i am not sure there is any real intent to sell the club.

i just read this article on the posts website about how john sheridans dream of taking us to the championship is music to the ears of ray. it does not read like something that a chairman who has lost interest or decided to sell because he is annoyed with certain abusers etc would say. i know other fans have felt this way for some time now but i hope its not just a ploy to sell tickets also.

we need to move on from the past 4 seasons and all the silly drama which has came from it.

for me it starts with new owners, not a new manager declaring the same stuff other ex managers have said. are others really that fickle to believe it?

That's all we need. How long before the toys would be thrown out of the pram again?

It wont be long.

There is more chance of sealing the takeover than RT not having a tantrum for his mistakes. If only he had the CEO, a proper CEO running the club from day one.

Seeing as we have no communication regarding a potential takeover, we can only speculate. Given the limited amount of information we have, there are a number of possibilities:

1. There were no other serious bidders apart from Alan Hardy, who wouldn't meet RT's asking price. RT to remain as owner.
2. The other interested parties ('race to finish line') didn't like what they saw when doing due diligence. RT to remain as owner.
3. As RT mentioned, the takeover is taking a lot longer than originally foreseen, therefore RT is ensuring the club is at least stable in the forthcoming months whilst the takeover is delayed.
4. RT has decided he no longer wants to sell, regardless of price etc...

Where we stand is anyone's guess. The above 4 seem the most plausible from the information that is public. I hope that no.3 is correct, as going on the past 6 years, RT becomes disillusioned as quickly as he does reinvigorated, and that is no good for the club long-term. 

Recollections of the Pavis era, the Club was up for sale for years, then what was seen as a panic sale to Scardino / Storrie led to another disaster.

I wouldn't read to much into the championship line , its the sort of thing you would expect to be said , we can aspire to get there maybe it's a goal we could realistically aim for , I think so with stability, the club would be a more attractive purchase to a prospective buyer then , as for whether a sale is on the agenda I don't know what to think for sure , maybe our owners want to stay and maybe RT stepped back to calm the storm and reflect , again I'm not sure , one thing I am sure of they have invested big money for where we are , so for me the intention was to move upwards , nothing in football is ever as straight forward though as the amount of cash invested . I'm looking more forward now to next season, with stability the key ingredient.

You know it's time to go when Mansfield fans say Notts need a new owner!

Don,t know about a u turn,a right or left out of ML,pity the road isn,t one way.Too many bridges burnt,but some are easily appeased by simple things like the manager.That is just papering over the cracks.some on here need to wake up.we have lost fans due to these &, believe me its hard to get them back.

Makes you puke when some come on here & say "Thanks for coming on",even when you dont get told owt,big deal.Makes you wonder who wears the trousers,when you see replys on here.

It's simply called good manners, I don't apologise for displaying them , and I'm not easily won over by anything , but I am prepared to give credit where it's due , to many want to just keep harping on, your opinion matters but surely there has to be a point to it other than to just making it , I guess some are more opposed than I am .

10 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

Recollections of the Pavis era, the Club was up for sale for years, then what was seen as a panic sale to Scardino / Storrie led to another disaster.

hope we avoid that trap but considering we had more success under false hope i think shows how much we need a new owners.

37 minutes ago, Who r ya?? You Pies!! said:

It's simply called good manners, I don't apologise for displaying them , and I'm not easily won over by anything , but I am prepared to give credit where it's due , to many want to just keep harping on, your opinion matters but surely there has to be a point to it other than to just making it , I guess some are more opposed than I am .

we are fans and credit should be given when deserved but it should also be pointed out when its not going so well.

my limit is because of the unpaid bills and how poorly the club is operating at the minute. there is no need for us to start arguing and i agree with who r ya, it is best to be polite but again there have been some very negative decisions and people will have grown tired of that happening.

Totally agree with @liampie especially on paying the bills , see sale or no sale pay the bills please , and that plenty has gone on that leaves a bad taste , I do tend to comment on them , but I make a point of giving credit that is due to , I don't like to argue for argument's sake, I feel like many do on here just maybe not so critically.

@irishpete  "..appeased by simple things like the manager"..well we certainly seemed to have landed a manager that ticks most boxes... Perhaps you want potential owners like Bhatia and Strang back in the dark days of administration...  just be careful what you wish for

Yes Sheridan does tick most boxes,but there is hell of alot more to sort out than just the manager.As for new owners & be careful what you wish for,you can say that about anything.There wasn,t too many saying that about Munto was there?.There was hell of a lot of people calling the Trews after JF appointment & even before it was announced most were in uproar.Stories like im not setting foot in the ground whilst there here,not buying a season ticket,then we appoint a manager with a experience & all is forgiven,but you dont know if RT is pulling the strings,he could be acting on someones behalf.

Could be , that's a small statement but as yet it has no foundation, to be honest who knows what is going on sale wise I certainly don't , let's wait and see what if anything develops then maybe form an opinion , the manager situation needed sorting and has been , more news to follow in the days ahead , let's just wait and see cos ya know what my crystal ball is cloudy with the rest of it .

I don't care who owns the club as long as we have a decent manager, a budget worthy of our position and most importantly a chairman not trying to micro manage. If all those are ticked, then we're fine.

At the end of the day, put a winning team on the pitch and the fans will come to watch them, no matter who is in charge. It happened with Pavis and it would happen with RT.

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