This was Maguires reply last night about any potential hopes of a takeover.

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There’s 8-10 clubs that are in the ‘possible’ takeover category at present. Ipswich are one but that’s a long way off a deal. Trail could easily go cold. Don’t get hopes raised.


Doesn’t suggest there’s a takeover imminent from this source

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Re: Club sold ??

Post by Kerry Blue » Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:23 pm

Very unlikely I'm afraid who would want to buy Town, I know nothing about the Sunderland takeover but I would be worried if our chairman was 23 years old.

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Post by hallamblue » Sun Feb 21, 2021 1:43 pm

No it doesn’t see, so does it. I also think Evans has backed Lambert further still following his meeting with him the other day. Lamberts whole demeanour has changed, and he Was practically laughing and joking with the journalist post match last night. All very ver6 disappointing if this is true.

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by khurst_848 » Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:08 pm

Did hear this afternoon the proposed takeover is Brett Johnson and frank yallop Johnson with the money obviously. May be not true but don’t you just love a good old rumour

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Post by Andym » Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:02 am

khurst_848 wrote:
Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:08 pm
Did hear this afternoon the proposed takeover is Brett Johnson and frank yallop Johnson with the money obviously. May be not true but don’t you just love a good old rumour
As long as it isn’t Boris Johnson I don’t care. He’d just keep telling us that we are world beating....

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by ashfordblue » Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:36 am

:roll: POSSIBLY a rich American consortium willing to pay Marcus Evans £40 million with their own CEO evidently the ex Bristol City CEO.

BUT Its only a rumour at present being banded, I think all will be revealed in the next week or so.

So if it happens all well and good, I would say its on par with the Sunderland takeover, so cross fingers it will kick off as there is no better time to buy than when a club is in trouble financially.

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by Dubai Blue » Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:51 am

Anyone willing to pay £40m for ITFC would need to be soft in the head. If memory serves, ME bought the club and the debt for £6m and it's been loss making ever since. The debt that ME holds is not like real money, it's just a way to get a big payoff in the event of an increasingly unlikely promotion to the premier league.

With the kind of conversations going on now it may be that any promotion to the PL might soon be ended permanently.

I doubt whether it would take much more than the £6m that ME originally invested to but ITFC. Maybe even less.

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by Frosty » Mon Feb 22, 2021 7:02 am

I thought he took over a 30 million quid debt DB?

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by Tangfastic » Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:20 am

From a report a couple of years back.

Evans acquired debts of £32m when buying the club in December 2007 and that figure has now reached £95.5m. It could very well break the £100m mark this time next year.

Promotion to the Premiership?!!! Christ.... we’re now looking at a 0-0 home draw to Oxford as a good result.

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by Bluemike » Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:04 am

tangfastic wrote:
Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:20 am
From a report a couple of years back.

Evans acquired debts of £32m when buying the club in December 2007 and that figure has now reached £95.5m. It could very well break the £100m mark this time next year.

Promotion to the Premiership?!!! Christ.... we’re now looking at a 0-0 home draw to Oxford as a good result.
Some of us, I can't accept that as a good result, don't think I ever will.

Like it or not Mike a draw was as good or better than most of us expected.

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Re: Evans looking to sell up now/ finally?

Post by Charnwood » Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:13 am

Bluemike wrote:
Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:04 am
tangfastic wrote:
Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:20 am
From a report a couple of years back.

Evans acquired debts of £32m when buying the club in December 2007 and that figure has now reached £95.5m. It could very well break the £100m mark this time next year.

Promotion to the Premiership?!!! Christ.... we’re now looking at a 0-0 home draw to Oxford as a good result.
Some of us, I can't accept that as a good result, don't think I ever will.

Like it or not Mike a draw was as good or better than most of us expected.

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