by Friday's Legacy » 21 Jan 2012 17:37
by moo » 21 Jan 2012 17:38
by Friday's Legacy » 21 Jan 2012 17:40
Royal Lady That's what I said - JM might be "Chairman" but it will count for nothing as he won't have any veto on any proposals the new set up make that he doesn't agree with. I can't see how he can be so sure that things won't change. He also said the ethos of the club remains the same. The ethos is to cut our cloth.
by Ups and Downs » 21 Jan 2012 17:40
Richi Royal Thames Sports Investment Ltd, a newly-founded private investment company, are very pleased to have signed Heads of Agreement with Sir John Madejski on Friday to acquire a significant holding in Reading Football Club.
Our agreement is now subject to due diligence and the normal procedures from the Football League.
The transaction is due to complete in March 2012, but the Heads of Agreement, as agreed with Sir John Madejski, includes providing Reading Football Club with some limited funding now to enable Brian McDermott and Nick Hammond to strengthen the playing squad during this January transfer window. TSI have met with Brian, Nick and the club to begin this process.
TSI is also delighted that Sir John Madejski has agreed to remain Chairman of Reading Football Club until at least 2014, and to become Life President if and when he decides to step down.
TSI wishes to emphasise that Reading Football Club's management team will remain unchanged, as will the fundamental policies of the club, including prudent fiscal management. Since Sir John Madejski took over at Elm Park in 1991 this club has rightly earned a first class reputation, on and off the pitch. TSI value and respect the ethos and approach held by everyone associated with Reading - the Chairman, staff, players and supporters.
TSI's financial support aims to allow the club to retain its best players and acquire additional players as the football management team see fit. It will also enable the club to expand and further improve its successful Academy and scouting operations.
by Royal Lady » 21 Jan 2012 17:41
Friday's Legacy brian's comments about where do you think we would be now if we still had long lead me to think a decent striker is very much top of his list this month. we need a decent striker, someone similar long. rhodes perhaps, as one of our scouts, hammond and mcdermott were all watching huddersfield recently. where as last week the funds were not there, now they could be.
by tomrfcurz » 21 Jan 2012 17:42
by loyalroyal4life » 21 Jan 2012 17:44
by loyalroyal4life » 21 Jan 2012 17:44
IdealRoyal LadyFriday's Legacy brian's comments about where do you think we would be now if we still had long lead me to think a decent striker is very much top of his list this month. we need a decent striker, someone similar long. rhodes perhaps, as one of our scouts, hammond and mcdermott were all watching huddersfield recently. where as last week the funds were not there, now they could be.
I think they were there the other week because they knew this new deal was all but signed and had been given the go ahead. No-one seems to have asked him about why they were all there though - I thought Dellor might have mentioned it last week - unless I missed that.
For me his comments just furthers the notion that everyone were not as focused on this match as they should have been, they were all thinking about signings and this and that, and most likely the players' heads were also elsewhere.
by Royal Lady » 21 Jan 2012 17:45
by floyd__streete » 21 Jan 2012 17:47
by FiNeRaIn » 21 Jan 2012 17:49
RoyalBlue For a long time some of us have been saying that we can't keep selling our best players and that if we did we would only go one way.
The Madjeski followers jumped on us, accused us of high treason and told us we were completely wrong.
Well guess what - freed of the shackles, McDermott has just spoken out. Amongst the things he said were:
'You can't keep selling your best players. If you do, you will only go in one direction.'
'All I ever wanted was to be allowed to keep my best players.'
'I am sure that if we had been in a position to keep Shane Long last year, he would have stayed because of my relationship with him and if Shane Long had still been with us, where do you think we would have been now.'
But, Brian, you must be wrong because the Madejski fan club have said so.
by Basingstoke-Royal » 21 Jan 2012 17:51
by tomrfcurz » 21 Jan 2012 17:52
Royal Lady When did he say it was a positive for the club? He gave very little away - didn't even want to admit he'd met them and where or what nationality they were. He could have said that he couldn't talk about the minutiae of the details as he wasn't aware of them himself, but he was looking forward to the next few months, with more investment blah blah blah. But he didn't.
by RoyalBlue » 21 Jan 2012 17:52
sandmanRoyalBluesandman Might have something to do with the match his team had just lost.
Oh yeah!
His team has lots plenty of times and produced a good number of equally p*ss poor performances but he's never said anything like this before. And if Madejski has only retained 49% he can't sack him for airing his frustrations.
LOL at BBC Radio Berks who think that because the new investors won't have 75% they don't control the club. True, they can't force Madejski to sell his balance of the shares but 51% is bigger than 49% and for a reason!
Oh yeah you're right his team's lost before so why would it bother him?
by winchester_royal » 21 Jan 2012 17:54
Royal Lady When did he say it was a positive for the club? He gave very little away - didn't even want to admit he'd met them and where or what nationality they were. He could have said that he couldn't talk about the minutiae of the details as he wasn't aware of them himself, but he was looking forward to the next few months, with more investment blah blah blah. But he didn't.
by RoyalBlue » 21 Jan 2012 17:57
Richi Royal Thames Sports Investment Ltd, a newly-founded private investment company, are very pleased to have signed Heads of Agreement with Sir John Madejski on Friday to acquire a significant holding in Reading Football Club.
Our agreement is now subject to due diligence and the normal procedures from the Football League.
The transaction is due to complete in March 2012, but the Heads of Agreement, as agreed with Sir John Madejski, includes providing Reading Football Club with some limited funding now to enable Brian McDermott and Nick Hammond to strengthen the playing squad during this January transfer window. TSI have met with Brian, Nick and the club to begin this process.
TSI is also delighted that Sir John Madejski has agreed to remain Chairman of Reading Football Club until at least 2014, and to become Life President if and when he decides to step down.
TSI wishes to emphasise that Reading Football Club's management team will remain unchanged, as will the fundamental policies of the club, including prudent fiscal management. Since Sir John Madejski took over at Elm Park in 1991 this club has rightly earned a first class reputation, on and off the pitch. TSI value and respect the ethos and approach held by everyone associated with Reading - the Chairman, staff, players and supporters.
TSI's financial support aims to allow the club to retain its best players and acquire additional players as the football management team see fit. It will also enable the club to expand and further improve its successful Academy and scouting operations.
by Basingstoke-Royal » 21 Jan 2012 17:57
winchester_royall I think the Madejski interview will be more revealing, as would a Nicky Hammond one if Fordham can get his arse in gear.
by Big Ern » 21 Jan 2012 18:00
by paultheroyal » 21 Jan 2012 18:07
floyd__streete Tbh, if 'prudence' is Reading 0-1 Hull in an abysmally poor spectacle like that then give me investment any day of the week. These newbies might p*ss a bit of money up the wall and give us some exciting players worth watching and some entertainment value at last. If we can bring in some new players before the end of the window and boot out some of the absolute dross we see week-in week-out then it's a big IN from me.
by MmmMonsterMunch » 21 Jan 2012 18:07
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