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No one yet, perhaps - but it seems we're in an environment where people are nervous about posting information about ML meeting with fans. Why is that, I wonder?

Ah, OK, see what you're saying. So you're saying that ACL free and clear of the mortgage is worth £14million, but with the mortgage is worth nothing, right? I'm not sure I'd agree with that, especially given that the Higgs value their share at £6.5m, but I can see how you came to it.

Which is fair enough, and I respect that. I don't respect anyone who threatens legal action based on someone reporting what was said to them in a meeting though - that's not right to my mind. Either you speak openly to people, or you don't. The cloak and dagger and legal threats stuff does no...

Politely, I don't know how I could make it more clear. You could buy ACL, in theory, for £14m. The mortgage would still exist. You could, in theory, buy the mortgage for £14m. That doesn't give you ownership of ACL, just the debt that they hold. If you want ACL and the mortgage cleared down...

Funnily enough, I've got a screenshot of it - I'd actually left the window open because I was composing a reply to it. I won't publish it on the assumption that the OP doesn't want it published for some reason. Straight question Nick, did you ask him to take it down, and if so why? I can...

Nope - but if they want ACL free and clear of debt that's what they'd need to pay. They could, in theory, buy ACL in entirety for £13-14 million, but ACL would still have to service the mortgage. SISU's plan (Fisher's Roadmap) was to clear the mortgage, because that's the prime driver of the...

I'm not sure this is of vast significance, except to those struggling with the concept of 'net' value. ;) Basically, this seems to suggest that CCC and Higgs are both saying that ACL is worth around £13-14m, unless I've misread it. I think it means that if there was a deal to be done along...

Here you go Reg: http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/index.html Will work for most cold calls, though some dodgy types ignore it and some even set up abroad to avoid it. Should cut the calls right down though. Edit: Oops, sorry Reg, just seen you're already with TPS. Might be worth...

It's a fair question this. I think you need to look at the psychology of footballers though. Most of these guys have been the best in their position at whatever club they've played at for their entire lives. It's in their nature to think they'll succeed wherever they'll go, and with a bit of...

Yep. I'm daft, but I'm not that daft. ;)

So there I was, with the post of the decade in repsonse to the Mark Labovitch "Someone's cousin met ML" thread, only to find it had gone missing... http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/44614-Mark-Labovitch ... are there dark forces messing with your server, Nick? :)

Damn. And I'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for you meddling kids. :)

Bugger. Perhaps I shouldn't have sent him the wife's bank account details. ;)

I think in fairness to CET/Simon Gilbert it's fair enough to report it straight and then leave us to draw our own judgements. That's what what we do for everyone else's pronouncements after all. Plus there's not a lot else going on at the moment is there? The calm before the storm, perhaps...

In fairness to our current owners, we've always sold our best players to 'bigger' clubs. Of course, now that we're at the level we're at it's hard to accept that clubs like Huddersfield are bigger than us, but in terms of league position and available funds I'm afraid I think they are. More...

Just to add, whatever the loss of direct revenue from ticket sales you should probably add the possible impact as the result of those who drift away from the club forever, or the kids who never start supporting the club. It's basically a pretty big gamble, financially, SISU's tactics. The...

Very true Brian - at least 57% of statistics are made up, apparently. ;)

From the transcript: MR JUSTICE LEGGATT: ... These days, the usual approach is not, as it once was, to treat the counterclaim and the claim independently; it's to look overall at who the winner is and it seems to me that this is a case which has effectively ended as a nil-all draw, if I'm...

There wasn't anyone trying to buy it - despite it apparently being key to CCFC's future. So, other than selling to someone who had no interest in purchasing, what else did the charity do wrong?

Indeed and in what way were the charity responsible? Was it for coming to the rescue when the club had nowhere else to turn, or refusing to sell at a discount under an inadequately secured buy-now, pay later plan?