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That being the term for people who don't see things your way? Odd, so much criticism elsewhere of people being called SISU apologists......

If true, then that's wrong. It's also a bit shortsighted as they're less likely to find new clubs if they're not fit.

Plus the additional pressure that it will put on the Football ("Real football for deal fans") League.

Hopefully one from last year - NOPM :)

I wasn't sure about Pressley when he arrived - simply because I didn't know enough about his managerial style - but I'd say that he seems to be doing pretty well so far.

I'd tend to agree - but the problem is that moving to Northampton makes no business sense at all. Doing a deal to stay at the Ricoh (and no, I don't believe that that is not possible) even at a rent above the last offer of £400k would be massively more in the clubs financial interests than...

I'd like to think that you're right. But then, if say 18 months ago, someone had posted that SISU would move the club to Northampton for 3 to 5 years - what would you have thought then?

I seem to recall you criticising (rightly in my view) those who have called people who will attend "scabs" and yet you feel quite happy calling those who will not attend "hypocrites" - interesting case of double standards. You are "amazed" that people support NOPM, yet "are on here discussing...

That's a bit unfair - always thought Eric seemed a really good bloke!

Yes, that's possible - but as noted earlier, that would imply that SISU had been actively considering administration for a few years now. Which may of course be the case. However, if it is the case - it makes it all the more difficult to understand their apparent unwillingness to sell at...

I understand the whole "going concern" issue, just don't believe that SISU "deliberating" what to do about the rent would impact on it to the extent of stopping sign off of the accounts, unless SISU were explicitly discussing putting the company into administration that far back. For what...

I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm, but I can't see any reason why such deliberations would necessitate late filing of the accounts.

Yes - but if as part of buying the shares, the buyer agrees to take on the debts (as opposed to the other option, of the seller taking them over and paying them off out of the proceeds) then the price of the shares will be reduced by the value of that debt. So if the EBITDA is your £5m and...

That wasn't my conclusion. My conclusion was that as with any general rule, there will be exceptions, but the general rule - I think - is valid. Not restricted to football either. Generally speaking, if you want quality you have to pay for it.

So a decent multiple of EBITDA would be perhaps 10 (although given the risky nature of football clubs, you could argue that might be a bit rich) and, in this speculation, we're looking for SISU to get a return on their current "investment", plus the losses over the Northampton years plus the...

It's a bit of both. It's certainly possible to identify the right player without paying a big fee and it's certainly possible to identify the wrong player with a big fee - but on balance, you have to have a better chance of getting good payers if you're in a position to pay "big" fees.

True, but also true to say that (at their time) our most expensive signings have included Bill Glazier, Tommy Hutchison, Colin Stein, Terry Yorath, Cyrille Regis, Dion Dublin, Noel Whelan and Robbie Keane.

Congratulations to the SBT and thanks to everyone who was there today.

Personal accusations, like the recent spate against OSB for example? (By the way - not suggesting that was you Godiva).

It seems fairly logical that if you want to support the club, but believe that giving revenue to SISU will encourage them to continue their current disasterous running of the club, then the only rational thing to do is to attend games where SISU do not financially benefit from your attendance.