Ian Buxton's Bat

Alan Nixon clearly knows a lot about what is going on - the main quibble has been that he's been dishing out the info in something akin to Times crossword clues.
However it does seem like it's national come off the fence day.
First the EFL - nailing their colours to the good ship Steve-Stephen-Stevie and then Nixon speaking clearly....... literally calling Wycombe ambulance chasers and having a pop at the size of Steve-Stephen-Stevie's claim.
It's long overdue and welcome.

Alan Nixon clearly knows a lot about what is going on - the main quibble has been that he's been dishing out the info in something akin to Times crossword clues.
However it does seem like it's national come off the fence day.
First the EFL - nailing their colours to the good ship Steve-Stephen-Stevie and then Nixon speaking clearly....... literally calling Wycombe ambulance chasers and having a pop at the size of Steve-Stephen-Stevie's claim.
It's long overdue and welcome.

Alan Nixon clearly knows a lot about what is going on - the main quibble has been that he's been dishing out the info in something akin to Times crossword clues.
However it does seem like it's national come off the fence day.
First the EFL - nailing their colours to the good ship Steve-Stephen-Stevie and then Nixon speaking clearly....... literally calling Wycombe ambulance chasers and having a pop at the size of Steve-Stephen-Stevie's claim.
It's long overdue and welcome.

I think this moves things on fairly significantly. Look at it from SGs position. If we go to court he could:
A) win a big payout, which is highly unlikely and which may liquidate us. Consequently he gets £0 and potentially gets HMRC pursuing MFC for our unpaid debt. 
B) win a small payout for lost revenue of a P/O semifinal. More likely but no way guaranteed
C) the case gets thrown out and he pays costs and looks a complete tool.
From his POV arbitration is the best option as it carries least jeopardy. Admins and bidders know this and consequently know he comes to arbitration with a weakened position.
Game theory would indicate that the preferred bidders should collude to bring down the sum offered to SG to a negligible amount as this will be better than court for him. Chances are they wouldn’t collude but they do have coinciding interests …..
 

If we'd got one of their CB's sent off in similar fashion we'd have been praising our midfield for pressing so quickly.
They'd done their homework but when we see we're getting pressed so quickly (we'd already mucked around about 3 times in the first 2 minutes) we should change tack and go longer - but without Fozzy or CKR we seem to have no appetite for an out ball.
Strangely enjoyable. Thought Huddersfield were decent and impressed with their work rate so we did massively well to hold out and essentially lose to a fluke.
For once it wasn't a quiet, sombre drive back......very proud of the team and support was immense.

Song for Boro......to the tune of Will Grigg's on Fire
Teeside is dire
Your chairman's a parasite
Na,na,na...etc

If we'd got one of their CB's sent off in similar fashion we'd have been praising our midfield for pressing so quickly.
They'd done their homework but when we see we're getting pressed so quickly (we'd already mucked around about 3 times in the first 2 minutes) we should change tack and go longer - but without Fozzy or CKR we seem to have no appetite for an out ball.
Strangely enjoyable. Thought Huddersfield were decent and impressed with their work rate so we did massively well to hold out and essentially lose to a fluke.
For once it wasn't a quiet, sombre drive back......very proud of the team and support was immense.

Song for Boro......to the tune of Will Grigg's on Fire
Teeside is dire
Your chairman's a parasite
Na,na,na...etc

Song for Boro......to the tune of Will Grigg's on Fire
Teeside is dire
Your chairman's a parasite
Na,na,na...etc

Song for Boro......to the tune of Will Grigg's on Fire
Teeside is dire
Your chairman's a parasite
Na,na,na...etc

Song for Boro......to the tune of Will Grigg's on Fire
Teeside is dire
Your chairman's a parasite
Na,na,na...etc

Song for Boro......to the tune of Will Grigg's on Fire
Teeside is dire
Your chairman's a parasite
Na,na,na...etc

Obviously we don't know exactly what is going on because of the paucity of decent information.
However, as a previous poster said, this is now probably about egos as much as anything.
Yesterday I spent around £120 on trains, food and drink for my family on top of the season ticket costs and I guess a lot of other people do the same. The amount spent in the local community per game on top of tickets must be huge. (25,000 spending £40 is a million)
Both Mel and Mr Steve Stephen-Stevie have got Queen's honours that could be removed, Mel's for 'services to business' and Steve's for 'services to the economy, sport and the community'. Surely deliberately taking actions that could result in a club being liquidated and catastrophically affecting a local economy and community undermines their legitimacy to hold those titles?
Perhaps Dame Margaret could suggest that they may perhaps lose their inferior honours if they don't see sense and find a way forward. Failing that then maybe a UK Govt petition would allow all MP's to consider it.
I know that threatening to take away someone's title seems petty but the previous poster may be onto something. Going away quietly with an OBE intact may be a choice an egotist would make.

I see this as positive. Bringing things to a head.
Clearly the MPs have banged some heads together and have broken the impasse.
EFL saying "you need to name a PB but we're not telling you what they are bidding for" has been rumbled..... and onwards we go to arbitration, court cases etc.
Unless it's the jury from the O.J. Simpson case I think we'll be in a better place this time next week (and I don't mean Middlesbrough).

I see this as positive. Bringing things to a head.
Clearly the MPs have banged some heads together and have broken the impasse.
EFL saying "you need to name a PB but we're not telling you what they are bidding for" has been rumbled..... and onwards we go to arbitration, court cases etc.
Unless it's the jury from the O.J. Simpson case I think we'll be in a better place this time next week (and I don't mean Middlesbrough).

I see this as positive. Bringing things to a head.
Clearly the MPs have banged some heads together and have broken the impasse.
EFL saying "you need to name a PB but we're not telling you what they are bidding for" has been rumbled..... and onwards we go to arbitration, court cases etc.
Unless it's the jury from the O.J. Simpson case I think we'll be in a better place this time next week (and I don't mean Middlesbrough).

Duel fixture list? Freudian slip?
Wazza vs Gibson in the last shootout of the season.

Very interesting article here on director's personal liability.
So far, everyone has assumed that operating within a limited company offers total personal protection. It doesn't.
https://www.daslaw.co.uk/blog/when-can-company-directors-be-personally-liable
"In this case the defendants had failed to comply with the National Minimum Wage, and did so with intent, and this factored into the court’s decision; however, the court ultimately found it was more the fact the Directors had wrecked the reputation of the company in the eyes of the community which rendered their conduct as falling outside the scope of their authority, and contrary to the interests of their company.
The court concluded the desire to maximise the profits of the company in the manner in which they did, were neither in the interests of the company nor its employees."
Presume all those owed money could consider seeking money from ex-directors.
 

Rick Parry was on 5 Live last week saying that 'the EFL have processes to deal with club disputes', referring to the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We are all guessing at what's really happening and what the order of priorities is but we do know that if the vexatious claims went away, or were classed as non-footballing debts, then we'd be in a better position.
We should encourage the MP's and media to force the EFL to convene a meeting/tribunal (or whatever the process is) in the next week.
If we win and they are dismissed and/or deemed non-footballing debts, then we're over a hurdle.
If we lose and they are deemed footballing debts, we may lose a bidder and ultimately we may get liquidated but..........
......as soon as they are deemed footballing debts, we go after QPR, Villa etc and register those made up figures (£200m?) on our balance sheet. When pressed, they will not dare to legitimise the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We have to bring this one to a head.

Rick Parry was on 5 Live last week saying that 'the EFL have processes to deal with club disputes', referring to the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We are all guessing at what's really happening and what the order of priorities is but we do know that if the vexatious claims went away, or were classed as non-footballing debts, then we'd be in a better position.
We should encourage the MP's and media to force the EFL to convene a meeting/tribunal (or whatever the process is) in the next week.
If we win and they are dismissed and/or deemed non-footballing debts, then we're over a hurdle.
If we lose and they are deemed footballing debts, we may lose a bidder and ultimately we may get liquidated but..........
......as soon as they are deemed footballing debts, we go after QPR, Villa etc and register those made up figures (£200m?) on our balance sheet. When pressed, they will not dare to legitimise the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We have to bring this one to a head.

Rick Parry was on 5 Live last week saying that 'the EFL have processes to deal with club disputes', referring to the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We are all guessing at what's really happening and what the order of priorities is but we do know that if the vexatious claims went away, or were classed as non-footballing debts, then we'd be in a better position.
We should encourage the MP's and media to force the EFL to convene a meeting/tribunal (or whatever the process is) in the next week.
If we win and they are dismissed and/or deemed non-footballing debts, then we're over a hurdle.
If we lose and they are deemed footballing debts, we may lose a bidder and ultimately we may get liquidated but..........
......as soon as they are deemed footballing debts, we go after QPR, Villa etc and register those made up figures (£200m?) on our balance sheet. When pressed, they will not dare to legitimise the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We have to bring this one to a head.

Rick Parry was on 5 Live last week saying that 'the EFL have processes to deal with club disputes', referring to the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We are all guessing at what's really happening and what the order of priorities is but we do know that if the vexatious claims went away, or were classed as non-footballing debts, then we'd be in a better position.
We should encourage the MP's and media to force the EFL to convene a meeting/tribunal (or whatever the process is) in the next week.
If we win and they are dismissed and/or deemed non-footballing debts, then we're over a hurdle.
If we lose and they are deemed footballing debts, we may lose a bidder and ultimately we may get liquidated but..........
......as soon as they are deemed footballing debts, we go after QPR, Villa etc and register those made up figures (£200m?) on our balance sheet. When pressed, they will not dare to legitimise the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We have to bring this one to a head.

Rick Parry was on 5 Live last week saying that 'the EFL have processes to deal with club disputes', referring to the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We are all guessing at what's really happening and what the order of priorities is but we do know that if the vexatious claims went away, or were classed as non-footballing debts, then we'd be in a better position.
We should encourage the MP's and media to force the EFL to convene a meeting/tribunal (or whatever the process is) in the next week.
If we win and they are dismissed and/or deemed non-footballing debts, then we're over a hurdle.
If we lose and they are deemed footballing debts, we may lose a bidder and ultimately we may get liquidated but..........
......as soon as they are deemed footballing debts, we go after QPR, Villa etc and register those made up figures (£200m?) on our balance sheet. When pressed, they will not dare to legitimise the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We have to bring this one to a head.

Rick Parry was on 5 Live last week saying that 'the EFL have processes to deal with club disputes', referring to the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We are all guessing at what's really happening and what the order of priorities is but we do know that if the vexatious claims went away, or were classed as non-footballing debts, then we'd be in a better position.
We should encourage the MP's and media to force the EFL to convene a meeting/tribunal (or whatever the process is) in the next week.
If we win and they are dismissed and/or deemed non-footballing debts, then we're over a hurdle.
If we lose and they are deemed footballing debts, we may lose a bidder and ultimately we may get liquidated but..........
......as soon as they are deemed footballing debts, we go after QPR, Villa etc and register those made up figures (£200m?) on our balance sheet. When pressed, they will not dare to legitimise the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We have to bring this one to a head.

Rick Parry was on 5 Live last week saying that 'the EFL have processes to deal with club disputes', referring to the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We are all guessing at what's really happening and what the order of priorities is but we do know that if the vexatious claims went away, or were classed as non-footballing debts, then we'd be in a better position.
We should encourage the MP's and media to force the EFL to convene a meeting/tribunal (or whatever the process is) in the next week.
If we win and they are dismissed and/or deemed non-footballing debts, then we're over a hurdle.
If we lose and they are deemed footballing debts, we may lose a bidder and ultimately we may get liquidated but..........
......as soon as they are deemed footballing debts, we go after QPR, Villa etc and register those made up figures (£200m?) on our balance sheet. When pressed, they will not dare to legitimise the Boro and Wycombe claims.
We have to bring this one to a head.