GET EMAILING people. I came on here this morning and 'famous lookalikes' was at the top of the board. For those who prefer snailmail/faxes, I'll be posting those details subsequently.
I've slightly adapted the original and sent it as follows:
Sir,
I'm sure by now that you have received many, many mails and contacts from people describing themselves as "Liverpool FC Supporters" - I implore you, do not simply ignore these mails and cast them off as the rantings of fanatics. They're not, they are well thought out and represent the views of many many hundreds of thousands of people who live for Liverpool Football club.
We understand that Tom Hicks has approached you with the intention of securing funds to allow him take control of our club - I am 100% sure that if you enter into business with Mr Tom Hicks, not only will you be being used by him but eventually you will be let down by him as he see's defaulting on loans as a strategic method to be used to keep his debtors at bay whilst he double deals and tells half truths to ensure his own wealth is not effected. You are no doubt aware that Hicks Sports Group defaulted on a $525m loan last year and the details of the lenders’ outrage at his subsequent manoeuvres concerning land around the Texas Rangers’ stadium. If not, we would be happy to provide you with the details.
No doubt, Hicks has portrayed LFC as a successful vehicle with a growing commercial profile and the ability to repay high interest payments in his approach to you. You should be aware that LFC is in decline, thanks to Hicks’s tenure, and has dropped out of the lucrative Champions League. Its inability to support the interest on the current loans is one factor draining the on-pitch success that ensures off-pitch profit. On Thursday, its ground was 20,000 short of capacity as fans stayed away. It is said that Hicks is seeking to mortgage the loan against the ground and players: if so, you should also be aware that the ground is worth little, being in an extremely depressed area of Liverpool, and the players have made publicly clear their opposition to Hicks’ continuation as owner so that it is likely the best will leave (their ability to pick their own destinations means there can be no guarantee of their achieving their highest worth) should he stay.
It is said that Hicks believes the supporters will accept him as a sole owner. If he has indeed been so deluded as to have informed you of this, I now seek to correct the impression. Hicks and his son are held in contempt by millions of Liverpool supporters worldwide. We are increasingly mobilised and drastic measures, including boycotts, are now being discussed. We are not prepared to see the club we love bled to death.
Has he informed you about Liverpool’s worldwide supporter base? A word of advice: the lukewarm fans will drift away as the debt bleeds the club dry of success, the hardcore fans will boycott and do everything in their power to ensure Hicks is ousted without a penny of profit as quickly as possible.
Don’t believe me? Research us. Look at whom you are dealing with. Look at the boycott we carried out against The Sun newspaper after it defamed our supporters. Look at how we drove shock jockey S Cohen off the air when he insulted our dead. We are not the tame consumers you lbo people are used to dealing with. We are militant, passionate and committed. I don’t know how we will do it, I don’t know how long it will take, but we will drive Hicks from this club and your organisation will be the target of our considered and organised action if you bail him out.
Sir(s), please do not read this communication as a threat - it is not meant to be that. Merely an indication of the depth of feeling that the millions of fans of our club feel for the club and AGAINST Tom Hicks and those we see associated with him in the decline of our great institution. I implore you to think once, think twice and then think again about dealing with Tom Hicks or any of his representatives in this matter.
Thanks you - One of Millions of Liverpool Supporters
