Saint Fan CaM

Numb to it and wishing I could stop checking the OS/here/other sites for news, but I like all that frequent these pages care about the club and what its demise means to our home town. Please guys - lets do this and do it now - the 11th hour surely is upon us.

You couldn't make it up....err, oh.

Fixed it for you.

TL/Pinnacle are the middlemen - i.e. they have no clout as such. The backer has (his/her/their) own lawyers working with Fry and the legal eagles are not happy with the wording of the contract in terms of the right to appeal and its associated ramifications regarding the on-going health of SFC. This does not mean Pinnacle et al are concerned with the -10 points, just the future knock-on effects. Hence TL's comment about 'kicking lawyers' rather than tyres. Providing clarification and assurance can be found from the FL then the deal can go ahead. Simple. The big question now is whether a compromise can be found and the paperwork signed up prior to the wages needing to be paid this week (I suspect today is not critical). Because TL has already spoken with club staff about this, makes me suspect that they knew in advance that a delay would be likely, which in turn leads me to suspect that resolution is very near indeed and that the staff have been asked to be patient while the last details are sorted. However, if the deal is not concluded this week I think we will start to see a quick unravelling of the whole process.

Top post...well said.

There really is a lot of drivel on here and even from some posters I thought were intelligent. WHY can some of you not get the fact that the problem is NOTHING to do with -10 points!!! It is EVERYTHING to do with not having the option to appeal and the rationale the FL have specified for that decision which could seriously affect the position the club finds itself in at some stage in the future. Get over the -10 points - that is small fry compared to the bigger picture.

This is starting to look silly and obsessive now! Lol

Mmm, generally supportive of MLT and his involvement, however I just hope we don't look back and wonder why Fry did not advance the Swiss bid further because it was a better deal. Hoping that tomorrow IS the day.

So basically you are questioning MLT's integrity. Nice. I would suggest that MLT knows the buyer and has decided that it is the right choice for SFC - I trust his judgement until proven otherwise.

The last hurdle must be in sight IMO - what would be the point of submitting names to the FL if they were not near the end of the journey? Cannot honestly see them bothering to do that unless they were almost ready to go - once the Board is in place and accepted, the staff are next - thats means management and players for MLT.

My guess would be at 4.50pm on the day that we started on -3 and that we end by beating the opposing team. Sounds reasonable to me.

I don't think anyone has mentioned the Channon/horse connection too - I seem to remember KK had some involvement in the past? Would love it to be KK, but I cannot believe we are THAT fortunate. Plus also, I am hearing equally strong rumours that WGS is in the frame, which I find equally hard to believe. We are Saints, in the 3rd tier, with a rag-tag side, -10 points and a new owner about to come in. We'll end up with the cheap option - as we have for the last 10 years +.

OK. F*ck off. LOL.

Interesting. I had a completely random text from an acquintance tonight stating JR is the man and apparently this info was from an impeccable source. The rumour appears to be gathering legs it seems.

Au contraire Rodders.

Good luck to the freaking club I say!

Key point - has there ever been any 'issues' or celeb type contact between MLT and Ince in the past? Will there be a meeting of the minds (5 year plan to the Prem might be a good start!)? If so and its sustainable, then I can see no reason why Ince might not be a superb appointment actually. He was on course to achieve with the Dons what Pearson did at Leicester but without the money and that is the biggest issue with him - will he turn his back on the club the moment a bigger offer comes in, or will he stay the course? This is something even Pinnacle will not be able to answer, but if they've got a good strategy it will include indemnity against the manager being poached if he's getting results.

Simple really - we need someone of Rasiaks standing to muscle his way to 20+ goals this season. There is no other striker at the club that will do that for us IMO.

Mmm, thats a good shout if he's a Saints fan in particular. Otherwise Rod S.

Bye. Thats all.

£295 tops for centre line Kingsland ST holders IMO. Will show a real thanks to those who stayed loyal last season despite the prospect of another season of dross and lack of ambition from Lowe's regime.

Got to say that, despite some on here dissing the new website, for once they seem to have come up with a real gem here... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1691048,00.html This is the quality of article that I feel we've been missing for SO many years...linking old with current staff for example (e.g. Puckett). I applaud wholeheartedly this renewed outlook and I really hope that MLT/Pinnacle either have something to do with this, or they recognise that this is the way forward. Well done Saints.

Understand your point Trousers, but to be fair there is absolutely nothing to suggest that following completion of takeover the new owner will not reveal him/her self. It's difficult not to speculate when we all want the news that's not available, however it's now only a matter of a few days before we can start talking really important things like players, formations and the like. We all need a collective chill pill.

You've said all I wanted to - thanks...good post.

Great post that reveals the utter madness of Lowe's experiment. Thanks for posting that - it should remind us all that Wotte is nowhere near qualified to ensure Saints survival in L1, let alone mount a serious challenge to escaping back to the CCC. Leave Wotte in place = more failure and another probable relegation.