It's happening. 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/17405193.bolton-wanderers-close-to-takeover-from-uk-based-consortium/

Thank fuck

Ken or Super John?

2 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Fucking hell, he is a fucking nut job. I cannot believe virtually anything he spouts, half truths, mistruths, punctuated with the odd point I agree with and takes pop at everyone who has ever challenged him, sooner he has fucked off the better.    

On this thing we can agree. He's effectively written "can anybody blame me for not paying my employees when some people have said nasty things about me in the media"...

I mean its bonkers. 

8 minutes ago, Carlos said:

I can't disagree with anything Kenneth has written there. Still comes out of it with more credit that Super John.

Not paying wages because "It is difficult to accept putting a further £1m into a club that does not want you there and worse still it is not safe to even go to the club."

is difficult to agree with, surely?

He'd make a great Bond villain. All the best ones think they're in the right somehow too

21 hours ago, royal white said:

Scary thing is fans will be behind him and believe/support all he says.

 

2 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Not paying wages because "It is difficult to accept putting a further £1m into a club that does not want you there and worse still it is not safe to even go to the club."

is difficult to agree with, surely?

You can agree with the sentiment, it surely is difficult to accept.

Of course it was obvious that expenditure still exceeds income. Not quite as obvious though is that the small profit Ken refers to will be the result of Ken negotiating a £1million reduction in the SSBWFC/Blumarble interest charges, most of the net proceeds of the Madine sale being swallowed up in last season's operating deficit.

Ken doesn't mention the £472k it cost him to acquire Holdsworth's shares, Holdsworth's £250k p.a. salary, another £250K to pay Holdsworth's expenses, £50K compensation for loss of office plus legal fees and £150K paid to Quantuma to avoid foreclosure in 2017. Why has KA not mentioned these things? NDA possibly. Why has the BN barely mentioned them? Different question.

 

Edited March 6, 20197 yr by Chris Custodiet

5 minutes ago, Carlos said:

Ken or Super John?

Ken. 

16 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

Ken will be the most devastated.He was hoping to get out of paying his police bill and his  staff wage bill but the council and police have told him that they won't let him stage home games if he doesn't pay his bills

 

So speaks one of the devastated. 

19 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

There is some stuff I agree with in his statement but fuck me hes a loon, 1/4 billion of debt,  Is he taking the credit for reducing that? 

Whilst I agree on that, Absolutely no need to reference the money ED wrote off, the fella is damned if he does or doesn’t now 

people have demanded info and questioned why he’s so quiet. He’s addressed pretty much everything he needed too. Remained quite dignified and without confirming he’s definitely off alluded to it which appeases everyone who demanded his immediate removal 

 

He just needs to go.

For everyone's sake.

Thanks God for the Supporter's Trust though. They moved heaven and earth to help with wages.

Anyway, good news is that because his tinpot Trump impression is so transparent, you can tell a takeover must be very close. Getting it in there now that he's paying the wages (which he'll get back very quickly) and unbanned Iles/McGinlay (which would happen when he leaves anyway).

Can’t lreally knock anything he has said. Arise sir Ken.

Just now, royal white said:

Can’t lreally knock anything he has said. Arise sir Ken.

You can't know anything he said there? Really? How about "I didn't pay my staff because I feel unwanted"? You can't knock that?

3 minutes ago, Spider said:

He just needs to go.

For everyone's sake.

Thanks God for the Supporter's Trust though. They moved heaven and earth to help with wages.

They've arranged a vote for a week on Thursday to decide whether they start their letter to Ken with "Dear Ken" or "Dearest Kenneth". Big split currently over this. Also they are struggling to keep up with birthdays...

2 minutes ago, bwfcfan5 said:

You can't know anything he said there? Really? How about "I didn't pay my staff because I feel unwanted"? You can't knock that?

Have you ever heard of the concept of 'irony'?

1 minute ago, royal white said:

Can’t lreally knock anything he has said. Arise sir Ken.

'Dean Holdsworth and his associate Michael Collins had taken out a £5m loan from BluMarble through Sportshield with debentures and also gave charges effectively over everything the club and its associated businesses still owned. Although it has to be said that the club only actually received £4m of the £5m. Subsequent events and what happened to both of them and the loan have already been well publicised'.

Can't say I'd agree that its  'already been well publicised'. Bits of it have but most of it hasn't.

6 minutes ago, Tombwfc said:

Anyway, good news is that because his tinpot Trump impression is so transparent, you can tell a takeover must be very close. Getting it in there now that he's paying the wages (which he'll get back very quickly) and unbanned Iles/McGinlay (which would happen when he leaves anyway).

I usually disagree with your views on this matter, but you can not help think of Trump when reading his messages.

Just needs 'I am a very humble man, you might not understand how humble i am.' at the end.

Just now, Chris Custodiet said:

'Dean Holdsworth and his associate Michael Collins had taken out a £5m loan from BluMarble through Sportshield with debentures and also gave charges effectively over everything the club and its associated businesses still owned. Although it has to be said that the club only actually received £4m of the £5m. Subsequent events and what happened to both of them and the loan have already been well publicised'.

Can't say I'd agree that its  'already been well publicised'. Bits of it have but most of it hasn't.

So Dean Holdsworth went into the sunset with a massive jolly swag bag?

‘We want you to fuck off immediately but also make sure you give us £1m a month until you do’

id be half tempted to fuck you off as well 

1 minute ago, Walkden White said:

So Dean Holdsworth went into the sunset with a massive jolly swag bag?

Do you mean you didn't know that? Its been well publicised, I think not

1 minute ago, barrycowdrill said:

‘We want you to fuck off immediately but also make sure you give us £1m a month until you do’

id be half tempted to fuck you off as well 

But we're talking about paying his staff who I assume aren't demanding he fucks off.....

It was a ridiculous thing to say. 

3 minutes ago, barrycowdrill said:

‘We want you to fuck off immediately but also make sure you give us £1m a month until you do’

id be half tempted to fuck you off as well 

Do you believe he has paid hard cash out of his own pocket and not received it back?  I would also bet he has charged the club a little extra for the privilege.  

1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Do you believe he has paid hard cash out of his own pocket and not received it back?  I would also bet he has charged the club a little extra for the privilege.  

He didn’t have to though.

2 minutes ago, bwfcfan5 said:

But we're talking about paying his staff who I assume aren't demanding he fucks off.....

It was a ridiculous thing to say. 

I bet the majority of them are. They may not be abusing him on Facebook etc but they’re fans no different to you or me

ive got a legal obligation to provide for my kids but tell them they’re getting fuck all in future because they don’t appreciate anything. They still get it. Doesn’t stop me saying it. Whilst it’s hardly professional, it doesn’t stop him feeling it either. 

The boundaries of respect between everyone associated with the club and Ken were broken a long time ago