EFL Test Passed?

You can say that again 

You will in another two years  .

Addickted said:

My contact at the EFL said that he was told there had been no further movement - though that was last week.

I will ask again tomorrow, but he's not happy with me at the moment as I suggested that as a Fulham fan he needed to be shamed for his teams abject performance over the weekend.

He’s bloody lucky he has a friend like you caring about his bowel movements. Not many blokes would delve that deep in conversation. And he’s in a dizzy about your Foolham comments. You are banged to rights pick him up.  Tut...what’s this world coming too? ;o)

Better off posting this on the Sale thread?

killerandflash said:

JamesSeed said:

Better off posting this on the Sale thread?

We have a thread for the Sale rugby side?

I’m just thinking of Henry’s longed for promote. 

the amount of fucking around the aussies as have done i dont think we will be any better

Personally, and this is just me, and this isn’t a dig at anyone passing on info as I know we all just want this over and people are just sharing what they hear in hope and optimism, but I’m at the point where I’d rather hear nothing at all rumour wise anymore.  

Over the last last few years there’s been too many false dawns however concrete they may have looked.  There’s only one man that has the inside scoop and will know when it’s done, and he’s not going to be posting on here anytime soon.  

Again, it’s not a dig at anyone, it’s more exasperation at the farce and how long it’s gone on.  Imo we’d all just be better off completely ignoring everything rumour wise 

charltonkeston said:

DFS doesn't have sales as long as us.

Their sofas ain’t as good either

PragueAddick said:

Addickted said:

My contact at the EFL said that he was told there had been no further movement - though that was last week.

I will ask again tomorrow, but he's not happy with me at the moment as I suggested that as a Fulham fan he needed to be shamed for his teams abject performance over the weekend.

did he ever concede that his previous info which you passed on to us, that they had already passed the test in the autumn, turned out not to be the case? 

As is the case with most info, he passed on what he had been told, without being able to get into specifics.

He contacted me first to say papers had been lodged and as far as the F&P test was concerned, this went through after some issues were resolved. He sticks by this.

It would appear that there is further scrutiny of owners outside of just this and I assume that is the hold up from what's been said by the EFL, LdT and others. 

I've been told nothing further of any other progress, despite my nagging and his contract is supposed to expire in six weeks or so.

cabbles said:

Personally, and this is just me, and this isn’t a dig at anyone passing on info as I know we all just want this over and people are just sharing what they hear in hope and optimism, but I’m at the point where I’d rather hear nothing at all rumour wise anymore.  

Over the last last few years there’s been too many false dawns however concrete they may have looked.  There’s only one man that has the inside scoop and will know when it’s done, and he’s not going to be posting on here anytime soon.  

Again, it’s not a dig at anyone, it’s more exasperation at the farce and how long it’s gone on.  Imo we’d all just be better off completely ignoring everything rumour wise 

You’re right in a way, but as soon as I see a new rumour thread like this one I’m on it, as I suspect we all are. It’s the hope that kills you and all that.  

As to the timescale issue: yes the Aussies have been extremely slow, and of course that can make you think ‘would roman abramovich have fretted over a few million quid here and there?’ The answer is possibly not, but the fella who brokered that Chelsea deal is brokering this one, and if he says the Aussies will be good news for the club that’s got to be a positive sign.

And think about our last two owners;
the Cash/Jimenez group were financially dubious to say the least (as we’ve seen in the courts recently), leading to legal problems (vis a vis who actually owns the club) that took an age for new buyers owners to sort out apparently. 
The second, who steamed in after a cursory DD, but was a relative financial behemoth, nonetheless brought the club to its knees through wilful mismanagement. 

I’d say a painfully long drawn out but thorough process may be a price worth paying, if it leads to the club having some much needed stability. 

Cue lots of replies saying they can’t even raise the asking price after two years? Well I still believe that they’ll only buy the club if they raise the finance for this ‘famous’ five year plan, which is certainly likely to be one of the reasons for the delays. That, and Roland being stubborn and difficult, according to KH. 

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