Serious takeover talk

[Chunksafc]

Have a funny feeling we'll get an out of the blue announcement today at around 5pm

That would be a rather good start to the weekend

 

[Toddius]

Well i can assure you that i'm not the Antipodean based mate that he's refering to.

Me either! If we need to actively distance ourselves from the like mentioned, then I'm in....out...you know what I mean!

 

[E.T. Fairfax]

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I have visions now of us all sitting in some club back room passing vodka around with the cat badge flag hung on the wall

I would piss myself if i saw this in an away end.

 

[Toddius]

The world is full of people who are sceptical of everything they themselves have no first hand knowledge of,and who then love to be able to be proved correct and to say...."see,...what did I tell ya?" By doing it,they support their own view of themselves,projected to others, that they're too shrewd and clever to be taken in by anything or anyone.
It's a no-lose position,usually adopted by cowards and ne'er-do-wells, who are devoid of expressing any hope or optimism,for fear of being seen by others to have been misguided or gullible. Happily,most of us can express hope for the future and deal with disappointment if it comes,shrug our shoulders,laugh at ourselves and move on. Sad,but not surprising, there are a few who delight in infesting our general good nature!
As and when this takeover gets completed and announced,they'll lay low for a while and then switch their attention to speculation as to the "real" motives of the new owners, how much money they "really" intend to invest, the "real" reason behind new appointments and so on and so on. It'll probably be that the new owners "really"want to demolish the stadium to build some state of the art factory to develop AI, or to send someone into space.
It'll be tedious in the extreme,but not entirely unexpected!

Have a like for a cracking post, and for using ne'er-do-wells. Wish I could give it a second like TBH...

 

[Left For Dead]

The world is full of people who are sceptical of everything they themselves have no first hand knowledge of,and who then love to be able to be proved correct and to say...."see,...what did I tell ya?" By doing it,they support their own view of themselves,projected to others, that they're too shrewd and clever to be taken in by anything or anyone.
It's a no-lose position,usually adopted by cowards and ne'er-do-wells, who are devoid of expressing any hope or optimism,for fear of being seen by others to have been misguided or gullible. Happily,most of us can express hope for the future and deal with disappointment if it comes,shrug our shoulders,laugh at ourselves and move on. Sad,but not surprising, there are a few who delight in infesting our general good nature!
As and when this takeover gets completed and announced,they'll lay low for a while and then switch their attention to speculation as to the "real" motives of the new owners, how much money they "really" intend to invest, the "real" reason behind new appointments and so on and so on. It'll probably be that the new owners "really"want to demolish the stadium to build some state of the art factory to develop AI, or to send someone into space.
It'll be tedious in the extreme,but not entirely unexpected!

Very good and well written- ive been trying to say the same thing yet simply cant articulate it- these people all seem to have a defective streak within their personality- ie they dont “feel” good enough, things never go right for them so are suspicious of people who do make a good go of it...like posters who call donald a chancer or in it for the money- they are simply applying how they see opptunity to how somebody else manages it- the facts are donald is doing what he said and is even putting a time frame on it- but as you say- people like to appear smarter then the next guy so they can say i told you so- funny, successful and wise people never try to do this, they keep quiet and observe.

 

[Stubbs ftm]

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I have visions now of us all sitting in some club back room passing vodka around with the cat badge flag hung on the wall

Just noticed the cat only has 3 legs? Or 2 and a massive schlong

 

[Stone Pony]

There are two innocuous lads, on there, who are very well connected and aware of what's going on. One also posts here but the other doesn't. Both of them have contacted me to reassure me that the info I've had is mostly correct and to sympathise with the barrage of abuse from the imbeciles.
I don't need sympathy, I just laugh at the haters, but it was kind of them tbh.

They've posted, quite calmly, some genuine positive info but they're too subtle for the shouters to notice. People carrying such blinkered, and hateful, agendas are too thick to see what's in front of them and always believe they're in the majority as well as representing the correct point of view. No doubts in their minds, they're right and that's that. If they'd step back and think, for just a moment, they'd be able to see what's in front of them and recognise those two lads are telling it like it is. But just as always they're incapable of listening unless someone's shouting.

The wonderful Bob Paisley said that he'd always speak so softly that players would have to lean in to able to hear.
"And that's when you know they're really listening."

The other lads, I believe, are posting for all the decent people who really care about our club. They're not interested in a shouting match with the bitter clique of nasty minded pessimists who'd rather see the club fail if it proves their petty points.

Personally I care too much about the supporters, many of whom I'll see tomorrow, to make all this up. Not only that I'd be stupid to put myself in harm's way if it turned out I'd made it all up. There are hundreds, who know me or by sight, and they wouldn't be happy about being fooled for no good reason.

It's frustrating that the club announced, through the fanzines, etc, that everything was done but, in fairness, they're not used to dealing with the likes of 'Dell' who leave no stone, not even specks of dust, unturned. I said, at the start, they'd go through the club like a tsunami as I'd been told. That appears to be what's happening.

However, as I also said many times this process has gone too far to be reversed and I'm totally sure we'll hear the good news before too long. The last thing we all need is panic over rumours and people falling out. Everyone, with the club at heart, needs to pull together starting with an important game at Lincoln.

Donald and Methven obviously have their personal interests in mind but I genuinely believe they're doing a great job for SAFC and the supporters. I believe Donald 100% when he says he wants the best for the club as we all do. It's easy to post 'KTF' but this is a time to really keep the faith in my very humble opinion. Haway, let's grit our teeth and stick together ... this could be life changing for us

 

[Left For Dead]

I think I’m inclined to believe Smug who’s info is backed up by a credible journalist in Nixon as opposed to some bellened on RTG who has an imaginary ex player mate.

If it was off, we would all know- its really that simple

 

[Left For Dead]

I think we’ve all realistically accepted this is gonna fall through.

Well at least I have anyway, will make the official confirmation less of a blow.

Are you not insulated enough or developed enough to manage disappointment like? Probs not your fault so i advise you to live in hope and enjoy the idea- if it does fall through then you would be disappointed anyway so why be miserable for the previous 2 months?

 

[Biffa bacon]

I feel like I've done nothing for a month, the suspenders are killing me!

 

[Stone Pony]

There are two innocuous lads, on there, who are very well connected and aware of what's going on. One also posts here but the other doesn't. Both of them have contacted me to reassure me that the info I've had is mostly correct and to sympathise with the barrage of abuse from the imbeciles.
I don't need sympathy, I just laugh at the haters, but it was kind of
They've posted, quite calmly, some genuine positive info but they're too subtle for the shouters to notice. People carrying such blinkered, and hateful, agendas are too thick to see what's in front of them and always believe they're in the majority as well as representing the correct point of view. No doubts in their minds, they're right and that's that. If they'd step back and think, for just a moment, they'd be able to see what's in front of them and recognise those two lads are telling it like it is. But just as always they're incapable of listening unless someone's shouting.

The wonderful Bob Paisley said that he'd always speak so softly that players would have to lean in to able to hear.
"And that's when you know they're really listening."

The other lads, I believe, are posting for all the decent people who really care about our club. They're not interested in a shouting match with the bitter clique of nasty minded pessimists who'd rather see the club fail if it proves their petty points.

Personally I care too much about the supporters, many of whom I'll see tomorrow, to make all this up. Not only that I'd be stupid to put myself in harm's way if it turned out I'd made it all up. There are hundreds, who know me or by sight, and they wouldn't be happy about being fooled for no good reason.

It's frustrating that the club announced, through the fanzines, etc, that everything was done but, in fairness, they're not used to dealing with the likes of 'Dell' who leave no stone, not even specks of dust, unturned. I said, at the start, they'd go through the club like a tsunami as I'd been told. That appears to be what's happening.

However, as I also said many times this process has gone too far to be reversed and I'm totally sure we'll hear the good news before too long. The last thing we all need is panic over rumours and people falling out. Everyone, with the club at heart, needs to pull together starting with an important game at Lincoln.

Donald and Methven obviously have their personal interests in mind but I genuinely believe they're doing a great job for SAFC and the supporters. I believe Donald 100% when he says he wants the best for the club as we all do. It's easy to post 'KTF' but this is a time to really keep the faith in my very humble opinion. Haway, let's grit our teeth and stick together ... this could be life changing for us all.

Well said smug,It will happen, my contact was informed on weds by Donald “it’s days away not weeks “ you’re 100% correct about the Americans,they’re going through everything from top to bottom. This is life changing for all Sunderland fans and I for one can’t wait.

 

[Left For Dead]

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I have visions now of us all sitting in some club back room passing vodka around with the cat badge flag hung on the wall

Hahaha imagine that was Mr Dells suggestion- how do you tell a billionaire “naw mate”

 

[Left For Dead]

Well said smug,It will happen, my contact was informed on weds by Donald “it’s days away not weeks “ you’re 100% correct about the Americans,they’re going through everything from top to bottom. This is life changing for all Sunderland fans and I for one can’t wait.

Are you another pretending to have a contact- donald is telling nobody- it is absolute NDA so even of you know Donald he wouldnt tell you

 

[TonyG]

Well said smug,It will happen, my contact was informed on weds by Donald “it’s days away not weeks “ you’re 100% correct about the Americans,they’re going through everything from top to bottom. This is life changing for all Sunderland fans and I for one can’t wait.

yessssss! 55p’s motif dream grows ever closer

 

[Turtle]

There are two innocuous lads, on there, who are very well connected and aware of what's going on. One also posts here but the other doesn't. Both of them have contacted me to reassure me that the info I've had is mostly correct and to sympathise with the barrage of abuse from the imbeciles.
I don't need sympathy, I just laugh at the haters, but it was kind of them tbh.

They've posted, quite calmly, some genuine positive info but they're too subtle for the shouters to notice. People carrying such blinkered, and hateful, agendas are too thick to see what's in front of them and always believe they're in the majority as well as representing the correct point of view. No doubts in their minds, they're right and that's that. If they'd step back and think, for just a moment, they'd be able to see what's in front of them and recognise those two lads are telling it like it is. But just as always they're incapable of listening unless someone's shouting.

The wonderful Bob Paisley said that he'd always speak so softly that players would have to lean in to able to hear.
"And that's when you know they're really listening."

The other lads, I believe, are posting for all the decent people who really care about our club. They're not interested in a shouting match with the bitter clique of nasty minded pessimists who'd rather see the club fail if it proves their petty points.

Personally I care too much about the supporters, many of whom I'll see tomorrow, to make all this up. Not only that I'd be stupid to put myself in harm's way if it turned out I'd made it all up. There are hundreds, who know me or by sight, and they wouldn't be happy about being fooled for no good reason.

It's frustrating that the club announced, through the fanzines, etc, that everything was done but, in fairness, they're not used to dealing with the likes of 'Dell' who leave no stone, not even specks of dust, unturned. I said, at the start, they'd go through the club like a tsunami as I'd been told. That appears to be what's happening.

However, as I also said many times this process has gone too far to be reversed and I'm totally sure we'll hear the good news before too long. The last thing we all need is panic over rumours and people falling out. Everyone, with the club at heart, needs to pull together starting with an important game at Lincoln.

Donald and Methven obviously have their personal interests in mind but I genuinely believe they're doing a great job for SAFC and the supporters. I believe Donald 100% when he says he wants the best for the club as we all do. It's easy to post 'KTF' but this is a time to really keep the faith in my very humble opinion. Haway, let's grit our teeth and stick together ... this could be life changing for us all.

 

[Turtle]

There are two innocuous lads, on there, who are very well connected and aware of what's going on. One also posts here but the other doesn't. Both of them have contacted me to reassure me that the info I've had is mostly correct and to sympathise with the barrage of abuse from the imbeciles.
I don't need sympathy, I just laugh at the haters, but it was kind of them tbh.

They've posted, quite calmly, some genuine positive info but they're too subtle for the shouters to notice. People carrying such blinkered, and hateful, agendas are too thick to see what's in front of them and always believe they're in the majority as well as representing the correct point of view. No doubts in their minds, they're right and that's that. If they'd step back and think, for just a moment, they'd be able to see what's in front of them and recognise those two lads are telling it like it is. But just as always they're incapable of listening unless someone's shouting.

The wonderful Bob Paisley said that he'd always speak so softly that players would have to lean in to able to hear.
"And that's when you know they're really listening."

The other lads, I believe, are posting for all the decent people who really care about our club. They're not interested in a shouting match with the bitter clique of nasty minded pessimists who'd rather see the club fail if it proves their petty points.

Personally I care too much about the supporters, many of whom I'll see tomorrow, to make all this up. Not only that I'd be stupid to put myself in harm's way if it turned out I'd made it all up. There are hundreds, who know me or by sight, and they wouldn't be happy about being fooled for no good reason.

It's frustrating that the club announced, through the fanzines, etc, that everything was done but, in fairness, they're not used to dealing with the likes of 'Dell' who leave no stone, not even specks of dust, unturned. I said, at the start, they'd go through the club like a tsunami as I'd been told. That appears to be what's happening.

However, as I also said many times this process has gone too far to be reversed and I'm totally sure we'll hear the good news before too long. The last thing we all need is panic over rumours and people falling out. Everyone, with the club at heart, needs to pull together starting with an important game at Lincoln.

Donald and Methven obviously have their personal interests in mind but I genuinely believe they're doing a great job for SAFC and the supporters. I believe Donald 100% when he says he wants the best for the club as we all do. It's easy to post 'KTF' but this is a time to really keep the faith in my very humble opinion. Haway, let's grit our teeth and stick together ... this could be life changing for us all.

 

[TonyG]

Well said smug,It will happen, my contact was informed on weds by Donald “it’s days away not weeks “ you’re 100% correct about the Americans,they’re going through everything from top to bottom. This is life changing for all Sunderland fans and I for one can’t wait.

yessssss! 55p’s motif dream grows ever closer

seriously though thanks for the info. I’m still enjoying the ride

 

[Wash. FTM]

I think we all are

 

[Chunksafc]

As there are more people saying they have heard its off (not on here) I have woken the dog up and asked him.

He barked something about me calming down and has gone back to sleep

 

[E.T. Fairfax]

Just noticed the cat only has 3 legs? Or 2 and a massive schlong

The 4th leg is behind the ball.......obviously!