wakey

pro-rata that's 12 out of 10.

To honour the club's greatest player and finest ambassador, we should cordon off an area around Nat's statue that Bassini is never allowed within. Should be a decent radius as a mark of respect. 11.8 miles would be just about perfect.

to save anyone having to read Nixon's twitter here's a summary of what he's saying (pinches of salt optional). Hotel deal 'close'. Down to 2 parties, FV + another (not Bassini). 2nd bidder using hotel as route into club, i.e. once FV have failed in hotel bid, they'll drop out on the club deal and AN other picks club up as well. Thinks long term future promising. And - obviously - Nixon's a whopper. you're welcome Wakey taking one for the team.

Assuming the plan goes ahead - takeover then sign a bunch of experienced players / put out a competitive team - there's a strong argument that anyone playing us now has an unfair advantage. Obviously, we all know we'll get a handful of knackered has-beens and still not manage a shot on goal ... but the EFL don't know that.

BBC RM caller: I want to know where the money's gone from all these ticket sales Gowling: I don't know Caller: I want to know where it's gone Gowing: don't know Caller: Where's it gone? Jaysus, hard work is this.

Apparently one of the defence's submissions was a statement from 'Sir Dave Rich'. Any idea what it was? Could have been "Never heard of him, he's a mentalist".

At least you didn't have to own up to watching Driving Miss Daisy

did you get your money back?

Heard it's something to do with Chris' cat.

Fair do's. HBAIT? (asking for a friend)

Let it go Chris. There's plenty more cats in the sea.

The double-edged sword of the Larry - Ken September showdown. Be piss funny (but unlikely) if Larry won, but then any brass he got from Ken he spends making life difficult.

No chance (imo) in this case. Larry would have to prove he was in a position to complete the purchase. Ignoring the EFL approval issue - think the judge described that as weak - there's still the issue of financing it where it seems to fall over. Larry's initial funding and his 'now' funding are from different sources according to Larry's own inane public ramblings. There's little chance he could have bought us at the time, but plenty evidence that he couldn't. Interesting that a statement from 'sir dave rich' was included in the defence bundle.

and breathe ... Decent result that. Larry can still have his pissing contest with Ken, but not a chance it'll have any effect on ownership. Best case, Larry gets his pound of flesh from Ken for breach of contract. Now let's see the colour of FV's money ...

LB: Objection! Judge: sit down Lawrence LB: Objection! reckon this could take a while

Bassini's tipped up mob-handed. Half a dozen blokes with him. Not sure why, but that surprised me a bit. Come to think of it, means either 1. he's got 6 mates 2. he's paying for 6 blokes to be there with him both / either surprise me

our U-18s lost 5-1 to Watford on Saturday. Amazing we managed to get a team out at all given most of them were in the first team squad.

does anyone know if the Bassini's contract to buy us - assuming one existed - was with Burnden Leisure (to buy the shares of the subsids) or with Ken's company (to buy shares of Burnden Leisure)?

after all them years wishing for prolific strikers and we're still moaning

pretty sure that was Chris Thompson's debut.

No way kids would fall for that. I mean, who the fuck's called 'Ken' these days?

Mr Pot ... there's a Mr Kettle for you on line 2

If he's not used to not getting paid and training with the kids by now, he never will be. Hit him where it hurts; make sure the showers are cold and there's no bottled water ...

come to think of it, how come David Sullivan's not Dave Sull?

For some reason Bassini cheers me up no end. Not entirely sure why, but current working theory is that whenever you feel things can't possibly get worse, up he pops to prove they could. Or maybe it's the avalanche of hilariously nonsensical shite he comes out with.