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Post by peterpirate on Sept 24, 2015 20:19:55 GMT
This thread is boring now,could be this could be that? He isn't selling unless healed a big profit the greedy git
The uwe would be his jackpot,could sell for big bucks then and he wouldn't give a sh** who too
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2015 20:24:47 GMT
Getting Rid of GD for starters  He didn't Geoff left for health reasons Yes, Higgs was making him feel sick as well as his physical health issues. Good to see him looking well at Plymouth last Saturday. |
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Post by I Voted For Kodos on Sept 24, 2015 21:29:55 GMT
A round up of this extremely long, record-breaking, ground-breaking, possibly meaningless, possible meaningful, but definitely super super super long thread (part 1)
So, for some reason I went back through this thread to try and sum up the progress (if any) of this thread in the last week. I was inspired by an article I read a while ago about someone who forced themselves to watch a Marvel marathon without allowing himself to leave the theatre. Here are my hopefully informative, occasionally humourous findings:
Page 1: Where it all began. Gasincider posts news of a consortium planning to buy Rovers with plans to develop the UWE site. Cue a rush to ask for a source to the information.
Page 2: The first suggestion, from holmes, that this thread may end up about nothing. Lots of posters wondering why they haven’t seen it mentioned on twitter.
Page 3: The name Jed York is mentioned. Cue some Yankee Rovers humour. First mention that the tweet in question was from the FFSC twitter account. The plot thickens…
Page 4: JTS breaks cover and reveals what he knows. Basically backs up what Gasinciders says but adds that he has chosen to go public, in order to speed the process up and let the fans know.
Page 5: Several posters thank JTS, while the forum begins to wonder what this means for Higgs. The knives are being sharpened by some…
Page 6: Discussion on plans B and C. Noel Edmonds the latest name mentioned, JTS replies No Deal.
Page 7: Ghostofroscoe turns the discussion highbrow with a discourse on Latin, then back into speculation by naming Hugo as behind the mystery consortium.
Page 8: A bizarre confrontation between fanboy and royalblue leads to the shocking revelation that fanboy is JTS’s son. *Eastenders music*. royalblue has since deleted his account.
Page 9: Not much. Talk of cloak and dagger, smoke and mirrors. Even baggins admits it’s all a bit odd.
Page 10: Queries on who will look silly come the end of all this and how the Post might cover it. In between Dr Gas and severncider have a nice conversation about severncider’s holiday.
Page 11: Lordjusticegashead comes in all guns blazing. Antonio fargas lulls him into a reasonable discussion while JTS says he will live or die by his decision to go public. Seems like death may be a bit extreme.
Page 12: Kevin Spencer’s name first mentioned albeit in a hypothetical context. Lots of use of ITK, JTS hits back with a few well-placed UTGs- they’re super effective, before all out acronym takeover by amongst others BoD, UWE, NH and BP
Page 13: Meanwhile somewhere far far away, a game of football breaks out. Unlike Xmas 1914, no ceasefire is called and posting continues pretty much regardless. James Mcnamara’s tweets enter the ring, but it turns out they don’t actually say anything meaningful.
Page 14: Neil Warnock becomes the latest name mentioned, its like a pre-season transfer thread with this amount of speculation. Amongst all of this baggins is becoming the forum’s voice of reason.
Page 15: From Ol’ Dirty Gashead: My sources told me the rest of the consortium involves The Kray twins, Kim Jong Um, Charlie Sheen and the Devil himself. Arguably one of the more sensible comments on this page.
Page 16: Gastoenteritis begins to question JTS and ITK posters in general. Baggins returns to his usual self with a well timed flask anecdote. GGMI makes his first post, having somehow waited 16 pages to have his say, to defend JTS.
Page 17: Posters are urged to calm down and it generally does for a while on Monday morning. Gasheadbatesy quotes Katy Perry and the thread heats up again…
Page 18: Into a discussion on Lego and whether the stadium could be built using it. Common consensus is no, but Newton Abbot Gas points out we could utilise the Beard in this area. Lordjusticegashead launches into a spiel that SL is going to buy Rovers as a City development team. After a couple get away, tbonegas falls hook, line and sinker.
Page 19: LJG sticks with his story, but can’t reveal any more.
Page 20: LJG sticks with his story. Other posters talk about Higg’s vision for the club and possible valuations.
Page 21: LJG sticks with his story. Oldgas says that since nothing has surfaced yet, it must be a wind-up. I guess that means we can call an end to this thread. Oh ,wait we’re only halfway through.
tl;dr There may or may not be a consortium trying to buy Rovers. Nick Higgs may or may not have rebuffed them. The UWE may or may not be going ahead.
Part 2 coming shortly...
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Post by I Voted For Kodos on Sept 24, 2015 21:36:33 GMT
A round up of this extremely long, record-breaking, ground-breaking, possibly meaningless, possible meaningful, but definitely super super super long thread (part 2)
A continuation of my travel through the pages and pages that are this thread.
Page 22: LJG sticks to his story. Posters getting bored of it by now, LJG plays innocent but gets short shrift. Vital Gas have picked up the story now.
Page 23: Talk on whether Nick Higgs wants his money back or not and whether he should or not. Forum picks up on the tantalising nugget from Vital Gas that the consortium is ‘Birmingham based’.
Page 24: The first suggestion, from Kippo, that this thread is too damn long. At ~ 460 replies only the How tall is the Beard and the Dover match thread are longer at this point. Topper has another guess, this time going for Mike Turl. Gasincider call it a miss. Topper yet to hit a single Battleship.
Page 25: My browser plays up and I see every post on this page repeated. I get halfway down before noticing it such is the repetitiveness of this thread. Maybe Dante’s tenth circle is actually this thread? No common thread on this page; Higgs, Birmingham, debts, gate receipts and a pig’s head all receive some mention. Obviously the pig’s head is courtesy of baggins.
Page 26: Antonio suggests that one of the club’s assets are the fans. Initial ridicule, but then more balanced discussion. Are we an asset? If there was some way to turn posts on this thread into gold coins, then yes. Meanwhile, Gashead Gaz really wants to know why Nick Higgs’ position has now become untenable.
Page 27: So should Higgs walk away? This page looks back over events of his tenure to more recent dealings. Does that matter, only you can decide!
Page 28: Attention turns to what it would take for Higgs to leave. What kind of money would be needed, could he wait to receive it other a number of years? Also, what happen to the Mem?
Page 29: Lots of flirting between baggins and nobbygas take up most of the page.
Page 30: Frustrations starting to emerge. Anger aimed at Higgs and at the consortium rumours.
Page 31: Otleygas posts a ‘bit of light reading’ on how to value a football club. This ‘light reading’ is 32 pages long, ironically only one page longer than this thread at the time. Talk on our training ground as a potential asset.
Page 32: Pucklegas tries some football chat by suggesting Lucas get more time on Saturday. He is ignored. Gashead Gaz amused by the idea of 32 pages of this thread. We’ve a long way to go yet Gaz. Discussion moves onto whether by keeping silent, Higgs is confirming that there is a consortium.
Page 33: Evening Post article doesn’t not deny the rumours- if that makes sense. Is Nick Higgs angered, or if the story is false, is he not not angered?
Page 34: Peterpirate suggest Roman Abramovich, the first wild guess for a few pages.
Page 35: HugoThe Elder returns, assumes that he is so well known, so he now goes by just hugo. The rest of the page concerns the changing levels of debt during the Nick Higgs years at the club.
Page 36: After some tetchy posts concerning his perceived defence of Higgs, Gashead Gaz goes on the offensive threatening to kick the ass of gashead79.
Page 37: Blackthorngas suggests that nothing new has been said since the first page. Sadly, this is mostly true. Kevin Spencer gets brought up again, but the forum moves onto whether Nick Higgs is reading this thread. Well, if he is in need of something to get him to sleep, I can’t recommend it enough.
Page 38: JTS puts his hands up again as being the originator of this story. But is that enough, who fed the information to JTS in the first place? We are too far down the road to worry about that now. Twertonkid worries that the thread has recently been clogged up with absolute nonsense. Bit late for that, it’s been mainly nonsense since page 1.
Page 39: News is posted that planning permission on the UWE may expire in January. Parrot assures us we can build a manhole instead. I know Plan B was to downsize, but surely that’s a bit extreme.
Page 40: Discussion on the value of discussing the actions of Higgs and the board. Padstow predicts that this could go on for months; it feels like this thread has been going for months already.
Page 41: Baggins and ghostofroscoe debate the um, ‘attributes’ of Karren Brady. Lavalamp suggest that this may be just one of three consortiums involved. Three! Will we need two more 40 page threads for these consortiums as well?
Page 42: Peterpirate is now bored.
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Post by RD on Sept 24, 2015 21:36:40 GMT
A round up of this extremely long, record-breaking, ground-breaking, possibly meaningless, possible meaningful, but definitely super super super long thread (part 1)So, for some reason I went back through this thread to try and sum up the progress (if any) of this thread in the last week. I was inspired by an article I read a while ago about someone who forced themselves to watch a Marvel marathon without allowing himself to leave the theatre. Here are my hopefully informative, occasionally humourous findings: Page 1: Where it all began. Gasincider posts news of a consortium planning to buy Rovers with plans to develop the UWE site. Cue a rush to ask for a source to the information. Page 2: The first suggestion, from holmes, that this thread may end up about nothing. Lots of posters wondering why they haven’t seen it mentioned on twitter. Page 3: The name Jed York is mentioned. Cue some Yankee Rovers humour. First mention that the tweet in question was from the FFSC twitter account. The plot thickens… Page 4: JTS breaks cover and reveals what he knows. Basically backs up what Gasinciders says but adds that he has chosen to go public, in order to speed the process up and let the fans know. Page 5: Several posters thank JTS, while the forum begins to wonder what this means for Higgs. The knives are being sharpened by some… Page 6: Discussion on plans B and C. Noel Edmonds the latest name mentioned, JTS replies No Deal. Page 7: Ghostofroscoe turns the discussion highbrow with a discourse on Latin, then back into speculation by naming Hugo as behind the mystery consortium. Page 8: A bizarre confrontation between fanboy and royalblue leads to the shocking revelation that fanboy is JTS’s son. *Eastenders music*. royalblue has since deleted his account. Page 9: Not much. Talk of cloak and dagger, smoke and mirrors. Even baggins admits it’s all a bit odd. Page 10: Queries on who will look silly come the end of all this and how the Post might cover it. In between Dr Gas and severncider have a nice conversation about severncider’s holiday. Page 11: Lordjusticegashead comes in all guns blazing. Antonio fargas lulls him into a reasonable discussion while JTS says he will live or die by his decision to go public. Seems like death may be a bit extreme. Page 12: Kevin Spencer’s name first mentioned albeit in a hypothetical context. Lots of use of ITK, JTS hits back with a few well-placed UTGs- they’re super effective, before all out acronym takeover by amongst others BoD, UWE, NH and BP Page 13: Meanwhile somewhere far far away, a game of football breaks out. Unlike Xmas 1914, no ceasefire is called and posting continues pretty much regardless. James Mcnamara’s tweets enter the ring, but it turns out they don’t actually say anything meaningful. Page 14: Neil Warnock becomes the latest name mentioned, its like a pre-season transfer thread with this amount of speculation. Amongst all of this baggins is becoming the forum’s voice of reason. Page 15: From Ol’ Dirty Gashead: My sources told me the rest of the consortium involves The Kray twins, Kim Jong Um, Charlie Sheen and the Devil himself. Arguably one of the more sensible comments on this page. Page 16: Gastoenteritis begins to question JTS and ITK posters in general. Baggins returns to his usual self with a well timed flask anecdote. GGMI makes his first post, having somehow waited 16 pages to have his say, to defend JTS. Page 17: Posters are urged to calm down and it generally does for a while on Monday morning. Gasheadbatesy quotes Katy Perry and the thread heats up again… Page 18: Into a discussion on Lego and whether the stadium could be built using it. Common consensus is no, but Newton Abbot Gas points out we could utilise the Beard in this area. Lordjusticegashead launches into a spiel that SL is going to buy Rovers as a City development team. After a couple get away, tbonegas falls hook, line and sinker. Page 19: LJG sticks with his story, but can’t reveal any more. Page 20: LJG sticks with his story. Other posters talk about Higg’s vision for the club and possible valuations. Page 21: LJG sticks with his story. Oldgas says that since nothing has surfaced yet, it must be a wind-up. I guess that means we can call an end to this thread. Oh ,wait we’re only halfway through. tl;dr There may or may not be a consortium trying to buy Rovers. Nick Higgs may or may not have rebuffed them. The UWE may or may not be going ahead. Part 2 coming shortly... Aside from the fact you clearly have too much time on your hands this evening, I take my hat off to you - that is fantastic!  |
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Post by croscombegas on Sept 24, 2015 22:01:26 GMT
A round up of this extremely long, record-breaking, ground-breaking, possibly meaningless, possible meaningful, but definitely super super super long thread (part 1)So, for some reason I went back through this thread to try and sum up the progress (if any) of this thread in the last week. I was inspired by an article I read a while ago about someone who forced themselves to watch a Marvel marathon without allowing himself to leave the theatre. Here are my hopefully informative, occasionally humourous findings: Page 1: Where it all began. Gasincider posts news of a consortium planning to buy Rovers with plans to develop the UWE site. Cue a rush to ask for a source to the information. Page 2: The first suggestion, from holmes, that this thread may end up about nothing. Lots of posters wondering why they haven’t seen it mentioned on twitter. Page 3: The name Jed York is mentioned. Cue some Yankee Rovers humour. First mention that the tweet in question was from the FFSC twitter account. The plot thickens… Page 4: JTS breaks cover and reveals what he knows. Basically backs up what Gasinciders says but adds that he has chosen to go public, in order to speed the process up and let the fans know. Page 5: Several posters thank JTS, while the forum begins to wonder what this means for Higgs. The knives are being sharpened by some… Page 6: Discussion on plans B and C. Noel Edmonds the latest name mentioned, JTS replies No Deal. Page 7: Ghostofroscoe turns the discussion highbrow with a discourse on Latin, then back into speculation by naming Hugo as behind the mystery consortium. Page 8: A bizarre confrontation between fanboy and royalblue leads to the shocking revelation that fanboy is JTS’s son. *Eastenders music*. royalblue has since deleted his account. Page 9: Not much. Talk of cloak and dagger, smoke and mirrors. Even baggins admits it’s all a bit odd. Page 10: Queries on who will look silly come the end of all this and how the Post might cover it. In between Dr Gas and severncider have a nice conversation about severncider’s holiday. Page 11: Lordjusticegashead comes in all guns blazing. Antonio fargas lulls him into a reasonable discussion while JTS says he will live or die by his decision to go public. Seems like death may be a bit extreme. Page 12: Kevin Spencer’s name first mentioned albeit in a hypothetical context. Lots of use of ITK, JTS hits back with a few well-placed UTGs- they’re super effective, before all out acronym takeover by amongst others BoD, UWE, NH and BP Page 13: Meanwhile somewhere far far away, a game of football breaks out. Unlike Xmas 1914, no ceasefire is called and posting continues pretty much regardless. James Mcnamara’s tweets enter the ring, but it turns out they don’t actually say anything meaningful. Page 14: Neil Warnock becomes the latest name mentioned, its like a pre-season transfer thread with this amount of speculation. Amongst all of this baggins is becoming the forum’s voice of reason. Page 15: From Ol’ Dirty Gashead: My sources told me the rest of the consortium involves The Kray twins, Kim Jong Um, Charlie Sheen and the Devil himself. Arguably one of the more sensible comments on this page. Page 16: Gastoenteritis begins to question JTS and ITK posters in general. Baggins returns to his usual self with a well timed flask anecdote. GGMI makes his first post, having somehow waited 16 pages to have his say, to defend JTS. Page 17: Posters are urged to calm down and it generally does for a while on Monday morning. Gasheadbatesy quotes Katy Perry and the thread heats up again… Page 18: Into a discussion on Lego and whether the stadium could be built using it. Common consensus is no, but Newton Abbot Gas points out we could utilise the Beard in this area. Lordjusticegashead launches into a spiel that SL is going to buy Rovers as a City development team. After a couple get away, tbonegas falls hook, line and sinker. Page 19: LJG sticks with his story, but can’t reveal any more. Page 20: LJG sticks with his story. Other posters talk about Higg’s vision for the club and possible valuations. Page 21: LJG sticks with his story. Oldgas says that since nothing has surfaced yet, it must be a wind-up. I guess that means we can call an end to this thread. Oh ,wait we’re only halfway through. tl;dr There may or may not be a consortium trying to buy Rovers. Nick Higgs may or may not have rebuffed them. The UWE may or may not be going ahead. Part 2 coming shortly... Absolutely fantastic piece of work both parts I take my hat of to you Sir |
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Post by Severncider on Sept 24, 2015 22:12:32 GMT
What if NH does not want to accept ANY offer, no matter how much.
Perhaps he likes the power of being chairman or wants to claim the credit for UWE and not let someone else build it and claim the credit.
Just surmising.
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Post by lulworthgas on Sept 24, 2015 23:33:30 GMT
Page 42. Unigas proves two things. 1, that he is a legend with his amazing post
2, that he's going to fail his degree spending all his time rereading 42 page threads.
Ps, did jts know that he was fanboys dad? I can't be bothered to look back and find out!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2015 3:42:55 GMT
Brilliant work I Voted For Kodos - rather daring of you to cast JTS as Max Branning on Page 8!  |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Sept 25, 2015 5:07:43 GMT
I Voted For Kodos is a legend. 2 of the longest posts ever made on gaschat and we are all still none the wiser!
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Post by fanboy on Sept 25, 2015 5:56:26 GMT
Page 42. Unigas proves two things. 1, that he is a legend with his amazing post 2, that he's going to fail his degree spending all his time rereading 42 page threads. Ps, did jts know that he was fanboys dad? I can't be bothered to look back and find out! Fortunately he was aware prior to this thread. That would have been quite an unveiling if not! |
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Post by Jon the Stripe on Sept 25, 2015 5:58:49 GMT
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Post by newmarketgas on Sept 25, 2015 6:05:00 GMT
Cup of tea anyone ? It's time to sit down and hold our collective heads in our hands and just sigh.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2015 6:29:08 GMT
Unigas! Haha. That is class.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2015 6:54:55 GMT
"Ps, did jts know that he was fanboys dad?" - I'm looking forward to the pair of them appearing on Jeremy Kyle. I will be sat on the edge of my sofa when the DNA test results are read out.
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Post by buckrippers on Sept 25, 2015 7:23:34 GMT
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 25, 2015 7:46:32 GMT
BR have you been to a game at the Mem this season? To suggest anything can be worse then watching us getting the run around by the mighty Accrington in a delapited Mem, after spending a season in non-league football whilst running up debts we can't afford to repay, will surely take some beating whoever replaces NH?
Logic suggests if the consortium are really prepared to spend £40m building the UWE they are going to want some return on their investment, which they'll only get if the team on the pitch performs.
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Post by justin blue on Sept 25, 2015 8:21:00 GMT
Good article BR. Maybe we are so desperate for change that we'll grasp at anything ignoring the possible pitfalls. |
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Post by buckrippers on Sept 25, 2015 8:27:35 GMT
BR have you been to a game at the Mem this season? To suggest anything can be worse then watching us getting the run around by the mighty Accrington in a delapited Mem, after spending a season in non-league football whilst running up debts we can't afford to repay, will surely take some beating whoever replaces NH? Logic suggests if the consortium are really prepared to spend £40m building the UWE they are going to want some return on their investment, which they'll only get if the team on the pitch performs. Topper we all know it is far from perfect but we've got to be wary of asset strippers who come in with entirely the wrong reasons for owning a football club. That's all I am saying. I haven't been to the Mem this season but I doubt it is any different to two seasons ago when I saw us lose 1-0 at home to Accrington in a dilapidated stadium playing rubbish football. Or the year before when we lost at home to Accrington 1-0 playing rubbish football in a dilapidated stadium. If this consortium does exist then I suspect that old chestnut "proof of funds" has prevented any deal going through. Mr Higgs, for all his faults, can hardly be accused of asset stripping. Yes, he was hoping to clear his debts and no doubt make a decent profit from the UWE but no one could ever accuse him or the other directors of selling off our best players and other assets in order to turn a profit. If that was the case we would be languishing in the Conference still with a bunch of 18-year-old trainees and non-league journeymen wearing the quarters. |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Sept 25, 2015 8:33:15 GMT
BR have you been to a game at the Mem this season? To suggest anything can be worse then watching us getting the run around by the mighty Accrington in a delapited Mem, after spending a season in non-league football whilst running up debts we can't afford to repay, will surely take some beating whoever replaces NH? Logic suggests if the consortium are really prepared to spend £40m building the UWE they are going to want some return on their investment, which they'll only get if the team on the pitch performs. Topper we all know it is far from perfect but we've got to be wary of asset strippers who come in with entirely the wrong reasons for owning a football club. That's all I am saying. I haven't been to the Mem this season but I doubt it is any different to two seasons ago when I saw us lose 1-0 at home to Accrington in a dilapidated stadium playing rubbish football. Or the year before when we lost at home to Accrington 1-0 playing rubbish football in a dilapidated stadium. If this consortium does exist then I suspect that old chestnut "proof of funds" has prevented any deal going through. Mr Higgs, for all his faults, can hardly be accused of asset stripping. Yes, he was hoping to clear his debts and no doubt make a decent profit from the UWE but no one could ever accuse him or the other directors of selling off our best players and other assets in order to turn a profit. If that was the case we would be languishing in the Conference still with a bunch of 18-year-old trainees and non-league journeymen wearing the quarters. Wouldn't selling the Mem in return for paying off debts (you yourself had incurred) so you can walk away, in return for a small share in a ground we would then have to pay rent on qualify as asset stripping? |
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