Serious takeover talk

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FulwellBri said:
Dont believe we will ever get a straight answer to this.
It amuses me that short still has many detractors and gets pelters. His crime, not being as vigilant as he could have and letting his managers manage ( albeit pretty poorly in most instances ) .
He dropped any where between 150 and 200m during his tenure after taking over a club in worse financial condition than Donald did. But he had the readies to sort it. He left the club debt free. He deserves a statue imo.
I reckon sd and cm are now caught in the headlights. It was all fun when they were tweeting and getting selfies and painting faded stadium seats.
Normal service has resumed. The important thing, success on the pitch has evaporated once again. They have presided over this evaporation since xmas and have probably welded the axe too late.
I reckon sd likes the limelight and sees the potential of the club and doesnt like the idea of being a flunky.
He used virtually nothing of his own ( by business standards ) modest stash and stands to make a pretty penny. But he appears to want the money and retain centre stage.
Is it a coincidence that both us based consortiums have withdrawn when almost on the cusp?
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It amuses me that short still has defenders.
He was a failure.
 
Hmm, no update on the food consumed :emoticon-0106-cryin

I wonder how many tweets SD got yesterday?
 
Smug in Boots said:
I've never said this before but I think this one is too much for me ... Wow!!!

We've been going through the client's PA, then the company solicitor but finally found out who the client is.

We nearly fell through the floor.

We've been asked to go to the Surrey mansion to meet the staff, etc but it's at a higher level even than the Olygarch and Sheikh we worked for. Mrs Smug is sitting here shaking her head and laughing ... we've just walked in shattered but I'll try to post a few clues in the morning.

There would definitely be no holidays, not even visitors ...

... the security is outrageous, there's a drone that tours a set of fixed points every hour.

FFS man, its all mental.
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Will you be able to get out to go to the match still lol
 
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FulwellBri said:
Well when donald has spent 15m of his own money( never mind 150m ) and financially single handedly has kept us in the premier league for a decade come back to me with a big grin on your face
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I dont know the gist of this argument but Donald cannot get us to the premier league, never mind keep us there..he has said so himself, hence the state of limbo the whole club is currently in trying to get 'richer' people in to do that
 
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Comfy seats & Quinns bar said:
Will you be able to get out to go to the match still lol
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It's almost as bad as youve imagined mate ...
... incredibly well paid but cctv'd to the extreme.

The principal is only there for around 4 weeks a year but there's a staff of around 20 including 6 permanent security guards on shifts.

By coincidence, and on a rare visit, she's there for a masked Halloween ball and 200 pumpkins have been ordered. The gardeners have electric knives to carve them. They'll be placed around the front lawn to greet guests as they arrive.

The whole thing is on a scale you struggle to get to grips with. I'm trying to coax Mrs Smug into, at least, visiting the property for an interview but I doubt she'll want to work for a Russian again.

Anyway, I shouldn't be posting, on this thread, and disrupting it.
 
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Smug in Boots said:
It's almost as bad as youve imagined mate ...
... incredibly well paid but cctv'd to the extreme.

The principal is only there for around 4 weeks a year but there's a staff of around 20 including 6 permanent security guards on shifts.

By coincidence, and on a rare visit, she's there for a masked Halloween ball and 200 pumpkins have been ordered. The gardeners have electric knives to carve them. They'll be placed around the front lawn to greet guests as they arrive.

The whole thing is on a scale you struggle to get to grips with. I'm trying to coax Mrs Smug into, at least, visiting the property for an interview but I doubt she'll want to work for a Russian again.

Anyway, I shouldn't be posting, on this thread, and disrupting it.
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Katerina Tikhonova?

If it is it would explain the level of security/secrecy and I'd steer well clear.
 
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6inarow said:
I dont know the gist of this argument but Donald cannot get us to the premier league, never mind keep us there..he has said so himself, hence the state of limbo the whole club is currently in trying to get 'richer' people in to do that
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Well painting short as the anti christ by certain sections of safc support boils my pi55.
Donald up until the past week was hailed as the next best thing based on nothing but selfies, social media squawking and painting faded seats. He has done a bit of financial toe cutting and that is it.
His contribution to safc ie utterly dwarfed by short.
 
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FulwellBri said:
Well painting short as the anti christ by certain sections of safc support boils my pi55.
Donald up until the past week was hailed as the next best thing based on nothing but selfies, social media squawking and painting faded seats. He has done a bit of financial toe cutting and that is it.
His contribution to safc ie utterly dwarfed by short.
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They weren't painted, they were replaced but I take your point.
 
FulwellBri said:
Well painting short as the anti christ by certain sections of safc support boils my pi55.
Donald up until the past week was hailed as the next best thing based on nothing but selfies, social media squawking and painting faded seats. He has done a bit of financial toe cutting and that is it.
His contribution to safc ie utterly dwarfed by short.
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SHORT HAS PUT US IN DIVISION 3

Big letters for you
 
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FulwellBri said:
Well painting short as the anti christ by certain sections of safc support boils my pi55.
Donald up until the past week was hailed as the next best thing based on nothing but selfies, social media squawking and painting faded seats. He has done a bit of financial toe cutting and that is it.
His contribution to safc ie utterly dwarfed by short.
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Mate, I dont know what part of my post I am slating SD. He has done a great job stabilising the club financially but we are stabilised in league 1, he has stated he cant get us to the Premier without help, that was my point, no witch hunt against him at all. But also saying he cant do this without help has put everyone (imo) at the club in an edgy position, especially for the last 2 months since the Americans showed up. This has been months of uncertainty from top to bottom waiting everyday to see who is going to sack them or keep them on. The worst bit of PR the club has done is let this out because the club will continually be in a state of limbo before anybody signs on the dotted line.

To add, dont get me started on Ellis Fking Short
 
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