Me too. He gave them an opportunity to pay his asking price but with a charge that he would get the money in another way if they failed to keep their end of the bargain. They failed. They welshed on the deal to pay back the club the money they owed the club. They still wanted top dollar to sell up. All Donald and Methven. Nothing to do with Short.
Yes, but the point being that FPP appearing again now isn't as surprising as Kittens is suggesting.
I wont believe its true until its actually true. Not getting too excited but live in hope.
Totally disagree. All people really want is for their football club to be successful. As long as it's doing well on the pitch and isn't looking uncomfortable financially, everything else is background noise. Look how the anti-Glazer protests at Man Utd diminished once the fans realised they were still winning things but have come back now they're in a period of sustained mediocrity. There will be some who would look at the financial stuff and be concerned even if we were being successful but their's would be lost voices amongst the content majority. There would even be some who said they deserved a little bonus for success.Think you are off the mark here. No matter who was in charge, if they were skimming the cash out of the club with the promise to pay it back only to welsh on that promise when they think everyone has forgot the fans would be upset. The reaction of people is genuine not faux and it is a function of the **** we have had since these two(three) turned up. On its own without the history of misinformation from the hierarchy it would make any set of fans sit up an voice concern. When added to the stuff we have already had to deal with it does magnify the severity of the reaction but not without very good reason.
If it's the 25 million that you're talking about they don't actually owe the club that money ffs. It went to pay a club debt albeit by a complicated process,
Regardless of the complexity of the deal, they have moved the goalposts and left us with this black hole. My understanding is that Short cleared the debt, a portion of which should have been returned to Short by those who took on the club at some point down the line. Short correctly protected himself from being more out of pocket by placing the charge on the club. So when it came to paying up, the clubs money was used to pay Short. Yes it was the clubs debt but the new owners agreed to cover the debt as part of the deal. So they paid their obligation to Short out of the parachute payment and then moved the goalposts and cancelled their obligation to pay the club back. Short got what he wanted and Donald got what he wanted but the club has been left in a worse position because Donald changed the game at the clubs expense. My take is probably not perfect but I hope its not a million miles wide of the actual reality of what has happened.
You would think being the major investors in the club they’d be all over the current financial situation and have access to all they need when they need it.
See what you mean. I think most of what they say is the truth but maybe just their version of the truth.
Which means it’s happening
