Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.
Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.
Won't be announced until after Norwich game.
1 day after the Norwich game or 2 years afterwards?
Does it really make any difference? It’s a five year plan after all ;-)
Date - Source - Notes 11 July 2018 - BexleyBoy/Colin - positive news 13 July 2018 - VOTV - RD deadline to complete the deal After 28 July 2018 - agim - deal awaiting FA approval
Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.
Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.
Won't be announced until after Norwich game.
1 day after the Norwich game or 2 years afterwards?
Does it really make any difference? It’s a five year plan after all.
Of course it matters. And that plan might well go out of the window dependant on circumstances.
All well and good saying they are in it for the long haul but we are in a pretty shite position now.
This whole thing is fucking tiresome, what's the crackpot theory that explains why it'll be done after Norwich and not before?
Like others have said.... a day after a week after.....several months after? This dubious announcement is just that.....dubious. It sounds like a Colinism to me.
This whole thing is fucking tiresome, what's the crackpot theory that explains why it'll be done after Norwich and not before?
Like others have said.... a day after a week after.....several months after? This dubious announcement is just that.....dubious. It sounds like a Colinism to me.
if they are sending the papers to the FA that could be the problem
No one has the first idea of what's happening, be it pub gossips, mates of mates, or the supposed people in the know who talk to one side or the other.
We're about to at best waste this season, at worst end up in League 2, getting the deal done, and progressing the club is whats needed.
It's a mess, and people are just so worn down with the last 4 years, they've given up giving a fuck
Yes I looked up the survey after I posted my question. Very useful. If I were the Aussies I might offer a discount for a couple of weeks after any takeover, although would anyone who had paid the higher price want a rebate?
That site is really cool, thanks for sharing (the slaves thing is a bit grim though!).
Yeah, it's good isn't it? But I think I might have been a bit misleading on the "worth" thing. Not sure but I suspect that's what the gaff would have brought in to the Son of Oger per annum. (I guess that the place itself was worth nothing because William The Bastard could have just taken it back on a whim and granted it to someone else?)
Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.
Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.
Won't be announced until after Norwich game.
Thanks to @CrabApples for putting this on the bite sized thread.
The delay would square with what has trickled out from two or three people. It's frustrating, it feels like a lot of valuable time potentially lost for something that seems, from the outside looking in, like it would be avoidable.
Assuming this is correct and everything falls into place bang on the 28th, then they would have one week to do business with lower league teams before the transfer window closes (I think it's the end of the month for loans if I'm not mistaken, don't know about overseas transfers). And again, that's best case scenario.
All we can do now is hope this time through the EFL goes smoothly, that the Aussies are willing to put some expenditure into the club up front (both in terms of players and in terms of the huge number of "office staff" vacancies). And hope that Gallen and Bowyer have a list of players in the event some money came in.
A lot of hoping, but we've made it this far on hope.
Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.
Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.
Won't be announced until after Norwich game.
Thanks to @CrabApples for putting this on the bite sized thread.
The delay would square with what has trickled out from two or three people. It's frustrating, it feels like a lot of valuable time potentially lost for something that seems, from the outside looking in, like it would be avoidable.
Assuming this is correct and everything falls into place bang on the 28th, then they would have one week to do business with lower league teams before the transfer window closes (I think it's the end of the month for loans if I'm not mistaken, don't know about overseas transfers). And again, that's best case scenario.
All we can do now is hope this time through the EFL goes smoothly, that the Aussies are willing to put some expenditure into the club up front (both in terms of players and in terms of the huge number of "office staff" vacancies). And hope that Gallen and Bowyer have a list of players in the event some money came in.
A lot of hoping, but we've made it this far on hope.
Assuming everything else that the EFL have is ok & all they will be looking at is 1 new investor then I'd have hoped that it shouldn't take that long.
However. how & why someone would say it would be announced after the Norwich game is a bit bizarre...........what say the EFL agreed everything by this weekend, are the Aussies just going to sit there & do nothing for a week ??. I also don't think it really matters now though as if it did happen next Saturday it will be a bit late for the this season.
I'm not going to believe it as my hopes will only be dashed & I'm going away that day so don't want to ruin my holiday.
Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.
Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.
Won't be announced until after Norwich game.
Thanks to @CrabApples for putting this on the bite sized thread.
The delay would square with what has trickled out from two or three people. It's frustrating, it feels like a lot of valuable time potentially lost for something that seems, from the outside looking in, like it would be avoidable.
Assuming this is correct and everything falls into place bang on the 28th, then they would have one week to do business with lower league teams before the transfer window closes (I think it's the end of the month for loans if I'm not mistaken, don't know about overseas transfers). And again, that's best case scenario.
All we can do now is hope this time through the EFL goes smoothly, that the Aussies are willing to put some expenditure into the club up front (both in terms of players and in terms of the huge number of "office staff" vacancies). And hope that Gallen and Bowyer have a list of players in the event some money came in.
A lot of hoping, but we've made it this far on hope.
Assuming everything else that the EFL have is ok & all they will be looking at is 1 new investor then I'd have hoped that it shouldn't take that long.
However. how & why someone would say it would be announced after the Norwich game is a bit bizarre...........what say the EFL agreed everything by this weekend, are the Aussies just going to sit there & do nothing for a week ??. I also don't think it really matters now though as if it did happen next Saturday it will be a bit late for the this season.
I'm not going to believe it as my hopes will only be dashed & I'm going away that day so don't want to ruin my holiday.
They say *not before* the Norwich game, which means they think that it will take at least a week from now, if not longer. Assuming this is true, I don't think 1-2 weeks for the FPP process in unreasonable.
Again, I can't speak to the accuracy of this, but I do think it's reasonable to assume there is a lag between submitting the final (hopefully) paperwork to the EFL and the deal being signed off on by them.
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Deadline tracker
Date - Source - Notes
11 July 2018 - BexleyBoy/Colin - positive news13 July 2018 - VOTV - RD deadline to complete the deal
After 28 July 2018 - agim - deal awaiting FA approval
All well and good saying they are in it for the long haul but we are in a pretty shite position now.
This dubious announcement is just that.....dubious. It sounds like a Colinism to me.
We're about to at best waste this season, at worst end up in League 2, getting the deal done, and progressing the club is whats needed.
It's a mess, and people are just so worn down with the last 4 years, they've given up giving a fuck
What colours do Norwich play in ?
Makes perfect sense to me.
The delay would square with what has trickled out from two or three people. It's frustrating, it feels like a lot of valuable time potentially lost for something that seems, from the outside looking in, like it would be avoidable.
Assuming this is correct and everything falls into place bang on the 28th, then they would have one week to do business with lower league teams before the transfer window closes (I think it's the end of the month for loans if I'm not mistaken, don't know about overseas transfers). And again, that's best case scenario.
All we can do now is hope this time through the EFL goes smoothly, that the Aussies are willing to put some expenditure into the club up front (both in terms of players and in terms of the huge number of "office staff" vacancies). And hope that Gallen and Bowyer have a list of players in the event some money came in.
A lot of hoping, but we've made it this far on hope.
Thanks for the info @agim
Between Roly and the Aussies at least...
Merde.
However. how & why someone would say it would be announced after the Norwich game is a bit bizarre...........what say the EFL agreed everything by this weekend, are the Aussies just going to sit there & do nothing for a week ??. I also don't think it really matters now though as if it did happen next Saturday it will be a bit late for the this season.
I'm not going to believe it as my hopes will only be dashed & I'm going away that day so don't want to ruin my holiday.
THE DEAL IS DONE
Between Roly and the Aussies at least...
We now have a 6 month FA approval waiting time...
Again, I can't speak to the accuracy of this, but I do think it's reasonable to assume there is a lag between submitting the final (hopefully) paperwork to the EFL and the deal being signed off on by them.