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I tend to agree. Was just reacting to some posts above alluding that we wouldn't be taking a 1st XI.

Is he playing? I thought he had a dislocated shoulder?

And had a 'placeholder' website.... Also around the same time as the 'NAMG hoax'....

It would also be in their interests not to mis-represent an event in their advertising as that would be breaching several consumer and advertising laws

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?16976-Tommac-and-The-Saints-Forum-indirectly-saved-Saints!&highlight=tommac

Artificially inflating the share price......hmmm, wouldn't that be illegal though.....*rubs chin*

*cough* Tommac *cough*

Weston Saint?

Shhhh.....I'm not the glory hunter type, hence I've been trying to keep that email of mine quiet all this time. Don't blow my cover now!

"The situation remains confusing for administrator Andrew Andronikou, who is adamant he has discovered the promise of an extension was nothing more than a verbal agreement." I remember being taught at school that a verbal agreement was, legally, just as binding as a written contract, from what I recall of o'level economics. Obviously the former is more difficult to substantiate than the latter but purely in terms of law it's binding. I'm not sure where the burden of proof lies, but the fact that AA has admitted the verbal agreement existed he may well have shot himself in the foot (for once)

Yup. Blimey, that was 25 years ago. God I feel old!

Eh?

Vienna?

Before.... After...

Could be time for everyone to change their avatars again in tribute to our friends at HMRC......

We salute you Sir. You don't do lottery numbers too per chance...?

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The only downside being that we won't get to play them in the league for the foreseeable future....

http://www.accountancyage.com/accountancyage/news/2266529/hmrc-faces-millions-costs So, if I'm reading those two quotes correctly, Andrew Andronikou would only "pursue HMRC for costs and losses" if HMRC lodge an appeal AND lose that appeal in court. Or, in other words, if HMRC lodge an appeal today BUT withdraw said appeal 1 day before the court date (in November, let's say) then Andrew Andronikou would not be in a position to pursue them for costs, losses, etc. So, bottom line, HMRC have nothing to lose by lodging an appeal, and withdrawing it later on, in order to make PFC squirm a bit longer? Yes/No?

Another Devil's Advocate viewpoint..... I wonder if Cortese would have writen the same letter had he been at the helm of a football club relegated from the Premier League at the end of last season?

Yep. I was just wondering if they are using all the time available because they are working up to the wire in building their case or whether they were 'ready' to appeal days/weeks ago but are doing it at the last minute just because they can in order to 'score a point'...?

What benefit do HMRC achieve by delaying the appeal until the last possible minute? Aren't they just lowering themselves to PFC/AA's tit-for-tat level by stretching things out?

Can someone explain what year in the history of mankind this 'covering up your modesty' malarkey came into the human psyche? I know it's somewhere on a timeline between "Cave Woman" at one end and "Chav on a mediterranean beach" at the other end but I'm not sure when someone somewhere decided it would be a good idea to cover 'woman' up. Any ideas? Perhaps if we know whose bright idea it was in the first place we can start to unravel the rational behind it today.

Agreed, but my point is that there should be no 'surprise' that the privately owned company is choosing to communicate in the way it sees fit. FF highlighted the fact a year ago that we would now start to see things happen at the club that won't always come wrapped up with sequinned explanations. We simply have to acknowledge that any decisions being made, or the (non)communication thereof, are for the benefit of the private company, whether we like it or not. The theory being that what is best for the private company is best for the club on the field (for one goes hand in hand with the other) For what it's worth, I'd rather Cortese's communication to his customers was more open but I'm happy to go with the flow as it's only a football club at the end of the day.