SaintBobby

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I've assumed all along its a witty anagram ratehr than real person, but, if so, I haven't solved it yet.

I will have a slice of humble pie please, but feel we should leave a few platefuls for GM...

When is the match? I'm quite tempted...

I want Keegan. Suspect it will be someone more run-of-the-mill though. Am not completely against keeping Wotte.

A bit pointles, no? Firstly, there is virtually no chance of C or D. B seems built on rumour. It's more likely that we will somehow - by a miracle - start on zero points than B, C or D.

This bamboozles me. As it seems like a technical Catch 22 as you say. Wouldn't a solution be for Pinnacle to NOT liquidate SLH, but to keep it running as a shell company and a subsidiary of Fialka Enterprises ? Is it strictly necessary to liquidate SLH if this risks any sort of jobsworth further penalty?

I welcome the open dialogue. I don't think its unprofessional at all per se. The readership of this site is pretty huge (higher than the OS?) - even if regular obsessive posters, such as myself, are a rarity.

That's the most rational explanation I can find. Very rich uncle or something. Just hope it's not a way to subvert "fit and proper person" test. (slaps himself for being cynical even when good news breaks)

would change my vote to YES now.

Plan A looking better than 24 hours ago....

SSN reports that deal will be complete on Mon/Tues

Fantastic. Consider all my scpeticism to be rescinded. Until the next twists and turn.....

sensationally good news!!!

I think there is an executive role in "football stuff", although agree that this shouldn't be to second guess the manager. But scouting, training facilities etc. should not be overseen by the manager.

Is there a rule somewhere that virtually every new GM thought/rant has to start a new thread?

Yeah, but as others have said, Coventry were bailed out one minute before going into administration, not one minute before liquidating. Big, big difference.

Fair point. I only considered the prima facie information, not the (in)credibility of the "expert" witness. His first reply to me was that we didn't see eye-to-eye on Jackson. Given, I would rather have Ian Huntley mounting a bid for Saints, I believe this indicates he continues to be an MJ supporter....

On the whole, how much are our assets worth and what will creditors accept thing... Genuine question... Could the offer be structured to the creditors in such a way that payments are deferred and possibly even absed on performance? Let's say, for sake of argument, that a firesale would net Aviva £2m. Then that's it, they close the file and write off the rest of the £24m debt. But supposing a deal could be structured with Aviva over a 25-year period. They get £1million now and then, say, £100,000 per annum for every year we spend in League One, £250,000 for every season we spend in CCC and £1m for every season we spend in the Premiership. Maybe I haven't got these figures right, maybe the creditors would never entertain such a deal, but it seems to me that a structured deal might offer LESS money than a fire sale, but still be MORE attractive to the creditors. QED. If a fire sale would produce £x for the creditors, a new bidder could offer less than this and still have their deal accepted.

TL's updates were initially showered with near universal praise on here. But openness is not enough. If you're openly posting increasingly inconsistent sh*te, then you get flamed.

Have no idea if any of this is true, but sounds very plausible.

Straight to liquidation on Friday. There wouldn't be anything to administrate, I wouldn't think.

I doubt it's been a hoax, but I think the wheels have seriously come off and they are now in "last throw of the dice" territory. The big backer may have pulled out. Perhaps Leon stumped up the £500K in return for a remunerated place on the board if the deal went through etc etc. I'd agree that it would be a huge surprise if the whole thing was an elaborate and expensive prank.

I do agree with the OP that the Pinnacle bid has (or had) to be granted some sort of level of credibility simply because of (a) the payment for the rights to exclusivity and (b) the need to prove adequate funds are available to Mark Fry. However, a possible explanation for the collapse of their bid would be: a). The payment for exclusive rights was stumped up largely or entirely by Crouch or Le Tissier or both - in return for guarantees on future involvement/position/status. b). The serious money men behind the bid withdrew at some point between the start of the exclusivity deal and now. I'm not massively keen on these explanations, but they do - sadly - strike me as more plausible than a continuing technical hold-up over the club's points penalty or football licence. On balance, I think Pinnacle can't complete for want of funds. But I don't say this with any great certainty and hope I'm wrong.

Fair point. Just don't know if there are any rules on this - e.g. why couldn't AFC Wimbledon just be Wimbledon? Why did Fiorentina re-form as Fiorenta Viola?