Miami or New York or European/British takeover.

[Rankine]

So you're telling me he's stopping any take over. I take what you're saying but I just don't see it.

Yes that's excatly what he's telling you, he's in it for himself the horrible slippery cnut!

 

[MrBoomBoom]

Yes that's excatly what he's telling you, he's in it for himself the horrible slippery cnut!

So let me get this straight, the billionaire family with various successful businesses have the club up for sale, but Ridders is blocking all the interest to protect his own fat ass, and the owners are not aware of this even though the PNE Online faithful have sussed it out?

Riiiiight, got yer.

 

[Bobbage]

So let me get this straight, the billionaire family with various successful businesses have the club up for sale, but Ridders is blocking all the interest to protect his own fat ass, and the owners are not aware of this even though the PNE Online faithful have sussed it out?

Riiiiight, got yer.

Either that, or it's another one of his roles/responsibilities that he's simply just really, really shit at.

 

[intensify]

Yes that's excatly what he's telling you, he's in it for himself the horrible slippery cnut!

Ha ha ok.

 

[OB1]

Either that, or it's another one of his roles/responsibilities that he's simply just really, really shit at.

American consortium: We will give 50m for the club

Ridsdale: My bosses want 100m

American consortium: Haha, good joke, we can offer 60m

Ridsdale: They still want 100m

Never one to defend him, but what more can he do if the owners won’t budge on the extortionate asking price?

 

[intensify]

American consortium: We will give 50m for the club

Ridsdale: My bosses want 100m

American consortium: Haha, good joke, we can offer 60m

Ridsdale: They still want 100m

Never one to defend him, but what more can he do if the owners won’t budge on the extortionate asking price?

He can get some of the members on here to negotiate instead.

 

[Robert Edwards]

They got very close to the asking price and the Hemmings shit themselves and bottled it.………

They don't want to sell, if they did we’d have new owners this summer.…

 

[Decpne]

They got very close to the asking price and the Hemmings shit themselves and bottled it.………

They don't want to sell, if they did we’d have new owners this summer.…

Maybe they just like losing 10m+ a year

 

[pisaac]

Told the American consortium currently taking over Sheffield Utd had serious interest in North End but were ultimately put off by the asking price

How much was the asking price?

 

[pisaac]

They got very close to the asking price and the Hemmings shit themselves and bottled it.………

They don't want to sell, if they did we’d have new owners this summer.…

Source, names, dates?

 

[Mickypne]

Fuck our owners but remember, they're our saviours. We need to get rid of this fucking Revitt

 

[Michael]

American consortium: We will give 50m for the club

Ridsdale: My bosses want 100m

American consortium: Haha, good joke, we can offer 60m

Ridsdale: They still want 100m

Never one to defend him, but what more can he do if the owners won’t budge on the extortionate asking price?

That's not true either though is it. The Kirchner was offering nowhere near that and had his offer accepted, it only fell down at the due diligence stage.

 

[OB1]

That's not true either though is it. The Kirchner was offering nowhere near that and had his offer accepted, it only fell down at the due diligence stage.

Not suggesting that is what happened. Just saying that people can’t just jump to conclusions and say Ridsdale is at fault when he can’t dictate what the owners will accept

 

[Michael]

Not suggesting that is what happened. Just saying that people can’t just jump to conclusions and say Ridsdale is at fault when he can’t dictate what the owners will accept

But wasn't it widely acknowledged that they accepted £30-35mil from Kirchner, or have I dreamt that?

There are far less attractive clubs getting taken over, it does make you wonder where these clubs are finding buyers from??

 

[Jack Daniels]

But wasn't it widely acknowledged that they accepted £30-35mil from Kirchner, or have I dreamt that?

There are far less attractive clubs getting taken over, it does make you wonder where these clubs are finding buyers from??

£28m was the asking price.

CK got it down to an accepted £22m.

He then went away a 2nd time, came back with £11m and was told to Foxtrot Oscar.

 

[Robert Edwards]

Maybe they just like losing 10m+ a year

Yeah maybe hey!

I don't get it, we've had multiple parties enquire and bid over the years and they all get knocked back, so they're either greedy or don't want to sell!

 

[TB1]

why would Ridsdale support any potential bids when he would be removed from his position/money and EFL board spot, if it is not financially beneficial to Ridsdale he will NEVER support a takeover bid imho.

Exactly what I've been saying. There's no way that he'll put himself in a position that he would no longer be allowed on the EFL board.

 

[No Danger]

Exactly what I've been saying. There's no way that he'll put himself in a position that he would no longer be allowed on the EFL board.

Conflict of interest for sure

 

[Joanpne]

So let me get this straight, the billionaire family with various successful businesses have the club up for sale, but Ridders is blocking all the interest to protect his own fat ass, and the owners are not aware of this even though the PNE Online faithful have sussed it out?

Riiiiight, got yer.

No the owners know very well but for reasons best known to themselves don’t seem to care. You can’t say the club is run anywhere near as well as it could be, yet the owners as you say,, successful business people,, aren’t that bothered. It’s a conundrum eh 🙄 I would say the owners and their employees have the fans down as either sycophantic or stupid.

 

[intensify]

No the owners know very well but for reasons best known to themselves don’t seem to care. You can’t say the club is run anywhere near as well as it could be, yet the owners as you say,, successful business people,, aren’t that bothered. It’s a conundrum eh 🙄 I would say the owners and their employees have the fans down as either sycophantic or stupid.

The club seems to be better at stuff now than it was `before Trevor passed, we have a lot more going around the club such as the gentry bar and other things. I'm sure things can always be better but as a parent of an avid 11 year old North End fan he seems enagged and happy with the open training sessions and the xmas thing they did.