Faz

Agreed. We just need to find a PL outfit with no scouting reports, and prepared to splash the cash on the back of the 50% on here who think he has talent. The guy has talent, and potential. Whether he relaises that potential remains to be seen. We're now in a position to find out for ourselves rather than having to sell - a nice change I would say.

Care to explain how we are to cash in on a player who, in your opinion, is not good enough for a L1 side? Perhaps someone from the Blue Sq prem will pay us a sh1tload of dosh for him?

I hope not. They need to keep some semblance of what this club used to be, and Killer epitomises that imo.

KIV he spent more on players that year than virtually the rest of the division put together.

His Line-Manager might be, but the Creditors won't. You can bet that the two major creditors will be taking a very keen interest in fees and billing. It's not nearly the fee-fest it used to be. I heard stories at the start of all this that the big boys turned this one down - they didn't think they could get it away and get paid sufficient. It's a complex and difficult transaction and when you say he should be doing more, against what yardstick are you judging his performance?

Art, I think you forget that Mars is in Taurus, now some 5 degrees behind Venus. Venus however is pulling away from him (Source: http://www.thedaze.com). Mars is the bringer of war, significant in that there is more than one bidder. Taurus is the bull - quite why Mars is in the bull remains a mystery, but Venus is not too happy about it.

What are you suggesting - that we invest in having the best Academy in the Country?

Gonna have to get me one of them bike shirts

Perhaps he quit likes getting paid?

Is it Julie Andrews?

How can you possibly know or judge? Why would he sully his professional reputation for the sake of a Division Three Football Club?

Fair enough

Who said his money was coming from the "community"?

This has to go through for two reasons: 1. We need to get our Season underway now, and 2. I'm interested to see how unGuided Missile, and the Echo respond.

Wasn't the story back along (pre-exclusivity) that Pinnacle had offered a lower up front payment, but higher contingent payments, than the Swiss/Whacko? There probably isn't a million miles of difference, and it may just be a case that time is against a full re-work of the deal. That said, if you were the Swiss wouldn't you be saying that things had changed somewhat, not least because now they will know the terms the FL have set.

Its not me

True. Don't suppose there's any chance of getitng hold of Hawhinneys expenses?

I'm not sure it's even about the 10 points. More that the FL do not have a mechanism for dealing with our rather unique position. They had expected Pinnacle to buy SLH and come out via a CVA. Pinnacle haven't done that, and the rule book (which didn't cover the 10 point deduction in any case) doesn't cover the position where SFC - which is not in administration - says withdraw the revokation notice. Hence the need for an emergency meeting to once again re-invent the rule book on the hoof (always a dangerous thing). If the FL insist on the 10 points, the members are effectively saying they can have their licence revoked at any time, at the whim of the management committee. The FL should just accept their rules were badly drawn, leave us alone, and change them to reflect properly the intention. All IMO.

We might you know, simply through the incompetence of the FL.

Wasn't it the FA/PL who insisted on the two tier set-up. They couldn't accept a plc as the licence holder, as the plc would be bound by Stock Exchange rules, whereas, as we've seen, the FA/PL/FL can do what they like?

Consider this from the Luton Town case: "We will continue to that responsibility very seriously." A Football League statement said: "Luton Town were unable to agree a CVA with their creditors and as a consequence are unable to satisfy the normal conditions of the League's insolvency policy for exiting administration. "The board decided, however, that they were prepared to exercise their absolute discretion under their 'exceptional circumstances' provisions in order to accommodate the new entity" This is my take on it: * The FL invoked the Insolvency Policy, deeming that SLH and SFC were in effect the same entiity. The FL gave notice to revoke SFC's licence to participate. * Under normal circumstances the club in administration exits via a CVA. Luton didn't. They formed a new company and applied to join the league in place of the old. The FL excercised their discretion and allowed this, but with an additional 20 point penalty. * Pinnacle are buying SFC, which is not in administration, and so cannot exit via a CVA. SLH, which is in administration and does not hold the licence, is being liquidated. * The FL have to find a way of getting themselves out of the mess they've created by deeming SLH and SFC were effectively the same - clearly they're not, as SFC continues and SLH does not. If they accept the two entities are not "intrinsically linked", they have to withdraw the penalty. * Pinnacle won't complete without knowing they have the licence issue sorted, as otherwise they own a stadium and a football club but have no league in which to play football. I don't think this is about the 10 point penalty per se, but more about the FL realising at the last minute that by withdrawing the notice of revokation, they effectively lose the appeal Fry has already lodged, but which has not yet been heard. Probably b*****ks, but it makes sense to me.

It's in the Sun. Say no more! http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2491585/Keegan-Ill-need-20m.html

I was thinking the same thing. Normally the club in admin has to come out via a CVA, but SFC never were in admin, and so can't. We need the FL to revoke their notice to withdraw membership, which they issued when they decided SLH and SFC were inextricably linked. The FL can't do it under their current regulations becasue we are not coming out of administration via a CVA. That's why they need a special meeting. Perhaps it's not about the 10 points at all? Perhaps?