Robin1988

2 minutes ago, Dastardly and Muttley said:

Bolton takeover completed.

https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/statement-on-behalf-of-david-rubin--partners-administrators-for-bolton-wanderers3/

Cor, Ken Anderson's PR is through the roof isn't it?

It does sound great @Mr Popodopolous but even if they were aware at 11.05pm, the deadline was 5pm. If they turned up after that then they don't really have a leg to stand-on. If it is a mix-up then fair enough, but otherwise as much as we could say "It's only a few hours," that also works for any potential buyer that didn't turn up a few hours earlier....

10 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

It was a last ditch bid it appears.

Plus of course, the chance to try to get the best possible price, debt reduction, desperation etc etc- bit of brinkmanship thrown in there?

If you turn up the day after a club's been thrown out of the Football League claiming to be a white knight, you haven't done a great job of saving the day.

I'd be very sceptical. Romantically it'd be brilliant but being a dispassionate bastard for a moment, it's pretty poor.

5 minutes ago, Sturman 1 said:

I hope this comes to light but I can imagine the EFL declining stating a deadline was set and we are sticking by our decision... here's to hoping the EFL use some common sense!

I’m not sure. The company’s common sense would’ve been to turn up this time yesterday...

27 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Apparently Bolton only needed one signatory of one of the parties to finalise the takeover deal as of last Friday.

Then, over the weekend that signatory asked for £250k just to put their name to the deal.

Where does this greed come from? I really despair sometimes at what our society has become. 

For those asking why Bolton are getting 14 days, I assume it's because they are very close to a deal and also because in the meantime they are at least fulfilling their fixtures. Bury had missed six fixtures and it was becoming unrealistic for them to fit those rearranged fixtures into a condensed season. 

Bolton are getting 14 days because it’s how the rules work. The notice of expulsion is a two-week notice. Bury’s ran out on Friday, and was extended until Tuesday.

4 minutes ago, wayne allisons tongues said:

But Bury were in talks with bidders today but have been expelled.

I have said this before I think Bolton have been getting preferential treatment from the league. Plus they didn’t have the guts to expel 2 teams at once. 

A club with 5 players who cancel matches for they say there youth team can’t play twice a week can continue getting best 5 0 every week.

 

It was a different situation mate. Bolton had their 14-day notice period put on hold, and that was lifted tonight. If they don’t find new owners in 14 days, they’re chucked out.

That’s the deadline that Bury failed to meet on Friday, and again today.

6 minutes ago, wayne allisons tongues said:

So if they are being liquidated how can they continue.

They’ve put out a statement tonight saying they’re still in talks with bidders.

Sounds like liquidation was a threat to get buyers to hurry up. Not too encouraging that they didn’t.

5 minutes ago, hodge said:

A lot of clubs (we definitely have done) advertise as £x per game, would think there could be a case now as that cost per game has increased and therefore not what was advertised.

I’m not sure it’s legally binding if it was accurate at the time of print, and tbh I hope it isn’t.
 

I know fans miss out on their teams playing Bury but something doesn’t sit right about teams paying out because other clubs are badly run.

Can someone explain for us stupid people what this all means? Buying and selling debt has always confused me.

10 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

EFL frightened to death about legal action from other L1 Clubs

Useless organisation

I know what you mean but at this point what more could they do? The club can't fulfil it's league fixtures, had no financial prospects and even prospective owners didn't want anything to do with the club once they got close.

The EFL just shouldn't have let this charlatan take over the club in the first place. If he was the "successful businessman" he touted himself as why did he leave a string of dissolved companies in his wake, and more importantly where did the money go?

One of English football’s darkest days in a long time.

I hope they somehow comeback strong. There’s a lot of people with some big questions to answer but do any of us have any faith that they actually will?

Bury’s players are now out of pocket, the same players who won them promotion last season, I just hope they get picked up by other clubs.

Spare a thought for David Flitcroft and Mansfield too. Sacked after missing out on promotion on the final day, with one of the teams going up in their place going out of business before they played a fixture in the league above. Such a cruel irony.

1 minute ago, wendyredredrobin said:

 It may be nothing to do with Cardiff. He might have made his own travel arrangements.

Exactly, we don't know. But I'm paraphrasing what was said before.

4 minutes ago, maxjak said:

With the greatest respect at no time have i ever pretended to have any aviation knowledge, or claim to be an expert, so please don't exagerate. i have travelled over the channel at night in a single engined Cessna . Of course I  feel sorry for everyone concerned, and I'm certain it will all be throughly investigated. It's merely a point of view.

It was meant for the guy who made the original point, not you. But anyway, we know barely anything about the incidents surrounding the accident. Why is now the time for inquests about how Cardiff transport their players? It seems very crass to me.

22 minutes ago, chipdawg said:

This is awful news, regardless of who was on board. But you have to ask; what were Cardiff doing flying their record signing over in a little prop plane like that? If you're spending £12 million on a player, surely you can stretch to the £10k or so to charter a more modern plane?

No, you really don't have to ask that.

5 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

I can see SC going there ....

I can't. If he thought City didn't bother backing him after winning us a league trophy he'll think Lansdown was like Santa compared to WAQ.

14 minutes ago, WesM said:

I almost feel sorry for him. Even the reddest of reds has to admit he did a good job in getting them back up from the National League to where they are now. He’s clearly not had much support from the frauds that are the board there. He could and should of left a few summers ago when his stock was high, he stayed loyal and its now damaged him professionally.

Me too. He did a great job, let's be fair. Club very much on the down and got them up twice in two seasons, wasn't that far away from the play-offs last season too. Now I'm off for an acid bath to purge my positive Darrell thoughts.

51 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

Bomber....Motorhead

War - Edwin Starr

4 minutes ago, RedM said:

No need for that. Take your strop out on someone else. I hit post before I meant to, please read my amended post and see if you still want to throw your toys at me.

If it's in for just a debrief, fair enough. But anything similar to being in response to losing 4-0 at home is an overreaction in a sea of overreactions.

1 minute ago, Acton Red said:

No complaints with my post Robins 1998. What is your problem? Confidence is an important factors in team success and a result like this after Saturday with a two key defensive players making mistakes can really move a team in the wrong direction. 

Losing 6-0 at home crushes your confidence. Being half an inch away from what would have been a definite win doesn't.

14 minutes ago, RedM said:

Wolves have just tweeted that their player's day off is cancelled tomorrow after their result against Barnsley (lost 4-0). Let's hope we have similar plans

What? They got battered 4-0 at home. We lost in the last minute when we had a penalty to go 3-1 up.

Jesus christ.

1 minute ago, Robin101 said:

Pff can I vote for myself? Not sure why people are particularly surprised that people are having emotional reactions though. You've gotta admit, that was a ******* annoying 35 minutes. 

Yeah and to be fair it is quite funny to watch until you realise it's all our own!

Belter of the match (Sheffield Wednesday away). Who gets your vote?

16 minutes ago, Acton Red said:

This is the kind of result that can crush a teams confidence. So frustrating

15 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said:

Sort that ******* defence out!!! Beyond a joke now.

Start making some ******* changes and sort them out!!!

15 minutes ago, Robin101 said:

Jesus Christ. Let's hope this doesn't derail our season. 

15 minutes ago, Robbie_Turner said:

Dropped Saturday surely, questions over first, all his fault 2nd and a mistake kicking it out for the 3rd giving them possession !!!!!

14 minutes ago, husshen said:

Flint has always been a shit defender.

Just camouflages it with his goals in the opposition box.

13 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Ekstrand must start Saturday, and put some backbone into the defence

Lucic anyone? Please not Fielding for O"Donnell.  Lucic for me

12 minutes ago, Chairman Mao said:

Flint and O'Donnell should be dropped

9 minutes ago, BanburyRed said:

How much effing room in the box?  Jeez........

Has something happened to Flint over the summer?

2 games sum up the Championship - width of a post on Saturday, width of a post tonight.

Box it off, close the lid - move on.

Some very strong contenders here. I think Husshen has the title in his grasp though. Let's hope someone doesn't snatch a last-minute win.

3 minutes ago, nickolas said:

Tomlin scores the pen its game over. End of. Shocking goals but would never had happened if a man on £30k a week could score from just 12 yards. 

O'Neil is as culpable, if not moreso.

But rationally, it happens on both counts.

3 minutes ago, Robbie_Turner said:

Dropped Saturday surely, questions over first, all his fault 2nd and a mistake kicking it out for the 3rd giving them possession !!!!!

Get out.

Is the guy operating the camera on Facebook the same guy who does the camera at Ashton Gate?

2 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said:

That's one of the most ridiculous things imaginable. You couldn't make that up. Our turn to throw away a two goal lead in Yorkshire? 

This is pretty feeble compared to one afternoon at Griffin Park!