Positive Optimism - Saudi Takeover Edition

[Lazarus]

1 minute ago, ED209 said:

Must be some kind of honey trap sex scandal photos or similar.  Mossad have a history of getting people to fall into classic honey traps just ask ZIad Ahmad Itani. 

Thats sounds like the beginning of a limerick....

 

There was a Zlad Ahmed Itani

Who tickled a young ladies myfanwy

He blasted away, his fingers a-blaze

and now it resembles bolognaise.

[Thumbheed]

15 minutes ago, Dokko said:

This sounds promising, really hope he’s on the level. It does sound like he’s got something against the PL and it’s actually good news that it’s on hold. It really does seem this account is an extension of the legal team on our side. Basically doing the dirty work they can’t seem to get involved with. If so then it probably is something big and is being used as leverage against the PL. if it comes out though you can probably kiss goodbye for any cooperation from the PL and for them to double down on the takeover. 

To be honest, if it's something the PL are desperate to keep from the public, then fuck them and release it anyway.

No way should we be providing shade for them cunts, let them burn. 

 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by Thumbheed

[Robster]

6 minutes ago, LV said:

Yeah it is pretty huge.

Shows that it was only the say so of the big 6 that was blocking our takeover.

That’s corruption, anti-competitiveness and restraint of trade right there.

Tricky Dicky and the PL are in a world of trouble if this is true and can be proven in law. 

If we assume that we are in a world where this is proven to be the case, are the 6 clubs liable to any form of penalty too ?

[NE27]

2 minutes ago, Robster said:

are the 6 clubs liable to any form of penalty too ?

The fans of these clubs shouldn't be punished, they have already suffered already....

[Robster]

Good point

[LV]

13 minutes ago, Robster said:

If we assume that we are in a world where this is proven to be the case, are the 6 clubs liable to any form of penalty too ?

Doubt it.

I think we have to accept that clubs will try to lobby for their best interests but the authorities in the game should be impartial. It’s the PL at the greatest fault here if true. 

[LFEE]

7 minutes ago, LV said:

Doubt it.

I think we have to accept that clubs will try to lobby for their best interests but the authorities in the game should be impartial. It’s the PL at the greatest fault here if true. 

The authorities are the “big” clubs. That’s the problem ?

[Rosenrot]

2 hours ago, Jackie Broon said:

I think if the messages have been have been acquired by nefarious means they would be inadmissible.

It's worth remembering that under English law "fruit of the poisonous tree" is not necessary inadmissible, especially if it is material to a fact in dispute.

 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by Rosenrot

[andyc35i]

Lobbying for or against something like this is part and parcel of the world we live in. If for example Spurs and Liverpool wrote to the Premier League to say that they need to look deeper into the deal because there are links to piracy and it is bad for the whole league if they let the takeover happen, it’s not necessarily the Big 6 stopping the deal from going through. It is just another member raising concerns which Masters and co would have to take seriously. We need something with more meat to help get the deal done

[Guest reefatoon]

1 hour ago, Rocker said:

Not just this, but in general. Snarky, bitter and repeat yourself like a broken record. You don't add anything to the forum, at all. Just a troll. Sign of the times, unfortunately. 

One of the down side's to all the takeover talk is the amount of absolute whopper's the thread has attracted. People were falling over themselves to sign up, just to come into this thread to try and wind people up. Weird as fuck man. 

[BlueStar]

People forget that the likes of Trump,, Johnson, Putin and Cummings have ushered in an era where nothing matters.  20 years ago you could show evidence of just a suggestion of conspiracy or misdoing and something would happen.  I don't feel that's going to happen even if there's evidence Masters knew about the ESL or if he rejected the takeover on the advice of the Big Six.  More likely to be

 

"Aaaa-HA, we've got you now."

"Uh-huh, so?" 

"Well, we've proven you're wrong'uns so the takeover can go through."

*silence*. 

"Hello?  I've said... we've got the emails, this proves.."

*silence*.

[Scotty66]

All comes down to media pressure really, if the journos make it a massive story then it will have consequences for them. 

If the journos shrug it off then it will all quietly go away. 

[Colos Short and Curlies]

6 minutes ago, Scotty66 said:

All comes down to media pressure really, if the journos make it a massive story then it will have consequences for them. 

If the journos shrug it off then it will all quietly go away. 

Luckily for us we'd have Talkshite on the case.

Clickbait radio they may be but (a) they love talking about us, (b) they currently love talking about how bad the ESL would be, (c) despite his wummery Adrian Durham hosts one of their flagship shows and would go to town on this.

 

Sky would be a lost cause but it won't get shrugged off in all media forms

[Dr Jinx]

6 minutes ago, Scotty66 said:

All comes down to media pressure really, if the journos make it a massive story then it will have consequences for them. 

If the journos shrug it off then it will all quietly go away. 

If that’s the case then we all need to do our part and share the fuck out of it on Twitter and other social media. There’s enough other disgruntled football supporters from other clubs who might pick up on it too.

[BlueStar]

12 minutes ago, Scotty66 said:

All comes down to media pressure really, if the journos make it a massive story then it will have consequences for them. 

If the journos shrug it off then it will all quietly go away. 

If the Cummings Barnard Castle thing showed us anything, it's even if the media make it a massive story for weeks on end the only difference might be that you have to wait a bit longer for it to quietly go away.

[Teasy]

50 minutes ago, BlueStar said:

People forget that the likes of Trump,, Johnson, Putin and Cummings have ushered in an era where nothing matters.  20 years ago you could show evidence of just a suggestion of conspiracy or misdoing and something would happen.  I don't feel that's going to happen even if there's evidence Masters knew about the ESL or if he rejected the takeover on the advice of the Big Six.  More likely to be

 

"Aaaa-HA, we've got you now."

"Uh-huh, so?" 

"Well, we've proven you're wrong'uns so the takeover can go through."

*silence*. 

"Hello?  I've said... we've got the emails, this proves.."

*silence*.

Cummings was made to resign and Trump lost his presidency.. aye nowt happens..  You literally only mentioned one guy who can just ignore everything with no consequences, Putin.  Doesn't matter though because the people you mention are far from the cause of any lack of accountability today.  That cause would be the press and too many people who just don't bother taking the time to research what they read and see.  Which is why the Democrats can get away with there "weekend at bidens" routine right now.

 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by Teasy

[Consortium of one]

In the interests of our long term global plan DEEP STATE has killed this information.

Sorry, people, move along.  Nothing to see here.

 

[ED209]

Just now, Consortium of one said:

In the interests of our long term global plan DEEP STATE has killed this information.

Sorry, people, move along.  Nothing to see here.

 

Is it cos Fat Mike is an enema of the state? 

[Joey Linton]

58 minutes ago, reefatoon said:

One of the down side's to all the takeover talk is the amount of absolute whopper's the thread has attracted. People were falling over themselves to sign up, just to come into this thread to try and wind people up. Weird as fuck man. 

It's interesting that the poll on the other thread suggests slightly over 60% of fans on here believe the takeover won't go through, but when it's discussed in posts on here it's as if those people are actually an over-vocal minority when in fact the exact opposite is true. 

[Billy Pilgrim]

Maybe the reason he ‘isn’t allowed to publish it’ is that it’s all conjecture and guess work alluding to vague crimes that aren’t actually crimes

Fairly convinced now that Keith is full of shit, and even if he isn’t, if he had a picture of Masters and Hoffman hanging out of either end of a cow it wouldn’t move the dial in terms of getting a takeover through. 

I await good news from any angle, fucking sick of this circus 

[Chicane]

Haven't checked the takeover in a loooong time and I now see we're dealing with Mossad honeytraps

 

What a ride eh

[Whitley mag]

 

[RS]

I think the issue is that those who are constantly saying it’s off every chance are as tedious as the ones saying it’s definitely on. Nobody knows but if there’s evidence either way post with that. 
my opinion:
 

PIF have formally withdrawn their bid

The owner has started arbitration/legal challenge for whatever reason?
 

 

[gdm]

6 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

 

So now he’s saying he’s not allowed to release the news? Full of shit

[et tu brute]

14 minutes ago, gdm said:

So now he’s saying he’s not allowed to release the news? Full of shit

Aye that’s just purposely winding the fans up from both sides of the takeover argument. If you say you’re going to release it, then release it in the timescale you said it would be (he said it would be discussed on Fridays Wraith podcast). If you need to get legal clearance then don’t say fuck all until you do. He leaves himself wide open time and time again.

 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by et tu brute