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Never happen, the players agents will just tell them to sit and wait until liquidation. Plus no club will pay a fee if they pretty much know they can get them for nothing if SFC folds

Well your good source is quite obviously full of **** isn't he?

I still don't think anyone has anything to gain through Saints being in the Blue Square, the worst case scenario has to be Bank owns the ground, the Academy, Staplewood and Farm are flogged, and some pauper buys the club for nominal amount. If SFC folds then SMS will be worth nothing and the players will walk away for nothing - how can that be in the interests of the Banks?

Stadia need to be over 40,000 so that rules the skates out.

I doubt very much there is an overseas group - I think we're ****ed.

McMenemy's involvement would never be divisive.

I dunno, AFC Bournemouth didn't pay their players for months.

More ****** from the Echo, mystery = made up/non existent.

What the English game needs is a fairer distribution of the money, at the moment the Premier League is just so predictable it's dull beyond belief. Everyone knew who would be the top 4 at the start of the season, we know what it will be next year. I think the English leagues would be superb if the Sky money was distributed evenly to all 92 clubs, so Bournemouth get the same cut as Man U. Would never happen because of the greed of the big clubs but would make the whole thing an exciting competition.

I disagree, I think it is vital to have people who know the game in the boardroom.

I think getting MLT on board is a very good move, if only for the feel good factor. I certainly wont hesitate in spending £400+ on a season ticket if he is involved. MLT also knows football and SFC inside out, he has excellent contacts in the game and has a high profile in the media - it's all positive from where I'm sat.

I will settle for staying up.

Catchy song - well done.

Surely it's in no ones interest for the club to fold because SMS's value depends on there being a football team. Should none of the bids be up to sratch then surely the best outcome for the creditors would be to sell assets that are not vital like the farm, the academy and staplewood. Aviva keep SMS and rent it to SFC and someone buy the club for a nominal amount? SFC folding means the players become free agents (in no ones interest) and SMS becomes a useless pile of concrete in a **** hole area of town. It MUST be in the banks interest to keep SFC alive.

This situation is always going to go down to the last minute, unless there is a billionare involved these people are not going to want to pay a penny more than they have to. The dangerous thing is that the people involved appear to be pennyless, middlemen. One lot can't even build a decent website and the other is just a joke. There is also a chance that these "mystery" foreigners have just been made up to try and move things along.

There is no difference between "providing financial guarantees" or "sorting out the small print", either way you are not going to commit any sizable amount of money until you are getting the deal you want.

True, they are a bunch of tossers.

Agree, but if you don't KNOW anything it's best to make that obvious otherwise people get their hopes up. If it's a rumour they've heard just say so.

The people you know are obviously full of ****.

"Hurry up Matt" - Dell flashback

How good is the source on a rating from 1-10. 1 being bloke down pub, 10 Marc Fry

Also if not buying the stadium means they have a bit more cash for players this/next season then in the short term it could be a good move.

I would guess that the best thing for Aviva would be to keep the stadium and rent it back to the club. Someone will get a cheap football club but will have to rent the stadium.

I don't know wether to worry or not, which is worrying.

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