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2013-11-06 18:31:37
I'm not disagreeing. I was just suggesting ignore the so called sour grapes and look at it from Adddas and whether the need to pay more. That is Warrior obviously want to grow in Europe hence the premium prepared to pay. Addidas growth focus is elesewhere hence not prepared to pay premium price as they have other options. Adidas are the brand leader in football and want to grow in other sports area's. They are brand leader in Europe and want to grow geographically elsewhere. Was it worth paying the premium that Warrior are prepared to pay to suit a different growth plan.
The other point was what else do the club achieve. That would be part of the balance. Obviously the wider Adidas brand taking Liverpool into area's the club would want to grow was not sufficient to overcome the gap between them and what Warrior would pay. I guess Standard Charter deal covers those geograhical area's that Adidas could have helped in marketing our brand. But the key question will remain whether Warrior can achieve more club exposure than Adidas could have in our target markets whatever they may be or that the amount of money was such not to consider that as we have other deals such as Standard Charter to achieve those wider goals.
22 fighters arrive in Japan
F22 stealth fighters arrived in Japan on Saturday in what the Air Force hopes will be a step toward proving that its prized aircraft are safe after a mysterious oxygen problem that was making pilots sick.
The F22s arrived at Kadena Air Base from the United States and were expected to remain on the base, on Japan southern island of Okinawa, for several months. Japanese media said eight of the aircraft had arrived by Saturday evening. Another four were expected to arrive later. Base officials were not immediately available for comment.
The F22, manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp., is the Air Force most advanced stealth fighter. It was built to evade radar and is capable of flying at fasterthansound speeds without using afterburners.
But the fleet has been under tight flight restrictions since midMay because pilots were reporting dizziness and other symptoms of hypoxia.
The Air Force says the deployment to Japan is a first step toward returning to normal. Before they left, the Air Force said the aircraft would take a special route to ensure they had possible landing sites along the way and would fly at lower altitudes, where the cockpit oxygen issue is less problematic.
The Air Force believes the troubles stemmed from a valve in the pilots pressure vest that caused it to inflate and remain inflated, triggering breathing problems. The Air Force is replacing the valve and increasing the volume of air flowing to the pilots by removing a filter that was installed to check for contaminants in the system.
23 dead in initiation rites in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) Twentythree youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday.
Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, according to spokesman Lt. Col. Leonard Hlathi. He said an inquest is being held into the 23rd death, of a youth who complained of stomach pains and vomited.
