It’s his final play as well isn’t it? He’s loving it clearly. Loving the anguish he’s causing, enjoying crapping all over his loyal staff, loving that he has what he wants and the council where he wants them. He has all the power in his eyes, and probably in reality too. Having debt doesn’t bother him no matter how much it is.
For what purpose though? I’ll never understand why he’s dragging this out.
I think he is stuck, he cannot get what he wants as the council can't give it to him. Something has to change whether he likes it or not. The only other alternative as i see it would be Admin and with the amount the consortium have already put in i doubt that would suit them either.
I think you are correct, he still cannot see why people hate him, he thinks he is and has been our saviour and everybody with the club and us fans should all be on bended knees thanking him
Rigsby, using my dynamic powers of deduction I have decided that you are Ron Martin -- the Landlord.
Only they will know. They could of closed this deal a long time ago, but for some reason are dragging this out far longer than is necessary. Add to that abandoning financial duties as "owner" and you can see why there is no rush, as nothing is hurting him right now.
Yeah, the crux of the matter. The consortium, by doing the right thing, have helped him continue this farce. Not sure they have a way out now.
Nobody else has really picked up on this yet, but it might be crucial. The fact that it will be lease properties might allow for some kind of legally-binding mechanism which satisfies all parties and minimises risk, without prejudicing planning.
with the potential wealth within the consortium and no doubt links to further investment would it not make sense that the consortium just let the potential 20m from Ron go now to secure the deal. Is that the main part holding this up between Ron and the consortium at least. I appreciate there are issues between Ron and SCC but would the consortium letting that part of the deal go make a difference?
That's what ****es me off the most. They are obviously good guys and have done the right thing morally to ensure people have their wages and no further sanctions can be imposed upon the club. But, they have been taken the **** out of by the rat and he can now sit back with no financial responsibilities and take his time to get the perfect offer that suits him and the offspring. It's genius, it really is.
The consortiums thoughts as you know are that he is saving 50mill for not having to build a stadium so 20mill back to them is not asking to much. I actually do not think they are relying on it.
It has to go through due process. What they can do is commit to supporting the application. They are party to the development with a significant commercial interest.
That part is no longer a sticking point mate. That was an issue between Martins and consortium, and would have no bearing on the Martins/council part of the deal.
A two-state system works for us as well tbf
yes i understand that, but if its the main reason holding this up from their perspective isnt it just best to let go of that part. How much longer will they be happy paying wages etc to keep the club going before enough is enough? problem is that they have already invested considerable funds into the club so would be hard to walk away now but common sense eventually must prevail and they decide thats it we cant go on
