Wandy

https://www.not606.com/threads/takeover-covid-19-20.383026/page-2207 Second post on that page...

So that poster on the other forum is now saying CAT documents are being posted on Friday and that the PL's argument has been "torn to pieces".....

I'd imagine the pay-off would be getting the full £340m through the takeover being passed, together with the PL covering any losses, for example covering the cost of a reduced takeover price together with any loss of business revenue, ie deals that he had set up etc. I'd love to know where the PL would find ~£400m from. I doubt that they have insurance to cover that.

They use the "Saudi is off the piracy watchlist" line....

I hope that's a gamble he doesn't take if they offer to pass the takeover right now, tbh.

I thought the same. And De Marco's "green light' tweet, with the watch and pen on the table, kinda solidified that belief for me.

I'm sure I read somewhere that it's the test's actual rules on seperation that are being arbitrated on, rather than the actual seperation itself. Like, was the test well enough written to even ask the question. Might have interpreted that wrong though.

Basically if the three arbitrators decide that the test isnt strong enough to hold up the takeover in the way it has, then they have to pass it. And they cant make the buyers stick to new and updated rules either as it would be impossible to say whether the buyers would ever have even attempted the purchase if the new rules were in place back then. That's my understanding of it anyway.

https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-benitez-advisers-tell-him-to-reject-everton-and-accept-newcastle-offer-instead/ This Benitez to Everton thing isnt happening IMO.

From what I have read, arbitration is simply to deternine whether or not the O&D test is robust enough to make a judgement on seperation.

I'm saying nowt about that one. He seems to have gone as crackers with his tweets as the NUFC fans have in analysing them. It was much simpler when he was posting photos of bread.

Exactly why I posted it. And we will likely know the truth of it very soon anyway. At this late stage in the game I am clinging to anything I can. That thread is pretty much like the ones on here, full of extreme optimists/pessimists and lots of nonsense in between. They do tend to flip flop a bit though whereas the mob on here tend to stay entrenched in their positions.

https://www.not606.com/threads/takeover-covid-19-20.383026/page-2194 Can't link directly to the post but its halfway down the page. Claim was only made this morning so the debate around it hasn't really took off. I read the thread a lot though and the guy never comes across as a bullshitter.

Yeah I know. But since this is the airy fairy thread I just wanted to spread a bit of hope.

It's being claimed on another forum that the PL have failed to have the CAT thrown out. Yeah I know, but this is the thread where the sun is always shining. Poster making the claim doesnt seem the type to bullshit. His source might be, of course.

Cos of the takeover, obvs. A new era and Sky want in right from the start.

Is there any limit to Keys' fuckwittery?

You'd think Benitez to Everton would have been announced by now......

What happened on the other thread today? I missed all of the excitement.

Seeing the reaction to this prospective appointment I'm really not convinced it's going to happen actually.

Really disappointing news about Benitez, and there's no point in sugar coating it being anything other than a worrying blow to the takeover chances. He would have been a perfect fit for our prospective new owners' project and where we currently stand as a club. I'd love to think his time at Everton will be a disaster, especially considering the way their fans are reacting to it, but I don't think it will be. If they get over the LFC connection and his off-the-cuff comments about them all those years ago he will have them in the top six.

That's basically because this thread isn't really here for a proper debate. Its a thread where the sun is always shining, whereas in the other one there can be sunshine, followed by pissing rain. If we are honest, the only thing realistic is that, one way or another, there will be an outcome quite soon.

Ok, Mr Pedant, that's two more things. Although even those two have been obfuscated by rumour and speculation. Neither are 100% confirmed as definitely happening as yet.

The idea that the other thread is the one for "realism" is a load of bollocks. The truth of this shit show is that almost nothing can be verified as being "real". We know Ashley agreed a deal with PIF/PCP and that they submitted their bid to the PL for the O&D test. Everything else that has followed has been stories based on rumour & hearsay. And continues to be so. Those trying to claim some kind of high ground, proclaiming themselves as "realists" are as annoying as the relentless "it's happening and that's that" optimists. I posted my comments about the De Marco tweet in the other thread because I couldn't possibly claim it to be infallibly positive. It was me speculating, and coming up with a relatively positive theory based on what I saw in front of me. I acknowledged right off the bat though that my little theory was there to be scoffed at. Fair enough, but that's the thread where it belonged. The other thread is for debate, theory, speculation & opinions - both positive and negative, and you would expect that at least a little bit of measurable evidence would be provided to support what is being posted. This one is simply for posting something from another source that unquestionably puts a positive spin on the situation.

I will go for Brentford away, first game.