3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

to be fair he was only asking the question but agree it didn’t need asking.

 

Was it Simon Nightingale from the trust that demanded Micheal James be kicked out of the club? 

 

Probably should ask Emma - she seems to have an opinion on everything....

Daily Mail story linking us with a Dutch consortium fronted by Dirk Kuyt.  Strange unless he is a backer to an existing bidder. 

It’s a valid point.

where in the bid evaluation did it say?

“if you stumped up some cash before bids are due in then you automatically win”

 

It’s a great trick by FV / Michael James but let’s hope we haven’t turned down better bids because of this...

16 hours ago, Big E said:

I am amazed people take offence to autism comments yet miss the homosexual side off. surely both are out of order?  

Shut it, faggot.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7166479/Dirk-Kuyt-keen-buy-English-club-Bolton-likely-candidate.html as someone has already mentioned, bit strange..

only way i can see is he is conected to fv. alan nixon did say last week they have experienced football personel on board

Iles has tweeted that no one around the club has heard it. Doesn't really fit in with where we are at. If the story ran when we didn't know the 5 bidders it would have fit better.

Plenty of ‘do nothins’ having an opinion and already sniping I see 

I’d rather back the ‘do somethings’ 

Actions speak louder than words as they say 

30 minutes ago, Eavesy said:

It’s a valid point.

where in the bid evaluation did it say?

“if you stumped up some cash before bids are due in then you automatically win”

 

It’s a great trick by FV / Michael James but let’s hope we haven’t turned down better bids because of this...

It's not a trick at all.

MJ has supported the club on several occasions over the years (during Gartside's time too) without seeking attention.

He's a businessman but he's done Stoke on a cold Tuesday night as well.

And it really was fucking freezing...

47 minutes ago, Okocha10 said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7166479/Dirk-Kuyt-keen-buy-English-club-Bolton-likely-candidate.html as someone has already mentioned, bit strange..

We've not been "bought" by FV yet, shirley not looking to offload us already..................

Getting passed about like an old slag 

20 minutes ago, Steejay said:

It's not a trick at all.

MJ has supported the club on several occasions over the years (during Gartside's time too) without seeking attention.

He's a businessman but he's done Stoke on a cold Tuesday night as well.

And it really was fucking freezing...

Michael James doesn't court the limelight,preferring to stay quietly in the background.

He's a big BWFC supporter though without a doubt - and to say he wasn't a fan of sweaty Ken would be an understatement.

3 hours ago, Chris Custodiet said:

Its taken a long time, but has the first crack in the cosy relationship between the Beeno and the ST appeared this morning? Michael James is apparently the white knight that helped pay staff wages in April. How long has the esteemed Mr Iles been sitting on that one and why's he published it now?

It does seem a bit random this?

Thought nothing of it until Kevin Davies tweet about a 'conflict of interests' and thought why is he sticking his beak in, then I remembered a throw away line in an interview he made some months back about being asked to be involved in a bid to buy the club from Eddie by a group that included Stelios (up to that time I just thought the Stelios bid to buy the club was some made up joke - but apparently it was a genuine attempt).

So out of curiosity I thought I'd see what the Bolton Wanderers Community Trust statement said and couldn't find it either on their web site or twitter account (well not in the last few days, I've not dug back to see if they said something around the time of the event itself).

So is there something more to all this, is Davies involved in one of the rival bids that the Administrator turned down in favour of FV, what prompted the BWCT statement and where is it - is it an official announcement or simply an answer to a question asked by someone (Iles?) and if so why make it known now - before the FV deal has been struck?

Probably nothing more than an unconnected series of events but I do find it strange that Davies is rattling his cage and referring it to the Administrator at the club (as per his tweet) as you would think it would be good news - not something sinister - that a local Bolton fan is putting his own money into trying to save the club.  Also strange that as I suspect Mr James didn't want a fuss being made when he donated the money to the BWCT (a charity remember) otherwise no doubt it would have been headlines in the paper at the time in respect of his generous donation to help out others - that the BWCT is putting out a statement (where is it, I can't seem to find it on their official site?) that they are broadcasting the news now? Did Michael James know they were making such a statement about him and if so did he give them permission to do so?

Maybe I'm over thinking it but it does seem an odd sequence of events particularly at this moment in time with nothing yet signed or sealed.

Oh and Chris for what it is worth I would have thought the ST would be much more closer involved with Davies than Michael James and Iles breaking the story now would indicate they are all closely linked together still.  Maybe they have backed the wrong horse again?

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51 minutes ago, Razaldo9 said:

Iles has tweeted that no one around the club has heard it. Doesn't really fit in with where we are at. If the story ran when we didn't know the 5 bidders it would have fit better.

Just a bit of Kuyt-flying.

7 minutes ago, Sluffy said:

It does seem a bit random this?

Thought nothing of it until Kevin Davies tweet about a 'conflict of interests' and thought why is he sticking his beak in, then I remembered a throw away line in an interview he made some months back about being asked to be involved in a bid to buy the club from Eddie by a group that included Stelios (up to that time I just thought the Stelios bid to buy the club was some made up joke - but apparently it was a genuine attempt).

So out of curiosity I thought I'd see what the Bolton Wanderers Community Trust statement said and couldn't find it either on their web site or twitter account (well not in the last few days, I've not dug back to see if they said something around the time of the event itself).

So is there something more to all this, is Davies involved in one of the rival bids that the Administrator turned down in favour of FV, what prompted the BWCT statement and where is it - is it an official announcement or simply an answer to a question asked by someone (Iles?) and if so why make it known now - before the FV deal has been struck?

Probably nothing more than an unconnected series of events but I do find it strange that Davies is rattling his cage and referring it to the Administrator at the club (as per his tweet) as you would think it would be good news - not something sinister - that a local Bolton fan is putting his own money into trying to safe the club.  Also strange that as I suspect Mr James didn't want a fuss being made when he donated the money to the BWCT (a charity remember) otherwise no doubt it would have been headlines in the paper at the time in respect of his generous donation to help out others - that the BWCT is putting out a statement (where is it, I can't seem to find it on their official site?) that they are broadcasting the news now? Did Michael James know they were making such a statement about him and if so did he give them permission to do so?

Maybe I'm over thinking it but it does seem an odd sequence of events particularly at this moment in time with nothing yet signed or sealed.

Oh and Chris for what it is worth I would have thought the ST would be much more closer involved with Davies than Michael James and Iles breaking the story now would indicate they are all closely linked together still.  Maybe they have backed the wrong horse again?

I think we can safely say that MJ  has wisely given the ST and the Beeno a wide berth. Nearly all football players and managers tend towards the opinion that they are worth the wages that cripple the clubs they are employed by so you are never going to get much sense from them about football finances. Even so I'm still surprised that SKD should have come out with this.

If my memory serves me correctly SKD, Gudni and SJM all came out in favour of the ST at the outset and that was bound to boost membership. A lot of folk who joined at the start later  figured out what a useless bunch BWFCST turned out to be. It seems SJM still hasn't. I don't know about the others.

I'm not following this SKD thing at all, what's going on now?

1 hour ago, Pricey said:

I'm not following this SKD thing at all, what's going on now?

 

He asked a question.

Cue 1,000 words on how it's a conspiracy. Beeno, Simple Simon etc. etc.

@reluctantnicko

Bolton. There’s a reason for hold up with Football Ventures deal. Not for public domain. If it’s not done on schedule then there’s a problem. Not the case just now.

 

Another cryptic tweet. Not for public domain, but we'll let it get out to a journalist.

Just now, Razaldo9 said:

@reluctantnicko

Bolton. There’s a reason for hold up with Football Ventures deal. Not for public domain. If it’s not done on schedule then there’s a problem. Not the case just now.

 

Another cryptic tweet. Not for public domain, but we'll let it get out to a journalist.

It is starting to sound a little troubling. We're needing the deal completed by next week by HoTs can't even be signed....it could be perfectly natural but a delay now is not good in any way. 

2 hours ago, Ratwhite said:

We've not been "bought" by FV yet, shirley not looking to offload us already..................

It says keen to buy a stake, maybe they are in with FV, didn’t Nixon mention someone involved with FV was football person. 

Didn't we already know MJ put the cash up? 

25 minutes ago, HomerJay said:

Didn't we already know MJ put the cash up? 

Sweaty said at the time that thanks were due to MJ, so yes, today's bollocks was nothing new to most of us who pay attention.

45 minutes ago, HomerJay said:

Didn't we already know MJ put the cash up? 

We did.

17 minutes ago, Steejay said:

Sweaty said at the time that thanks were due to MJ, so yes, today's bollocks was nothing new to most of us who pay attention.

Correct.

1 hour ago, Razaldo9 said:

@reluctantnicko

Bolton. There’s a reason for hold up with Football Ventures deal. Not for public domain. If it’s not done on schedule then there’s a problem. Not the case just now.

 

Another cryptic tweet. Not for public domain, but we'll let it get out to a journalist.

thats just lit the meltdown fuse on here now 

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/former-liverpool-star-linked-with-surprise-bolton-takeover/

 

This story now breaking on lots of sites