Thetownend.com

It sounding positive.
http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1192180,00.html

I still won't be convinced til I see the adver print the headline that it's done.

For those who can't get into the site

Does anyone know of an online mapping site that provides live satellite pictures?  (Google maps, Multimap etc are not real time, sadly.)

The thing is, I want to take a look at the lettering on Diamandis' driveway, and can't be arsed to drive to Newbury.

Was reported on BBC RS as well - agreed in principle, no longer any outstanding issues and just the final text to agree on. Of course anything can happen but it does sound promising

Think you'll need to ring MI5 for that. Or maybe GCHQ will help.

There's always a hiccup, even at this stage of ther proceedings!  Let us hope that the Wills have locked Diamandis up for the weekend so he cannot cause the hiccup, that bastard could fuck anything up!  Let us hope it is not too long before we are all celebrating!!

It's all right.  He's presently occupied pressure cleaning his driveway.  Could take some time.

Sorry I've missed this.. What's been written on his driveway?

I don't like Mondays, particularly tomorrow.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SORT IT OUT YOU CUNTS

In the nicest possible way. Obviously.

erm don't wish to alarm anyone BUT.... Where has the update gone?  If you go on the O.S its not there now.

I just checked and it's still there

Go to the 'News' tab, it's still there.

What happened to Mike Ds driveway? I'm intriuqed....

:ha:  = me looking at Mike Diamandis' drive

It is alleged that a road marking machine was used to leave a relevant message on said drive.

http://www.thetownend.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25791

Um, it isn't! And when I click on the link provided all I get is 'coming soon'

The statement said...

Statement From Swindon Town F.C

Negotiations with regards to the takeover of the football club were concluded late on Saturday night, with all points now agreed in principle.

Lawyers will now meet on Monday to finalise the documentation and the target for completion is Monday evening.

I hope that it is completed on Monday evening once and for all so I can relax and enjoy christmas! I am sure I am not alone!

Next, we need to appoint a decent manager and get some new players in in January to get up the right end of the table.

Am I getting ahead of myself?

No, you've just had enough of the shit we've had to put up with.

The sooner the deadwood has been cleared out of the first team squad the better.

I only really have to go on what I read here and from my dad who is a ST holder in the Nationwide. He has said we haven't played well for probably over a month now.  :evil:

Bob's Orange wrote:



  Yep... statement has disappeared.

   As a good rule of thumb don't believe anything emanating form the OS until you see it, and even then its worth being sceptical. Don't forget Little was wheeled out on national TV as our new chairman....some Portugeezer was wheeled out on the pitch as our new General Manager.   Neither happened.

  Diamond Mike must be loving this giving the old    :fu:  to those mug enough to still go.

  With the sale of Tozer, presumably against the wishes of Fitton, he'll still be in charge by end of play tomorrow.

I went yesterday only because I have a season ticket and that was pretty much it, If I didnt have a ticket I didnt go. Just cant really be bothered. Yesterday was the worst game I have ever been to in terms of on the pitch and the atmosphere. very hostile I felt and angry which is quite right.

Probably the same as most ST holders, a Girl at work told me that if she didn't have a ST the she wouldn't have bothered going until the takeover had been sorted out.

 Having commited the funds....you have a choice of how to enjoy your outlay, if its as unenjoyable as you state then not going doesn't cost anything.

I went and left before half time. Best £15 I ever spent  :P

Several people around me said the same thing, as we had bought season tickets we went. It wasn't costing us anything more to go so... No one bought food etc from the people I spoke to saying they wouldnt give the club anymore money.

:|

So there was a Statement.

Then it was gone.

Did the Tozer one turn up in its place?

Im scared.

well i went, and had a few beers in the ground before the game and at half time too.

i balanced this out by going to the protest afterwards.

my yin and my yan are both happy.

Think diamond wont be going anywhere till he gets his january sales bonanza, personally

I still will not believe everything until it has been signed.

What's the betting that we wait on here all day tomorrow for news and we get nothing like always.

It could just be typical club bullshit, if we don't hear anything tomorrow then i will presume the worst, let's hope that this really is it but i wouldn't hold my breath.

Also i find it odd that there was a statement on the official site regarding the takeover being completed tomorrow and now it has disappeared, strange.

Yeah that's strange. I'm not going to read anything into that or indeed the statement itself. Basically they are saying what Fitton said last night to an extent. I don't believe anything that comes from the OS anyway as you say.

I won't believe it until Bob Holt tells us - he wouldn't tell a lie would he??

Baghdad Bob wouldn't lie to us fans......he thinks we are great.

The message is still on the site just been moved

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1191647,00.html

This deal will go through I dont know why I just have a good feeling this time.

thats not it

Oevil is right. That's the one posted before yesterday's game Lambourn.

its correct howether HTV news reported on tonights evening news that a deal has been struck and is set to complete monday.they are basicly going on the post that was removed from the stfc site. so a failure to complete tomorrow will leave the club with some questions to be answered.

just for a change.

yes the sort of answers that blames fitton and the deal was never due to be concluded on monday and talks are ongoing but they have a plan B in place to try and shift blame to fitton for going on holiday.

Worrying thing is, it's a conscious decision to takje it down

i reckon whether theyre going or not they are bitter and will want one last pop at hanging on for 1 more pay check. this time though i reckon fittons got em and its check mate to fitton.

Maybe the club are trying to avoid another BEST scenario where they posted up a statement saying that the deal with BEST was done (we all know what followed of course). Maybe Fitton wants to put out his own statement on the OS tomorrow to confirm and has told the club to take it down?

Either way, doesn't bode well for a good night's sleep. I'm nervous as hell. It would make Christmas, for the next ten years, if this went through. Twice now last minute amendments have been made. Twice the club have made the mistake that they think they've got bargaining power.

Big question is, did Fitton have a clue about Tozer?

I would have sold tozer with or without fitton but yes the decision to sell him now stinks.

It's crucial - the board have either just sold a key asset the was effectively to be the new consortium's asset - hence buggering the deal completely, or decided that they would put a spanner in the works yesterday afternoon with the amends, wait until they tied up the Tozer deal behind Fitton's back, 'agree' matters with him with no intention to sell, and annoucne the transfer tomorrow and tell Fitton where to go...or, I hope beyond all hope, that it has been done with Fitton's full knowledge and consent.

If it's the latter, why did one piece of news break last night and the other this morning

What would have happened is the club would only get £400,000 or so upfront for Tozer, Diamandis/Wills would have then asked Fitton for an extra £400,000 to go, that's what i think would have happened anyway.

Is that what happened or what you think happened?

i would doubt fitton knew nothing of the deal prior to yesterday but certainly did as he negotiated yesterday it may have been the deal breaker.

That is just what i think has happened, it was a obvious thing for diamandis to do to make fitton cough up some more money, obviously newcastle won't pay more than £400,000-£500,000 up front and diamandis will want that cash, i think he would have probably said to fitton give us that cash and we will leave, i think this has to either be the deal breaker that was talked about yesterday or the amendment that could be negotiated.

Update on adver website: http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/display.var.1908268.0.green_light_for_deal_as_paperwork_is_agreed.php

I nearly got a hard on reading that.

still sounds promising. please don't let it fuck up.

the negotiation being ok leave it another week wait for a wup and be reported for taking funds that should be put aside to pay creditors. either way its a worthwile investment to get rid of the bastards. cant help thinking some how the club will be faceing some sort of investigation because  the tozer money should go to the creditors.

I think that at worse the Tozer deal would be the negotiable amendment; I can't see them getting enough money upfront for it to be a big deal, £100,000 - £200,000 max would be my guess. My (obviously hugely important to everybody) opinion would be that the deal-breaker is still likely to be something to do with ground development rights.

Yes i believe any money that is made should be given straight to the creditors, i don't think you are not allowed to do anything else with it.

If the creditors are not paid in full in a very short space of time, then I think you'll be right.

Having the takeover signed off would be a fantastic early Christmas present.  Diamandis and Wills getting a visit from the Wiltshire Constabulary would be the icing on the cake.

Sounds promising then. Let's hope Mike D doesn't throw yet another spanner in the works. All being well it should be signed tomorrow.

i could sign it for fitton if he wants. im on lates tomorrow.

they can,t sign him untill january transfer window- surely the takeover will be done by then so the money would be the consortiums.

just because the transfer doesnt go through to January doesnt mean money cant change hands before hand.

If getting rid of the current lot cost Tozers fee then so be it.

I couldnt give a fuck

aye, devlin confirmed that on here somewhere yesterday and i'm sure he's done a few more transfer deals than us lot  :D

Hmm are we including FM?

nah, i've done transfers involving fees of £90m

Going on FM standards, I think I deserve the title of "Best transfer ever" by selling Rory Fallon to Wolves for £1.2 million on FM06.

You're beginning to sound like Mike D  :D

I had one once (can't remember what version of the game CM4/FM05) where I sold Freddy Adu to Spurs for £120m. In the January transfer window it turns out Spurs are mega skint (I wonder why) and are struggling in the relegation zone. So I purchased Freddy Adu back from them for a mere £9m. You've got to love the realism on these sorts of games  :soapy tit wank:

Back on subject, Ed Hadwin on RS this morning reported he had received a text from AF confirming that it will all go through this afternoon or early tomorrow morning.

All well and good, but did he say how the piste looks?