shmmeee
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Im saying he won’t have been told anything about budgets for Jan.
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Im saying he won’t have been told anything about budgets for Jan.
RegTheDonk
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He sounded a bit amateur but at least he's said it's a debt free fresh start. Lost count of how many appeals he made to the bondholders. Going to be another interesting day.
fatso
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Did you sign your name as Duffer by any chance?
shmmeee
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Only if they pay for anything pitch related and have a deal that they can’t play if the pitch quality deteriorates.
Sick Boy
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No, they can get fucked.
torchomatic
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Absolutely. However, there's a big difference in a player wanting to leave rather than us hawking him around as we have no cash.
I'm happy with the INTENT not to sell. If a player want to go, then there's nothing we, or the club, can do.
CovInEssex
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Did anyone else fist bump when he said we won't be sellers come Jan
AFCCOVENTRY
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King saying we won’t be selling players in the Jan window. We’re no longer a selling club…!
ceetee
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It's not a coincidence and he said as much.
That association gave him an intro to approach Joy
fatso
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Dawkins was squeeling like a pig because he got no response from the administrator and wasn't allowed to forward a bid or even have a conversation. But clearly he doesn't understand what a period of exclusivity means.
I'd worry about him being involved if that's the case.
AFCCOVENTRY
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Fair play to Dawkins but he’s a rabbit caught in the headlights. A step too far. Good luck to him though.
SkyblueDad
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Three angles in this 1, King is genuine and our long time wish for Abramovic type owner, a bit like sisu said they would be, 2 A con, sisu in disguise, 3, Makes no difference to todays court hearing it’s not about ccfc who are merely tenants and the preferred bidder comes away with the CBS then what. Or maybe a fourth to up any bid for the purchase of ccfc in the future.
duffer
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In terms of timing, I wrote before Ashley's 'preferred bidder' status had been confirmed.
Don't get me wrong, I'm fairly certain it would never have come off, but the complete lack of response is vaguely interesting.
I'm glad they never came back in many ways, personally I'd never want to be out in the middle of all of this, but it wouldn't have been too hard to get the ball rolling on a crowdfunding site if there had been any serious interest and then take it from there.
It's the sort of thing I'd expect the Trust to have stepped up to in all seriousness, they could claim a lot more credibility than a random bloke like me and maybe gather some proper external support. Too late now either way, we'll soon see what happens I guess.
shmmeee
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Lord grant me the confidence of a Sunderland fan
Samo
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What was he asking the bondholders for? To bloke the MA bid?
fatso
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It's also worth pointing out that Ashley secured a period of exclusivity by paying 1.2 million of his own money to keep the Arena operating during the admin process, this enabled CCFC to fulfil the home fixtures amongst other things.
I didn't see Sisu, Dawkins or king offering such monies (unsecured) upfront!
Thats good banter tbf
Nick
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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Curveball - Mike Ashley is The Coventry City to our Real Betis
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I mean this with due respect
but a bit like football clubs get countless enquiries from spotty teenagers with Championship Manager experience, I' sure the administrator has a bunch of jokers who enquire over a football club.I reckon you've been marked in that category
shmmeee
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King is offering to keep the arena operating.
Nick
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Ashley didn't offer it unsecured.
Samo
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fatso
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We only send our shit and our crocks up there.
skybluepm2
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Halfway through the interview and a few things strike me as being frankly bizarre;
He’s willing to invest £25m (or perhaps 85% of), to obtain the leasehold of a Stadium that he appears never to have visited (‘I hear it’s not in great shape’).
‘No due diligence has been done, but the bid is £25m’. So just a random figure plucked out of the sky, there must be some maths behind it?!
His overuse of the word ‘super’ and insistence on replacing the letter ‘t’ with ‘d’.
He’s willing to invest £25m (or perhaps 85% of), to obtain the leasehold of a Stadium that he appears never to have visited (‘I hear it’s not in great shape’).
‘No due diligence has been done, but the bid is £25m’. So just a random figure plucked out of the sky, there must be some maths behind it?!
His overuse of the word ‘super’ and insistence on replacing the letter ‘t’ with ‘d’.
Evo1883
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Not true is it, they are under contract .. the fees bid though will be a different matter , and I'd imagine that's where we can't say no
fatso
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He got no guarantee of a purchase.
fernandopartridge
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Trying not to be too cynical but to say in the same interview that you're willing to pay £25m cash but also that you've not looked at the books seems a bit off
Nick
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He literally explained it isn't?
Will just have to wait and see, fuck around and find out.
Otis
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No, but he could have said we don't have to sell players in January couldn't he?
No sales is a daft thing to say
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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M I’m
It’s the ready made reason why we’ll have to sell Gyokeres for 3m in January
KenilworthSkyBlue
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I assume he means no forced sales. Which we would've almost certainly have to have done in January in order to remain solvent.
The club will still have its price. Every club does.
duffer
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I mean this with due respect
I reckon you've been marked in that category
Quite possibly mate, but I'm capable of appearing reasonably professional when it comes to it.
It wasn't done anonymously and I was completely open and serious about the intention. Good practice, imho, would have been to respond regardless. A request for proof of funds would soon push away any chancers.
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VBut so am I, and I struggle to get people to take me seriously on house purchases, let alone stadium buys!