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21  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: July 09, 2021, 10:50:47 am
Spoken to a Newport fan and he says when he was there he was a pacey right-back, so hopefully a more versatile signing!

Bit of a left field one for me, but if he can play in a couple of positions then that is great news.

Reasonably positive stance from former teams, so fingers crossed.
22  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: July 09, 2021, 10:02:59 am
Sid Nelson!  Grin
23  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: July 07, 2021, 15:42:14 pm
Best for both parties, it didn't work out for Smith here at all.

Wish him well.
24  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: New Trust statement on club finances on: July 03, 2021, 17:52:35 pm
The Trust "agenda" as you call it is that it has concerns that the deal on the table with the Council is not the best for the club. I suppose the other half of the agenda (exploring fan owned options) is in case this whole thing goes sour. As I said, no council deal = no stand = no land = big debt unpayable.

I get that most people are tired of this now, and if all they want is a "finished" East Stand with some boxes and a total stadium capacity of 8040 then fair enough.....but the big opportunity for the club to develop...the Conference Centre, the hotel, the rest of the 24/7 operation seems to have fallen by the wayside. So what next?

Just to be clear, it's not me calling it an agenda but a good percentage of posters on here and the replies on social media to both the Trusts own posts and others sharing it (from what I have seen).

I'm somewhere on the fence, unless someone categorically proves that KT/DB are the root of all evil then I think we do have to accept that the land deal is what will wipe out the debt we owe them. Otherwise it could be very difficult to have a club at all.

In terms of the Trust, they are said to be representing the wider support base and consulting the fans on these issues but I see little of that to be honest. They have a massive role to play for the club, I think they have just lost sight of this lately. Hopefully things will change and they can get the majority of the fanbase (members or not) back behind them.
25  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: New Trust statement on club finances on: July 03, 2021, 16:08:50 pm
I'll have a go as I like dumbed down!!
Ref the debt..... £6.5-7M and counting, owed to DB and KT
Ref the stand.... KT trying to reach agreement with the Council for the land sales (freehold from Council to CDNL), Council willing to talk when the East Stand is finished. Club willing to commit £3m in spending to finish the stand on agreement that the £3m comes back from the first land sale. Upshot, short term Club debt increases to £10m.
No Council deal no stand....no stand, no council deal....same impasse as for the last few years.
Ref 5USports...... Club stated "partnership" which saw 5U take a 60% stake in the Clubs owning holding company (Northampton Town Ventures which was owned by Fantastical Limited....a UK Registered entity) It is believed that KT/DB actually sold 100% of the holding company to 5U in two transactions.60% first and then 40% followed, the second one never reported (the second sale triggered David Bower resigning from the Board of Directors of NT Ventures as in effect he'd sold up).  The money due to UK owned Fantastical never appeared on any of their filed accounts. However that money did go to off shore British Virgin Islands based Belle-De-Jour.... 4.4m to BDJ and 1.1m to KT and 1.1m to DB personally.
When the Chinese put a stop to their state's companies making overseas investment in this way there was no "further money" coming from 5USports, this should have been the money which went to on-the-pitch progress such as higher wage bills and transfer monies.
As a result of no money forthcoming B-D-J took out a mortgage on the club with the security/charge being the shares they'd sold previously....the loan was not repaid and the shares transferred back to KT and DB for £1.1m (the sum of the loan), The Chinese disappeared, the club was back in KT and DB hands again. At the time reports stated that KT and DB had "reacquired" the shares.
The amount of the debt owed by the club now to DB and KT is roughly the same as the amount of money paid by 5USports to acquire the holding company of the Football Club.

Get the Trust to post your version instead, you will probably get a better response from the fanbase!  Grin

On a serious note, opinion still seems to be split online between "Trust Agenda" and "Dodgy Owner Agenda" so fail to see how this will help the club moving forward.
26  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: New Trust statement on club finances on: July 03, 2021, 14:56:54 pm
Can someone put the statement in to a dumbed down version for the general public to understand?

Whilst I don't doubt that a few will understand why (and what at) fingers are being pointed, does the Trust honestly think that the majority of the supporter base will even bother reading through that, let alone understand it?
27  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: July 02, 2021, 14:41:45 pm
Just seen Pierce Sweeney has terminated his deeal with Swindon less than a month after joining
Hate to capitalize on a club in a tight spot but would be a good signing if he's looking now...

Was just about to post this.
28  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: New Kit on: July 01, 2021, 09:53:43 am
Pink goalie kit to go with the new away kit, hope the keepers are looking slim when we start playing.  Grin
29  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: July 01, 2021, 09:45:02 am
‘Getting there’ with a couple more. They don’t sound imminent as of yet.

Do we know if these are loans or permanent signings yet?

Interesting that we only have the one loan player announced so far, we normally seem to love having too many of them for the matchday squad.
30  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: New Kit on: June 30, 2021, 16:05:58 pm
I like it.

31  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: June 28, 2021, 19:34:26 pm
Fair play - sorry, did not mean to put words in your mouth there!

It's all good, keeps the thread on topic.  Grin
32  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: June 28, 2021, 18:36:01 pm
I don't think this is true - football clubs will nearly always try to at least recoup part of the transfer fee paid for a player. So whilst Ashley-Seal has been very disappointing they likely wont let him walk for nothing. Can't quite believe you wouldn't expect significant fees for Horsfall, McWilliams or Chuk!
Also I think people are overly critical of Sowerby, at times he played well. We should see improved versions of him, Mills, Rose etc. this year as they will likely know they underperformed and will want to put it right.

I wasn't very clear, I meant players that we should get rid of or who have had interest already.

No way I would want any of those you listed to leave, even if for a tidy sum!
33  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: June 28, 2021, 12:45:30 pm
Don't the club normally put out a list of players that are available for free transfers?
Assume there are a few that have been told they wont get much game time...

Think the only two players we would want a fee for would be Smith and Hoksins, although I think we would be daft to let Sammy go now we are back in L2.

Smith will hopefully find a new suitor, just hasn't worked out here for either party.

Possibly (or hopefully) they would be looking to move on BAS and Sowerby but who knows what JB has planned.
34  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Redevelopment Closer Than Ever? on: June 28, 2021, 12:42:13 pm
Manwork. A couple of genuine questions for you. I know you've answered in-part elsewhere, but I'd find it helpful to have it all in one place and I don't think I'm alone in that.

(1) Do you genuinely believe that something illegal has been or is going on at the football club and/or amongst the current ownership, since they acquired the club?
(2) If so, and you turn out to be right, is what you believe has been going on easily evidenced?
(3) If so, why do you think that evidence hasn't been made public and/or handed to the relevant law enforcement authorities?

I know that you're not the only one who posts to this effect, but you are the most vocal which is why I'm asking you.

I know Manwork has been vocal about this, but others have also as mentioned, so they should feel free to answer the above as well.
35  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: June 26, 2021, 09:24:14 am
Only thing Id ask, is why you've left out Harriman? A VERY decent player at league2 level and not bad at all in league1. Maybe you've just had a glitch and temporarily forgotten about him?  Grin

Was thinking this myself, Harriman at L2 level is a very good option at RB.
36  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Redevelopment Closer Than Ever? on: June 26, 2021, 09:04:49 am
https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2021/june/open_letter/?fbclid=IwAR1sowFoelY-CK4jeKjidweNmHtlyDdcqm5NPKsVOGBP95fDDzm--dKO6k0
37  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: June 24, 2021, 16:19:23 pm
Solid defender, experienced and also a threat from set pieces.

Good signing!
38  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: June 22, 2021, 17:41:40 pm
As far as keeper signings go, that's not quite the experienced old head I was hoping for.

Not exactly much praise coming from Walsall fans either.

Still 149 games is not to be sneezed at and he may have just had a poor season.

Let's hope this one works out in our favour.
39  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Next week's open house on: June 22, 2021, 17:39:32 pm
I’m not taking any sides and only want the best outcome for the clubs future but why not take the initial offer of a zoom meeting and minute it?

They could still put out the same statement about written answers etc, but I fail to see the reasoning behind refusing the Zoom meeting as it would have been an opportunity to discuss things (even if not in the format they wanted).

Did the Trust ask their membership if they should take the Zoom meeting or refuse it?
40  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Summer 2021 Transfer Window on: June 22, 2021, 11:30:12 am
Please no.

My thoughts exactly.  Cry
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