The Administration Thread

[Wignall12]

46 minutes ago, maxjam said:

Well these puns are par for the course.

Well , if you Putt it like that ....

[Ram@Lincoln]

9 minutes ago, 1977 Ram Raider said:

I'm not 100% sure but I think CK's plane is at EMA. Looks like the one that was here last week. Maybe his legal team are over.

It isn't. He left EMA on the 9th, did a couple of circles around Dubai before onwards to Don Mueang International on the top side of Bangkok. The plane hasn't left there that airport since. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ac6ab6&lat=30.069&lon=27.272&zoom=4.0&showTrace=2022-05-09

[BucksRam]

59 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

A little birdie told me he is paying a right wedge for us.

Who pitched that one to you? 

[BucksRam]

1 hour ago, IslandExile said:

We will either have a done deal or be done.

Wise words.  I'll focus on the positive, until it's negative.

[May Contain Nuts]

2 hours ago, ScubaRam said:

Haha. Maybe!

I have nothing to base this on, but I have a feeling MM and MA might have already done a deal for the stadium. MA didn't get the preferred bidder status which is fine, they just have to hold out. MM wants the stadium gone, so there is no interest in MM making a deal for the stadium with anyone else. This allows MM to continue to control the process.  When the 'Preferred Bidder' status expires MM and MA can resume and finalise. 

MA knows what he is doing. I can't see CK buying this club.  

Again, nowt to base this on, just my thoughts. 

 

...and later on it's revealed that Mel sold Ashley the stadium for around around £5m less than offers he'd refused from others, out of pure spite.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Coconut's Beard

[hintonsboots]

5 minutes ago, Ram@Lincoln said:

It isn't. He left EMA on the 9th, did a couple of circles around Dubai before onwards to Don Mueang International on the top side of Bangkok. The plane hasn't left there that airport since. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ac6ab6&lat=30.069&lon=27.272&zoom=4.0&showTrace=2022-05-09

Takeover news needed badly.

[CBRammette]

53 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

Isnt he a full time CEO? 

No idea. From those I have dealt with at work over the years there are no typical CEO working hours. And one from a golf equipment brand didnt like golf and worked all the time

[CBRammette]

24 minutes ago, Coconut's Beard said:

...and later on it's revealed that Mel sold Ashley the stadium for around around £5m less than offers he'd refused from others, out of pure spite.

Sadly that wouldnt surprise most of us

[BucksRam]

26 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

Takeover news needed badly.

Ah that takes me back. 

[deano180]

1 hour ago, Gaspode said:

Hope the club doesn't become an albatross round his neck....

A little birdie told me this might be the case 

[Amberram]

28 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

Takeover news needed badly.

Stop the clock

[MackworthRamIsGod]

Thursday lunchtime, 12th May, deadline for Chris to close is the 14th, "discussions" regarding the stadium are ongoing and Kirchner is currently on his 3rd hole in Bangkok.

Anyone else thinking this could go down to the wire? ?

[WhiteHorseRam]

[Ambitious]

6 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

Thursday lunchtime, 12th May, deadline for Chris to close is the 14th, "discussions" regarding the stadium are ongoing and Kirchner is currently on his 3rd hole in Bangkok.

Anyone else thinking this could go down to the wire? ?

[RoyMac5]

Errr?

 

[IslandExile]

Just now, RoyMac5 said:

Errr?

 

I may have imagined this but didn't CK say he had bought and sold at the right time? Hence his wealth.

[TomBustler1884]

I am taking the silence as a positive.

There are 2 bidders for the stadium, one from someone local, one from someone overseas. 

If either of these reach an agreement by Saturday, Kirchner is in.

If they don't it will be Ashley next week.

All second or third hand information I've heard from a couple of people who would know more than most but there we go. Not really new information, but reassuring to have it confirmed by people I trust.

[Carnero]

5 minutes ago, TomBustler1884 said:

I am taking the silence as a positive.

There are 2 bidders for the stadium, one from someone local, one from someone overseas. 

If either of these reach an agreement by Saturday, Kirchner is in.

If they don't it will be Ashley next week.

All second or third hand information I've heard from a couple of people who would know more than most but there we go. Not really new information, but reassuring to have it confirmed by people I trust.

An overseas bidder for the stadium would be new information, if true.

[IslandExile]

2 minutes ago, Carnero said:

An overseas bidder for the stadium would be new information, if true.

Is it from an American in Thailand?

[Ambitious]

9 minutes ago, TomBustler1884 said:

I am taking the silence as a positive.

There are 2 bidders for the stadium, one from someone local, one from someone overseas. 

If either of these reach an agreement by Saturday, Kirchner is in.

If they don't it will be Ashley next week.

All second or third hand information I've heard from a couple of people who would know more than most but there we go. Not really new information, but reassuring to have it confirmed by people I trust.

I have no issues with someone local owning the stadium, actually I'd probably prefer it (depending on who & their intentions), but I really wouldn't like an overseas owner just to facilitate an incoming chairman with an unknown net amount. 

I feel Mike Ashley doesn't care about taking a minus point deduction again next season either, so that's not great. I think Rooney walks if he comes in, personally, so definitely makes for an interesting few days!