Tom 14288 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I hope it gets taken to court tbh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl 175 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Gut wrenching twice in two weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6449 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Rewriting the test to achieve what, in future? I've made peace with this now, and also with ceasing to pay any attention to the PL anymore. I'm not going to sit and pretend that I have any interest in being a "know your place" football club in a league dominated by duplicitous, fearful competitors. I hope anyone who can just 'enjoy the day out' can still manage to derive enjoyment from a non-competitive club, but I can't. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Rewriting the test to me is an admission that they know they're on shaky legal ground. Go for the throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4718 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I'd ask him if the result of the independent arbitration would have had to be signed off by Man Utd and Liverpool like his appointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 37784 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 What’s the point of having a test of it needs an independent arbitrator? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl 175 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Its Disney and that Cruise company I feel sorry for cos all that investment will have to be pulled now, poor souls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7931 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 14:59, Alex said: What’s the point of having a test of it needs an independent arbitrator? Expand The arbitration was to decide whether MBS would play a role in the ownership of the club. If the answer was yes, the sale would have been denied. Tbf, Staveley said as much in the days after the bid was withdrawn. The PL have been pushing to have MBS named on the papers, which then allows them to say no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Time for the towel head grim reaper to get involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Keys and Bingham first please your highness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11413 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 To be fair, this would have gone through no problem if the Saudi state hadn't been pirating the broadcast in the first place. Or if they'd done enough to reassure the PL that they'd got a handle on it. Or if they'd not banned BEIN from broadcasting in Saudi Arabia in the middle of the takeover. PL definitely the servant of a few masters here, but the buying side have been a bit of a shitshow themselves. Now we wait for Mauriss/Kenyon/BZG/Orleggi/Moat just in time for the January window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14288 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Is anyone actually bothered? If we’re lucky we’ll stay up. Maybe we’ll get a draw against one of the protected clubs. Hooray. Its not worth investing time in. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11413 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 15:22, Tom said: Is anyone actually bothered? If we’re lucky we’ll stay up. Maybe we’ll get a draw against one of the protected clubs. Hooray. Its not worth investing time in. Expand Every season I care less and less. It's only when we're in the bottom three that I get invested, and if your football club only gets under your skin when they're in danger of relegation, it's not much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 12294 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 The only reason I still haven't sacked off BT Sport is because my dad likes to come round and watch whatever match is on. For myself, I barely watch it even if we're playing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl 175 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 15:44, Sonatine said: The only reason I still haven't sacked off BT Sport is because my dad likes to come round and watch whatever match is on. For myself, I barely watch it even if we're playing. Expand The baseball is good on BT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10746 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 15:06, Kid Dynamite said: The arbitration was to decide whether MBS would play a role in the ownership of the club. If the answer was yes, the sale would have been denied. Tbf, Staveley said as much in the days after the bid was withdrawn. The PL have been pushing to have MBS named on the papers, which then allows them to say no. Expand But regulations in the ODT would have allowed them to treat him as a shadow director and reject the takeover on the basis of insufficient information. This would have made an appeal possible where the judgement of the league could have been challenged. There was no need for independent arbitration for a timely decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11413 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 15:58, Isegrim said: But regulations in the ODT would have allowed them to treat him as a shadow director and reject the takeover on the basis of insufficient information. This would have made an appeal possible where the judgement of the league could have been challenged. There was no need for independent arbitration for a timely decision. Expand Better for the PL to suggest an independent arbitrator than reject it, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 It's not their place to push for the bid to be presented differently. They should have either accepted or rejected it in line with the test as it was presented. Simples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10746 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 16:06, The Fish said: Better for the PL to suggest an independent arbitrator than reject it, though? Expand Kicking the can down the road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl 175 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Final nail in the coffin for me, I'm off to get sloshed in the bar, followed by a hot tub and then drift off into a deep sleep hoping the Reubens come to their senses and buy us outright with investment over the next few years from a mysterious middle eastern investment vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdansmith 3260 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 It's the fucking hope that kills you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly Mackems 134 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Can someone tell me (to fuck off if you struggle to answer) why all the part time shithouses or ne'er attendees sit for months on end discussing something they generally have lost interest in? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I'll take this one lads. Fuck off. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 37784 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) On 14/08/2020 at 16:37, Ugly Mackems said: Can someone tell me (to fuck off if you struggle to answer) why all the part time shithouses or ne'er attendees sit for months on end discussing something they generally have lost interest in? Expand It’s as mysterious as someone seemingly only posting on here to get bites off fans of the same club they support or taking a perverse pride in being a soopafan of a club that shits all over its fan base Edited August 14, 2020 by Alex 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl 175 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I'm pretty new here but is Ugly Mackems actually an ugly Mackem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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