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Hard to say. He sounded a bit annoyed and had only just learned that the second offer had been rejected. Said he hadn't even had chance to speak to the other investors. Not dead, and it does appear that communication channels between him and JS are open at least.

Just listened to the interview and to be fair it was made clear a number of times by SL that Hoffman wasn't keen to go on and that he only agreed when news of the rejected bid was leaked to Les Reid. Sounded uncomfortable and extremely unhappy with what has go on in the last 24 hours. Thought...

Not really. Hoffman was appointed to the board in 2008, at almost the exact same time he took on a huge task at Northern Rock. The criticism that should be levelled at him is that he did not resign from the board immediately because he clearly had no time to dedicate to the football club and...

Actually there is a massive gulf between the attendances. What they are getting now is unprecedented for them. Their top 5 average attendances in their entire history have been in the last 5 seasons. Good luck to them though, they deserve some success. There was no 9K opening gate in the mid...

There is another city centre site that (with enough money) might be suitable. It runs from Upper Well Street to Bishop St. All the land is owned by Trinity Mirror, and most of the buildings are either vacant or derelict. TM do have planning mission for a development that would sweep it all...

I think they have decent support, but also have a big catchment area with little competition - their 'local' rivals are Crystal Palace (Crawley are historically a non-league side). The population of Sussex is 1.6 million - as opposed to 850K in Cov and Warwickshire. Historically we are much...

Hopefully a good turnout for this. I hear Charlton fans have made a real effort here, subsidising travel, producing placards on our behalf. We should make an effort to give them the same warm welcome they extended to us at their place.

What the fuck I have just read? I too was wavering, but having read through this I'm now convinced that I'll renew. People talk about the 'gravy train' and 'lining SISU's pockets'. It's facile nonsense. The true aim of a boycott is an attempt to cripple the club financially, make it as...

He's right about income streams of course, we are heavily reliant on ticketing revenues, this is no secret. The question though is that by freezing/raising prices, have they not alienated people and in doing so convinced a number of people not to buy, and thus reducing those revenues? A token...

You couldn't be more wrong. 2013/14 was the first time Bradford had a higher average than us in a given season since 1958, and it was only the second time since the war. We have a much higher average attendance than them historically - it isn't even close. Since 2013/14 they have pulled away...

I'll probably have a block to myself. 50/50 at the moment. If I don't the lad will be devastated though. Will make a last minute call.

You're comparing apples with oranges though. The point about away games is that people will pick and choose and make a judgement at the time as to whether they want to go- which might depend on where it is, the time of year, how well we are doing at the time, what sort of away day it is, how...

This. A blanket price freeze would be bad enough given the season we've just had, but the fact they have put prices up in certain blocks (and remember prices went up for those people last season as the season before there were no zones) is, quite frankly, staggering.

Not disputing much of this, and clearly he was massively distracted during his time as a director. Quite possibly he should have resigned earlier; but that doesn't negate the fact he probably didn't have direct input and influence over the day to day running of the business. Not saying he is...

Not sure I necessarily agree about Hoffman. He was hardly hands-on during his time on the board, and his appointment to it coincided with him taking the job on at Northern Rock - which was in a terrible state when he went there, so hardly a part-time undertaking. Not sure how much of a...

Senior roles at Barclays, Northern Rock and now CEO of Hastings Insurance iirc. Clearly successful and well connected, but I doubt he has the personal wealth to launch a bid on his own, but that's never really been on the cards. Whether these rumours are true or not, it wouldn't surprise me if...

Believe so. Mate just sent a text. He's in the World's End, and says a lot of city out and about around Camden Town. Gutted I couldn't go down today - have a few for me!

Get yourselves to Camden boys, sounds like it's lively!

Why would you go to Trafalgar Square? There's nothing there (pub wise). Covent Garden or Camden fine. In fact a mate just text from a pub in Camden and it's rocking. There are thousands down there tonight, but the idea everyone was going to get together in one place when there is a pub on...

It's London. There's a million places to go. Everyone will be spread out and doing their own thing. Don't get Trafalgar Square, nothing to do other than stand about drinking a warm beer from a can. Leave that to the Scots.