A Chelsea Fan, a Kop Hero?.... GET IN THERE MB!... i've got two different playlists ready to go pending on the decision

skysports_bryan

@ #LIV hearing. Broughton just told me his message to #LIV fans - "keep the faith"

Come on MB! Chance to become a Kop hero here if this all works out.

1.45pm: I've just had a quick chat with Owen Gibson, grabbing some lunch down at court, he says the essence of the court case this morning:

RBS: it is an open and shut case, that Broughton is empowered to make the decision. H&G were wrong to try to sack the board members.

Hicks and Gillett: there are three rival offers on the table - NESV, Meriton (Lim) and Mill Financial - and the board should compare these rival offers. A decision should not be rushed because all these offers should be considered.

I just cracked my seventh beer.

1.45pm: I've just had a quick chat with Owen Gibson, grabbing some lunch down at court, he says the essence of the court case this morning:

RBS: it is an open and shut case, that Broughton is empowered to make the decision. H&G were wrong to try to sack the board members.

Hicks and Gillett: there are three rival offers on the table - NESV, Meriton (Lim) and Mill Financial - and the board should compare these rival offers. A decision should not be rushed because all these offers should be considered.

From LFC:
From my understanding of these Hicks counter claims:

1) The "cancelled meeting" with Mill and the "letter from Meriton" are irrelevant because they relate to last Thursday and Friday respectively. A binding agreement had been made to accept the NESV previous to that. To suggest that wasn't understood is ludicrous given the media coverage last week.

2) The talk about a lack of communication and analysis of the bids seems highly hypocritical. We were told that Hicks put the phone down on Broughton last week when discussing the NESV bid. We also know that higher bids than this have been made for the club during Hicks tenure, and rejected by him. GG and TH themselves also won ownership despite not being the most lucrative offer on the table back in 2007.

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To add to this;
3. The offer accepted for 300m was smaller than no less than 4 rejected bids in the range of 350-480m from various parties in previous months which would have fallen under the same 'beneficial to the club' tag which Hicks and Gillet are trying to counter-claim with.

Ding ding ding.

Time is up.

I expect RBS to make a few statements, and the verdict to come within the hour.

I've read into it quite alot and about Glazers own investments and business back state side, but it'l take way too long to write and i fucking tired as it is

Good summation:

1.45pm: I've just had a quick chat with Owen Gibson, grabbing some lunch down at court, he says the essence of the court case this morning:

RBS: it is an open and shut case, that Broughton is empowered to make the decision. H&G were wrong to try to sack the board members.

Hicks and Gillett: there are three rival offers on the table - NESV, Meriton (Lim) and Mill Financial - and the board should compare these rival offers. A decision should not be rushed because all these offers should be considered.

It could happen, but I wouldn't say it is probable.

That said, I don't know a lot about it, besides the amount of debt.

every man united fan should take note with what's happened at liverpool, because it's probable that something similar will happen there in the next 3-4 years

Fuck this, I'm cracking a JD

Martin Broughton said during the week, "This isn't just about Gillet and Hicks, or the RBS and Liverpool, this is about all Football."

35 mins til we get rebuttals. I'm so nervous still.

And broughton.

Interested in the result, but have nothing to really put forward for discussion, I haven't followed this closely.

Key point remains - Hicks and Gillett breached contract with RBS

Funky's an eager observor but hasn't said anything... just thought id note that :)

Gotta say, I'm pretty good from the spot :P

I'm just trying to keep it all under control until it's sorted. Stressing doesn't help anything.

Maybe it's my years of performing as well... I'm used to being under pressure.

1.10pm: Over lunch we will try to analyse what has been argued this morning. And clear up who is actually bidding for Liverpool Football Club.

Contrary to earlier impressions, it would seem that Meriton and Mill Financial are not the same bidder. It is believed that Peter Lim and Meriton are, in fact, the same bidder. I have amended earlier copy to reflect this.

Mill Financial are understood to still be involved, but it is unclear in what capacity.

well i'd like you taking a penalty for my life if your not panicking or ready to be admitted

I have faith in MB and the board. Lets get this shit sorted, please.

I'm not panicking... think we're in a good position.

35mins...

This should be the reality of the matter. It should be stiched up pretty quickly.

+1.

no... Martin Broughton

And again

12.59pm: H&G's representative in court: "Claims Meriton wrote letter to Hicks and Gillett on Friday evening asking 'what was going on' regarding their takeover bid."

This is such an obvious set up!

So Mr Lim didn't know for three days that NESV's bid had been accepted when the rest of the world did? And when he found out on Friday afternoon, he wrote a letter to Hicks and Gillett instead of ringing them?

No chance. Hicks got in touch with him and told him to write a letter so he could use it in court.

From LFC

Didn't Broughton say that the meeting took place but Hicks and Gillett refused to take part in that meeting? This was the meeting before which Hicks attempted to sack Purslow and Ayre. If so, the claim that no meeting of the board took place rests entirely on the assumption that the removal of P and A was legitimate, therefore their meeting with Broughton did not constitute a board meeting. If the judge rules that the removal of P and A was illegitimate, then the meeting was a board meeting, and H&G were asked to take part but refused to.

jesus

The court is in recess.

Looks like we'll have to wait about an hour for the verdict now.

so about 10 past 12

thats lunch

just... this is horrible, this is just i don't know how to describe this, i remember Istanbul, i remember getting beat by Leeds when we were 3-0 up, i remember John Arne Riise against United, i remember Murphy, Steve Macmanaman, The Spice Boys, fuck i ever remember that Roy Evans, but fuck just don't let this happen, just don't