Whitley mag

I’ve had a grip all along thanks.

Here, here

KP on fire tonight, basking some would say...

And finally after 500 tweets Jacobs works his way around to this.

I think they’re trying to force the issue every way possible. If disclosure and penalties attached to competition case are there big fear, it could be quick hopefully.

Couldn’t agree with our favourite Dentist more. He can pull my teeth out anytime.

Interesting that the club will have the advantage of already seeing replies from the PL in relation to competition case. It’s almost as if Keith has softened them up before we go for the kill.

The club have delayed pressing the button on arbitration its as simple as that. Read NDM’s views on arbitration. It may still lead to arbitration, but if you think you can force settlement through disclosure why not try that route first. The club will be massively encouraged by recent developments.

This is what it’s all about.

If Ben Jacobs had just posted his last tweet he would have been correct. This is about pressure and disclosure of information, particularly in the light of ESL revelations. It’s about trying to force a settlement in the current climate.

This guarantees it’s all played out in public and can be fast tracked, the exact things the PL didn’t want. The arbitration would have been limited to separation, this allows all the evidence of corruption from big 6 and Bein to be brought into play. Always remember NDM said arbitration was a last resort. That settlement might still be on lads.

The uncomfortable truth for some tonight. Keith’s anti competition case will now probably get heard before Arbitration. I think John Lennon wrote a song called ‘working class hero’ once upon a time. Chin up lads I’ll get back to the positive thread.

Kudos to Keith he was on right lines with anti competition case. Hopefully this leads to a settlement now the club has picked up baton.

Some of the repercussions of breaking U.K. competition law - Your business could be fined up to 10% of global turnover. Directors can be banned from running a company for 15 years. Individuals can go to prison for 5 years. In short Masters, Hoffman, Spurs and Liverpool might be a tad concerned.

It’s a common misconception that Ashley being drunk cost us a takeover by Sheik Mansour. It is rumoured they looked at us pre Man City bid, but the drunken night out was in relation to Zabeel Investments in Dubai. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1057300/Dubai-says--8216-8217-Ashley-drinks-cocktail-public.html

20 mins in make your own judgement call.

More convinced about this story being a game changer after just listening to Kennedy. The people who have provided the information are the ones who give the story the go ahead, however they’ve now said to hold off. Draw your own conclusion where this information has come from.....

Depends when City began their legal action in relation to the accounts, not sure.

Bird and Bird will be getting plenty of business out the PL, I wonder if Beloff is representing the PL in this case.

Undoubtedly they’ve used the ESL as a means to protest against the Glazers, similarly Arsenal with Kroenke.

If Man U we’re in our current position I believe they’d be protesting against the PL, in particular Masters and Hoffman.

The last thing they would do is sit back and do fuck all. They’d be applying pressure by every avenue possible, even more so in light of ESL revelations. If there was even a whiff of a conspiracy to stop the sale they’d be out on the streets.

This thread is a perfect example of why where absolutely fucking shite as a fanbase. Some don’t even know what we’d protest about, I find that staggering. If Man Utd had a sale to PCP and the PL refused to sanction it, do we think the red army would protest ? Imagine the scenario they’d finally thought they’d got rid of the Glazers, only for the PL to obstruct and delay the takeover for 12 months. They then find out in all likelihood there’s been input from other clubs and a foreign tv station. The answer is there’d be fucking hell on. Masters and Hoffman would have men in balaclavas outside their house and the PL’s headquarters would have had the windows put out. But we don’t even know what we’d be protesting about ?

It’s also noticeable that Liverpool and Man City fans have not organised the same level of protest as Man U and Arsenal. There is no way City fans would want rid of Mansour to be replaced 50+1. We all know Arsenal and Man U fans have latched on to the ESL objections to try and get rid of Kroenke and the Glazers. This is nothing to do with 50 + 1 they simply want owners that will take them back to the top. Would they object to the Saudi’s would they hell. The narrative is certainly there for us to protest more than anyone else. We’ve been shafted by the PL and the so called big 6. I still believe the NUST are the one organisation who could arrange something, and after the MUST’s efforts I don’t accept that this is not their role.

Linda Bush from NUST was recently on the radio championing the 50+1 model and denouncing rich owners. The Trust later came out and said they backed the takeover and acted upon the 97% of it’s members. However, for me the Trust need to clarify what their current stance is. Do they prefer 50+1 or Saudi ownership, because let’s be clear they’re not compatible objectives. If I was a betting man I’d back the majority of our support would want the PCP consortium as opposed to a bunch of fans running the club. Let’s be honest as a fan base we can’t organise a piss up in a brewery never mind run a football club. It’s clear to me that if the trust are backing 50+1, then in effect they are against the PCP takeover. They simply cannot back both as they are incompatible. The idea of rich owners allowing fans to make key decisions after spending 340 million on the club is ludicrous. As a fan base we argue and agree on nothing, the fan members on the board would be accused of being self publicists and attention seekers. The trust need to wise up and come clean, if this is about an emergency fund if we do a Sunderland fair enough. Otherwise if it truly is about 50+1 then it’s not for me, I choose owners with the finance and nouse to take us to the next level every time.