TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

[leon]

Burns was probably the biggest disappointments I can recall. On paper he had it all but just couldn’t adapt. Culminating in buying that absolute cart horse Keith Scott from Wycombe.

[Sutekh]

Burns was probably the biggest disappointments I can recall. On paper he had it all but just couldn’t adapt. Culminating in buying that absolute cart horse Keith Scott from Wycombe.

That was his problem, no respect for the level of football - think he thought it’d be a cakewalk and able to play your way out against “lesser” teams

[leon]

Burns was probably the biggest disappointments I can recall. On paper he had it all but just couldn’t adapt. Culminating in buying that absolute cart horse Keith Scott from Wycombe.

That was his problem, no respect for the level of football - think he thought it’d be a cakewalk and able to play your way out against “lesser” teams

Sounds familiar

[Norfolk Royal]

People seem to forget that Madejski left Howe in charge for the Burns debacle and that he was around for the similarly awful tenure of Zingarevich. And previously worked with that spawn of Satan Samuelson with that.

He's far from spotless.

Burns was an odd one, as he always came across really well. His lack of experience at Reading's level was disastrous though, overestimating the price of signings, and underestimating the ability level needed. The local radio commentator at the time (was it Dellor back then?) said once that you could talk to him, and he could tell you in detail where the team's faults were. He just didn't know how to fix them. I'd say Burns was the most popular terrible manager we had.

Definitely pre-Dellor. Might have even been pre-Joel Hufford, who unlike Dellor was brilliant.

Might have been pre Jimmy Young.

[Sutekh]

Burns was an odd one, as he always came across really well. His lack of experience at Reading's level was disastrous though, overestimating the price of signings, and underestimating the ability level needed. The local radio commentator at the time (was it Dellor back then?) said once that you could talk to him, and he could tell you in detail where the team's faults were. He just didn't know how to fix them. I'd say Burns was the most popular terrible manager we had.

Definitely pre-Dellor. Might have even been pre-Joel Hufford, who unlike Dellor was brilliant.

Might have been pre Jimmy Young.

It was the Huff for Burns' tenure. Occasionally Jonathan Southall did commentary when it was Thames Valley FM rather than Berks and Oxford

[Orion1871]

Dellor says rumours Dai moved the goal posts at the last minute are true and takeover deal is off.

[tmesis]

Dellor says reports Dai moved the goal posts at the last minute are true and takeover deal is off.

I wonder what the scope of goalpost moving exists in a takeover.

Overall price?
Share %?
Ownership of stadium/training ground (which would be a rather massive 'move' of the posts)

[WestYorksRoyal]

What's his gamelan now then? Does he have one? Hope things improve enough on the pitch that someone else will pay more? Will one of the previously interested parties come back? Or have they been put off by the process so far?

Feels hard to view this as anything but awful news. I was skeptical on Genevra, but anyone is better than Dai.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Nothing posted on Twitter by Dellor or anyone else.

I was at the game so obvs don't know if anything was said on air but if it was I'd expect some twitter comment.

FWIW Bowen told fans in the away end he was doing all he could to sort a deal (this is third or fourth hand though)

[Sutekh]

Let's just start a Reading United phoenix club now and have done with it. Start now and could get membership of a local league in time to start for 24-25. Anything's better than letting this * carry on destroying whatever little hope there is every so often.

Either that or mix in with Reading City as they've already got a place in the pyramid.

[Orion1871]

Nothing posted on Twitter by Dellor or anyone else.

I was at the game so obvs don't know if anything was said on air but if it was I'd expect some twitter comment.

FWIW Bowen told fans in the away end he was doing all he could to sort a deal (this is third or fourth hand though)

It was on the BBCRB post match show. Someone said there will be more points deductions due to the deal falling through, and Dellor said that he understood that Genevra had pulled out because "the goalposts have changed." He did also say at the end that their interest was "waning," so there could still be a slight chance it still goes ahead.

[leon]

The frog featured twat probably doesn’t want to lose “face” or some bullshit like that

[Sutekh]

The frog featured twat probably doesn’t want to lose “face” or some bullshit like that

Wish there was a way to force a comedian to sell on a buyer's terms once they start dicking about like this.

More or less condemns Reading to the fourth division after a 40 year absence.

[Uke]

The frog featured twat probably doesn’t want to lose “face” or some bullshit like that

Farage doesn’t have enough money and banks with the Nat West

[leon]

The frog featured twat probably doesn’t want to lose “face” or some bullshit like that

Farage doesn’t have enough money and banks with the Nat West

I’m sure vlad will slip him something

[Uke]

The frog featured twat probably doesn’t want to lose “face” or some bullshit like that

Farage doesn’t have enough money and banks with the Nat West

I’m sure vlad will slip him something

Oh no, not another Russian crook

[Elm Park Kid]

Yeah, I heard from my source yesterday (who's been accurate so far this season) that the takeover is going nowhere. Dai is sabotaging every deal.

[Sutekh]

Yeah, I heard from my source yesterday (who's been accurate so far this season) that the takeover is going nowhere. Dai is sabotaging every deal.

SBWD need to ramp up "the message".

[Snowflake Royal]

There's not exactly much room left for ramping up.


Tennis ball stopages most home games
MPs involved and raising it in Parliament
Couple of thousand people march to game in protest
Tennis ball protest on live national TV
Digital display outside his london mansion, favourite casino, Parliament and FL headquarters.

At least very little legal that won't just make the situation worse for the club.

Should we get to a point near the end of the season and it's still not done and we're mathematically or all but mathematically down, then maybe getting games abandoned would be an option, but it seems completely counterproductive now and one of the things that would alienate the players and staff who otherwise seem pretty onboard.

[morganb]

I don't think there's much that SBWD or any fans can do to convince Dai to sell if he has people in front of him offering him money and he mucks about with the deal.

Unless he has a very close confidant who can advise him properly or one of the bidders gives in to his moving goalposts we're stuffed.