severnside gull
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- Thread starter Deportivo Seagull
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- Aug 8, 2005
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Or put another way, Dick Knight wouldn't let him get control until he had no choice, because Dick Knight is a control freak. If the banks had come through for him, I suspect Tony Bloom would have had to have waited a little bit longer.
Bottom line Lord B is that Tony Bloom is a serious player with serious money and whilst Dick did a great job he is small fry and could never take the club to the level that Tony will.
NMH
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Look - before anyone gets any more derisory about Dick Knight - he jumped to save the club taking the reins from the real enemies.
No-one else carries that distinction.
He had the Bloom family on his side, and thankfully otherwise the begging bowl may have needed to have been passed a few times.
MANY factors coincided to keep us in business, and maintain a decent playing profile (justabout). Push came to shove and we sol Zamora, we got money for Barry, we won a 'Coca Cola' player thanks to one fan, we got away with not spending much and surviving in a borrowed track ground. All very shoestring, but DK had the right to remain at the helm.
When the financial crunch came at the very wrong time, after a long rocky road to getting approved for Falmer - DK couldn't do anything about that and it was over for him apart from maybe staying at Withdean which would mean losing money.
Maybe he wanted some restitution from this slog, and perhaps with good reason to expect some reward after all he'd done - but the options had slewed down to none at that point.
No way is a big moneyspinning businessman going to just say "here's 100million, do what you need to do" put in the hand of a bloke who's skint with no options - why would anyone do that? All due respect to Dick, but none of us would do it, we might say "I'll take over from here" and do the honour of giving DK an honourary chair in the boardroom, and that's what TB has done.
In the long run, karma shows the best option for us and the club. No need to get sordid or accusatory, no need to curl lips at anyone but the A/S/B scummers. Credit Dick and Tony, and let's get on with the real reason to be here please; Football.
No-one else carries that distinction.
He had the Bloom family on his side, and thankfully otherwise the begging bowl may have needed to have been passed a few times.
MANY factors coincided to keep us in business, and maintain a decent playing profile (justabout). Push came to shove and we sol Zamora, we got money for Barry, we won a 'Coca Cola' player thanks to one fan, we got away with not spending much and surviving in a borrowed track ground. All very shoestring, but DK had the right to remain at the helm.
When the financial crunch came at the very wrong time, after a long rocky road to getting approved for Falmer - DK couldn't do anything about that and it was over for him apart from maybe staying at Withdean which would mean losing money.
Maybe he wanted some restitution from this slog, and perhaps with good reason to expect some reward after all he'd done - but the options had slewed down to none at that point.
No way is a big moneyspinning businessman going to just say "here's 100million, do what you need to do" put in the hand of a bloke who's skint with no options - why would anyone do that? All due respect to Dick, but none of us would do it, we might say "I'll take over from here" and do the honour of giving DK an honourary chair in the boardroom, and that's what TB has done.
In the long run, karma shows the best option for us and the club. No need to get sordid or accusatory, no need to curl lips at anyone but the A/S/B scummers. Credit Dick and Tony, and let's get on with the real reason to be here please; Football.
severnside gull
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well done NMH 
Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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1. He was here for that, by that point he'd been bankrolling the club for a while. Pretty well known I thought?
2. He was here then too, that was the first time it became public knowledge about what say he had in running the club (disagreements with Knight over McGhee)
3. Dunno.
The fact is he's been the clubs main financial backer for a good five years, if not longer, and we have spent in that time. If we had only spent within the means of the club at Withdean, we'd probably have been lucky to saty in the league. But he wasn't running the club, Dick Knight was. Only when things were going quite wrong on the playing side and he had to fund the stadium did he step up and become the main man.
As for why he didn't spend even more, it could be seen as throwing good money after bad all the while we were at Withdean. Now, it's a different story, and with the huge increase in the club's income he may not even be spending much more of his own money than he already was.
Ecosse Exile
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Gradel, yes please, but i would imagine Leeds want a lot of money for him.
face in the crowd
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- Jan 20, 2006
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Garath McCleary of Forest could fit the discription
It was too good not to, have been looking for something Albion based to supercede the one of Ronnie Reinelt I have used for the last few years. Top work.
Fatboy Quim
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- Jan 27, 2005
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lovely stuff. thanks.
Deportivo Seagull
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Yes, the player I was refering too is indeed Paul Anderson, I can now mention him by name as it is in the public domain.
Nice lad who will fit in very well, hasd the attitude that Gus likes, a tea player who likes ball to feet with loads of movement. Exciting times!!
Forest supporting colleague thinks he's mustard, and will be very sad to see him go!
Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
I thought Gus always preferred a "coffee" player!!
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DIRK STEELE
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From football-rumours.... 13 Jul 2011 09:23:24
Paul Anderson linked in a shock move from Nottingham Forest to Brighton.
Paul Anderson linked in a shock move from Nottingham Forest to Brighton.