When will the takeover go through? The Waiting Game...

[Richard Hearn]

Morning our little ray of sunshine.

What was it that PG Wodehouse said about a Scotsman with a grievance?

 

[Mr Browns Ghost]

Morning our little ray of sunshine.

Morning

 

[Streaky]

@CllrCowan - reckon there maybe a job for you as a Football Regulator (after you have finished sorting this mess out).

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Should be an added prize for the Shrimperzone sponsor a player competition for this coming season:

A Night out with @CllrDanielCowan

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

How long do we expect the legals to take ? Last time lawyers were instructed under Kimura we never heard anything after that

See this post

As expected.

How long the next stage takes will depend on what exactly was agreed.

The lawyers should turn around the document overnight.

The questions will be:

1) what third party approvals required (the Council, Citizen, CBRE)? A best case scenario would be these would be obtained tomorrow, potentially allowing for completion Thursday. The best case scenario almost never happens: in practice someone who needs to approve has a meeting on another matter, has a kid off ill, is acting as en election officer etc. They won’t drop everything to assist on your urgent matter.

2) what security is being taken (if any)? This will likely take a day or two if this is a new development. The Consortium did list this as a requirement previously.

3) what points still need to be agreed? They’ve agreed the terms but those terms need may still need to be fleshed out. With Ron you can never take it for granted.

I think we’re likely looking at the end of the week if no set backs but that’s just a guess from afar and I suspect a lot can still go wrong.

So good news but still work to be done.

Signs to look for are now Ron and/or Justin annd Jason emerging from their bunkers and appearing in public and/or engaging with fans.

 

[overseas shrimper]

All those concerned about Cllr Cowan making it back ok on the train and the walk home, fear not. I have it on good authority that Ron leant our esteemed council head honcho his helicopter for the return journey and a chauffeur driven ride to his door in the Bentley.

 

[CllrDanielCowan]

Are you now a member of the consortium then ??

No, but the council is a key stakeholder in this process

 

[CllrDanielCowan]

They are all probably in Hangover City this morning.

I can’t speak for others but I’m okay.

Dan Dan the Council Man was last seen on here at 2.30am - he ain’t getting much work done today

Au contraire. Up bright and early to crack on with work as I’ll be quite busy tomorrow!

 

[Morty01]

Please, someone close to the consortium, get JR to, on the first league game of the season, pre-match come out with a microphone and simply say "Wallop" - drop the mic, and return to the director's box.

 

[Leeboy]

Au contraire. Up bright and early to crack on with work as I’ll be quite busy tomorrow!

why?

 

[Boreham Blue]

I think the key for people’s mental health will be to expect the rest of the week to be required to get legal sign off and transfer of cash etc. any sooner will be a bonus but let’s not check every minute and by the end of day assume it’s all gone wrong if no announcement.

 

[BEERMONSTER]

I can’t speak for others but I’m okay.

Au contraire. Up bright and early to crack on with work as I’ll be quite busy tomorrow!

Yes, you might even find time for some less important stuff than SUFC, like General Election bits and bobs!

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

All those concerned about Cllr Cowan making it back ok on the train and the walk home, fear note. I have it on good authority that Ron leant our esteemed council head honcho his helicopter for the return journey and a chauffeur driven ride to his door in the Bentley.

He drew the line at using his hair stylist though.

 

[danbowen]

Many councillors are season ticket holders so the answer is no they can watch the mighty blues as many times as they like

I think they can attend as many as they want but if it is over 6 games they are not allowed to vote on anything that involves the club directly or indirectly as seen as a conflict of interest

 

[south247]

I can’t speak for others but I’m okay.

Au contraire. Up bright and early to crack on with work as I’ll be quite busy tomorrow!

Friday morning for sure!!

 

[overseas shrimper]

He drew the line at using his hair stylist though.

Nobody gets access to his hair stylist. Don't even joke about it.

 

[CanveyCastle]

I've read somewhere that councillors are only allowed to attend up to 6 games a year - is this correct or nonsense?

Thanks for your work on what you've done so far

I know one councillor who is a season ticket holder.

 

[Holy Joe]

I think the key for people’s mental health will be to expect the rest of the week to be required to get legal sign off and transfer of cash etc. any sooner will be a bonus but let’s not check every minute and by the end of day assume it’s all gone wrong if no announcement.

Transfer of cash - aren't they paying £1.00 for the club?

I hope that pay it all in 1p's

 

[bazzashrimper]

Transfer of cash - aren't they paying £1.00 for the club?

I hope that pay it all in 1p's

Ron will probably return the favour by paying the £12m in 1ps

 

[annie1954]

I think they can attend as many as they want but if it is over 6 games they are not allowed to vote on anything that involves the club directly or indirectly as seen as a conflict of interest

The councillor I know is not allowed to vote on anything involving the blues