Lee Power

[Dr Pierre Chang]

Lets have some quotes then Sam. The Thisis homepage mentions 'counter claims from chairman Jed McCrory that no handover had taken place'.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I am yet to see any quotes from McCrory?

[pauld]

You know sometimes people will talk to a journalist and give them permission to say that they've asserted X, Y or Z but not be prepared to give an on the record statement. Especially where there may be sensitive legal/commercial disputes around the topic that an ill-thought word now may scupper a legal case in months to come.

[Only Me]

And I was just starting to like Chang as well.

What, the Thai beer?

[Empathy Sloth]

He means cocaine.

[Sam Morshead]

Lets have some quotes then Sam. The Thisis homepage mentions 'counter claims from chairman Jed McCrory that no handover had taken place'.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I am yet to see any quotes from McCrory?

I'm sure you understand that I have tried to get just that today without success. I'm relaying what I am told, you can believe me/my sources or not. I'm not swaying either way as I, like most, am fed up with opaqueness. I'm just reporting both sides of this - you can make your own minds up.

[@mwooly63]

you can make your own minds up.

By that you mean come up with wild improbable scenarios/ideas ?
I like your way of thing

[horlock07]

So Power who many stated all along was in charge may actually be in charge - its hardly earth shattering is it, better the devil and all that if - it would have been a masterstroke if Jed had put this out he seems to have gone from an asset stripping devil to the clubs saviour in many eyes today!

Equally if Power et al have managed to run the club for 12 months without any investment good luck to them to do that they would be the sort of economic masterminds we want running our club.

[herthab]

I think it's a love triangle between Jed, Power and the object of boths desire, Nile Ranger. This theory explains everything.

[Samdy Gray]

I'm sure you understand that I have tried to get just that today without success. I'm relaying what I am told, you can believe me/my sources or not. I'm not swaying either way as I, like most, am fed up with opaqueness. I'm just reporting both sides of this - you can make your own minds up.

If you can get a Mike Diamandis style "Basically, I bought 50,000 shares for a laugh" style interview with Power or Jed, I'd love you forever.

[horlock07]

I'm sure you understand that I have tried to get just that today without success. I'm relaying what I am told, you can believe me/my sources or not. I'm not swaying either way as I, like most, am fed up with opaqueness. I'm just reporting both sides of this - you can make your own minds up.

Don't have any problem with that but don't you think the poll is a little poorly judged and  inflammatory?

[Frigby Daser]

It can be as simple as Power's initial investment having conditions, one of which may have been an option to buy McCrory out on the fulfillment of certain conditions. Perhaps, just perhaps, there is a dispute as to whether those conditions have actually been fulfilled. Perhaps the dispute is over the price for the shares, the structure of the payments.... it could be anything. The timing of Shah's appointment is also interesting. If she is linked to this, or rather, to either Power or McCrory, she could be a dummy voter on behalf of one or the other to ensure that certain board resolutions are passed. Pure speculation, but perhaps her first key involvement will be voting the right way before tomorrow's game.

Fact is, nobody knows. There will be an agreement knocking about and we could rack up 100 pages of assumptions, but even 'sources' at the club are speculating until they read the contract, and even then it may be open to interpretation.

If Power takes over, fine. So long as it stays as Swindon Town, in Swindon, in red and with a forward thinking attitude, I'm happy.

I softened my initial views on McCrory, mainly because he started to get things in track, but it transpires this may... may, have been down to Power's contacts anyway. Neither are gifted on the PR front clearly. Whoever ends up in control could do with a new front man.

[Simon Pieman]

Whoever put the money in was always pulling the strings. It was never Jed McCrory.

I was going to put a theory out there today that whoever invested had a convertible debenture. I guess it's been converted if that theory is correct.

My hypothesis is that the backer is Colin Hill.

Disclaimer: None of this is certain, factual and is merely a fictional work of my imagination and to be taken as such

[Simon Pieman]

Oh and Keith Cousins probably

Disclaimer: None of this is certain, factual and is merely a fictional work of my imagination and to be taken as such

[tans]

Who is this Colin Hill geezer?

[horlock07]

From my experience of small companies it could even be the case that someone released a pre-written press release a few days early.