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Guinness Guzzler said:
I don't think that's quite true mind. I heard a while ago from someone I trust that there was nothing close. I didn't post his name or owt, and I left out details that would make it obvious where it came from if someone from the club was reading, there were things he told me that were very specific which would likely identify the source. But, having stripped away that stuff, I still posted on the main board the main part of the message (misinformation coming from someone at the club, nothing close at the time, FPP still the most likely rather than just Fuhrman).

Not saying its true, it might have been at the time, things might have moved on, it might even (unlikely) have been wrong from the start. But posting a fairly bland summary of it won't see it traced back to anyone whilst still giving people a bit of info /gossip to take however they wish. I think that is sensible, and I think it happens a fair bit from people who hear a lot more than I do! So I don't think it's right that nothing will ever be shared on an open forum, it's just it'll be more general than you might get in a PM. Even PMs are fairly general mind, because as proved over the road you never know when someone will just cut and paste them. Hard to know who you can trust so it's not worth the risk unless you know the person in real life.

The issue for me, and where it gets annoying, is when people (like Bob) try to be so cryptic that not only does it disguise the source, it also makes it impossible to get even the general gist of the message! Mind, since Bob apparently knows the ultimate sources, I'm not sure why he needs to be cryptic, they know him so they know full well where the info has come from, so he should either post it or they should tell him to stop blabbing on the ****ing Internet!
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I’ll just keep reading
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
I don't think that's quite true mind. I heard a while ago from someone I trust that there was nothing close. I didn't post his name or owt, and I left out details that would make it obvious where it came from if someone from the club was reading, there were things he told me that were very specific which would likely identify the source. But, having stripped away that stuff, I still posted on the main board the main part of the message (misinformation coming from someone at the club, nothing close at the time, FPP still the most likely rather than just Fuhrman).

Not saying its true, it might have been at the time, things might have moved on, it might even (unlikely) have been wrong from the start. But posting a fairly bland summary of it won't see it traced back to anyone whilst still giving people a bit of info /gossip to take however they wish. I think that is sensible, and I think it happens a fair bit from people who hear a lot more than I do! So I don't think it's right that nothing will ever be shared on an open forum, it's just it'll be more general than you might get in a PM. Even PMs are fairly general mind, because as proved over the road you never know when someone will just cut and paste them. Hard to know who you can trust so it's not worth the risk unless you know the person in real life.

The issue for me, and where it gets annoying, is when people (like Bob) try to be so cryptic that not only does it disguise the source, it also makes it impossible to get even the general gist of the message! Mind, since Bob apparently knows the ultimate sources, I'm not sure why he needs to be cryptic, they know him so they know full well where the info has come from, so he should either post it or they should tell him to stop blabbing on the ****ing Internet!
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Good post mate.
 
Just when you thought the court cases had finished!
 

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young2077 said:
You didn't name any signings that you had heard about, as far as I am aware?

You can say what you want with whoever on whatever side of the fence has told you about Marwood until he has been confirmed by the club you can't talk about it as if it's done. But blame my reading.
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I said I'd been told about signings before they happened which was how I know Bob gets information.
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
What I don't understand is, if Marwood is actually happening I can only assume its alongside FPP because as mentioned earlier he's hardly going to come here to work for Donald and be limited to maybe getting us into the championship. And if you're suggesting Bob has mentioned Marwood to you then , again, that's positive. But if that's the case, why does he keep banging on about no takeover being on the cards , and coming across pretty passive aggressive if anyone suggests otherwise? I know it's a mocked phrase, but it's true that "things change" he can't be certain either way if he knows enough to know that FPP are interested
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Because he's a stubborn bastard lol.
 
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Julio said:
Another week is about to come and go with nothing happening
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I personally trust Magnus comments from the off bit least because he also stated that left back lad who's name escapes me was about to sign which is something I know was about to happen until the wage limit came in.

If even half of what he's been told comes off it'll be party time.
 
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Southern Adam said:
He's right tbh. Whether the takeover is happening or not - the silence from both the media and the supporters group is really helping Donald "get away with it" at the moment.
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And I'm getting kinda tired of seeing media folk and "high profile" supporters saying comments such as "We won't talk about the takeover until it happens - been there" and acting as if they're going to carry on like normal, but then not carrying on like normal - because they stop talking about the takeover.

Refusing to acknowledge the current rumours as real shouldn't mean everyone stops talking about it and asking questions. The club hasn't had a chairman for half a year ffs. In any circumstance that should be getting answered by the club. Nobody is asking about it because everyone knows what is happening but is refusing to discuss it.
 
Alex83 said:
If Sunderland will vote this, it is difficult to think that a takeover is near...


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SD will grab at any chance of a few extra coffers for the kitty so i can well believe he is considering voting in favour...if a sale is coming it needs to be soon.
 
samwise_new said:
SD will grab at any chance of a few extra coffers for the kitty so i can well believe he is considering voting in favour...if a sale is coming it needs to be soon.
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It does need to be soon mate,for the sake of everyone's sanity.
For those of us who love this club....many of us for decades....this uncertainty and limbo is weighing heavily on the well being.
Couple that with the situation we're in with this ****ing virus,and it's no wonder people are losing their heads at times, over the road and, to a lesser extent, on here. It stands to reason,it's the main cause of all the seemingly never ending bother.
I don't think I've ever seen such vitriol between our fans towards each other.
 
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I never thought this would all still be going on with the transfer window closing on Friday?
I’m starting to get a bad feeling about this like Donald is gonna rear his head on Saturday and go ta da! Got yas!
 
Southern Adam said:
Yes and Gav from roker report just replied to a tweet of mine saying they have plans to ramp up pressure later this week.

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I wonder what more can be done other than a hashtag out campaign? In the current circumstances im meaning?
 
6inarow said:
I wonder what more can be done other than a hashtag out campaign? In the current circumstances im meaning?
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I don't know. But Donald has shown time and time again that there are only 2 things that are important to him - money and what people think of him.

There just feels like there's been no heat or concerted pressure on him or the club to be in dialogue for quite a while.

I'm not for one second suggesting anything on social media will speed up a takeover - I just want the club to communicate with us.
 
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