Ledward is a liability and should be nowhere near a position of responsibility within a football club supporters trust.

I'm no expert on insolvency but I think (and happy to be corrected by those who know more) that there are pretty tight rules about moving assets out of the reach of administration when insolvency is imminent, so if we haven't done something to protect the ground etc by now then it's probably too late to do so.

Russ - I do agree that it is likely that we will be in administration before the next offer comes to fruition. Of course that will mean no messing about with the DT members having to scrutinise and approve the deal, as the existing shareholders (including the DT) will be entirely out of the process and in that case we can wave goodbye to any thoughts of any protections around anything - the administrator will just sell the club to whichever bidder gives the best deal for the creditors.

If he’s withdrawn because of the constant rumours and false claims about his background then it’s something to think about with the next investor. Will probably be in administration before then, though. As long as the DT have made the ground safe from any potential insolvency we’ll be fine.

If the deal is off because Dr Mir has pulled out, because he didn't like questions being asked about his wealth, then (1) we are in deep deep trouble, as (at best) we will now have to go crawling back to the second-best bidder and see if they are still interested and, by definition, that is going to be a bid which was less favourable than the one on which we had been voting (and they will know that time is very much not on our side, so will drive a harder bargain) (2) the deal would never have worked anyway, as the degree of questioning he is getting now was probably less than he would have got after the deal. It's hard to blame the DTB if Dr Mir has pulled out - but it does suggest that the other SSC principals didn't really know their investor as well as they told us they did

Looked it up , 47500K to Crewe , Us a share of the gate money after expenses. Probably a fiver.

Losing the FA Cup match has cost us around £47,000 in prize money, if another post from a winning side is correct.

Not that it would have mattered but their 2nd goal looks offside to me: [Link] Didn't make the game today but no win in 10 is not good enough. Only really played well and won one game this year against Bromley who are shite. Think Jackson's time is coming to an end. Things seem to be slipping and getting beat by another team in a lower division in the FA Cup is rubbish. He seems to have a real issue and it's boring now. Our squad is clearly not up to much but it's also the way we play, it's boring.

Did anyone take a tin foil FA Cyp to Crewe, it seems to be a requirement.

The offending Twitter reposts have now been removed ….

Maresca should be available soon, given the approach to sacking managers

You can't have two preferred bidders, neither are wholehearted because the other may win. When you get down to sorting out the fine detail you can only have one. So I support the DTB in talking to one group though it took too long (because our people have day jobs). As I understood it there were others who wanted to join in the finance side and Mir said no. So if he has proved that flaky, Rosen and co. can go to the others, it probably wouldn't be 87 million though

Leddy, yes. An acquaintence is an Alty supporter and he can't see a thing.

Anyone watching the Altrincham Notts County game. Conditions about as clear as what's going on at our club.

Wonder if the slander some fans were spouting on facebook and other social media, are grounds for suing.

Yeah think he is pissed possibly? Has gone on some wild repost spree, including 'Johnnie Jackass.'

TF, yeah but surely account was compromised as looked like another post was reposted that would surely not be by a DTb - Johnnie jackass thing ? Dunno ! Don’t really get Twitter / X

A few thoughts. If Mir is that much of a snowflake that he'll pick up his ball and stomp off home because of a bit of online questioning or criticism then it was going to happen sooner or later, so better to happen now. SSC will just look for another investor to fund their consortium. I don't know if the DT will have to defer the EGM until one is in place. Probably. If it passed we would not have seen much difference until the summer because of the IFR, etc. Personally, I'm not fussed as I was going to abstain anyway and I wouldn't base a decision like this on a few poor results or being knocked out of the FA Cup by Crewe, which most predicted would happen. I don't share the view this investment failing is terminal but I do accept the lack of quality on the pitch at the moment will get worse. On a more cheery note, for those that like their stadium histories, I came across this AI generated reconstructions on YouTube here. [Link]

Ledward.

Meadow, it’s a different article there was a follow up

Meadow, it was a different article. A followup from same publication. It was live for about five minutes and had much, much more detail.

TM, the article hasn't been pulled, it's behind a paywall. It was free to read for 24 hours.

I'm sure some will try and spin it as the fans' fault but a) it is totally reasonable for people to seek and share information in this situation (notwithstanding there may have been a very small number that went a bit far); and b) it is just no coincidence that this happened in the wake of reporting, which would have happened once the deal went public regardless of what any fans said or did.

Which DTB member has confirmed it?

Am assuming this is not true until we hear otherwise