SaintBobby

PML....if the other parties are less serious than Pinnacle, I'd say we're f***ed. They've become a total joke in the last 24 hours.

We're sorted then.

really? with an attendance of say 6,000 ? For 23 football matches per annum?

Count me in. I know a lot will say "it's not the same" and that's fair enough, but if only a small % of the fanbase wanted to re-form, it's viable.

Best to check your facts before accusing others of having "no grasp of what's going on". You clearly haven't bothered to read Mark Fry's statement.

I thought Pinnacle would complete the deal. Now I think it's down to the Swiss, and a mesuarble chance (25%?) that the club folds next week.

My fear is that we are very, very close to the season starting. But with a fan base that would dwarf any in the rest of non-league football, perhaps an exception would be made. Not sure of viability of retaining St.Marys in such circumstances though.

Assuming the worst happens, what options are there for reforming in the lower leagues?

He's probably just putting the final touches to the contract taking over the club :-)

Do we get extra cash for this? (he asks pathetically)

Because it would be very embarrassing to those fronting the bid. Might as well keep a tiny chance alive and/or sustain the delusional fantasy as long as possible.

Yep - Gary Cotterill mentioned that several players, including Kelvin, will be out of contract and so will Wotte. Said our first pre-season friendly is just 8 days away. Said the two non-Pinnacle bids are the Swiss and a local businessman from Bournemouth (groan). Staff are "happy" to work for a week without pay.

I doubt we'll get another "be patient, stay confident" type message. They are wearing very thin. He knows he has to sort this out or p*ss off. My hunch is that we may have heard the last of him.

SSN reported that no takeover likely until late next week.

does there need to be exclusivity? isn't this now just an e-bay auction?

That's not right, is it? They can presumably retract their offer and make a new offer at any time.

You bloody fence sitter. I hate it when people put their case in such meely-mouthed, cryptic terms.

so, we're possibly down to one credible and interested group, the swiss (not mj!)

was Fry paid up front?

Yep.... It's definitely urinate or vacate the potty time.

Any chance we can block some of these threads and merge them? I'm hitting F5 and then having to look on 6-10 threads which are all about the same thing...

One tiny glimmer of hope is that perhaps Fry's statement will get a (funded) Pinnacle to sign. Otherwise, its pretty much Swiss or bust I guess....

Classic. LMAO.

Nope - certainly on wealth, this has been "confirmed". See other threads for TL's statement re: fame.

Wish that were so. I think - based on Fry's statement - that the problems with the Pinnacle bid are pretty damned intractable.