Do you really think that any of the SMT are going to tell KR that we are being sold, or in talks or having DD done - he's not called Gobby for nothing. He's the last person you'd tell, and in any case at the moment its not his business to be itk. As he said, his business it to get the team playing well & winning games. At this stage who pulls the strings is not material & if there is a change of ownership then he rolls with the punches & sees what happens. I would hope to think that any new owner would see what has happened since the start of the season & give KR the rest of the season to get us promoted - also by backing him in January with a few player additions.
I'm surprised people are already saying it's off, sink the thread etc
Didn't the VOTV article say the deal could be concluded by the end of next week or has something happened since then I've missed?
Who is saying it’s off........I’ve not got that impression from anyone other than on ‘the forum who’s name may not be mentioned’ who have predictably chosen not to believe it from the word go.
Would anyone have actually expected a different reply from KR? And why would he know anything? He's a manager, not a board member, and I'm sure CL has members that have worked for a company as a manager during a takeover process that had no idea of what was happening.
I think people are underestimating how common and mundane a tool the NDA is. It’s binding sure, but signed at company level so as info is briefed further, there is a much greater pool of people to leak individual pieces of information. Stuff leaks, even when people sign the ultimate NDA, the official secrets act.
"I got a phone call from someone on the board" said KR.
Well, that's one of three people isn't it? Murray is non-exec and I doubt he'd be nattering away to random staff on the phone. That leaves the Belgians. Neither of them are exactly trustworthy are they?
As there's a choice of so few people what's the point of NOT naming the caller? Whatever, would you leave your mobile phone with any of them for safekeeping while you went for a piss?
The bit that got me in the Robinson interview, unless I heard it wrongly, is that if there was a takeover he'd be gone...so he says. Whether that means he would walk, or he has an inkling of possible plans I don't know. I would leave him alone while he is winning whichever owners are in place. There are people so entrenched in antipathy towards Robinson that they don't pay attention to what he is doing. He is arguably the best manager this lot have appointed, light years better than Fraeye for example. There is going to be a telling week leading up to the Wimbledon game.
'The best manager this lot have appointed'. Not difficult.
It’s not a disservice I am trying to say against AB that’s why I said I don’t doubt his intentions or his sources
Just that people should be aware that sometimes if it suits a certain objective there are those willing to be as sneaky as you like and shit on long term friendships or relationships if it benefits them
For us to be in DD and have someone like Harris working with us then something is going on
That I do not doubt or question
It’s how and why that info is out there when knowing how these things work from a first hand football scenario all of it would have been within the NDA and In fact at this stage I’d expect a bloody good NDA in place and as such whoever is passing the info may not want it to go through
I understand that concern but the nature and variety of the sources means it won't be so. I have been on this one for several weeks and the thing that changed this week is that I was told by the fourth source that it was imminent. That person has no connection to the other sources and indeed doesn't know who they are.
Robinson has done his best with a tough question for him. Interesting that he said her been told there's nothing to it. He could have just said, I don't know anything about it and I'm focused on the job. Additionally though, he gave credence to it personally with some of his comments about focussing on the pitch.
So what can we take from this. It looks like someone said nothing to It. But he doesn't feel that is necessarily true. He sort of separated himself from the denial a bit.
I guess the denial has come from someone out of the loop on this and robbo knows this.
I'll guess we'll see over the coming weeks. For me though he is doing an excellent job and any new owners shoild give him their support and do everything possible to maintain the stability he has built, which has been missing for so long.
Intriguingly, I got a text message this morning which said "looks like Roland has sold the club"
Can you elaborate ?
A bit like AB, cant say who, as that person has explicitly asked not to be mentioned, as he/she could potentially get into trouble should it come out, but lets just say that there have been so many false dawns in terms of takeovers in the past that this is the first time that I have felt like something is actually happening now.
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Didn't the VOTV article say the deal could be concluded by the end of next week or has something happened since then I've missed?
Well, that's one of three people isn't it? Murray is non-exec and I doubt he'd be nattering away to random staff on the phone. That leaves the Belgians. Neither of them are exactly trustworthy are they?
As there's a choice of so few people what's the point of NOT naming the caller? Whatever, would you leave your mobile phone with any of them for safekeeping while you went for a piss?
4 sources, all unconnected, let me start (chronologically)...
1) Staff member at CAFC
2) Richard Cawley
3) Sue Parkes
4) Keith Harris (being that the last was the most significant)
All total guesses, of course.
Am I warm, AB ?!
2) Mystic Meg
3) Uri Gellar
4) Septic Peg
1) Peter Varney
2) Louis Mendez
3) Richard Murray
4) Roland
The truth is out there ,but i wouldnt trust anyone with a connection (even distant) to RD and the Poodles
So what can we take from this. It looks like someone said nothing to It. But he doesn't feel that is necessarily true. He sort of separated himself from the denial a bit.
I guess the denial has come from someone out of the loop on this and robbo knows this.
I'll guess we'll see over the coming weeks. For me though he is doing an excellent job and any new owners shoild give him their support and do everything possible to maintain the stability he has built, which has been missing for so long.
trouble should it come out, but lets just say that there have been so many false dawns in terms of takeovers in the past that this is the first time that I have felt like something is actually happening now.
Has it been mentioned in any other media i.e. Rich Cawley who is usually spot on with his stuff?