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Donald has tweeted about the takeover

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I said weeks ago that people were being presumptuous that it's a done deal...I got pelters
I recon this tweet could be to lower expectations if it doesn't happen
 

Well done Pancho. Your most recent most reasonable posts are in complete contrast to what we are used to from you.
You have pushed a lot of very good posters off this forum.
You have been/ are a bully. I suspect you have been told to reel it in, well you have confirmed it with your silly monitor comments.
You should make your mind up what you are going to be......a good moderator which you are currently not or an outspoken poster. You are poor at both.tbh.
I think it’s too late, lots of us have had enough of you and have voted with our feet.


this just seems like you're provoking a reaction so you can go over there and tell everyone about how you were banned 🙄
 
Well done Pancho. Your most recent most reasonable posts are in complete contrast to what we are used to from you.
You have pushed a lot of very good posters off this forum.
You have been/ are a bully. I suspect you have been told to reel it in, well you have confirmed it with your silly monitor comments.
You should make your mind up what you are going to be......a good moderator which you are currently not or an outspoken poster. You are poor at both.tbh.
I think it’s too late, lots of us have had enough of you and have voted with our feet.

Wow.

Nevertheless you're allowed your opinion and of course it's your choice which sites you frequent but I'm sorry you feel that way.
 
How on earth did you get that impression from my entirely supportive post?

A few weeks ago I heard a rumour concerning the takeover. My first port of call was to GOM who gave me his opinion that from his perspective it was unlikely.

Based upon this opinion I didn't openly share this info with the board. I guess only when the takeover is complete will we know if my info was correct.

Speaking in a purely personal capacity, and trying not to blow smoke up his arse, I find GOM to be one of the more sensible posters on here and I'm sure he is a very useful resource for those of us not familiar with the financial aspect of football.
I think it's just a little frustration given what's gone on recently as I also misread it at first but then read it again and got your point and I agree ;) Anyway apologies for those on a phone as this is a TL;DR post but I'm a fast typist so just ignore it if you can't be arsed to spend a minute or 2 reading it.

As I've said elswhere the thread was called Takeover RUMOURS and this is a forum for discussion so I'm quite happy for anyone to say any old shite, whether it's genuinely passed on in good faith or speculated (as long as they make it clear) or even just a rumour they've heared themselves as I can make up my own mind. The blatant continuous bullshitters will soon be found out but there's been a few posters passed on info on and many appreciate that. You've also had posters who said they've had something to pass on but won't share it as they've seen what happens yet why is it some won't accept that people can get info that may not be public?

There's no denying Reiver said it's done and that's his opinion based on what he's been told and shown. He'd even predicted tomescales but it didn't happen yet some took this as fact and kept regurgitating this days and weeks after. However the BBC, ALS, Roker Report, Nick Barnes and other sources have all said stuff also and this adds to the disappointment and frustration but a lot was hoyed Reiver's way.

The problem is when posters like @Mrjardine, @PhilSAFC and @The Rat blatantly troll and then try to play all innocent about it when other posters then start to lose their patience with them. You also get the usual few posters backing up the trolling with posts or likes and sometimes even the bullying card is pulled out FFS :lol: You can't deny it's the minority who have acted this way as I would say it's been no more than a handful of posters spoiling it for the majority of 100's if not 1,000's as this will include shit loads of lurkers who may post very little or nowt at all. It got to the point where the 2 threads were f***ing shite at times and even now reading this particular thread I see @Mrjardine has been bitching on about Reiver yet again as most of his posts are about or directed at him. Fuck me man, how pathetic is that as it's a clear obsession as he's bleating on about it wherever he can and Reiver has been banned how long now?

I've modded forums and even ran my own years ago and appreciate what the mods do here but I'd dare say I could pick a handful of members posts to remove and it would take away 90% of the shite we've seen on here. If I ask you to take off you mod hat and disregard whatever you think of Reiver, you've got to agree as a normal board member there were times when the trolling added fuck all to the thread and if anything took away from it and the ultimately the forum? So fuck if Reiver has been embellishing a little (he's even admitted this and I'm not denying he's a knob at times either) but as I've said many posters will appreciate what he (and others) have shared and they can then make their own judgement on it. It's clear a few posters obviously don't like the bloke and try to have a go whenever they can and it got a but repetitive numerous times.

It even got to the point where the info @Grumpy Old Man was passing info on and then the trolling then got directed at him :oops: You've no doubt seen what's been said elsewhere about it all, the bit tit for tat between the 2 forums and members and even you and Reiver ;) :lol: though this forum will stil thrive regardless. However there's no denying many members who aren't keen on the shite we've seen in recent weeks have taken the time to go over to not606 and this place has missed out a little. The ones causing the friction will no doubt pull the same shit whenever they can the next time and for me this just spoils the forum. It's great on here as the rules are relaxed but here's hoping that on certain occasions it's nipped in the bud and the threads can thrive :cool:
 
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Suppose it all depends on what’s meant by a done deal. Could be that everything’s agreed and they’re simply waiting to get their people in place before confirming it.

The one thing to come out of the talk-in was that not everything is agreed because SD “doesn’t know if he would be wanted” at the club under Dell ownership.
Dell can’t just “get their people in place” if SD doesn’t want to leave the club and he has made it clear he wants to stay on for the next 5 - 10 years under new investment.

That’s a fundamental issue to be resolved before you can consider it a ‘done deal’...
 
I think it's just a little frustration given what's gone on recently as I also misread it at first but then read it again and got your point and I agree ;) Anyway apologies for those on a phone as this is a TL;DR post so just ignore it if you can't be arsed to spend a minute or 2 reading it.

As I've said elswhere the thread was called Takeover RUMOURS and this is a forum for discussion so I'm quite happy for anyone to say any old shite, whether it's genuinely passed on in good faith or speculated (as long as they make it clear) or even just a rumour they've heared themselves as I can make up my own mind. The blatant continuous bullshitters will soon be found out but there's been a few posters passed on info on and many appreciate that. You've also had posters who said they've had something to pass on but won't share it as they've seen what happens yet why is it some won't accept that people can get info that may not be public?

There's no denying Reiver said it's done and that's his opinion based on what he's been told and shown. He'd even predicted tomescales but it didn't happen yet some took this as fact and kept regurgitating this days and weeks after. However the BBC, ALS, Roker Report, Nick Barnes and other sources have all said stuff also and this adds to the disappointment and frustration but a lot was hoyed Reiver's way.

The problem is when posters like @Mrjardine, @PhilSAFC and @The Rat blatantly troll and then try to play all innocent about it when other posters then start to lose their patience with them. You also get the usual few posters backing up the trolling with posts or likes and sometimes even the bullying card is pulled out FFS :lol: You can't deny it's the minority who have acted this way as I would say it's been no more than a handful of posters spoiling it for the majority of 100's if not 1,000's as this will include shit loads of lurkers who may post very little or nowt at all. It got to the point where the 2 threads were f***ing shite at times and even now reading this particular thread I see @Mrjardine has been bitching on about Reiver yet again as most of his posts are about or directed at him. Fuck me man, how pathetic is that as it's a clear obsession as he's bleating on about it wherever he can and Reiver has been banned how long now?

I've modded forums and even ran my own years ago and appreciate what the mods do here but I'd dare say I could pick a handful of members posts to remove and it would take away 90% of the shite we've seen on here. If I ask you to take off you mod hat and disregard whatever you think of Reiver, you've got to agree as a normal board member there were times when the trolling added fuck all to the thread and if anything took away from it and the ultimately the forum? So fuck if Reiver has been embellishing a little (he's even admitted this and I'm not denying he's a knob at times either) but as I've said many posters will appreciate what he (and others) have shared and they can then make their own judgement on it. It's clear a few posters obviously don't like the bloke and try to have a go whenever they can and it got a but repetitive numerous times.

It even got to the point where the info @Grumpy Old Man was passing info on and then the trolling then got directed at him :oops: You've no doubt seen what's been said elsewhere about it all, the bit tit for tat between the 2 forums and members and even you and Reiver ;) :lol: though this forum will stil thrive regardless. However there's no denying many members who aren't keen on the shite we've seen in recent weeks have taken the time to go over to not606 and this place has missed out a little. The ones causing the friction will no doubt pull the same shit whenever they can the next time and for me this just spoils the forum. It's great on here as the rules are relaxed but here's hoping that on certain occasions it's nipped in the bud and the threads can thrive :cool:
@Roger have many posters resigned recently? Is there any evidence that the number of threads/posts on the SMB is reducing?
 
I think it's just a little frustration given what's gone on recently as I also misread it at first but then read it again and got your point and I agree ;) Anyway apologies for those on a phone as this is a TL;DR post but I'm a fast typist so just ignore it if you can't be arsed to spend a minute or 2 reading it.

As I've said elswhere the thread was called Takeover RUMOURS and this is a forum for discussion so I'm quite happy for anyone to say any old shite, whether it's genuinely passed on in good faith or speculated (as long as they make it clear) or even just a rumour they've heared themselves as I can make up my own mind. The blatant continuous bullshitters will soon be found out but there's been a few posters passed on info on and many appreciate that. You've also had posters who said they've had something to pass on but won't share it as they've seen what happens yet why is it some won't accept that people can get info that may not be public?

There's no denying Reiver said it's done and that's his opinion based on what he's been told and shown. He'd even predicted tomescales but it didn't happen yet some took this as fact and kept regurgitating this days and weeks after. However the BBC, ALS, Roker Report, Nick Barnes and other sources have all said stuff also and this adds to the disappointment and frustration but a lot was hoyed Reiver's way.

The problem is when posters like @Mrjardine, @PhilSAFC and @The Rat blatantly troll and then try to play all innocent about it when other posters then start to lose their patience with them. You also get the usual few posters backing up the trolling with posts or likes and sometimes even the bullying card is pulled out FFS :lol: You can't deny it's the minority who have acted this way as I would say it's been no more than a handful of posters spoiling it for the majority of 100's if not 1,000's as this will include shit loads of lurkers who may post very little or nowt at all. It got to the point where the 2 threads were f***ing shite at times and even now reading this particular thread I see @Mrjardine has been bitching on about Reiver yet again as most of his posts are about or directed at him. Fuck me man, how pathetic is that as it's a clear obsession as he's bleating on about it wherever he can and Reiver has been banned how long now?

I've modded forums and even ran my own years ago and appreciate what the mods do here but I'd dare say I could pick a handful of members posts to remove and it would take away 90% of the shite we've seen on here. If I ask you to take off you mod hat and disregard whatever you think of Reiver, you've got to agree as a normal board member there were times when the trolling added fuck all to the thread and if anything took away from it and the ultimately the forum? So fuck if Reiver has been embellishing a little (he's even admitted this and I'm not denying he's a knob at times either) but as I've said many posters will appreciate what he (and others) have shared and they can then make their own judgement on it. It's clear a few posters obviously don't like the bloke and try to have a go whenever they can and it got a but repetitive numerous times.

It even got to the point where the info @Grumpy Old Man was passing info on and then the trolling then got directed at him :oops: You've no doubt seen what's been said elsewhere about it all, the bit tit for tat between the 2 forums and members and even you and Reiver ;) :lol: though this forum will stil thrive regardless. However there's no denying many members who aren't keen on the shite we've seen in recent weeks have taken the time to go over to not606 and this place has missed out a little. The ones causing the friction will no doubt pull the same shit whenever they can the next time and for me this just spoils the forum. It's great on here as the rules are relaxed but here's hoping that on certain occasions it's nipped in the bud and the threads can thrive :cool:
Yawn
 
I think it's just a little frustration given what's gone on recently as I also misread it at first but then read it again and got your point and I agree ;) Anyway apologies for those on a phone as this is a TL;DR post but I'm a fast typist so just ignore it if you can't be arsed to spend a minute or 2 reading it.

As I've said elswhere the thread was called Takeover RUMOURS and this is a forum for discussion so I'm quite happy for anyone to say any old shite, whether it's genuinely passed on in good faith or speculated (as long as they make it clear) or even just a rumour they've heared themselves as I can make up my own mind. The blatant continuous bullshitters will soon be found out but there's been a few posters passed on info on and many appreciate that. You've also had posters who said they've had something to pass on but won't share it as they've seen what happens yet why is it some won't accept that people can get info that may not be public?

There's no denying Reiver said it's done and that's his opinion based on what he's been told and shown. He'd even predicted tomescales but it didn't happen yet some took this as fact and kept regurgitating this days and weeks after. However the BBC, ALS, Roker Report, Nick Barnes and other sources have all said stuff also and this adds to the disappointment and frustration but a lot was hoyed Reiver's way.

The problem is when posters like @Mrjardine, @PhilSAFC and @The Rat blatantly troll and then try to play all innocent about it when other posters then start to lose their patience with them. You also get the usual few posters backing up the trolling with posts or likes and sometimes even the bullying card is pulled out FFS :lol: You can't deny it's the minority who have acted this way as I would say it's been no more than a handful of posters spoiling it for the majority of 100's if not 1,000's as this will include shit loads of lurkers who may post very little or nowt at all. It got to the point where the 2 threads were f***ing shite at times and even now reading this particular thread I see @Mrjardine has been bitching on about Reiver yet again as most of his posts are about or directed at him. Fuck me man, how pathetic is that as it's a clear obsession as he's bleating on about it wherever he can and Reiver has been banned how long now?

I've modded forums and even ran my own years ago and appreciate what the mods do here but I'd dare say I could pick a handful of members posts to remove and it would take away 90% of the shite we've seen on here. If I ask you to take off you mod hat and disregard whatever you think of Reiver, you've got to agree as a normal board member there were times when the trolling added fuck all to the thread and if anything took away from it and the ultimately the forum? So fuck if Reiver has been embellishing a little (he's even admitted this and I'm not denying he's a knob at times either) but as I've said many posters will appreciate what he (and others) have shared and they can then make their own judgement on it. It's clear a few posters obviously don't like the bloke and try to have a go whenever they can and it got a but repetitive numerous times.

It even got to the point where the info @Grumpy Old Man was passing info on and then the trolling then got directed at him :oops: You've no doubt seen what's been said elsewhere about it all, the bit tit for tat between the 2 forums and members and even you and Reiver ;) :lol: though this forum will stil thrive regardless. However there's no denying many members who aren't keen on the shite we've seen in recent weeks have taken the time to go over to not606 and this place has missed out a little. The ones causing the friction will no doubt pull the same shit whenever they can the next time and for me this just spoils the forum. It's great on here as the rules are relaxed but here's hoping that on certain occasions it's nipped in the bud and the threads can thrive :cool:

Your not seriously expecting this post to last the night are you?
Your not seriously expecting this post to last the night are you?
Oh and there is Phil and Abu right on queue
 
@Roger have many posters resigned recently? Is there any evidence that the number of threads/posts on the SMB is reducing?
My point was far more have voiced similar to what I've said than the handful who've been at the heart of what's gone on. As I said the forum will still thrive but possibly losie some contribution from those who I value more (not Reiver) than the knackers who've derailed threads numerous times isn't really what Roger would prefer I'd like to think.
Your not seriously expecting this post to last the night are you?
Not really but it would be interesting to see if it does as I'm just saying what I think has been going on.
 
I think it's just a little frustration given what's gone on recently as I also misread it at first but then read it again and got your point and I agree ;) Anyway apologies for those on a phone as this is a TL;DR post but I'm a fast typist so just ignore it if you can't be arsed to spend a minute or 2 reading it.

As I've said elswhere the thread was called Takeover RUMOURS and this is a forum for discussion so I'm quite happy for anyone to say any old shite, whether it's genuinely passed on in good faith or speculated (as long as they make it clear) or even just a rumour they've heared themselves as I can make up my own mind. The blatant continuous bullshitters will soon be found out but there's been a few posters passed on info on and many appreciate that. You've also had posters who said they've had something to pass on but won't share it as they've seen what happens yet why is it some won't accept that people can get info that may not be public?

There's no denying Reiver said it's done and that's his opinion based on what he's been told and shown. He'd even predicted tomescales but it didn't happen yet some took this as fact and kept regurgitating this days and weeks after. However the BBC, ALS, Roker Report, Nick Barnes and other sources have all said stuff also and this adds to the disappointment and frustration but a lot was hoyed Reiver's way.

The problem is when posters like @Mrjardine, @PhilSAFC and @The Rat blatantly troll and then try to play all innocent about it when other posters then start to lose their patience with them. You also get the usual few posters backing up the trolling with posts or likes and sometimes even the bullying card is pulled out FFS :lol: You can't deny it's the minority who have acted this way as I would say it's been no more than a handful of posters spoiling it for the majority of 100's if not 1,000's as this will include shit loads of lurkers who may post very little or nowt at all. It got to the point where the 2 threads were f***ing shite at times and even now reading this particular thread I see @Mrjardine has been bitching on about Reiver yet again as most of his posts are about or directed at him. Fuck me man, how pathetic is that as it's a clear obsession as he's bleating on about it wherever he can and Reiver has been banned how long now?

I've modded forums and even ran my own years ago and appreciate what the mods do here but I'd dare say I could pick a handful of members posts to remove and it would take away 90% of the shite we've seen on here. If I ask you to take off you mod hat and disregard whatever you think of Reiver, you've got to agree as a normal board member there were times when the trolling added fuck all to the thread and if anything took away from it and the ultimately the forum? So fuck if Reiver has been embellishing a little (he's even admitted this and I'm not denying he's a knob at times either) but as I've said many posters will appreciate what he (and others) have shared and they can then make their own judgement on it. It's clear a few posters obviously don't like the bloke and try to have a go whenever they can and it got a but repetitive numerous times.

It even got to the point where the info @Grumpy Old Man was passing info on and then the trolling then got directed at him :oops: You've no doubt seen what's been said elsewhere about it all, the bit tit for tat between the 2 forums and members and even you and Reiver ;) :lol: though this forum will stil thrive regardless. However there's no denying many members who aren't keen on the shite we've seen in recent weeks have taken the time to go over to not606 and this place has missed out a little. The ones causing the friction will no doubt pull the same shit whenever they can the next time and for me this just spoils the forum. It's great on here as the rules are relaxed but here's hoping that on certain occasions it's nipped in the bud and the threads can thrive :cool:
Take a bow mate,an exceptional post and 100 per cent correct.
 
My point was far more have voiced similar to what I've said than the handful who've been at the heart of what's gone on. As I said the forum will still thrive but possibly losing contribution from those who I value more than the knackers who've derailed threads numerous times isn't really what Roger would prefer I'd like to think.
Not really but it would be interesting to see if it does as I'm just saying what I think has been going on.
T bone mentioned the same the other night, the post disappeared.

I raised a question and had my status chamged to lost magpie.
 
My point was far more have voiced similar to what I've said than the handful who've been at the heart of what's gone on. As I said the forum will still thrive but possibly losie some contribution from those who I value more (not Reiver) than the knackers who've derailed threads numerous times isn't really what Roger would prefer I'd like to think.
Not really but it would be interesting to see if it does as I'm just saying what I think has been going on.
Knackers are all in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps the posters that you revere are regarded as knackers by others. We can agree that this forum will still thrive.
 
The one thing to come out of the talk-in was that not everything is agreed because SD “doesn’t know if he would be wanted” at the club under Dell ownership.
Dell can’t just “get their people in place” if SD doesn’t want to leave the club and he has made it clear he wants to stay on for the next 5 - 10 years under new investment.

That’s a fundamental issue to be resolved before you can consider it a ‘done deal’...
Know what you mean, but I would be surprised if Donald would jeopardise the deal in that instance as he’s always stated he’d put the club first. From the Dell boys side, I would presume they’d want someone at the helm to keep things moving along who has a bit of football knowledge even if it’s just to see this season out.

All guesswork at this stage, but as stated on another thread, SAFC for £40m with the stadium, training ground, potential surrounding land available and support already in place, as opposed to a Premiership club for around £300m and the Dell boys must know they’ve found a bargain.
 
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