beatlesaint

these may seem simplistic to the theorists on here but to my mind this is the bottom line. It is now "out there" that the FL have Pinnacle over a barrell and are basically blackmailing them. As you point out the law is the law and they CANNOT do that, no matter how high and mighty they think they are ! There is not a court in the land who would not uphold Pinnacle's argument that they were forced to sign an illegal document in order to purchase Southampton FC and most of all to give them the licence to play in the league this coming season. Time is running out Tony !!

Why does he want to buy us now ? I might even put in a bid if it goes on at this rate

Meridian, by and large, havent got a ****in clue. I expect Belverstone watched the video interview with Tony Lynam on The Echo website and took it from there

"nothing that has happened since these new conditions were placed upon has in any way put us off, if anything it has strengthened our resolve to do the best for the Club." Surprised nobody has picked up on this part of Tony's note. Do we take it that this means that Pinnacle will STILL buy the club come what may BUT if they can make things better, or on a more level playing field as MLT put it, by this ongoing dialogue before signing the contract, then thats what they will do ? If that is correct, and I have read it right, then that must indicate that at some point there will be a cut off and Pinnacle will say "ok, we accept that" then complete the takeover. Perhaps with salaries to be paid tomorrow that cut off point will be within the next 24 hours ???

I wouldnt no. If Pinnacle submit their papaers to the FL this evening they wont be looked at by them until tomorrow. They will then submit their response, possibly late tomorrow afternoon which Pinnacle will want their lawyers to look over again....and so it goes on. Thursday at the very earliest IMHO.

Unfortunately you are correct.

Very very disappointed this is still going on. I wish we knew what the REAL issues are, it cannot be the 10 points and right to appeal surely cos lets face it nobody has won an appeal against the FL regarding this yet and i cant see us being the first. We know Pinnacle/SFC have a strong case, we know the FL havent exactly been fair but all this talking is not going to change things. If all the money is in place and this deal is for the longterm future of the club and not the short term then regardless of the argument woth the FL please sign the bloody papers. The dispute with the FL is short term planning and is not an issue they will cave in on cos they will NOT be seen to lose face. Come on Tony.............please

Have to agree totally with all that.

well they have a point though dont they ? its all very well being Billy Big Balls about it but would you feel the same if it was your £15 million ? I know i wouldnt.

To be fair he rarely sounds optimistic. This is the man who called a meeting with staff, told them they wouldnt get paid and to wait another week then less than 24 hours later Pinnacle get the period of exclusivity and staff got paid !!! He is right about the incredible abuse of power however !! I would take the bastards to the court of human rights.......after the deal is done

Anyway......I suppose, bearing in mind TL's statement about the FL faxing them across details of "what they want" do we assume that the Pinnacle team are locked up in a room somewhere going through all the fine detail ? With a view to putting us all out our misery tomorrow ???

Now ivory figures being sold on e-bay !!!!! FFS

That line will do for me

It doesnt.....it doesnt actually say anything. So i guess we wait for an update from Tony. Please, please dont walk away because of this Tony.

I presume Pinnacle will not be permitted to make a statement until AFTER the FL get around to releasing theiors then ? Wouldn't want to be gazumped would they

I wouldnt bother.....there are some wild and wooly theories on all of them....and nobody knows the exact details of what tomorrows meeting and hence the takeover hold up is all about.

Agreed 100%, but if the FL did put the other hat on and say you should start in the Blue Square then surely they would have to apply that rule to every club that is taken over, wether in admin or not, and none have so far.

He did, but hell why should this forum let facts get in the way of a good old debate

exactly !!

thats great to hear - i could do with a decent nights sleep too.......i had a bloody dream last night and RL appeared in the middle of it.....that was me awake for the rest of the night !!

and did he make you feel better in his reply than some of the mores sensationalist posts on here do ?

Thanks again Tony, it makes me feel better hearing from the horses mouth so to speak. I am sure the threorists on here will continue to put forth their own theories and likely outcomes unfortunately. Some of the in depth posts on here which not only second guess what Pinnacle/Fry/The Football League will do or say regarding an issue or issues which have not been made public due to confidentiality agreements are quite frankly mind blowing !!

Yep : - )

Oh god - good morning SR - I am sure he doesnt represent HIM. You need to get over this - you aren't Dalek in other life are you cos the parallels with his Hoddle obsession are obvious : - )

Well you have made me feel better, thanks, and gathering all the little scraps of info (Mr Lynam's post, MLT on SSN etc) that would certainly make a lot more sense than the right to appeal issue.