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Sorry - the reported £45m is what SISU are meant to have invested. That is a "sunk cost", they've lost it. A buyer would not pay anything like that.

Why would you need £50m to buy the club?

Only in their dreams...... :)

Not sure why you'd think that it's far fetched. I have no knowledge at all about any potential current takeover, but I did hear some time ago that there was an interested party that concluded that they'd be unable to reach a deal with SISU. It may be a case of 2+2=5, but I've always...

We're all speculating here, but if there is a potential buyer in the wings I'd guess that the buyer found ACL rather than the other way round, i.e. an interested party that (for whatever reason) doesn't believe that they can do a deal with SISU, but understands that any buyer would have to work...

A takeover can happen at any time, but it requires the buyer and seller to reach agreement on price. If we go into administration, any potential buyer will have to deal with the administrator rather than SISU. Some people may believe that this would make a deal more likely. We get a 10...

Sorry for those it buggers about, but I couldn't go on the Saturday as the wife had booked theatre tickets without consulting the fixture list (got to be grounds for divorce), so for once it works in my favour :)

I haven't researched either case, but did they really take that stance? Did they go into the press proclaiming that their landlords were about to go bust? Did they go to a meeting, verbally agree a deal and then back out? Or did they perhaps negotiate in a sensible way?

Some people did try to point out that this was the probable outcome of SISU's inept "negotiating" tactics - but as I recall you were applauding TF's stance.

I believe that it was Einstein who said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. I don't think I've ever met anyone who thinks current drugs policy is working - although I imagine that most criminals in the drugs trade would...

Didn't realise he'd suggested that. Bit of a shock to find a politician who can put forward sensible ideas instead of bowing to the "great" Daily Mail. Much respect to Mr Ainsworth.

Disagree. I'd say that Jan was pro CCFC.

Not my area of expertise, but I think that SISU could only choose to liquidate "on their terms", if they settle all third party debts - which would seem unlikely. If there are unpaid creditors then, as I recall, they get a say in the process - but I'd have to read too many dull books to be...

In my view, the most likely positive future for the club would come from administration, followed by purchase by a buyer who was in a position to do a simultaneous deal with the council/Higgs/ACL. I say administration because I think it's unlikely that anyone will be able to do a workable deal...

Sorry, this isn't the way it works. Sometimes there's a buyer in the wings, but often the key job for the administrator is to find and negotiate with potential purchasers.

So just to understand your logic, if B'ham has been for sale for a year and has not been bought, are you saying that no football club will ever be purchased again? Or is it that no football club outside the Premiership will ever be purchased again? Or perhaps no midlands club will ever be...

As I recall she wasn't on trial, so it would have been pretty tricky to find her guilty. However, I doubt that the judge's comments (as reported) would take pride of place in her cv.

Not wishing to have a go at Nathan, but Ben gradually got better and better. Nathan was looking great two years ago, but seems to have taken several steps back. It's true that most players need a run of games to show their best form, but he has played in the last 4 (?) and today was, as they...

I suppose if you keep on saying it long enough, someone will believe you........

Disturbing as it as, I broadly agree with Grendel's ratings. He did however miss out the MOTM - Tommy Hutchison walking onto the pitch at half time was by far the high point of the afternoon!