Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster

In the 1799 pages of this thread's existence, this has been possibly the stressiest day of all. 
Kicked of by Radio Derby's " inside man "  exposing " CK as a potential Walter Mitty tyre-kicker.
Cue confusion. CK " doorstopped " by a Sky reporter and looking " shady "
Mike Ashley potentially resurfacing as our potential saviour.
Then, at the 11th hour CK potentially not being so bad after all.
This is the reality of the internet world where everybody is able to self-publish.  Me included.
It's like watching a self-publishing ping-pong match.
Nobody knows anything. People post anything masquerading as news  - and the masses comment on it as fact.
Press releases are sooo yesterday. Let's just treat rumour as fact.
No wonder we're all so stressed. Rumour ISN'T news.
People claiming " to know "
Can I be the first to declare I know zip all?
We're all feeding each other on rumour and supposition.
In the absence of news there is...
... the internet.

Best summary of the day!

In the 1799 pages of this thread's existence, this has been possibly the stressiest day of all. 
Kicked of by Radio Derby's " inside man "  exposing " CK as a potential Walter Mitty tyre-kicker.
Cue confusion. CK " doorstopped " by a Sky reporter and looking " shady "
Mike Ashley potentially resurfacing as our potential saviour.
Then, at the 11th hour CK potentially not being so bad after all.
This is the reality of the internet world where everybody is able to self-publish.  Me included.
It's like watching a self-publishing ping-pong match.
Nobody knows anything. People post anything masquerading as news  - and the masses comment on it as fact.
Press releases are sooo yesterday. Let's just treat rumour as fact.
No wonder we're all so stressed. Rumour ISN'T news.
People claiming " to know "
Can I be the first to declare I know zip all?
We're all feeding each other on rumour and supposition.
In the absence of news there is...
... the internet.

I know CK has been a little haphazard and inconsistent in his tweets and various communications in this whole process. His "funds" are slightly mysterious, but he clearly has plenty. He's a (questionably how much, we don't know ) wealthy man who's entering into the takeover as a vanity project.
I think Mike Ashley seriously underestimated him as a tyre-kicker and thought he wouldn't be able to get the deal over the line, and he could do what he's done a hundred times, and saunter in at the eleventh hour with the only offer in town.
MA got it wrong. Despite CK's amateurish PR, he clearly has the readies to get this far, hence the reported attempt by Ashley to share the deal late on.
I'm not enthused by either of them, but that's where Mel has left us. The last 2 players at the poker table are the flash boy and the bluffer. Maybe they're both bluffing.
It's looking like CK will - eventually - get it over the line, and if he does we'll all be grateful.
I only hope that we can just get back to supporting our great club again whilst living within our means. 
Sadly, nothing is certain given how far we've fallen.
Hopeful, but still rather wary.
 

I know CK has been a little haphazard and inconsistent in his tweets and various communications in this whole process. His "funds" are slightly mysterious, but he clearly has plenty. He's a (questionably how much, we don't know ) wealthy man who's entering into the takeover as a vanity project.
I think Mike Ashley seriously underestimated him as a tyre-kicker and thought he wouldn't be able to get the deal over the line, and he could do what he's done a hundred times, and saunter in at the eleventh hour with the only offer in town.
MA got it wrong. Despite CK's amateurish PR, he clearly has the readies to get this far, hence the reported attempt by Ashley to share the deal late on.
I'm not enthused by either of them, but that's where Mel has left us. The last 2 players at the poker table are the flash boy and the bluffer. Maybe they're both bluffing.
It's looking like CK will - eventually - get it over the line, and if he does we'll all be grateful.
I only hope that we can just get back to supporting our great club again whilst living within our means. 
Sadly, nothing is certain given how far we've fallen.
Hopeful, but still rather wary.
 

I know CK has been a little haphazard and inconsistent in his tweets and various communications in this whole process. His "funds" are slightly mysterious, but he clearly has plenty. He's a (questionably how much, we don't know ) wealthy man who's entering into the takeover as a vanity project.
I think Mike Ashley seriously underestimated him as a tyre-kicker and thought he wouldn't be able to get the deal over the line, and he could do what he's done a hundred times, and saunter in at the eleventh hour with the only offer in town.
MA got it wrong. Despite CK's amateurish PR, he clearly has the readies to get this far, hence the reported attempt by Ashley to share the deal late on.
I'm not enthused by either of them, but that's where Mel has left us. The last 2 players at the poker table are the flash boy and the bluffer. Maybe they're both bluffing.
It's looking like CK will - eventually - get it over the line, and if he does we'll all be grateful.
I only hope that we can just get back to supporting our great club again whilst living within our means. 
Sadly, nothing is certain given how far we've fallen.
Hopeful, but still rather wary.
 

I know CK has been a little haphazard and inconsistent in his tweets and various communications in this whole process. His "funds" are slightly mysterious, but he clearly has plenty. He's a (questionably how much, we don't know ) wealthy man who's entering into the takeover as a vanity project.
I think Mike Ashley seriously underestimated him as a tyre-kicker and thought he wouldn't be able to get the deal over the line, and he could do what he's done a hundred times, and saunter in at the eleventh hour with the only offer in town.
MA got it wrong. Despite CK's amateurish PR, he clearly has the readies to get this far, hence the reported attempt by Ashley to share the deal late on.
I'm not enthused by either of them, but that's where Mel has left us. The last 2 players at the poker table are the flash boy and the bluffer. Maybe they're both bluffing.
It's looking like CK will - eventually - get it over the line, and if he does we'll all be grateful.
I only hope that we can just get back to supporting our great club again whilst living within our means. 
Sadly, nothing is certain given how far we've fallen.
Hopeful, but still rather wary.
 

I know CK has been a little haphazard and inconsistent in his tweets and various communications in this whole process. His "funds" are slightly mysterious, but he clearly has plenty. He's a (questionably how much, we don't know ) wealthy man who's entering into the takeover as a vanity project.
I think Mike Ashley seriously underestimated him as a tyre-kicker and thought he wouldn't be able to get the deal over the line, and he could do what he's done a hundred times, and saunter in at the eleventh hour with the only offer in town.
MA got it wrong. Despite CK's amateurish PR, he clearly has the readies to get this far, hence the reported attempt by Ashley to share the deal late on.
I'm not enthused by either of them, but that's where Mel has left us. The last 2 players at the poker table are the flash boy and the bluffer. Maybe they're both bluffing.
It's looking like CK will - eventually - get it over the line, and if he does we'll all be grateful.
I only hope that we can just get back to supporting our great club again whilst living within our means. 
Sadly, nothing is certain given how far we've fallen.
Hopeful, but still rather wary.
 

I know CK has been a little haphazard and inconsistent in his tweets and various communications in this whole process. His "funds" are slightly mysterious, but he clearly has plenty. He's a (questionably how much, we don't know ) wealthy man who's entering into the takeover as a vanity project.
I think Mike Ashley seriously underestimated him as a tyre-kicker and thought he wouldn't be able to get the deal over the line, and he could do what he's done a hundred times, and saunter in at the eleventh hour with the only offer in town.
MA got it wrong. Despite CK's amateurish PR, he clearly has the readies to get this far, hence the reported attempt by Ashley to share the deal late on.
I'm not enthused by either of them, but that's where Mel has left us. The last 2 players at the poker table are the flash boy and the bluffer. Maybe they're both bluffing.
It's looking like CK will - eventually - get it over the line, and if he does we'll all be grateful.
I only hope that we can just get back to supporting our great club again whilst living within our means. 
Sadly, nothing is certain given how far we've fallen.
Hopeful, but still rather wary.
 

I know CK has been a little haphazard and inconsistent in his tweets and various communications in this whole process. His "funds" are slightly mysterious, but he clearly has plenty. He's a (questionably how much, we don't know ) wealthy man who's entering into the takeover as a vanity project.
I think Mike Ashley seriously underestimated him as a tyre-kicker and thought he wouldn't be able to get the deal over the line, and he could do what he's done a hundred times, and saunter in at the eleventh hour with the only offer in town.
MA got it wrong. Despite CK's amateurish PR, he clearly has the readies to get this far, hence the reported attempt by Ashley to share the deal late on.
I'm not enthused by either of them, but that's where Mel has left us. The last 2 players at the poker table are the flash boy and the bluffer. Maybe they're both bluffing.
It's looking like CK will - eventually - get it over the line, and if he does we'll all be grateful.
I only hope that we can just get back to supporting our great club again whilst living within our means. 
Sadly, nothing is certain given how far we've fallen.
Hopeful, but still rather wary.
 

Just as a business proposition, if hypothetically you bought a football stadium for £20m and charged £1m a year in rent that's a decent rental income. 
Despite current higher inflation, the banks are still only paying around 1% interest, so a 5% return is a decent income stream on that amount of investment.
Add to the mix, utilising the ground for music gigs or other events, that return could increase even more.
As a property investment it's a good stand alone venture. If, as reported, the investors are local, facilitating the survival of our club, alongside a community-minded good PR venture, whilst taking a decent return makes a lot of sense.
Add into the mix, if we recover to being promoted to the Championship, or God forbid the Premier League, those rental fees will increase.
In summary, a sound property investment for any business, with only upside.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

Summed up beautifully. ???

Summed up beautifully. ???

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

Summed up beautifully. ???

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.