If as we are led to believe are now sustainable and Sisu aren't having to put any more money in, then we are not costing them anything and therefore you'd assume there is no rush for them to sell unless they receive a silly offer. Unfortunately, I can't see them going anywhere for a the foreseeable.Still can’t understand why they would just leave if legal action has been exhausted? Truth is we all don’t know what the game plan is going to be now
No, I am being realistic. The same was said when I said Dale Evans was full of shit from the start. "You just dont want SISU to go" type shit. That turned out well also.
I'll be celebrating later if we win, if we lose I probably will be pissed off.
Nice try at twisting the attention away from the point I made though. What next? I am on SISU's payroll, I am Tim Fisher? Scrape the Barrel.
Who has tried to buy the club since the Ricoh was sold to Wasps?
Haskell was the last 'serious' bid. If you recall he was last reported as being seen going in to the council house with Joe Elliott for a meeting and was then never heard from again. Was later revealed he didn't have the money anyway.
Or are you referring to Hoffman who a) doesn't have the money; b) was here under SISU and c) was duped by Dale Evans.
Given what Chris Anderson has said since leaving suspect he may have been here to look at things prior to a bid but he walked away when Wasps walked out on talks over a longer term deal at the Ricoh.
What makes us a more attractive proposition than any other club for those who don't have any connection to us?
Why would I say you’re on SISU’s payroll or that you’re Tim Fisher? Only one person scraping the barrel with that one and it’s you. Go and calm yourself down. Yesterday was good news for crying out loud. Try acting like it.
I remember when people kept insisting that no one would buy the club. Now it’s no one without a connection.
There’s always someone just as there’s always a manager who will come here when we need one.
Still can’t understand why they would just leave if legal action has been exhausted? Truth is we all don’t know what the game plan is going to be now
So who is it that has tried to buy the club since the stadium was sold to Wasps?I remember when people kept insisting that no one would buy the club. Now it’s no one without a connection.
There’s always someone just as there’s always a manager who will come here when we need one.
Yeah, Dale Evans will save us. He's the real deal.
Maybe it's why people get so uptight about it all, they fall for any old shite if people like the Trust and Hoffman open their mouths.
You may well be right and my opinion is as I say my opinion. Sisu are going to have to cut their losses at some point. They aren’t here to build a new stadium or a team that can challenge for the premier league. At some point they will have to consolidate their losses (although I think I’m right in saying the majority is historic and therefore hasn’t cost them anything in real terms) on this investment. I’m of the opinion that when litigation has been completed they’ll have little option but to sell and recover what they can.
Never brought the Dale Evans nonsense either so not sure why you’re concentrating on him so much.
So who is it that has tried to buy the club since the stadium was sold to Wasps?
You know who. What’s the point in asking me questions that you already know the answer to? It also doesn’t mean that no one else isn’t interested either. If they’ve come to the same conclusion as me that sisu won’t sell until litigation has been exhausted why would you know about them now?
Let’s see what sisu do next. If they announce that they’re dropping the legals and there are people they might see it as the time to try. I suspect that they won’t drop the legals myself although it would be a welcome surprise. So I don’t think we’ll find out for a while.
SISU2, this time they're malevolantThere’s always someone
Because the only person who has seemingly put a bid in fell for it. The same bloke who tried to use Michael as a front for another token media takeover.
All of the "bids" have been via the Telegraph and Social Media. That's what is meant by no actual serious bids.
SISU2, this time they're malevolant
SISU2, this time they're malevolant
The Hoffman consortiums initial bids was in private. It didn’t come out until after it was rejected. You know that so why you pretend otherwise is anyone’s guess.
IIRC they also made two bids before anyone had even heard of Dale Evans and neither as you know were done through the telegraph or social media.
But they could call in the debt and fold the club maybe? Building a stadium was never on their agenda we all know that and name one club in league one that is spending to the extent that they are going to be challenging for the premier league? Even the makems had to cut their cloth accordingly and the club has invested quite extensively this year have they not?You may well be right and my opinion is as I say my opinion. Sisu are going to have to cut their losses at some point. They aren’t here to build a new stadium or a team that can challenge for the premier league. At some point they will have to consolidate their losses (although I think I’m right in saying the majority is historic and therefore hasn’t cost them anything in real terms) on this investment. I’m of the opinion that when litigation has been completed they’ll have little option but to sell and recover what they can.
They were all leaked before they happened. There was a running commentary of when bids would be going in and how SISU wouldn't be able to refuse them. How Hoffman was meeting with Seppala etc.
What about his bid where he used Michael as a puppet and offered £51,987.35 - £50,000 as a financial incentive, £1,987 as a nod to the club’s FA Cup success and 35p to symbolise the number of miles from Coventry to Northampton?
By all means, hold onto the hope that he might one day waltz in and save the club. I'd love to be wrong and for it to happen, I really can't see it though.
I'm more cynical, I won't be let down all the time if I don't get my hopes up every time. Same as I expect us to lose most games so I'm not so annoyed if we lose and happier if we win.
Aside from Ryton and players the club has no tangible assets. If they fold the club won’t they lose the golden share and all the players become free agents? If they fold the club I can’t see how that will benefit them. Best option I would think is to sell the club as a going concern and possibly split Ryton out from that and sell it for development.But they could call in the debt and fold the club maybe? Building a stadium was never on their agenda we all know that and name one club in league one that is spending to the extent that they are going to be challenging for the premier league? Even the makems had to cut their cloth accordingly and the club has invested quite extensively this year have they not?
We can hope we get brought out but unless that buyer can cover these extensive costs AND have the funds to build a premier league chasing team (as you put it) then this isn’t going to change soon
People only started talking about the Hoffman consortium bid after it had been rejected. Hoffman went on the phone in the same week to confirm it. There was no bids through the telegraph and social media like you’re trying to claim.
I’m not sure what the bids through Michael were all about but I don’t think it was ever meant to be taken as a serious offer, more a political statement. You could argue that it back fired and I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with you but they’re not really relevant to the bids made the last year.
I’m not holding onto hope that he’s going to waltz in and save us but at the same time I’m not going to dismiss the possibility that there’s no one interested in the club whether that be Hoffman or anyone for that matter. We won’t know until litigation stops in my opinion as there’s no chance of sisu before that point. I think that’s become abundantly clear if nothing else from the Hoffman bids because when you compare the bid to what other clubs in better positions than us have sold for their valuation wasn’t far off. Possibly to high in reality depending on how the add ins panned out.
I don't know who, if I did I wouldn't be asking. There's been Dale Evans, a compete fantasist, and Hoffman who makes silly offers via the Telegraph. Who has submitted an actual real credible bid?You know who. What’s the point in asking me questions that you already know the answer to? It also doesn’t mean that no one else isn’t interested either. If they’ve come to the same conclusion as me that sisu won’t sell until litigation has been exhausted why would you know about them now?
How many of you have gone out and bought a Ricoh product based solely on the fact we play home games in a stadium with that name?
Personally, I have never ever bought a Ricoh product. I'm not even sure what products they make.
It was all done through social media, there were people who were saying "the bid is going in this week" and things like that. It always people who's friends were friend's with Hoffman who seemed to know what was going to happen. Then there was that public meeting at the Ricoh.
Hoffman made another bid
Rumour: Hoffman and Elliot takeover negotiations
With Michael's bids, I think it backfired more for him.
Hoffman didn't speak publicly for a while about it, however his close mates were telling lots of people on social media. That was the 2 I could find first on my phone.
If I remember, there were pictures of him at the Ricoh having a meeting in public and everything went from there. The pictures were the 9th April which is when the rumours ramped up and started, in the Telegraph on the 21st he said the bid went in at the weekend before which still would have been a week after the rumours started.
It was exactly as said, done via media / social media.
Okay Dave.I don't know who, if I did I wouldn't be asking. There's been Dale Evans, a compete fantasist, and Hoffman who makes silly offers via the Telegraph. Who has submitted an actual real credible bid?
Maybe because he has ran out of ideas to try and belittle your argument?Never brought the Dale Evans nonsense either so not sure why you’re concentrating on him so much.
Here he is.Maybe because he has ran out of ideas to try and belittle your argument?
You’re first link predates the bids last year by some time. They’re not even related in that sense.
So you think just because you heard about it through rumours in social media that means that the bid was made via social media? That seems to be what you’re saying.
FFS, is the question too difficult for you?Okay Dave.
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