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Why? He was only given an interview as a favour to an agent

As they assume the position, current free fall could well be record breaking given they'd be the only team to have amassed a certain level of points in the first quarter & yet fail to land a top six berth. Weren't the best team we have faced no matter what some mentioned on here. Whilst they have sold merchandise with 'Pride of Lanarkshire' on the back of two poorer than poor performances from us & talked of European qualification... rumours abound of the cash that's washed over there propping them up may well run out

Fully understand that - wasnt questioning its use, but, the claim made by a previous poster

Eh? Read my post again... I'm well aware any clause is only as good as the people signed up to it. The post was in relation to a remark 'Yesterdays news was almost certainly leaked to the media by one of the three parties involved anyway'. By that reckoning, Benefactor, Society & the club. Benefactor insisted on confidentiality, can't see the Society leaking information given the lengths they've gone to recently to keep their side of the bargain, so was the poster suggesting the club? Our information was from sources within & no reason to doubt. I too am also comfortable with the way the club & society have gone about their business.

Almost certainly? Just as many thought - the confidentiality clause is much like Mr & Mrs Claus... a myth? Oh, given who relayed the information, it's a lot more credible than your conjecture.

Let's not be kidded - this has been leaked by weegie media to derail progress at our club. Fuels spurious claim from the orcs that 'he holds shares at ours'. It's a loan from what information we have been given, you know, a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest? Hello? Mike Ashley? A truly despicable lot...

I'd wager he's wrong...

Aye, that the Society reached the figure quoted to them earlier this year as they have stated on this 'ere message board before it became known additional income would be required, well, that and something like the... ...getting pressed

Fairly confident neither are on the shortlist... Oops, cat out the bag!

It's this intensity that made him out as erratic as Jim Gannon...

'days before he was due to get interviewed', 'declined their invitation' - I'll be stunned if that was the case.

Butcher himself said he was finished with the game in Scotland. Bryan Jackson been taking his coaching badges like? Let's get it right - we are in no danger of administration. Only person who can put us there is John Boyle so highly unlikely... Stop feeding the porridge dribblers on here. One thing we can be sure of is downsizing regardless who is the custodian(s) of the club. The managerial appointment is the most crucial I've known given the nature of the change required.

Latest of the latest...

Just adding what may well be the absurd to the original claim.

Look, things are bad enough without this being passed off as fact. Our information differs greatly & given who it was from confirms the club stance & information they trotted out at the time. Also, that'll be why his best mate threw his toys out his cot at him or another of their mates not getting offered contracts? So much so, even landed one on the chin of the manager?

Agreed, similar thinking, could have worded my response a little differently.

They claimed to know of NO other bids.

That's how I understood it. Typical fair for a Well Society meeting, from the hurried copying of proxy voting forms to the various members talking over others who were holding the floor. Fundamental flaws in the path they've taken, a chosen path that has never been discussed with their members, again this wasn't explained. Whilst they may yet succeed, I suspect the form will differ from their ideal with rapid change from their stance showing early next week.

That's a misnomer - monies were to alleviate temporary cash flow issues as no bank debt, taxes declared and paid up in full in timely fashion... only John Boyle could take them down that path again if hew wasn't receiving his annual return. Can't disagree with the other points.

That's a given, but, time is of the essence - club ownership may well have changed when, given their track record, the board decide to inform the membership...

And the equivocal nature of communication from the Society does? When not playing truant & glue sniffing, learned the definition of 'loan' as being an act of lending something to someone, a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest. The question of liability was raised via social media & as yet remains unanswered which seems to be par for the course. It's not a secret society that I joined - if I wanted to, I'd attend the temple down on Hope Street - it's the Society boards' outlook that gives rise to the 'in it only for the blazers' quip.

Masters of ambiguity are the Society... But, we'll have a meeting in December? To tell us what? Achieved the impossible dream? Invented the wheel? A small band have succeeded in ownership of our club, just the small matter of the rank & file being liable for the loan(s) to secure a select few's club blazer & tie requirements? All without consultation & vote? Lack of clarity has gone beyond frustration with me & no doubt plenty others. The ideal of fan ownership requires an engagement of the fans, again the Society haven't covered themselves in glory.

Requires mobility, not something our assembled squad is blessed with a lot of...

Whilst the bonuses are an entitlement of the results achieved, wages are way and above what others of similar standing are paying. Fans of Aberdeen, United & the capital clubs may well be saying similar things about the cost/success ratio we have enjoyed of late as we are doing now against the likes of how ICT & Accies are currently outperforming us. Not wanting to suggest what level of salary our players currently receive, but, figures will show fewer than half a dozen of our first team are on less than X amount which is still around double what the maximum available to one of the clubs previously mentioned. Cost cutting on a major scale is inevitable no matter the ownership of our club, may well provoke debate on the level of quality we'll have at our disposal, something that's serving some well at the moment, will there be any success for them/us long term? Only time will tell...