Marchpole is one of those stocks which have had a really bad time. Boardroom battles, losses, price collapse, profit warnings up the ying yang.

Now all of those things seem to be sorted out, new management are getting to grips, new contracts and the price is on the up. So much so that Monday ought to see a 50/200 day MA golden cross.

DYOR of course, but I think I will be putting a few of these away at the open.

Socco

Support in old money 19p & 20p converts to 95p & 100p respectively.

Known overhang with seller in the market.Interims due November hopefully numbers transparent and provide clear idea of post YSL era.No position.

MPH's past record does not suggest transparency! ...... there will no doubt be certain bullish noises, but little to prove that the BIG YSL hole has indeed been filled, let alone that MPH is (truthfully!) bucking the dire performance in the high street

YSL accounted for 75% of the old UK dominated MPH.It is fair to say that Michael Morris done a good job transforming into international & global business.Will be down to number crunching come interims.MM is not well liked in the City.Series of silly cock-ups,the last paying dividends illegally.Nothing that an EGM et seq can't put right! I would hope at or near bottom 90p-100p if seller is nearly done. Expect rise leading up to Interims which may or may not be put back by a few weeks.No holdings.

i don't hold either, and agree with what you say about MM ..... however, and as posted above several times, he is so arrogant and egocentric that he makes bad errors - e.g. continuing his in(s)ane vendetta against Boateng - and fails utterly to see the importance, and thus look after, his key design staff - thus few stay more than a year or two; again, totally insane!

cynic the design staff you keep quoting as leaving mph was in fact the designer for womens wear for Ungaro and nothing to do with menswear range connected with mph, as far as Boateng was concerned the company stood its ground and was awarded damages so get the facts straight. Results out Monday when we will all see how the company has performed. ............................Tesco

wrong! ...... even had you been right, the real point is that MM has no man-management skills and does not have the sense to recognise that fact by delegating to someone who does ...... as a result, the management shows its incompetence by losing its "seed corn" time after time after time ....... as for Boateng, it was a case of one super-ego having a fight with another to the benefit of neither in the long run, and certainly not the shareholders ...... and the results will be historic and not show what has happened since.

still want to bet on sp reaching 200 within 12 months?

MPH stupidly cheap against sector average.

Would normally expect share price to rise leading up to Interims announced after close tonight.Interims confirms strong transparent figures MPH more than capable of rise back to 150p+.No holdings.aimvho.


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No Cynic I will be happy with you eating your words and publicly stating it on here and if Its not at 2 within 12 months i will do the same..................tesco

very happy to do so! .... current figures should be fine, apart from the hole that must assuredly still remain from the loss of YSL ..... i can tell you that the menswear designer to whom i alluded fullfilled his/her word by completing the range before leaving ...... the replacement is said to lack experience shall we say.

though no company (or range) is or should be reliant on one person, it still highlights the incompetence of the management that they lose their design staff on a very regular basis

Show you know what your talking about What's the designers name" ..................tesco

no ..... but then nor do i care very much whether or not you believe me ...... i know i tell the abolute truth and that is all that matters

Tesco ... be a man and take his bet. It's only 50 quid that YOU WILL LOSE.

kitosdad, how can I place a bet with a poster who gets all his facts wrong and when put on the line says "i know i tell the absolute truth and that is all that matters"
Again final chance : Whats the designers name or lose all credibility.

i am more than happy to lose my credibility with Tesco ...... however, as i have known the designer in question for many many years, and even know the subsequent job that was taken and where, i think there is a very strong likelihood that i know both the sex of this designer and the precise post held at MPH!

figures and trading statement are miles worse than even i expected ..... i actually thought MPH would be able to paper over the cracks for another 6/12 months, but clearly not so.

Agree.Where were the profit warnings.Market & sellers knew.Greenmark not the bargain cracked to be. Provisionally valued @ #8m now reviewed & reduced to #2m.Kick in the teeth again for long term investors & does nothing to restore confidence.MM took a big bonus too hardly the way to restore sentiment & build fences with the City.No holdings but take no pleasure in watching.Possibly test 60p again?

me too, though i accept there is a somewhat subjective or even spiteful glee involved

pbracken - 19 Nov'07 - 08:49 - 2960 of 2960


Morris has misled shareholders, no question. The AGM statement gave no indication of today's FY profits warning, and it's inconceiveable that the Board were not aware of the likely shortfall in September. The FD's departure probably relates to some issue over the extent of the disclosure - why would Harrison want his reputation tarnished by a Chairman playing fast and loose?

It's very unlikley that MPH will make up the profits black hole in the second half, which means a second warning is imminent. The US, inparticular, has been a disaster, and the restructuring announced today is probably a precursor to the sale or closure of it.

In summary, poor results, deceitfully packaged and disclosed, from a board led by an inflated ego.

could not have put it better myself .... have been saying for months that the chickens would come home to roost sooner of later, the former being the case as it happens.

lex .... looking very much as though 60p will be tested toady rather than somewhere in the future.

tesco ...... don't say you were not warned several times ...... it's just that all has come to pass a lot quicker than even i envisaged.