With Alan Hardy's silence and the latest winding-up order, I can guess that takeover talks are in progress. There would be no point in holding back payments if there was no prospect of selling the club.

The annoying thing is that we're guessing. Again.

24 minutes ago, Dripsey3 said:

Standard Operating Procedure when it comes to a possible takeover. Leave the bills as late as possible. Will be paid, just like the last time.

What takeover?

@DangerousSausage it's a mess and I really do fear for our club if this doesn't get sorted out soon. 

 

But here's some words from Alan hardy take from it what you will: 

@TheFostarr94 Thanks for that. Maybe means Ray needs to make good the losses offset against the purchase price, which he isnt prepared to do... As crowds dwindle, the difference between the value of the club now to say 2 months time, will reduce the potential purchase price further?

We do really need a statement of intent from @poundpie ...if she is still a member of this forum, to reassure the faithful

 

The value of ncfc is falling steeply , surely it's time for R T to be realistic , or run it positively  , that won't happen now .

15 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

We do really need a statement of intent from @poundpie ...if she is still a member of this forum, to reassure the faithful

 

That ship has sailed though hasn't it?

We've had statements - The Phoenix has risen, the black hole, boot room, the race to the finish line, 5 year plan, power-point Jedi etc... You would think this was some sci-fi, action thriller. It ain't, it's the pantomime of the last 6 or so years of ownership!

Time for a bit of action, no one is going to give you 8 mil for a club who can't pay their bills and attracts 2.5k fans!

@Super_Danny_Allsopp First action is removal of JS...reduced crowds at Meadow Lane is that product on show is not good enough. Not the owners fault, that JS has squandered the budget on journeymen

No sorry its starts at the top , then maybe down the chain they will have the tools to work with , who do you honestly think could come in and get significantly more out of these players ?? 

@Who r ya?? You Pies!! I cannot accept the dross that JS has signed, I cannot trust him to sign a decent player whoever the owner is. Yes we need to be sold as without an affirmative commitment from the Trews, the club has to have all of us (team, supporters, back room staff, directors) pulling together

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@Turkey_Twizzler I think he's talking to someone regarding a sale if it goes through fine but if not Ray will pay it off 100%

5 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

@Super_Danny_Allsopp First action is removal of JS...reduced crowds at Meadow Lane is that product on show is not good enough. Not the owners fault, that JS has squandered the budget on journeymen

I disagree. If you look at all the clubs that sack their manager as regularly as we do, they all have one thing in common - bad owners/ people at the top.

When you look at clubs that are run well, and when they sack their managers, 8 times out of 10 the sacked manager will have nothing but positives to say about the club and the owners, things such as 'it just didn't work out'. You can almost guarantee, with the exception of the power-point Jedi, that a lot of our managers, if allowed to speak freely, would have more than a few choice words to say.

If I thought sacking JS would achieve the slightest thing I'd be with you, but I don't see the next poor sod being able to accomplish anything whilst the powers that be remain.  

I'd just add , I think a significant amount of people that stay away now are also making a point of protest against the owner's as well as the poor product on display . 

I feel utterly ashamed of our home form...no spark, no creativity, we are supposed to be in the entertainment business....Only the die hards left

Steve Evans sums up for us how to get a club going

http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/mansfield-town/radford-ambition-for-championship-football-lured-new-boss-evans-1-8242637

@Piethagoram I agree going to watch Notts has been a chore recently, but the problem is if there was a new manager installed I can't see at the minute he would have any budget to use in January. In his most recent interview JS seems to finally accept players aren't playing well enough and he won't be immune to what is happening to attendances. 

This press release from the 'SLO' seems heartfelt but as @Super_Danny_Allsopp

..and @ivansneck say the club needs sorting from the top down, surely RT sees that 2400 home fans at a match is the sign of a club in free fall. As the current owner of the club/ business and custodian of Notts County FC he needs to provide some backing to JS publicly and reassurance to the fans that the tax bill will be paid as I think this confidence would then transfer through the manager to the players as the current situation must effect them to an extent.