Magnoem Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Source (rough translation) In short - VR has bought 75% shares of a basketball club Žalgiris Kaunas. It's the most succesfull Lithuanian basketball club but had more than 20 million LT debts lately and was near bankrupt. Now VR is planning to invest 5 million. Btw Žalgiris is part of basketball's 'Old Firm' - along with Lietuvos Rytas they dominate the league completely and decide who wins among themselves. In contrast, FBK Kaunas has recently played first game in the third division of Lithuanian football... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Did they win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy T Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 he he he no comment, although there are so many coming to mind I look forward to the troops arriving to confirm how good an idea this is for us and how well spent this money is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 A dodgy tip off:err: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 i would venture that this exciting news will be seen as further proof that VR has "lost interest in hearts and football". using the word "proof" in it's loosest sense of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_Mywords Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 A year from now, Hearts will have a big, physical side. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 i would venture that this exciting news will be seen as further proof that VR has "lost interest in hearts and football". using the word "proof" in it's loosest sense of course. And I'll venture the "he's skint" angle, will continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 i would venture that this exciting news will be seen as further proof that VR has "lost interest in hearts and football". using the word "proof" in it's loosest sense of course. WTF is exciting about Romanov buying a basketball club?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 WTF is exciting about Romanov buying a basketball club?! nothing. i was playing fast and loose with the word "exciting". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny1874 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 VR is looking for an alternative profession for Beniusis. This was the best option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 A year from now, Hearts will have a big, physical side. . In your face!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrahim Tall Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 i would venture that this exciting news will be seen as further proof that VR has "lost interest in hearts and football". using the word "proof" in it's loosest sense of course. Lithuanian basketball is actually pretty good so his chances in that sport of building the "best team in Europe", would actually be semi-realistic atleast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wrong thread. I beg your pardon:qqb010: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 And I'll venture the "he's skint" angle, will continue. it's all smoke and mirrors innit? he's promised them a couple of harlem globetrotter signings you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Jose Goncalves for Zalgiris next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Lithuanian basketball is actually pretty good so his chances in that sport of building the "best team in Europe", would actually be semi-realistic atleast. maybe it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drylaw Hearts Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I predict a 'Basketball in Lithuania is corrupt statement' sometime soon from VR. I also predict we'll sign a 6ft 7" Centre Forward this summer. I wonder if Vakidis is available ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrahim Tall Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 maybe it was. Still is by European standards if nothing else, they lost narrowly to Spain in the Olympic semi's and finished 3rd in the European Championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makateer Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Can any of them play as a striker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gorgie kev Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Stinkfinger Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I cant say i'm too impressed with the team colours. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrahim Tall Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 ?algiris the basketball team anything to do with ?algiris Vilnius? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Zalgiris is the Lithuanian name of a famous battle victory over the Teutonic Knights.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grunwald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KisLas Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Žalgiris the basketball team anything to do with Žalgiris Vilnius? just the name. it's a name of a famoys hystoric battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Can Mr Romanov just invest ****ing ?5 Milion in us instead..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Cue six or seven managers in the next four years, including one who takes them to the top of the league before being pumped for getting too popular with the fans. There follows a couple of years of consolidation before a half decent manager coincides with Vlad getting bored with his latest hobby and leaving the manager to attain a reasonable degree of success while he tries to sort out his banking empire. Cynical? Not I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I thought Kaunas were a basketball team. Is he trying to tell us these guys he's been sending across have been footballers? Wowzers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I thought Kaunas were a basketball team. Is he trying to tell us these guys he's been sending across have been footballers? Wowzers. Baseball EH ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Baseball EH ! Tiddlywinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndriusG Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wow. I'm shocked that I got hold of these news through KB. Žalgiris has been in huge trouble as of late and planned to pull out of the Euroleague next year, combine with a few other clubs and just play youngsters. People have been joking that he would buy them as he seems to be buying everything but it has actually happened. They are about 25m Litas in debt (6 mil GBP) and were on the verge of collapse. The director had said - we are waiting and hoping for a miracle or this is the end of Žalgiris. Very interesting news. I was born in Kaunas and follow basketball. So this is more interesting for me than most people here, I would bet. Unless looked at from a simply financial viewpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wow. I'm shocked that I got hold of these news through KB. ?algiris has been in huge trouble as of late and planned to pull out of the Euroleague next year, combine with a few other clubs and just play youngsters. People have been joking that he would buy them as he seems to be buying everything but it has actually happened. They are about 25m Litas in debt (6 mil GBP) and were on the verge of collapse. The director had said - we are waiting and hoping for a miracle or this is the end of ?algiris. Very interesting news. I was born in Kaunas and follow basketball. So this is more interesting for me than most people here, I would bet. Unless looked at from a simply financial viewpoint. Mate, Basketball is only interesting in the last ten seconds when the teams are tied. Team A goes up and scores. Team B goes up and scores............. and repeat and repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy the Jambo Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Maybe he will make a better job of running them than he has with us it cant get any fecking worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wow. I'm shocked that I got hold of these news through KB. Žalgiris has been in huge trouble as of late and planned to pull out of the Euroleague next year, combine with a few other clubs and just play youngsters. People have been joking that he would buy them as he seems to be buying everything but it has actually happened. They are about 25m Litas in debt (6 mil GBP) and were on the verge of collapse. The director had said - we are waiting and hoping for a miracle or this is the end of Žalgiris. Very interesting news. I was born in Kaunas and follow basketball. So this is more interesting for me than most people here, I would bet. Unless looked at from a simply financial viewpoint. do lithuanian basketballists dive about trying to win penalties / free throws or whatever you call 'em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndriusG Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Mate, Basketball is only interesting in the last ten seconds when the teams are tied. Team A goes up and scores. Team B goes up and scores............. and repeat and repeat. Basketball is IMMENSE! I don't think I need to argue that point any further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndriusG Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 do lithuanian basketballists dive about trying to win penalties / free throws or whatever you call 'em? Nah, they're more prone to sinking threes from the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 They are all goalkeepers. Shabby already been over to view as replacements for Balogh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergent garcia Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 main news today in Lithuania vr just bought main one of two bigest basketball clubs in Lithuania - Kaunas "Zalgiris" which had 26 million lt debt and paid for 75 procents of shares 5 million lt, fun will begin now:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardJT Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 He has just spent more millions on another sports club? ..............Wow hopefully he is feeling flush and will give us a couple of million for the summer transfer market!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodemac Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 this guy is juast a MEGLAMANIAC plain and simple!!! gun_bandana::gun_bandana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerry Jambo Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I wish he would just bugger off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy T Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Well I for one am glad he has got spare cash to invest elsewhere Its not as if we could do with extra money and have the greatest debt in our history so fair play to him Focussed to a fault is oor Vlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Martin Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 main news today in Lithuania vr just bought main one of two bigest basketball clubs in Lithuania - Kaunas "Zalgiris" which had 26 million lt debt and paid for 75 procents of shares 5 million lt, fun will begin now:) Does that mean our debt is now ?56M???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Stinkfinger Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Basketball is a game for lanky punters who like sticking their baws in a hoop isn't it ? Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Gordon Strappon called us "The land of the giants" so i look forward to next season with a spot of trepidation. Anyway,i have done my research and am now up to scratch. So for the uneducated : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_basketball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KisLas Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Mate, Basketball is only interesting in the last ten seconds when the teams are tied. Team A goes up and scores. Team B goes up and scores............. and repeat and repeat. Word. Basketball has to be the most boring game up to the final moments and even then it's only interesting if the teams ar close. Hate the Lithuanian obession with it. Still better than baseball or cricket I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KisLas Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 UBIG just released a statement about parasites, agents and other stuff like that around basketball. Quite amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Magnoem Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 UBIG just released a statement about parasites, agents and other stuff like that around basketball. Quite amusing. "The club's survival plan will be put in effect only if all other conditions are met and there would be a compromise with creditors. Also if we find how to work with the Lithuanian basketball federation and stop the extortion by agents and all the other vermins around sport" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTBCAL Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Well I for one am glad he has got spare cash to invest elsewhere Its not as if we could do with extra money and have the greatest debt in our history so fair play to him Focussed to a fault is oor Vlad I suspect he is very comfortable with our debt - hence the lack of immediate action regarding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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