How ironic, seems like Singh is getting a taste of his own medicine

Kennedy should stop writing shite like this then:

"Despite attempts by the Hartlepool United Supporters Trust to rubbish claims of interest from Scandinavia, Ostersunds owner Daniel Kindberg retains an interest in taking over at Pools."

I don't for a second believe that anybody from the Trust has rubbished anything. A carefully worded statement passing on what Blackledge said on the issue isn't an attack on local reporters. They're in a difficult position because they have space to fill and can't really afford to ignore 'inside info' that they're fed by sources at the club that they can usually trust on football stories. Nevertheless, they have to be a bit more careful when it comes to financial tips and shouldn't be too thin skinned about criticism - everybody gets things wrong sometimes and it is bound to lead to some cynicism in difficult times.

Err not really the situations are completely different, Singh didn’t have a buyer and you were liquidated. The second you went into administration he lost any power of negiotiation.

This was always probably likely Blackledge is going to try and squeeze everything out of this he can but it’s not in his best interests for the club to slide into Administraton or worse as whatever deal is on the table is going to better than that. It’s seems a game of Russian roulette is being played with our clubs future but it’s Blackledge who holds the pistol, he was was always likely to take things as late as possible to get the best possible deal.

It works both ways though, I don’t think the Trust needed to mention press speculation about Swedes in the statement. I’m sure the stuff about Kindberg isn’t totally baseless, maybe unlikely yes. As I say it needs to stop it’s not helpful but I don’t think our ‘local’ newspaper is doing the job it should be and is lettu pettiness get in the way of things.

The timing of today’s ‘news’ is totally shocking for the players as well, is that ever considered?

The timings probably intentional, to make as much disruption as possible, one side of this deal needed this story out there today, both the mail and the echos stories are virtually identical.

It's hard to trust the local press, this time last year instead of looking into coxall they preferred sitting with him on a table and hosting a little cosey talk in.

The region just seems full of copy and paste "journalists"

WHAT A FARCE


RAJ SINGH has held fresh talks with Hartlepool United’s chief benefactor John Blackledge this morning and a deal to save the cash-strapped club is back ON.

Craig Hignett, who is set to be installed as the club’s director of football when the deal goes through, has confirmed to The Northern Echo that Singh's consortium now “expect a deal to go through in the next couple of days.”

* More to follow ...

You qualify for chief editor of the Northern Echo for that piece.

Innnnncorrrrect!

Singh did have a buyer, the fans, to whom he made promises only to renege on them further down the line in a show of brinksmanship which ultimately led to us being demoted to the Northern League. We have been telling you this for the past month.

Who knows which party has changed the terms of the offer at this late stage, could be Blackledge, could be Singh but the latter certainly has form for this and even if it’s not him he’s done it in the past. Bollocks like this is why I’m so glad we’re shot of these types of people at our club.

I do stand to gain £120 if Hignett is appointed boss tho...

How am I wrong exactly are the situations the same?

We aren’t agreeing a CVA as we aren’t in administration. These are totally different circumstances. We get your biterrness towards the bloke but our alternative to not getting behind this takeover is fairly bleak.

Underground Meatball Cave is the name of my new band.

Underground Meatball Cave is the name of my new band.

Or a gay bar

New fillum on Netflix about Pools future:

You are hardly out of the woods financially and seem to rely on constant fundraising still, fair play to what you have done and what you have achieved but it always has been and always will be a last resort for me. You appearing to be struggling to sustain a club at a level this is lower than your previous incarnation ever played at, it’s understandable given the obstacles you have overcome but that’s why it’s a last resort.

We are constantly fundraising as we have a ground that needs to be developed or has that escaped your attention?? If we had a manageable stadium in Darlington to just take over then we would have been streets ahead of where we are now, we would have had much bigger crowds from the start as well. To say we are struggling to sustain the club is bollocks to be fair. I would go so far as to say we have overachieved given the hand that was dealt us by Singh and Houghton before him, people whose only interest was developing land.

I'm sure charco can work his photoshop magic on this photo

Loan_Star thanks for your comments and the stuff about Singh, I hope it works out for us better than it did for you with him.

We can't say we weren't warned!!!

The boy Kennedy is a lickspittle pure and simple. There will be former Mail reporters turning in their graves if they could read what this fool is passing off as "journalism"

No wonder " Saggy Pants " Kelly is on the cusp of jumping ship.

Has this nonsense been written for the Mail 20 years ago it would have been immediately spiked and not got beyond the realms of fantasy that pass for this boys intelligence. Attacking fans and people of the Town that have collectively raised around £200,000 for the club, while you yourself and the paper you work for has done absolutely nothing , is total idiocy. To then say a deal has broken down just a few hours before it was about to be completed, takes stupidity to a whole new level. How can someone be so wrong so consistently, even a broken clock is correct twice a day !

First rule of journalism is check you facts. Kennedy simply trots out whatever his paymaster at Victoria Park tells him, then turns on the people who bothered to do the fact checking for him. If there is any justice the boy will be at the Jobcentre looking for more suitable employment very shortly. I have spoken to friends in the local media who state he has absolutely no talent for the job whatsoever and is generally considered an arrogant imbecile, a 21st Century village idiot and seemingly proud of the fact. He might find stacking shelves at Ikea more suitable.

The boy Kennedy is a lickspittle pure and simple. There will be former Mail reporters turning in their graves if they could read what this fool is passing off as "journalism"

No wonder " Saggy Pants " Kelly is on the cusp of jumping ship.

Has this nonsense been written for the Mail 20 years ago it would have been immediately spiked and not got beyond the realms of fantasy that pass for this boys intelligence. Attacking fans and people of the Town that have collectively raised around £200,000 for the club, while you yourself and the paper you work for has done absolutely nothing , is total idiocy. To then say a deal has broken down just a few hours before it was about to be completed, takes stupidity to a whole new level. How can someone be so wrong so consistently, even a broken clock is correct twice a day !

First rule of journalism is check you facts. Kennedy simply trots out whatever his paymaster at Victoria Park tells him, then turns on the people who bothered to do the fact checking for him. If there is any justice the boy will be at the Jobcentre looking for more suitable employment very shortly. I have spoken to friends in the local media who state he has absolutely no talent for the job whatsoever and is generally considered an arrogant imbecile, a 21st Century village idiot and seemingly proud of the fact. He might find stacking shelves at Ikea more suitable.