Sale of Southend United to Justin Rees and his consortium

[Napster]

What will be very interesting will be to find out who the other members of the consortium are....

Jack, Julie and Tom Martin.

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

The fact that CP has tweeted this gives me hope. He's not one to spread baseless rumours and since the "wallop" nonsense back in June or whenever it was, he's posted very little about the sale.

Please, please be true. We all deserve this.

 

[Paulie Walnuts]

If he signs off on a contract with that in the terms, the rat will have no choice but to hand over that money.

All sounds positive. The bit I can’t quite buy is some back room deal agreed by the council. You’d have thought a democratic body like that would have to follow a scrutinesable process. Not a quick process either.

They have 2 choices, let the club die a few years after being given city status with thousands of locals baying for blood and causing a big nuisance to any new building at both RH and FF of get a change done asap.

It's a no brainer, look at how quickly Parliament get a new law passed when it suits them and how long things take when it doesn't really matter.

They can't afford for our club to die for so many reasons so getting to the table and doing their bit can be done if they really want it to.

 

[Leeboy]

Think I’d prefer a fosters ha especially a nice warm flat west stand one.

All seriousness though seems positive please get this over the line

i’ll certainly try

 

[CC51DAS]

He does! With @CC51DAS. Just as my old man used to! I spoke to them both before Saturday's game and they mentioned the Lineker podcast then.

Should just point out that this was on GL’s private podcast and was not BBC. I think some fans lobbied GL through SM and GL turned to PB for some confirmation of facts knowing he was a lifelong Blues fan.

That’s not to say that the BBC does not take an interest in these matters .

I don’t know anything particular but it would not surprise me if some sort of investigative documentary is being considered after the problems we and others like Scunthorpe have encountered

 

[TrueBlue]

 

[kentblues]

All sounds positive. The bit I can’t quite buy is some back room deal agreed by the council. You’d have thought a democratic body like that would have to follow a scrutinesable process. Not a quick process either.

There seems to be cross party support at SCC to support this process. We don't know what that support is whether financial or re planning or both. Re. planning SCC may have cross party agreement to support a planning proposal at FF that does not require a stadium to be built. Similarly AF may have got SoS to indicate he would not call revised proposals in. Guarantees absolutely not. Politically, however, if that didn't follow through any MPs or parties at SCC who didn't deliver would probably be ending their political careers.

Don't forget SCC want the houses built, and this number of houses will never be built anywhere but green belt.

But I am making assumptions- and hopefully shortly we will know the detail. I am sure that will include statements from SCC and the MPs in due course.

 

[kentblues]

All sounds positive. The bit I can’t quite buy is some back room deal agreed by the council. You’d have thought a democratic body like that would have to follow a scrutinesable process. Not a quick process either.

The government is a democratic body. I will just leave it there..

 

[Boreham Blue]

Yes he was

According to CP that's not true

 

[Morty01]

Happening today?

 

[Medway Blue]

I'm not getting too excited just yet but the noises are good and the champagne is ready.

In fact, the champagne has been ready since the cleaner episode. That was around the same time as the previous mess that Ron Martin got us into towards the end of Tilly's reign. I thought he was going down then and it would be our way out. This champers is vintage now.

 

[Target man]

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They're SO much bigger than that over there!

 

[Leeboy]

I'm not getting too excited just yet but the noises are good and the champagne is ready.

In fact, the champagne has been ready since the cleaner episode. That was at the end of the previous mess that Ron Martin got us into towards the end of Tilly's reign. I thought he was going down then and it would be our way out. This champers is vintage now.

sell it and buy the club lol

 

[londonblue]

I'm not getting too excited just yet but the noises are good and the champagne is ready.

In fact, the champagne has been ready since the cleaner episode. That was at the end of the previous mess that Ron Martin got us into towards the end of Tilly's reign. I thought he was going down then and it would be our way out. This champers is vintage now.

If its that old it would have gone flat...let's hope that's not a metaphor.

 

[Beefy]

I would imagine if its out of FF proceeds where he no longer needs to build a stadium he will probably even add the words "with all my love, Ronald"...

Exactly. He's still massively up on the deal if so.

 

[Smiffy]

 

[Avl1983]

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If this is true then that shows you the true size of any debts he's run up at the club. Wow!

 

[fredheim_holm]

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£20m! Wow, I'm amazed they've pulled that off (in principle), guess that shows just how big the windfall will be at FF.

 

[Leeboy]

getting his own son to cough up as well, what a rat he really is

 

[discord]

And new North Bank will be called the ?