New beginnings - 25% Truth, 80% Bollocks

[ThreeDrawsMentality]

Twitter sleuth Jason Lane hosted a space last night. Have listened back and with the usual caveats: He states that an English Consortium led by previously mentioned by Whelan Luke Dowling has submitted an offer to purchase the club. This offer has been left unresponded to for 4 weeks. Bid for ~£10mn but Clem is holding out for £16mn.

[tans]

Here is the link

https://x.com/stfc_chatter/status/1775615887568929139?s=46&t=sUQ-fFgelrF5oqTmo-D8tA

[tans]

He’s saying players havent been paid on time 3 times

[Bob's Orange]

Fair game review findings released tomorrow

Is this done with the Trust as well, or is it totally separate? Has the chapter about the Trust being shown the books now been and gone?

[Bob's Orange]

Twitter sleuth Jason Lane hosted a space last night. Have listened back and with the usual caveats: He states that an English Consortium led by previously mentioned by Whelan Luke Dowling has submitted an offer to purchase the club. This offer has been left unresponded to for 4 weeks. Bid for ~£10mn but Clem is holding out for £16mn.

I'm always cynical about this stuff and Jason Marple seems to enjoy his role as the financial ITK, but I highly doubt that any serious consortium looking to takeover a club would 'leak' this kind of information would they?

With that said, I do believe that the current owners will be absolutely terrible at trying to sell the club.

[tans]

Fans forum - OSC and Vic Morgan didnt know that the club were going to do the infamous powerpoint presentation and Phil King would be there until 4pm on the day

[Nemo]

We'll see what comes out, but the EFL are usually pretty quick on punishing clubs for not paying players on time. I think the suggestion in the Autumn was that the players *were* paid on time, it was just the office staff that got delayed (which isn't okay, but the EFL seem to care less)

[tans]

47 mins someone did a sex noise on the space

[ThreeDrawsMentality]

Is this done with the Trust as well, or is it totally separate? Has the chapter about the Trust being shown the books now been and gone?

Morshead confirmed that Trust haven't been consulted on with regards to Fair Game.

The fact it's gone to the club for sign-off confirms it's not an impartial review either sadly.

[ThreeDrawsMentality]

I'm always cynical about this stuff and Jason Marple seems to enjoy his role as the financial ITK, but I highly doubt that any serious consortium looking to takeover a club would 'leak' this kind of information would they?

With that said, I do believe that the current owners will be absolutely terrible at trying to sell the club.

I feel exactly the same on both counts.

The facts it's a name that's previously been reported, it's easier for crossed wires/something easier to run with. Albeit, it could also give it more credence. But yeah, still mega cynical about it all until official statements come out.

[Bob's Orange]

Morshead confirmed that Trust haven't been consulted on with regards to Fair Game.

The fact it's gone to the club for sign-off confirms it's not an impartial review either sadly.

Convenient that! Whatever happened to the MOU that was signed?

[DiV]

Twitter sleuth Jason Lane hosted a space last night. Have listened back and with the usual caveats: He states that an English Consortium led by previously mentioned by Whelan Luke Dowling has submitted an offer to purchase the club. This offer has been left unresponded to for 4 weeks. Bid for ~£10mn but Clem is holding out for £16mn.

It was reported (as rumours) that Luke Dowling was ‘helping’ to facilitate a sale - apart from some (made up?) numbers this isn’t anything that wasn’t already in the public domain.

Although Dowling has held technical director roles; so would not have the financial clout (certainly not through his career in football) to run the club anyway.

…however, low and behold one of his previous clubs was West Brom - which appears to be quite a common theme currently.


Also as Nemo has said - EFL are usually right on the case if players aren’t paid plus won’t a lot of people potentially had a later than usual pay this month due to the bank holidays falling at the end of the month…

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Usually pay gets paid a day earlier if the usual day is a Bank Holiday.

I’m beginning to care less day by day.

[Quagmire]

Jason Lane says a lot of things, without actually saying a lot.

[otanswell]

Bloke lives on fantasy island and takes whatever he reads on the internet as gospel. His love in for able was amusing