SaintBobby

My fear is that we are very, very close to the season starting. But with a fan base that would dwarf any in the rest of non-league football, perhaps an exception would be made. Not sure of viability of retaining St.Marys in such circumstances though.

Assuming the worst happens, what options are there for reforming in the lower leagues?

He's probably just putting the final touches to the contract taking over the club :-)

Do we get extra cash for this? (he asks pathetically)

Because it would be very embarrassing to those fronting the bid. Might as well keep a tiny chance alive and/or sustain the delusional fantasy as long as possible.

Yep - Gary Cotterill mentioned that several players, including Kelvin, will be out of contract and so will Wotte. Said our first pre-season friendly is just 8 days away. Said the two non-Pinnacle bids are the Swiss and a local businessman from Bournemouth (groan). Staff are "happy" to work for a week without pay.

I doubt we'll get another "be patient, stay confident" type message. They are wearing very thin. He knows he has to sort this out or p*ss off. My hunch is that we may have heard the last of him.

SSN reported that no takeover likely until late next week.

does there need to be exclusivity? isn't this now just an e-bay auction?

That's not right, is it? They can presumably retract their offer and make a new offer at any time.

You bloody fence sitter. I hate it when people put their case in such meely-mouthed, cryptic terms.

so, we're possibly down to one credible and interested group, the swiss (not mj!)

was Fry paid up front?

Yep.... It's definitely urinate or vacate the potty time.

Any chance we can block some of these threads and merge them? I'm hitting F5 and then having to look on 6-10 threads which are all about the same thing...

One tiny glimmer of hope is that perhaps Fry's statement will get a (funded) Pinnacle to sign. Otherwise, its pretty much Swiss or bust I guess....

Classic. LMAO.

Nope - certainly on wealth, this has been "confirmed". See other threads for TL's statement re: fame.

Wish that were so. I think - based on Fry's statement - that the problems with the Pinnacle bid are pretty damned intractable.

That - inter alia - the Pinnacle claim that the money man is an ultra-rich, very well known name has turned out, apparently, to be false......

Time for a put up/shut up update from TL.

Looks like Mark Fry has now joined the "scaremongering"! http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1703627,00.html

So, do you think Fialka adds "weight" and "substance" to the Pinnacle bid??????? The fact that TL said it did surely raises questions about Pinnacle's credibility. That's just applying intelligence to the facts, not scare-mongering. Muppet.

What a load of rubbish. Have you been following the developments at all? What we've heard from Pinnacle and TL is unravelling fast. TL's last statement on here makes no sense. We've been told that Pinnacle will complete at any moment, that the backer is worth a fortune, that staff will be paid. That seems, for the moment, to be total b*llocks. I don't care if we're a L1 club or a second hand car, the Pinnacle bid is descending into farce.

On another thread, just a few hours short hours ago, you were saluting MLT given you now "knew" the identity of his mystery funder. Will your new info be from a more reliable source (for example, a source that doesn't provide you with info that is the 100% opposite of the truth?)