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Re: Buyout

by Super Kevin Bremner! » 04 Jan 2014 09:31

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Homer

Hot Chocolate


Errrr, I think you'll find that Hot Chocolate is a British band while Homer is a Greek poet and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, you sexy thing.


As long as no one picks up that Steve Stone is English I'll be happy

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Re: Buyout

by SPARTA » 04 Jan 2014 10:57

multisync1830 Just makes me question the itk twitter if he can't even get the nationality right....


David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Ok, Omani name incorrect (source on the sauce!). My bad for not double checking. Omani is on Omani FA board but ISN'T Sk Kalifa, who is UAE. Lead of consortium is on the Omani FA board and is a Prince, not a Sheikh, unfortunately not sure on the name though.

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LOL.. it's almost like you are making this up

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Somewhat embarrassing having to backtrack but nope, I'm not.

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Re: Buyout

by Cypry » 04 Jan 2014 11:08

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multisync1830 Just makes me question the itk twitter if he can't even get the nationality right....


David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Ok, Omani name incorrect (source on the sauce!). My bad for not double checking. Omani is on Omani FA board but ISN'T Sk Kalifa, who is UAE. Lead of consortium is on the Omani FA board and is a Prince, not a Sheikh, unfortunately not sure on the name though.

Anton ‏@AZRulesRFC
LOL.. it's almost like you are making this up

David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Somewhat embarrassing having to backtrack but nope, I'm not.


Could be this guy then - President of Oman FA and a name not so dissimilar to the incorrect UAE one - Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi

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Re: Buyout

by SPARTA » 04 Jan 2014 11:22

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multisync1830 Just makes me question the itk twitter if he can't even get the nationality right....


David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Ok, Omani name incorrect (source on the sauce!). My bad for not double checking. Omani is on Omani FA board but ISN'T Sk Kalifa, who is UAE. Lead of consortium is on the Omani FA board and is a Prince, not a Sheikh, unfortunately not sure on the name though.

Anton ‏@AZRulesRFC
LOL.. it's almost like you are making this up

David Harris ‏@Handbags82
Somewhat embarrassing having to backtrack but nope, I'm not.


Could be this guy then - President of Oman FA and a name not so dissimilar to the incorrect UAE one - Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi


Adds up.

Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi was born in 1960 in Muscat, Oman and is the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the rank of minister [1] in the Sultanate of Oman.[2] Sayyid Badr has represented Oman in regional and international meetings, which include the United Nations.[3]

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Re: Buyout

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Re: Buyout

by ZacNaloen » 04 Jan 2014 11:47

He's also head of their version of the BBC from what I can gather. Or a very very similar name is.

Busy guy.


Not convinced.

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Re: Buyout

by Norfolk Royal » 04 Jan 2014 11:51

http://www.skh.om/en/profile/

Not sure if that link works but the clue is that he got an MBA from Henley College. This means when he takes over there will be a back story about when he studied at Henley he used to stalk the South Bank in his Doc Martens and fell in love with the place.

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Re: Buyout

by ZacNaloen » 04 Jan 2014 11:56

Got his first degree in Oxford (brooks I bet)

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Re: Buyout

by Norfolk Royal » 04 Jan 2014 11:59

ZacNaloen He's also head of their version of the BBC from what I can gather. Or a very very similar name is.

Busy guy.


Not convinced.


Omani TV simply has a presenter reading out the various members of the Royal Family's engagements that day in my experience. Amazing scenes.


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Re: Buyout

by ZacNaloen » 04 Jan 2014 12:00

That is amazing :lol:

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Re: Buyout

by Harpers So Solid Crew » 04 Jan 2014 12:07

Dick Habbin's hairdo
Super Kevin Bremner! In light of this new information, here is a list of Anerican people:


Homer

Hot Chocolate


Errrr, I think you'll find that Hot Chocolate is a British band while Homer is a Greek poet and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, you sexy thing.


Odyssey are native New Yorkers so it must be them.

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Re: Buyout

by Ian Royal » 04 Jan 2014 13:27

So is this the fourth or fifth arab named who's definitely the one buying us? And I make it two or three yanks too. ITK :lol:

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Re: Buyout

by Badger Finger » 04 Jan 2014 13:29

Whoever it is, I welcome our new mega rich $ wielding overlords


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Re: Buyout

by Uke » 04 Jan 2014 13:41

What no one has mentioned is that this is really the first time ownership may change completely for 23 years or more.

With the TSI era SJM remained integral to the organisation, so there was minimal change.

He's unlikely to remain around as long this time.

Big changes ahead, I expect the fickles on here to be looking back nostalgically to these days of openness and community in a couple of years

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Re: Buyout

by Lacoste » 04 Jan 2014 14:07

One thing that concerns me is that Madejski was waiting for years for an owner with deep pockets to come along, and now they're coming along like buses.

Is he so desperate to sell that he has lowered his standards?

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Re: Buyout

by winchester_royal » 04 Jan 2014 14:14

I suspect that the likes of Samuelson has brought in a fair few more contacts that would have been available to the club before TSI came in, and also the moves the club have recently made to expand their international presence may also have helped.

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Re: Buyout

by SPARTA » 04 Jan 2014 14:18

Lacoste One thing that concerns me is that Madejski was waiting for years for an owner with deep pockets to come along, and now they're coming along like buses.

Is he so desperate to sell that he has lowered his standards?


There has been interest in the past, most notibly from Carson Yeung when we first won promotion to the Premier League, but Madejski obviously felt none were suitable (and thank god he turned Yeung down!). The problem now is that he can't afford to run the club any more, and sadly that means he has to take a chance on a new owner. It's a murky world we're in now. Now we just have to hope for the best!

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Re: Buyout

by Scutterbucketz » 04 Jan 2014 14:26

Come on Omai's, just so our female supporters can sing;

"Omani, Omani
Rub your beard all over my fanny

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Re: Buyout

by SPARTA » 04 Jan 2014 14:31

Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi was here in June 2013.

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Re: Buyout

by Barry the bird boggler » 04 Jan 2014 14:48

Yay AFC Reading here we come. Ground share at Scours Lane anyone?

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