maxjam

Cos 5 is the figure often quoted in the media.
If its 8 rather than 5, thats hardly any better.  
'Cashin, Watson & Thompson will soon be added to that list too in all likelihood.'  so no currently on the books for next season?
How many of other retained players will be good enough/old enough for anything other than fulfilling fixtures? Wasn't it Rooney that said we needed 40 odd players for next season.
BTW I don't mean to have a go at you, just getting increasingly frustrated with another week gone since Kirchner pulled out and conflicting media stories that ultimately tell us nothing.

Yet according to that Mirror article there's no hurry! 

personally i dont know why we are even talking about numerous parties still.
 
it's been over a week since the deal collapsed, it's been well over that since it was obvious it was gonna collapse
 
the minute they knew it was going to collapse there should have been a quick deadline to decide the preferred bidder. without one it just slows the whole process.
 
we are what? weeks from the cut of point where the golden share may be removed? why an earth are the admins still talking to multiple parties. what have they actually done since last week?

Cos 5 is the figure often quoted in the media.
If its 8 rather than 5, thats hardly any better.  
'Cashin, Watson & Thompson will soon be added to that list too in all likelihood.'  so no currently on the books for next season?
How many of other retained players will be good enough/old enough for anything other than fulfilling fixtures? Wasn't it Rooney that said we needed 40 odd players for next season.
BTW I don't mean to have a go at you, just getting increasingly frustrated with another week gone since Kirchner pulled out and conflicting media stories that ultimately tell us nothing.

Broadly agree. My theory.
On the basis of still in admin then yes, if we can show funding for the season (somehow as we cant sell season tickets, and don't the EFL get to keep our TV money?) then I believe that retained list will be seen as the maximum squad size for us by the EFL. They will then operate a 'one in one out' approach perhaps with some grace for an emergency loan of a goalkeeper (which will be spun as them being more than generous). My gut is that whomsoever is our manager then would need to lose about 3 of the "Big 6" and at least 6 of the other young ones to try to get 9 or so players in that can compete. Yes in early July I can see it being even more desperate and being like this, but by the end of July the ownership issue must reach a head - although Qs rates for trading (which we do more in season?) does mean that it is in their best interests to hang on a bit longer as let's face this must be their last gig in football and Carl Jackson wont want to go home to Billy's sloppy seconds any time soon...
End of July or even August then I'm convinced its MA. If its earlier and I'm utterly wrong ? then perhaps a Appleby, and / or Morgan takeover is it.
 

Given the speed at which things seem to happen, I've got to assume that the current plan is to go into next season with the aim of simply fulfilling fixtures with a squad made up of mostly untested players.  Of the 8 senior pros we have got, Bielek is to be loaned out and others will inevitably be sold to buy us more time. 
The number of players we have or haven't got or the amount of kits we've ordered etc wasn't really the point of my post, it was the different media stories coming every few days telling us we've had a £40m bid, a £50m bid, now potentially a joint bid. 
Wake me up when we actually have something confirmed, I can actually buy a season ticket and not concern myself with finding a new hobby for a Saturday afternoon.

Is that as well as or instead of the £60m bid Appleby put in?
Seems to me like even at this late stage no one really knows whats going on.
Meanwhile the clock keeps ticking, we have 1 kit (on order), 5 players (loaning 1 out) no pre-season friendlies and a rapidly approaching new season...

Haha yeah I was referring to an earlier I post I made in which the media told us that Appleby had submitted a £40m bid only to tell us a couple of days later he'd submitted a £50m bid.  Now its a joint Appleby/Morgan bid.
Getting fed up with official silence, the crap in the media and time running out.

Not like you to just trot out the media line... ?
8 is 60% more than 5, so 60% better in my book! ?

She certainly nose her stuff.

Nice, its grown £10m in a couple of days.  Leave it until after the weekend and it will be £60m!

She certainly nose her stuff.