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GIMOC

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,571
Deleted member 5849 said:
I still don't see why the timescales are a disaster!
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the club assumed as per the telegraph article that the deal was getting approved mid december. That wasn’t the case. Boddy then states ‘imminent’ for approval. Not sure what your understanding of ‘imminent’ is?
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,572
GIMOC said:
means it’s looking less likely than it did 2 weeks ago. EFL asking for further details into POF. As of Wednesday. Haven’t heard anything since
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We’ve heard nothing since 21/12 mmmmm
 

shmmeee

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,573
GIMOC said:
I was told the deal stalled post Swansea game. In essence, the info provided didn’t convince EFL to approve. Hence the ‘imminent’ approval has yet to be announced
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So are you saying the EFL have rejected King? Sorry but it’s very hard to work out what you’re actually claiming.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,574
GIMOC said:
I was told the deal stalled post Swansea game. In essence, the info provided didn’t convince EFL to approve. Hence the ‘imminent’ approval has yet to be announced
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I have heard the issue isn't the amount of funds but the source.
 
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GIMOC

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,575
Sky Blue Pete said:
We’ve heard nothing since 21/12 mmmmm
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we’ve heard nothing since the 17th from the club unless you heard something different?
 

GIMOC

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,576
shmmeee said:
So are you saying the EFL have rejected King? Sorry but it’s very hard to work out what you’re actually claiming.
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As it stands, yes.
 
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Grendel

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,577
Sky Blue Pete said:
We’ve heard nothing since 21/12 mmmmm
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Boddy said the deal was imminent on tbe 17th didn’t he?
 

Ccfc1979

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,578
Seems odd to me that no one heard ANYTHING AT ALL about King until the club’s press release the night before the ground court case. No ITK knew anything. So, why would they now know the intricate deadlines and requests of the EFL and whether the club is hiding something or not with regard to it?
 
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Grendel

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,579
Ccfc1979 said:
Seems odd to me that no one heard ANYTHING AT ALL about King until the club’s press release the night before the ground court case. No ITK knew anything. So, why would they now know the intricate deadlines and requests of the EFL and whether the club is hiding something or not with regard to it?
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To be fair you’ve sort of answered your own question there
 

GIMOC

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,580
Couple of lines which people need to take into account. Robins stating before Swansea that the takeover would be announced before Christmas
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,581
clint van damme said:
I have heard the issue isn't the amount of funds but the source.
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Probably because its the same source we've been funded from before just a different front
 
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rexo87

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,582
Robins said the day before the Reading game in the long press conference on Ifollow that approval was expected on that same day (9th) or the Monday or Tuesday after. Since then we've heard nothing but 'imminent' whenever Robins or Boddy have been asked about it.

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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,583
skybluetony176 said:
The thing that pricked my suspicion at the very start was him being described in the press release as a local businessman. Can’t see anything anywhere to suggest that he is local. One of his business interests is based in Stratford, but that is a stretch to label him a local business man. Mike Ashley has stores all around Coventry and Warwickshire long before he purchased ACL but you wouldn’t describe him as a local businessman. As soon as I read that in the press release I smelled BS. Nothing that’s happened since has changed my mind, if anything the opposite. Until the EFL approves it he hasn’t bought jack and that has hit a rocky patch. It might happen, I really don’t know. SISU has a history of creating fog for misdirection so based on that I’ll believe it when it’s approved.
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GIMOC said:
lol - so date of joining = how long of a fan I’ve been? very good. didn’t realise when joining this forum dictates how long someone been a fan for? Brilliant
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Just trying to work it out, no need to take offence and no wasn’t about how long was why you joined and therefore who your source might be or why (more likely) you changed your name. Whats gimoc an anagram of?
 

skybluetony176

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,584
Deleted member 5849 said:
I still don't see why the timescales are a disaster!
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I don’t know if disaster is the correct word but when you consider that the Gillingham takeover was announced almost two weeks after ours, was complicated from the start because it required the stadium to be used as security to obtain the necessary funding to complete the takeover and that takeover was completed just before Christmas it doesn’t point to our takeover going smoothly. Considering that the timescale at least on the surface has some relevance.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,585
GIMOC said:
we’ve heard nothing since the 17th from the club unless you heard something different?
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You said before West Brom game
 
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Grendel

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,586
Sky Blue Pete said:
You said before West Brom game
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he said Swansea didn’t he?
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,587
rexo87 said:
Robins said the day before the Reading game in the long press conference on Ifollow that approval was expected on that same day (9th) or the Monday or Tuesday after. Since then we've heard nothing but 'imminent' whenever Robins or Boddy have been asked about it.

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And they are annoyed and have asked efl to hurry up please
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,588
Grendel said:
he said Swansea didn’t he?
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He’s said both which is fine
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,589
skybluetony176 said:
I don’t know if disaster is the correct word but when you consider that the Gillingham takeover was announced almost two weeks after ours, was complicated from the start because it required the stadium to be used as security to obtain the necessary funding to complete the takeover and that takeover was completed just before Christmas it doesn’t point to our takeover going smoothly. Considering that the timescale at least on the surface has some relevance.
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It’s definitely relevant if not resolved by January
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,590
GIMOC said:
the club assumed as per the telegraph article that the deal was getting approved mid december. That wasn’t the case. Boddy then states ‘imminent’ for approval. Not sure what your understanding of ‘imminent’ is?
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Well, 'imminent' could be any time from now until June, July, August, couldn't it.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,591
Deleted member 5849 said:
Well, 'imminent' could be any time from now until June, July, August, couldn't it.
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10 years
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Dec 27, 2022
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Sky Blue Pete said:
10 years
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Which came first, the new stadium or the takeover?
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,593
clint van damme said:
I have heard the issue isn't the amount of funds but the source.
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Ah, so the arms dealing and paedophile rings turned out to be an issue after all!
 
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GIMOC

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,594
Sky Blue Pete said:
You said before West Brom game
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I heard that the deal had stalled at the baggies game. which seems true considering before Swansea game it was a matter of days accordingly to robins and ‘imminent’ according to boddy
 
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Matt smith

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,595
GIMOC said:
I heard that the deal had stalled at the baggies game. which seems true considering before Swansea game it was a matter of days accordingly to robins and ‘imminent’ according to boddy
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Extremely hard to disagree with this comment here.

think the fans deserve some clarity going into the January window
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,596
Matt smith said:
Extremely hard to disagree with this comment here.

think the fans deserve some clarity going into the January window
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From whom?
club and owners are waiting and frustrated at the delqy
Gimoc is saying he’s heard they can’t prove funds
Clint is saying not funds but where they are from (if Saudi blood money ok then don’t know wat that means)
So I’m somewhere between delay and why delay
 

chiefdave

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,597
GIMOC said:
I heard that the deal had stalled at the baggies game. which seems true considering before Swansea game it was a matter of days accordingly to robins and ‘imminent’ according to boddy
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I've read pages of this and I still have no clue what is being claimed. From what various people at the club have said approval of the deal was expected but more information has been asked for which has now been provided

Isn't that essentially the same thing you're claiming? Has your source said the EFL have rejected the takeover or it has collapsed for any other reason

Not really something the club is going to be issuing daily updates on is it? Nobody has even heard of King until the initial statement
 
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Matt smith

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,598
I don’t know what to believe I just want millions spunking into the team so we can bring on a substitute that is of championship level

that’s the dream
 
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Grendel

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,599
Sky Blue Pete said:
From whom?
club and owners are waiting and frustrated at the delqy
Gimoc is saying he’s heard they can’t prove funds
Clint is saying not funds but where they are from (if Saudi blood money ok then don’t know wat that means)
So I’m somewhere between delay and why delay
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Didn’t you when Ashley was having preferred bid status that the club and the owners were looking to buy the stadium and frustrated that they couldn’t see the accounts?
 

GIMOC

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,600
This is me thinking out loud and nothing concrete but my gut feeling reading between the lines is that POF and source is interlinked and goes back to sisu. Could be way of the mark. Only time will tell. I’m off to the pub anyway.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,601
Grendel said:
Didn’t you when Ashley was having preferred bid status that the club and the owners were looking to buy the stadium and frustrated that they couldn’t see the accounts?
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Didn’t I??
 

Grendel

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,602
chiefdave said:
I've read pages of this and I still have no clue what is being claimed. From what various people at the club have said approval of the deal was expected but more information has been asked for which has now been provided

Isn't that essentially the same thing you're claiming? Has your source said the EFL have rejected the takeover or it has collapsed for any other reason

Not really something the club is going to be issuing daily updates on is it? Nobody has even heard of King until the initial statement
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no he’s not saying that
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,603
Sky Blue Pete said:
From whom?
club and owners are waiting and frustrated at the delqy
Gimoc is saying he’s heard they can’t prove funds
Clint is saying not funds but where they are from (if Saudi blood money ok then don’t know wat that means)
So I’m somewhere between delay and why delay
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Well because he’s a hedge fund man the money he’s using wouldn’t be his own but that of investors-perhaps he’s had to show there’s enough to be granted over x timeframe.
 

Grendel

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,604
Sky Blue Pete said:
Didn’t I??
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You said the club were involved until Ashley came along?
 
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rexo87

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  • Dec 27, 2022
  • #3,605
Sky Blue Pete said:
And they are annoyed and have asked efl to hurry up please
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I'm sure that will make all the difference rather than actually give them what they've asked for

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