benjii

I would suggest that the following may have happened: Pinnacle originally had interest from some wealthy people and were able to demonstrate proof of funds at an early stage (bear in mind "proof of funds" is just that; you don't have to commit the funds, just show they are potentially available). Pinnacle went public and were associated with MLT (whether MLT was entirely comfortable or not, who knows). For whatever reason the rich people withdrew. There were other serious bidders (like our dear friend Mr Liebherr). The wage deadline was approaching but the other bidders weren't ready to cover any payments. Pinnacle, having gone public were desperately trying to salvage their deal and managed to persuade someone to stump up a deposit (which may have been less than the originally touted £500,000 if Fry was getting desperate). Fry had no choice but to accept or wind-up, and had to give Pinnacle exclusivity in return. It became clear that Pinnacle no longer had any funds but other bidders had naturally assumed they were serious vis the deposit and, in any case, didn't want to go toe-to-toe with MLT. Fry gave Pinnacle every opportunity but they couldn't complete. The other bidders were still interested... And here we are! So all-in-all, if that is correct I would say a tremendous "well done" to Fry for keeping the other parties interested during Pinnacle's exlusivity. Of course, that is just guesswork based on what has come out so far. Nothing sinister. Nothing needing "investigation". Just a failed deal and then a completed deal. That's business.

I reiterate that Burley is irrelevant; this thread is about alleged morons and their opinion on administration (delivered to you by R Lowe esq.). If you ask me, it is quite a moronic trait to drone on about something with a ****-poor line of argument ad nauseum. Banging on about 1.54 points really does make you look a bit odd. No one in my lifetime, other than Burley, has ever had a transfer budget comparable with the biggest hitters in our division in which they managed. Promotion was a realistic target; we didn't get it. That's failure of sorts, whether abject, unlucky or partial. 1.54, 1.54, 1.54 is stupid, infantile, myopic garbage.

This alledged "fan split" hardly ever manifests anywhere other than on dicussion fora IMO. You rarely see a "split", before, during or after a match. Clearly unanimity is an elusive beast but a "split" such as would have a detrimental effect? No. I agree about the lack of celebration... I suppose this has been rumbling on for so long that a "Eureka" moment was bound to happen eventually. If this is completed and things look good I predict a real mood of celebration at the Ajax match though.

Burley is completely irrelevant to this thread. It's a shame you had to bring him up.

Great reply; it really cuts to the core of our disagreement.

This thread isn't about whether or not Alpine is a moron (I'm sure we all have our views on that). It was about whether people were still happy. Now... seeing as it seems we are about to be owned by a succesful billionaire who doesn't have any negative connotations (dodgy money, despot etc..), I'd say it's gone better than anyone could have hoped. Don't forget that whether people wanted admin or not, it was Lowe that delivered it (along with another relegation).

I have to say, League One on minus 10 beats another season of Lowe's crap easily.

Er, everyone knows our poorest ever player is Lee Todd.

Rather strangely and somewhat disarmingly, I find myself in agreement with the above two posters!

His mother Edna, 84, said: "Stuart had a very nasty accident with a saw but he is recovering now. Stuart is a carpenter and uses sharp and sometimes dangerous tools. "This was an unfortunate accident but these things happen all the time to people in his profession." PMSL

Must be nice to have a bit of flange around though?

It's crimes like this that are the hardest to comprehend. Not a "crime of passion". Not motivated by any long-term gain. Not revenge. Not for any greater good. Just purely selfish, destructive and cruel. So sad.

Remy Martin in the fridge? Is it next to the ketchup?

Above the Blue Nun but below the Lambrini.

If he had said nothing since the process started people would moan about that. I'm afraid it's banal platitudes or silence; and quite right too. You're right about him being up there with MLT though

What on earth are you talking about?

Nail > head!

Ok. FWIW, I advise against F5-athons on a Sunday. Bye.

WTF are you mongs having a Pearson/Wotte debate on this thread?

So what time is the press conference?

Whatever your opinion of Lowe and Cowen it is very hard to state how they could have done a worse job last season.

I respect your opinion nickh, I just think the "LM is evil" (exagerated, I know!) view is one that is only propogated on boards such as this. I reckon if you conducted a poll of people at SMS he would still be hugely popular, or at least would not be subject to much criticism. I'm not saying that he does or doesn't deserve the criticism, simply that I don't think he is a divisive figure amongst the fan-base as a whole.

No, aboslutely not, and nor is it any guarantee of success but it ought to guarantee at least a base-level of professional competence and commercial acumen. As for the question... bit vague. A better question might be, "why would these billionaireshelp with the acquistion of this football club"?