JJB Sports Discussion Board http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion http://www.iii.co.uk/icons/logos/uk_logo.gif http://www.iii.co.uk tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9259721 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9259721&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:47:00 GMT The Millipede tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9259614
BB - Thanks for this....I didnt think of the smaller companies so I will look into it. By Young Maverick ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9259614&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:29:00 GMT Young Maverick tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9259552
I am not for a second dismissing Duck - he is a very intelligent poster who knows far more than I do. But I don't get it....so am inclined not to buy it, although I am happy to accept this might well reflect a lack of understanding on my part. Naturally I hope he is right, since on his view we can expect a massive hike in the price shortly! On mine who knows when, if ever, it will come.

One thing is for sure, if Duck sells his stake into this market I don't think we will be wondering why we aren't at 5p anymore!

How we laughed! All the best, TM By The Millipede ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9259552&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:22:00 GMT The Millipede tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9259426
Dont think SD are the only company who have been stealing market share from jjb over recent years. Suggest you go to companies house and do some research on Pro Direct Soccer and have a look at how the business has boomed in the years JJB have been suffering.

IMO & DYOR By BoyBlunder1 ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9259426&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:05:00 GMT BoyBlunder1 tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9259420 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9259420&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:04:00 GMT The Millipede tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9259176
As for the propriety of a pre-arranged deal, I don't have much faith in the disclosure and transparency regulations. I also suspect that it would be possible, by judicious wording, to weasel their way around the regulations, by saying, eg: if the company is still trading in Feb 2012 and if the share price is 30% below, we would be prepared to buy the business at 45p per share, as long as the Queen is still alive. In other words, it could be a binding agreement but so contorted and conditional as to make it debatable whether it would be prudent to disclose it.

Anyhoo, I've backed my theory and I won't be hanging around for much longer to test yours. By Duck and Dive ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9259176&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:25:00 GMT Duck and Dive tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9258938
Whats the verdict team? Did they manage to beat last year? I think they have. But if they have then why not release a RNS?

Ifs and buts eh. Trading is a game of chess By Young Maverick ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9258938&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:40:00 GMT Young Maverick tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9258879
Seriously though, one of the problems with thinly traded stocks is the bid/offer quoted by organisations like iii can be way out. So it is nigh on impossible to tell what is a buy and what is a sell. I agree the 170,000 trade LOOKS LIKE a buy. That doesn't guarantee anything though and as for the other trades..... who knows?

IMVHO By The Millipede ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9258879&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:00 GMT The Millipede tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9258878
If another party thinks we are going to come back to profitablity, that they having backing of key suppliers that dont want an SPD monopoly in the market, and that they can add to the JJB offering and chop and change it to make it better (e.g another bigger sports retailer Dickk's/JD/etc etc) then I don't see why they wouldnt pay 40p +.

However I also dont see why JJB would not be able to carry out with a successful turn around? Why not? They gearing more toward web sales and minimising their brick and mortar. They have experience board members. SPD is the only competition, and lets face it they are successful but they are not serious about sport. There is market for them. I firmly believe it.

By Young Maverick ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9258878&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:00 GMT Young Maverick tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9258770
Out of the Total Volume of 280k so far, around 270k are showinf as buys. And the SP still hasnt rocketed?

WOW. I have to agree with Duck and state there is defo some manipulation on this stock. however to what extent im not sure about.

Whats all this buying about now, the final tree shake and buying before some move?

One would hope.! By Young Maverick ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9258770&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:11:00 GMT Young Maverick tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9257640
By The Millipede ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9257640&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:54:00 GMT The Millipede tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9257629
I just can't tell but perhaps you can.

I guess I am also unconvinced by the pre-arranged buy out argument. It implies an awful lot of manipulation and deceit on the part of the company and major shareholders IMVHO, and if I have understood you correctly all of whom might be subject to legal sanction if discovered. It makes sense to me that JJB might pay a small sum to grab JJB some time close to potential administration but 40p now implies a market cap over £100m. The fact that the last placing price was 40p is barely relevant I think. Absolutely noone in business is going to pay over £100m for a company which is likely to go bust without a seriously compelling strategic reason (like IAG buying BMI for its Heathrow slots), which I don't see here.

So having written all this I would say the most likely "game" afoot is the one that is out in the open. JJB, its managers and sharholders are here because they want to take a stab at turning this business around and making it sustainably profitable. That is what they have said they are doing and I can still see no compelling evidence to suggest the need for a deeper theory.

Listen to what the company is telling us..... I have heard that somewhere before. Might be worth trying now!? ;-) IMVHO. WTFDIK By The Millipede ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9257629&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:52:00 GMT The Millipede tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9256354 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9064556/Shoppers-cut-back-in-January-after-Christmas-splurge.html By Duck and Dive ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9256354&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:06:00 GMT Duck and Dive tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9256218
Nonetheless there is still a lot of money to be made in SPD and I can see 300p this year but Mike Ashley does worry me at times and hence I thought best to take profit and reinvest in a riskier share that may give me 100%+ return; namely JJB.

I dont know what JJB are upto to be honest guys....there a lot of potential theories - all I know is that the sooner the SP lifts to 20p+ I will be a very very happy man. By Young Maverick ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9256218&action=detail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:21:00 GMT Young Maverick tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.9255983
basket case By here and now ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:JJB.L&display=discussion&id=9255983&action=detail Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:43:00 GMT here and now