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An extremely worn out phrase I know but these are just a bunch of tyre kickers looking for their 15 minutes of fame in the limelight. Hopefully they'll go and play their games elsewhere now and the club can survive despite the abysmal time wasting that the Pinnacle Group has given us.

I take it that is related in some way to the DMG sale? Fry sounded (surprisingly - to me atleast) optimistic on the article on the OS regarding an imminent sale??

It's fair to say many were suspicious of the Pinnacle bid and as it unfolded it unravelled as holes started to appear. It's no time for finger pointing but you just have to ask how they got this far in the process and if Begbie Traynor did their job. Not surprising that Jackson walked away as well, very convenient. Quite why our Club deserves such a bunch of ego-massaging wally's is beyond me. Let's hope a rabbit can be pulled out of someones hat from somewhere.

Probably as much to do with the player as the club itself. Afterall he proved last year that he's clearly too good for League 1 and in reality the CCC as well. Ah, hold on a minute.....

Someone's been messing with the buttons on your keyboard again Nick. Both the above rumours have been touted in the press for some time now and with a combination of needs (cash) and desires of the players I would think both are quite likely.

Ummm......No.

That's what inhaling top secret formula weedkiller does to you

Agreed however it would appear he is trying to do something positive. IF the Swiss bid was better in the first place then you should consider pointing the finger at Fry rather than Crouch.

Fry has stated in his update that 'there will not be a further exclusivity period available to potential purchasers due to the tight deadlines...'

Oh my dear God so it's Crouch's fault that we are where we are is it? You really do take the biscuit. How about asking your own God Rupert if he'd like to help the Club out of the sorry mess he is partly responsible for.

If he did pay it, and there seems to be a strong indication he did, then I imagine he would have done it from a supporters perspective rather than to gain favour with Pinnacle. Whatever you think about Crouch he has dipped into his funds more than any other in recent times to support the running of the Club.

Not only according to Talksport but Fry himself. It's in his latest update on the OS and covered in the thread on here.

As many have suggested reading between the lines would seem to indicate the Pinnacle bid has no real chance of completing. What do these people think they're playing at. The Club just lurches from crisis to crisis and when you think things can't get any worse they indeed do.

And those that are under contract can walk away too as their contracts have been breached? If this is a possible scenario then Fry is rapidly running out of assets.

What I just don't understand Duncan is why the 'experts' at Begbies Traynor couldn't see through this?

Absolutely. If this bid does have questionable financial support that has got past Fry and his team then it would be no surprise if they have convinced MLT of it's integrity as well. Worrying times I'm afraid.

It would appear one of them is wrong...

Was Thursday the only day this week we haven't had an update from Lynham? Looks like today, being a Friday, could be another significant day in the history of SFC

Surely Fry's done his homework on the bid....surely :confused:

It would demonstrate good intention. I know many of us are questioning the developments of this evening but you just have to assume (dangerous I know) that Fry is comfortable with the funding arrangement Pinnacle are presenting.

Probably already posted but there's a short article on SSN now relating to the earlier interview http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11719_5401187,00.html seems to suggest he has funded this weeks wages although that doesn't seem to be the case...

Some very pertinent and worrying points there Ron.

Weedkiller can do that to people you know.

So it would seem we have reached some sort of impasse. The FL are not going to back down so it's a question of whether Pinnacle will or not. I'm sure there's been plenty of frantic activity going on behind the scenes these last few days but on the face of it we seem no closer to a conclusion today than we were nearly a week ago.