Apparently they were interested in buying us first, but their mates told them to buy Wigan, Blackpool or Southend and they bowed down to pier group pressure.
Hmm... Hong Kong based. If you go to the away game, you might not want to buy a hot dog.
Why am I totally, totally unsurprised that someone would make some sort of racially-charged somewhat stereotypical "joke", whenever investors from the Far East are reportedly interested in a football club?
I don't think you get the joke, @PaddyP17 . You see, in China, or Korea - one of those sort of countries over that way, anyway - they apparently eat dogs. Ha ha ha! Dogs!
Eating dog is illegal in Hong Kong, but don't let that get in the way of some casual racism.
It's not even very popular at all within China, are you also aware Korea is a totally different country to China? It's like saying lolololol all those frenchies and brits eating frogs lolollo.
Hmm... Hong Kong based. If you go to the away game, you might not want to buy a hot dog.
Why am I totally, totally unsurprised that someone would make some sort of racially-charged somewhat stereotypical "joke", whenever investors from the Far East are reportedly interested in a football club?
I don't think you get the joke, @PaddyP17 . You see, in China, or Korea - one of those sort of countries over that way, anyway - they apparently eat dogs. Ha ha ha! Dogs!
Eating dog is illegal in Hong Kong, but don't let that get in the way of some casual racism.
It's not even very popular at all within China, are you also aware Korea is a totally different country to China? It's like saying lolololol all those frenchies and brits eating frogs lolollo.
Sad.
If that's directed at my post, I think you may have missed its intent. We're very much in agreement here.
Hmm... Hong Kong based. If you go to the away game, you might not want to buy a hot dog.
Why am I totally, totally unsurprised that someone would make some sort of racially-charged somewhat stereotypical "joke", whenever investors from the Far East are reportedly interested in a football club?
I don't think you get the joke, @PaddyP17 . You see, in China, or Korea - one of those sort of countries over that way, anyway - they apparently eat dogs. Ha ha ha! Dogs!
Eating dog is illegal in Hong Kong, but don't let that get in the way of some casual racism.
It's not even very popular at all within China, are you also aware Korea is a totally different country to China? It's like saying lolololol all those frenchies and brits eating frogs lolollo.
Sad.
I think (and I may be wrong) @Gillis was making this same point as you, just sarcastically. Your point stands on the original post though. No need and ridiculous.
Anyway
20m is cheap for decent infrastructure etc, however the team investment required to go up twice will be massive. Wigan struggled with attendances even in the prem, I’m not sure this is a great deal.
I do wonder how much due diligence is being undertaken.
Hmm... Hong Kong based. If you go to the away game, you might not want to buy a hot dog.
Why am I totally, totally unsurprised that someone would make some sort of racially-charged somewhat stereotypical "joke", whenever investors from the Far East are reportedly interested in a football club?
I don't think you get the joke, @PaddyP17 . You see, in China, or Korea - one of those sort of countries over that way, anyway - they apparently eat dogs. Ha ha ha! Dogs!
Eating dog is illegal in Hong Kong, but don't let that get in the way of some casual racism.
It's not even very popular at all within China, are you also aware Korea is a totally different country to China? It's like saying lolololol all those frenchies and brits eating frogs lolollo.
Sad.
I think (and I may be wrong) @Gillis was making this same point as you, just sarcastically. Your point stands on the original post though. No need and ridiculous.
Anyway
20m is cheap for decent infrastructure etc, however the team investment required to go up twice will be massive. Wigan struggled with attendances even in the prem, I’m not sure this is a great deal.
I do wonder how much due diligence is being undertaken.
You're not wrong, @Super_Eddie_Youds . I accept this is maybe not the best medium for that kind of irony. It doesn't always work in writing.
It does sound cheap. Is there a pressing need to offload it ? This could be an indication that Wigan are not going to be the promotion threat their early form is promising
@Super_Eddie_Youds "I do wonder how much due diligence is being undertaken."
You are speaking about due diligence for the buyer, I suppose.
I would be more worried about who is doing due diligence on the buyer. And we all know how much of that will be carried out.
Quite right, though I don’t know anything about the buyer to be honest, so can’t comment on DD the other way, but we know the EFL think the fit and proper persons test is, well, fit and proper.
Isn't the problem with a headline price of £20M that they may also be taking on debt of unknown size (to us) and is therefore making comparisons useless ?
The other factor is that Dave Whelan may be willing to reduce the price for the right owner, prepared to invest. It's not as if he wants to make a profit out of the deal
Hmm... Hong Kong based. If you go to the away game, you might not want to buy a hot dog.
Why am I totally, totally unsurprised that someone would make some sort of racially-charged somewhat stereotypical "joke", whenever investors from the Far East are reportedly interested in a football club?
I don't think you get the joke, @PaddyP17 . You see, in China, or Korea - one of those sort of countries over that way, anyway - they apparently eat dogs. Ha ha ha! Dogs!
Eating dog is illegal in Hong Kong, but don't let that get in the way of some casual racism.
It's not even very popular at all within China, are you also aware Korea is a totally different country to China? It's like saying lolololol all those frenchies and brits eating frogs lolollo.
Sad.
I think (and I may be wrong) @Gillis was making this same point as you, just sarcastically. Your point stands on the original post though. No need and ridiculous.
Anyway
20m is cheap for decent infrastructure etc, however the team investment required to go up twice will be massive. Wigan struggled with attendances even in the prem, I’m not sure this is a great deal.
I do wonder how much due diligence is being undertaken.
You're not wrong, @Super_Eddie_Youds . I accept this is maybe not the best medium for that kind of irony. It doesn't always work in writing.
Roland Duchatelet has a distinct category for the Chinese. He talked of 'foreigners' or even 'Chinese', as if being Chinese makes a person even more alien that foreigners seem to be to some people. To emphasise that if you are a Chinese person, and in this case a Chinese person acquiring a football club, you will make hot dogs out of real dogs (something a lot of non foreigners here would find gross) is a way of putting a race down by establishing an unpleasant connection. Under the guise of humour and being a bit of fun. As well as being funny to some people it is offensive to others, many more others I would suggest. The reason being that at heart individual people are demonised for no good reason than to make the fucking racists feel better about their own miserable selves.
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HAHAHAHA IT'S FUNNY COS IT'S SORT OF TRUE, MUCH LIKE HOW ALL BLACK PEOPLE MUST ENJOY FRIED CHICKEN AND HIP HOP
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Yeah. Not so funny now, is it?
I am so fucking tired of these attitudes persisting in football.
It's not even very popular at all within China, are you also aware Korea is a totally different country to China? It's like saying lolololol all those frenchies and brits eating frogs lolollo.
Sad.
Anyway
20m is cheap for decent infrastructure etc, however the team investment required to go up twice will be massive. Wigan struggled with attendances even in the prem, I’m not sure this is a great deal.
I do wonder how much due diligence is being undertaken.
You are speaking about due diligence for the buyer, I suppose.
I would be more worried about who is doing due diligence on the buyer. And we all know how much of that will be carried out.
To emphasise that if you are a Chinese person, and in this case a Chinese person acquiring a football club, you will make hot dogs out of real dogs (something a lot of non foreigners here would find gross) is a way of putting a race down by establishing an unpleasant connection.
Under the guise of humour and being a bit of fun.
As well as being funny to some people it is offensive to others, many more others I would suggest. The reason being that at heart individual people are demonised for no good reason than to make the fucking racists feel better about their own miserable selves.