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Parking alone is worth a couple of hundred thousand a year is it not? The point that others seem to deliberately sidestepping is the massive contracts that they have with Compass and Ricoh - if either of those companies were to re-evaluate their position, and in the case of Compass that would...

It is the spin that grates. The emotional claptrap they wrap it all up in - this nonsense about the suffering of the fans. It is a commercial decision. There are stakeholders with multi-million pound contracts in place that would want a football club/anchor tenant to remain. Not only that...

Oh behave. Why so serious all of a sudden. I'll never regret making that comment, and of course 'come crashing down' can mean a number of things and I happen to mean it in a footballing sense. BTW, what is 'full administration'? I fail to see any scenario that is worse that the one we find...

Do you have access to information we don't such as management accounts? That last set of accounts filed were for the financial year ending 31 May 2012. Nobody knows what the profit was for the financial year just ended, or indeed if they made a profit at all. I suspect they probably did...

You can repeat it if you want, it's still nonsense. ACL cannot survive without the club, hence this desperate move. Do you seriously think compass have not been leaning on ACL to do something? Their contract was worth millions. Do you think they were happy at the prospect on losing all that...

I know exactly what the escrow was for, how it came about and where the momey came from. Point was it was there and they were able to draw on it - and the amount was greater than the proposed new rent deal. Quite an elementary point I was making I thought. And please don't argue that ACL...

Complete meltdown.

Their tactics at the end were all wrong, everyone agrees on that. The analogy doesn't work because it is too simplistic. The club are not purchasing goods, it is a complex tenancy arrangement in which both sides have a vested interest in making it work. To use your analogy though, if the...

One more season without promotion and the whole thing could come crashing down for them. Fingers crossed eh.

Agree. Since we fully expect the club to come out of administration once SISU regain control (hopefully they won't, but it the most likely outcome), then this offer seemingly becomes null and void. They need to clarify it really.

Fine, but that can be achieved without this two stage sale of the club - so throwing their hat into the ring is just muddying the waters as I see it. Far better that PH4 or another purchase the club via the administrator and then negotiate directly with ACL/Higgs re the purchase of the Arena or...

Since when did they 'allow' them to get away with it? They still received more via the escrow account than they were proposing to receive under the new deal that was/wasn't agreed. They then made moves to force the club into administration. I welcome this move by ACL, it is a sensible one...

crap analogy tbf.

So why are you and others using the 'one entity' argument, when it is clear to everyone that this isn't their intention and that they would simply sell the club on? Here's an idea, let's bypass that process completely and just sell directly to PH4 or one of the other consortiums? ACL are...

Considering what we know about the other interested parties, it beggars belief that people seem genuinely excited by the prospect of ACL owning the football club. The only consolation is that they haven't a hope in hell of being selected as preferred bidders. There is a contradiction here I...

Ask for the money up front?

I'd like more people to vote for SISU just so I can see Valiant have a meltdown. I'm easily pleased me.

Have now see the edited post. Point taken. Not sure about glucose levels, but my alcohol levels could do with a boost, so on that note...

That did occur to me i.e. that the outcome is very much a forgone conclusion so instead of going through the motions they have approached SISU direct. I guess that's probably just wishful thinking on my part and doesn't explain why he told the CT that a bid had been submitted. We'll see.

By all means do, but it doesn't escape the fact the data is wrong :p It's academic though, as gates would be terrible in such a scenario and the chances of competing at the right end of the table in those circumstances are pretty much nil.