David Icke - Son of God

I hope Edwards is on the wind up because if not he’s criminally stupid.

But that means they cannot watch us play at all next season. Maybe that means they plan to keep Bruce.

I wouldn’t worry about the sanction stuff. It will absolutely be used for the benefit of the UK government which probably means any Saudis it does impact won’t be part of the MBS friendly ruling elite. On a related note, I’d recommend listening to a podcast called TRASHFUTURE. It’s ostensibly a left wing comedy podcast, however they recently did a pretty grim episode about the UK’s role in arming the Saudis and explored the broader relationship between the two states (episode is called Atrocity Exhibition IIRC). After listening to it I’m more convinced than ever the deal will go through, but I now feel very grubby

Sounds as if they’re extending use of the furlough scheme until the eve of next season for all staff, players included, but they’re not topping up the outstanding 20%. Of course, the furlough scheme only pays 80% of the wages up to around £3k per month, so some of their players are going to be massively out of pocket.

In fairness this forum is a hive of some of the thickest people going. Half of them shouldn’t be allowed to think about football, let alone articulate an opinion about it.

PIF can walk away they’d just lose their deposit. They’ve signed contracts. If they walked away they’d be dragged through the courts or stung by massive penalty clauses that dwarf their deposit. No one is pulling out of this deal. The PL are the only people who can stop it. Without knowing the specifics of the deal your speculating, what we do know is there’s a 17 milllion non refundable deposit. If the Premier League put off the decision indefinitely it becomes unchartered waters, you can’t say for certain they won’t walk away. What do you think contracts exist for? And why the fuck are the PL going to put off the deal indefinitely?

PIF can walk away they’d just lose their deposit. They’ve signed contracts. If they walked away they’d be dragged through the courts or stung by massive penalty clauses that dwarf their deposit. No one is pulling out of this deal. The PL are the only people who can stop it.

PIF can’t walk away, Ashley can’t pull out. The only thing that can happen is they fail the O&D test.

Very happy with this. He’s only 26 and been hugely underrated for some time.

Are N-O posters getting thicker? Probably.

Really? They could come out of this having agreed massive investment in another one of their member clubs while also seriously denting broadcast piracy. That would be an absolutely massive win.

Stewart Donald is probably worth more than Henry Mauriss ffs

The last couple of months have been painful, and not just because we're twiddling our thumbs waiting for this takeover to happen. Our fans have acquitted themselves fucking dreadfully. I've stopped following it simply because I can't cope with the fucking whiny, hysterical, willfully ignorant dickheads that are either white knighting the Saudi regime or picking fights with people who think our new owners are less than perfect. If you're being played by Miguel Delaney and Richard Keys, two of the biggest wind up merchants in the football media, you shouldn't be allowed access to the internet. Sorry like.

That's dangerously close to a bribe, and any payment would be an admission from the Saudi state. I'd say it's unlilely.' I do think the PL's general opinion on piracy will be one of 'better have them in the tent pissing out than outside pissing in'. It's suddenly in SA's interest to stop/clamp down on piracy if they stand to damage their own interests as a result, plus the O&D test is an annual thing meaning any issue and they can punish them. The big issue is the pressure from partners and rights holders. BeIn have flipped their lid when Italy and Spain have worked with the Saudi's. The league will want to make sure they can say their hands were tied.

What's to kick off about? It takes as long as it takes. It's a complex legal process at the best of times, before you factor in all the additional and unprecedented issues the PL needs to take into consideration. This is the first time as sovereign state has bought a football club (Man City's ownership is similar, but how much so is up for debate), and not just any sovereign state but one that has been implicated in a range of potentially problematic acts ranging from murder to copyright infringement. As a result there's strong opposition from some very influential and valuable parties. Whatever the PL's decision it needs to be legally water tight, because one road leads to a court case and the other will mean some of the league's partners are going to be less than happy. In the meantime, just relax safe in the knowledge that there's absolutely fuck all we can do to influence this. There's no point giving yourself a stress headache over something which we exert no control.

Some of our fans need a hobby.

Midhat just wanted someone to Facetime.

The government isn't going to block it. The buyers aren't going to walk away. Probably time for some people on here to shut down their computers and do something more productive, like screaming into a pillow.

6 weeks isn't 'utterly ridiculous'. Southampton's takeover went to the PL in Feb 2017 and wasn't approved until August 2017. It might get approved, it might not but let's not pretend we know anything about the process or timescales involved. We know absolutely fuck all lads.

If a deposit has been paid and contracts signed, which they have to have been for the PL to start tests, then he can't.

It's almost like it's a massively complex and detailed legal process involving multiple parties occuring during a totally unprecedented international health crisis. In that case why was it supposedly done and ready to announce this week then? I bet it's still going on in 2 weeks time which will show it was never close to been done this week Have we ever had a definitive statement that it was going to be announced on X date? Excluding the litany of bad tits who talk utter shit on Twitter, the best we've had are leaks about the buying side being optimistic to certain journalists that have always been massively caveated. It was only last week Caulkin uttered the words 'takes as long as it takes'.

It's almost like it's a massively complex and detailed legal process involving multiple parties occuring during a totally unprecedented international health crisis.

No because those people are fucking liars.

I genuinely preferred it when we were arguing about human rights abuses.

Article on .co.uk. We may get a sniff that something is up from Caulkin or Burt a few minutes before. I think we'll find out pretty quickly if they fail the test too, as the legal and PR wheels will start to spin.