CONFRIMED: Takeover collapsed; Back to square one

[Sutekh]

Fantastic news. Also nice to hear the EFL have been extremely lenient with us in the last few months because of the circumstances (Dai deliberately being a cnut). Some respect returned to the EFL.

Our situation has never been the fault of the EFL
They are applying the rules (that we voted for in ratification)
Everyone knows who holds the blame

Of course not, but it's desperately appreciated that they have shown leniency in recent months due to the cause of our problems. They could easily have punished us further with points deductions and an extended transfer ban. They can see our problems are because of one poisonous little cretin, and they've stepped up for us. Without that we might not have a football club right now.

Was Bury their learning curve?

[Snowflake Royal]

Fantastic news. Also nice to hear the EFL have been extremely lenient with us in the last few months because of the circumstances (Dai deliberately being a cnut). Some respect returned to the EFL.

Our situation has never been the fault of the EFL
They are applying the rules (that we voted for in ratification)
Everyone knows who holds the blame

Well everyone with a few functional braincells, but that obviously doesn't include the crew who regularly chant "oxf*rd the EFL"

[Orion1871]

Fantastic news. Also nice to hear the EFL have been extremely lenient with us in the last few months because of the circumstances (Dai deliberately being a cnut). Some respect returned to the EFL.

Our situation has never been the fault of the EFL
They are applying the rules (that we voted for in ratification)
Everyone knows who holds the blame

Under pressure from the Premier League otherwise no one gets anything.

[Snowflake Royal]

Fantastic news. Also nice to hear the EFL have been extremely lenient with us in the last few months because of the circumstances (Dai deliberately being a cnut). Some respect returned to the EFL.

Our situation has never been the fault of the EFL
They are applying the rules (that we voted for in ratification)
Everyone knows who holds the blame

Under pressure from the Premier League otherwise no one gets anything.

Which basically means Chelsea, Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and City

[WestYorksRoyal]

Tbf the EFL guys who approved Dai were clowns. Parry and Birch have done a lot of work clearing up the shitshow they inherited.

[Pepe the Horseman]

We should have an EFL day where we all dress up as our favourite EFL employees.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Anyhow, Eddie has a decent track record. It does feel like the millionth time the deal has been "imminent" or "all but done". Isn't it 3 weeks since the telegraph said 2 weeks?

[Sutekh]

Anyhow, Eddie has a decent track record. It does feel like the millionth time the deal has been "imminent" or "all but done". Isn't it 3 weeks since the telegraph said 2 weeks?

It's 9 working days tomorrow since Tim's "contact" told him that Couhig was confident of it being done in 10 days. So Thursday 1st August could be the day we get some semblance of a club back.

[On Strings]

Our situation has never been the fault of the EFL
They are applying the rules (that we voted for in ratification)
Everyone knows who holds the blame

Of course not, but it's desperately appreciated that they have shown leniency in recent months due to the cause of our problems. They could easily have punished us further with points deductions and an extended transfer ban. They can see our problems are because of one poisonous little cretin, and they've stepped up for us. Without that we might not have a football club right now.

Was Bury their learning curve?

It bloody should be; it was disgusting how they let them down.

[On Strings]

We should have an EFL day where we all dress up as our favourite EFL employees.

[Crusader Royal]

Fantastic news. Also nice to hear the EFL have been extremely lenient with us in the last few months because of the circumstances (Dai deliberately being a cnut). Some respect returned to the EFL.

Our situation has never been the fault of the EFL
They are applying the rules (that we voted for in ratification)
Everyone knows who holds the blame

Of course not, but it's desperately appreciated that they have shown leniency in recent months due to the cause of our problems. They could easily have punished us further with points deductions and an extended transfer ban. They can see our problems are because of one poisonous little cretin, and they've stepped up for us. Without that we might not have a football club right now.

Have there been instances where we could have been punished but weren’t ? Would be interesting to know where this leniency has been applied. If we have been lightly treated I wonder what other clubs think of that ?

[Franchise FC]

Our situation has never been the fault of the EFL
They are applying the rules (that we voted for in ratification)
Everyone knows who holds the blame

Of course not, but it's desperately appreciated that they have shown leniency in recent months due to the cause of our problems. They could easily have punished us further with points deductions and an extended transfer ban. They can see our problems are because of one poisonous little cretin, and they've stepped up for us. Without that we might not have a football club right now.

Have there been instances where we could have been punished but weren’t ? Would be interesting to know where this leniency has been applied. If we have been lightly treated I wonder what other clubs think of that ?

I would suggest that there’s no way the EFL would make public (deliberately) if they’d been lenient for exactly that reason

[Crusader Royal]

Of course not, but it's desperately appreciated that they have shown leniency in recent months due to the cause of our problems. They could easily have punished us further with points deductions and an extended transfer ban. They can see our problems are because of one poisonous little cretin, and they've stepped up for us. Without that we might not have a football club right now.

Have there been instances where we could have been punished but weren’t ? Would be interesting to know where this leniency has been applied. If we have been lightly treated I wonder what other clubs think of that ?

I would suggest that there’s no way the EFL would make public (deliberately) if they’d been lenient for exactly that reason

But someone has said they have been, and it would just be nice to know when. We tend to know when we’ve done wrong (missed payments etc) and I can’t recall us doing anything that went unpunished. It’s tantalising to be told they have not punished us as much as they could without having examples. Makes you question the accuracy of the claim.

[WestYorksRoyal]

What I would say is the political environment and timing will have affected the EFL's decision. Jobs would have been lost, regulation draconian and heads rolling if a club had been allowed to go under.

[windermereROYAL]

Who`s this Wallbanks bloke, is he reliable?

[morganb]

Who`s this Wallbanks bloke, is he reliable?

ITK Eddie doesn't post much but in the past (2-3 years ago) he has been fairly accurate on transfers and had a good reputation

[Vision]

Have there been instances where we could have been punished but weren’t ? Would be interesting to know where this leniency has been applied. If we have been lightly treated I wonder what other clubs think of that ?

I would suggest that there’s no way the EFL would make public (deliberately) if they’d been lenient for exactly that reason

But someone has said they have been, and it would just be nice to know when. We tend to know when we’ve done wrong (missed payments etc) and I can’t recall us doing anything that went unpunished. It’s tantalising to be told they have not punished us as much as they could without having examples. Makes you question the accuracy of the claim.

I was of the opinion that if Dai were still our owner at this stage then the EFL would effectively kick us out as they (with good reason) would have zero confidence we could see out the season.

The fact that Dai is technically still our owner and we're still an EFL club suggests some leeway on their behalf.

But as with pretty much everything, we're all just speculating.

[Sutekh]

Who`s this Wallbanks bloke, is he reliable?

ITK Eddie doesn't post much but in the past (2-3 years ago) he has been fairly accurate on transfers and had a good reputation

Didn't he used to work at the Chronic a while back?

[Stranded]

Who`s this Wallbanks bloke, is he reliable?

ITK Eddie doesn't post much but in the past (2-3 years ago) he has been fairly accurate on transfers and had a good reputation

Didn't he used to work at the Chronic a while back?

Sort of - I think the Chronic asked him to do something as he was always a step or two ahead but as nothing was happening so he petered out.

Basic rule of thumb, is whilst you still reserve judgement, normally when Eddie pops up with "news" it is generally pretty accurate.

[Hendo]

Our situation has never been the fault of the EFL

Wait, wait...! So you're saying that the EFL aren't to blame because they couldn't see into the future and disqualify Dai from ownership because he liquidated a club a number of years after he became our owner?!