Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
I don’t disagree with any of that, Swale. When it comes to knowledge of the business side of things I know and totally accept that GP knows far more than I do.

I also fully accept every aspect of your final paragraph and I share your objections over HMRC being used as an ‘informal loan service’.

Where I differ from GP is that his glib little games of what will we be called, what will our nickname be, what colours will we play in, someone needs to be shown up so why not us etc shows, imo, little respect for those many thousands of local people who are genuinely hurting.

Where I also differ, and I recognise that I will be out of step with others over this one, is that I cannot quite see why the football club is being punished to the extent that it may be rather than those individuals...those temporary custodians...who are responsible for the apparent financial ‘wrongdoing’ that has gone on. Again this may be my ‘ignorance’ showing...but when previous owners have done wrong it seems to have been them that have been punished rather than the club and the local area. I’m puzzled by that.
The answer to that is simple rA, other people or companies bought the club from those previous individuals who cocked up and so the issue never arose. Also as things have progressed, the EFL rules have changed, FFP has been introduced with its limits on expenditure and punishment for breaking those rules, plus the HMRC has tired of losing out when a club is put into administration and now has a stronger hand over the issue of any debt owed to it.

So we shall see what happens, if there is a takeover, then the club will survive and it can rebuild from League 1 next season, but there is at the moment a risk of liquidation until or unless a new buyer can be found.