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Exactly, the other teams shouldn't get a say as surely by its nature every takeover should in theory strengthen that team, so no other team in that league is going to be in favour of it

No idea about the circulation numbers of those pages but pretty cool to see us on the front pages

I’ll let future me worry about that, today we have some hope which is far better than the crushing reality of what could be around the corner if the takeover fails

I don't think you have to in closed shops

It's almost like he (Edwards), is just making stuff up as he goes along

I love how you went from 'not a dig...' to calling them stupid, thick or sheep

Liverpool done the same and look where it got them. It staggering the amount of we cannot win so why bother in the mass population over the way corporations treat us not just in football. I agree, this deal is potentially like winning the golden ticket to the chocolate factory, it could propel us to football's top table, compared to the 'at least we tried' downward facing mentality that the club is gripped by at the moment. If there is even a 1% chance we could help resurrect this deal then we should try our best.

Because to counter it is to give fresh fuel to the flames and legitimises it to some extend. Like the Premier League they will just want to smother the story and let it fade out in the next few days/weeks.

Wraith and Edwards squabbling on Twitter is amusing

The comments

Honestly don’t see what Caulkin has done wrong and there are far more deserving targets for criticism than him

Has Caulkin got owt right yet re. this takeover? Caulkin hasn't speculated or revealed anything beyond what the buyer's side was telling him. Dunno why folks can't get their heads around this. His take has been useful, but he's never claimed to have the inside track on the Premier League's gears which, since 9th April, is where the battleground has been - not in the boardroom with representatives between Ashley and Staveley. There's no independent party who can claim to know the precise ins and outs of the PL's process. Exactly this. I've followed a lot of his tweets and some of the podcasts he has been involved in and have felt that all his answers have been reasonably measured and usually caveated quite carefully. Yes its frustrating that he didn't seem to have any upfront knowledge about yesterdays announcement, but he wasn't the only one.

Media making our fans dance to their tune

This thread

I love this forum One poster - 'The deal is still alive, it can still happen, Amanda is just playing the ultimate game of brinkmanship' Next poster - 'The deal is dead, I'm burning my season ticket and I'm off to support Mongolian Yak polo'

I guess that links in with people are saying above

Technically that has been the case since the contract of sale expired but the test has still been going on. Staveley has clearly indicated that the O&D test process is still open. So the theory being that yesterday’s events were just to allow the consortium to put massive pressure on the PL but at cost of £15m (or whatever the exact deposit was)?

How can the O&D process still be open for a group that don’t have an actively agreed bid in with a club?

Poll needed

If that’s the case then I hope their lawyers bum the Premier League into oblivion

Keeping him sweet for the next 10 attempts

Giving Greggs on legs an 8 year contract extension is about the only way today gets any worse

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