Thing is, the relationship between Raj and the majority of the supporters has run it’s corse
There’s the minority of easily worried loyalists who probably sleep beneath the duvet every night to hide from the bogeyman, but they’re irrelevant.

Which in my mind keeps begging the question why Raj now seems desperate to hang on to ownership and control.
Numerous attempts to buy have been summarily dismissed but eventually you think were they all bad offers?
I can understand a chairman wanting to make a success of a club, but we seem have care home management being applied to a football club and it ain’t working.
Resulting in resentment from the fans, and once you lose the fans you’re swimming against the tide and in trouble..

Now we have an apparent offer and Raj is launching a clumsy popularity campaign which quite frankly has caused more problems than it has solved.
We have signs of activity such as signing a manager that screams out there’s not going to be a change of ownership with brief reassurances from the potential buyers that talks continue but looks like constipation on a massive scale as everything is just log jammed …made worse by keeping fans totally in the dark.
But why, why this desperate rear guard action and reluctance to sell a club where your popularity is non existent and getting worse by the day.
This clinging on does not make sense at any level a stubborn will to remain is being shown to the world.
I can only assume oil has been found under the Vic or king Solomons mines entrance has been found under the centre circle because this stubborn will to remain ain’t down to the football and building a team.
Why?

I reckon he's testing the tide.

If I can keep bullshitting 3000+ gullible monkey hangers to keep turning up then I don’t have to give up my toy HUFC.
Especially as I just add any little losses onto my booming care home empire.


So anyone who goes and then complains is there own worst enemy.

No doubt these newish posters will spit there dummy out as their tongues get browner.

You end feeling like you’re in a shabby hostage situation.

It's a mystery, tells us he's sick of the hassle and abuse so he's selling (again). Then seemingly strings potential buyers along before binning them, even after allowing his "Interim Board" to declare multiple acceptable offers have been made.
It's highly unlikely that the club is making a profit so to keep funding it (ie losing money
even by way of loans) under these circumstances doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
People don't go to matches because of anything Raj says or does, they go as they have for many many seasons out of pure optimism that things might get better. They do it now just as they did back in the days when the grim reaper had both feet in the door and his scythe primed to swing the life out of the club.
If, as reported, he's stopped DD continuing I'd imagine that Herd will be looking to recoup some of their already invested cash, more debt??

As landlords go …….he’s acting like Rigsby.

The value of the club goes down week by week as the better players leave and as time for preparing for next season shortens. I don't see what he hopes to gain from delay. His losses will continue to mount up with presumably no more season ticket money coming in to offset it. He's one stubborn businessman who somewhere along the line is going to have to consolidate his losses. At that point he pulls the plug.

That football financial expert gadgy has already told us the DD 10% deposits are non refundable.

If anyone trys it again next year then they are mugs.
Like Accy keeps saying A during the season for a 12 pts deduction which means div 6 which will happen anyway is a welcome Xmas present and the quickest way to rise.

Or their the other A.like eh!

So Tickle Rovers bombing us out of the FA Cup 4th qualifying round could be a blessing in disguise.

Leeds Utd recovered from this version quite well the pts deduction A method

Info on Google.
What happens to a football club going into Administration halfway during a season.

The answer is this.

Singh has previous here. In a nutshell he wants to have his cake and eat it too!

He did this at Darlo, and the more I read about this HUFC situation the more it becomes apparent that the same thing is happening here.

In the unlikely event that some are unfamiliar with the phrase - from WIKI. "You can't have your cake and eat it (too) is a popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech.[1] The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession of a cake and eat it, too". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone."

I also suspect he enjoys a Barney!

Darlo was different in a lot of respects though, they were an absolute basket case since the building of the big white elephant with numerous periods of Admin and owners asset stripping before Raj. Most of the crises at Darlo weren't caused by him, whereas the entire situation with us has been created by him.
Although he rescued us from the edge of the abyss, we are nowhere near the situation they were in. The biggest similarity is that he holds all the cards in that he's the biggest creditor.
Why hang on to something that he holds no affection for - he said himself he'd gotten used to and was enjoying his life away from Pools, especially when you've got offers on the table? And why keep the fans in utter darkness about the whole fiasco.

Yeah the Darlo thing was different at the beginning but there are similarities now. His brinksmanship/his strings/his stubbornness. I would think that any reasonable/sensible person would accept the premise that if they own a football club the chances are very high that at some point they will lose money.

I would imagine that Singh and others load up debt, use clubs as a way of paying less tax on other businesses they own, and many other dubious benefits may be available - however at some point they'll be a financial hit, but Singh seems to want it all ways.

Snowy you can be Terry Waite our Special Envoy (from the Bunker)

Accy can be Jackie Mann the Old one!

Gray can be Brian Keenan

And I'll be John McCarthy the Good looking, youthful one with a fit bird waiting for him!

Don't forget, his companies charge Poo!s a management fee as well which I was told is 3.5k per week, though that's not corrobarated. That increases his loan every week and I would due diligence that to death.

our biggest problem is he is doing nothing illegal. just doing everything he can to make us fall out and be uncomfortable. he aint stupid by a long way and might be actually getting some enjoyment by making most of us squirm. just wonder if he will actually turn up for games at the vic or use his dodgy stick to watch his beloved borer if he cannot feed off there trough for free.

And some on here think he's brain dead.
He's probably the world's most intelligent businessman.

quite simple. because he has the power to do it and deep down enjoys it all. less affection he has for us and the club the longer he,ll hold out. if he was one of us he,d have gone well before now as we have the heart of the fans and the club itself at the top of our list.

Thing is, you can d/d it to death but with what end? If it is properly accounted for what right/ basis does anyone have to challenge the value/ credibility of the charges? The end point is a discussion around the balances at completion - will Raj demand full repayment or compromise and write a portion of the outstanding debt off? And this may be one of the points that have stopped the deal(s) - potential acquirers have seen these charges (and others I would assume) and have said 'you're having a giraffe Raj, not paying those, adjust your balance sheet down' and he has said 'I don't understand the meaning of the word 'compromise', now give me another £500K on top of what we previously agreed'.

With regard to signing a manager that had to happen anyway, No matter whats going on in the background.

Its the snide remarks regarding SH, With people supposedly inside the club rubbishing her sincerity.
Or are they trying to find out how much we actually know, Because a brain dead pigeon knows its not Shelleys money.
And theses people should be NO where near a Pro Club, As THEY keep highlighting their lack of understanding, Lack of compassion and total disregard for Genuine, Sincere supporters.
Every single one of them ought to be ashamed of themselves.

With regard to Singh, Pools are a status symbol, Nothing more nothing less. imo

The club has no value, None
Players are not bargaining chips.

He also said "Value for Money"

Totally understand ,however, saddling the club with extra debt could be an interesting point for HMRC,especially in the season when we had the great cup runs.

The point I was making about signing a manager in these circumstances was what if new owners have a manager of their open lined up …or there is the possibility the prospective owners chose the new manager….but it requires a lot of ifs…in fact I find it so unlikely I believe there is no takeover.
Like to be proven wrong though.
To paraphrase Churchill..this whole business is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

It’s the daftest thing ever to claim that he would be signing a 2 year contract with a new manager if he thought there was any chance of a takeover happening. Just think about for a second.

Is lumbering 2 years of additional salary debt on the club without consulting your imminent new owners going to help your sale? Of course it isn’t.

Raj does not think there’s a deal with this group, however much people would want to believe otherwise.


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Unless he has consulted the new owners, just not the ones we are assuming it is.

Sing said he wanted Larry years ago and finally got him.
I reckon thats enough evidence to end this new owners malarkey.
Even give him a 2 year then said thats an initial period.

It's all falling into place now like the club mole said 2 weeks ago.
He Dosent want to sell.

I really can’t see any outgoing owner getting involved in bringing in a new manager for ‘possible’ buyers, it’s not his responsibility …..and if it goes wrong? Nightmare.
Why give yourself the burden, leave it to the new owners.
I know I would.

Anyone thought about property development around the ground

Sing n few bent councillors more than likely.
The MHMP will eventually happen.
A good fire normally speeds things up
Wesley
Odeon
Engineers.
Bowls Club?
Baths?

We live in a corrupt world nowadays.

People dont seem to realise he HAD to hire a manager!!
No matter whats about to happen or not.

Cannot believe, You believe Raj, Kevin.

Until he signs on the dotted line ,HE is the owner of the club.
Hes not brought a manager in for new owners, Why on earth would he consult someone who has no financial connection with the club.

I would have thought any plans would have been drawn up a fair few years ago.
Things like that dont happen overnight.

If in the most unlikely event of a 'Raj Singh answers fans questions' session, what question would you ask?

Mine would be "If you were a buyer rather than a seller, what would you be prepared to pay for HUFC?".

The club has hardly any assets and big debts. The only decent 'asset' is the fan base and Raj is doing his best to destroy that so the value is negligible imho!

That’s a fair point, although feels pretty unlikely.


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You've got TWO acceptable offers on the table with one advancing through DD-

Why don't you take the money and FUCK OFF?

Which school do you work at Mr Kettering??
Just interested.

Oh.. and does your school have a social media policy Mr Kettering sir ?
Kindly reply soon because personally I'm ready for bed.
Up early for class yourself tomorrow ?
Dear me.

I think you know why??

If he saved you from the edge of the abyss then you were in a mess of potential club destroying potential, as we were. The only difference is the millstone of the stadium, which ironically Singh could have had for £2m but he expected the owners to let it go for around a third of that.
Seems like he’s happy for others to take a hit but not himself. All his “hits” are loans like we knew it would be as it’s how he operated at Darlo too.
You are right though, in both cases he took on a club in crisis, however he did have a hand partially in the mess at Darlo as he was on the board that pulled the plug before he bought the club from Houghton.

He did have a hand "PARTIALLY" in the mess at Darlo!!??
I really don't know how you dare.
You have been conducting a personal vendetta against Singh for more than 6 years on here saying he was solely responsible for your club going bust.
That is a lie and you know it.
What busted Darlo, as you know, was a certain Mr George Reynolds and his beautiful stadium.
Singh tried to save your club but it was a busted flush and he lost a lot of money.
It must hurt when you walk past Feethams these days on your way to Blackwell Meadows ?
I always have a laugh tbh.
If I had the power I would ban you on here as a lying loid.
If I had the money I would take you to court for defamation.

And if you had a brain….?
You remind of a coiffured poncey poodle.
One of those egotistic paunchy little yapping attention seeking, excuses for a dog that makes a constant screech of a bark and other dogs look down upon, because behind the noise is a vacuum…..a lap dog that seeks to please it’s master, but no one else has the time of day for…even their shite is rose scented…..but shite nonetheless.

HMV - His Masters Voice
Just a freeloading parasite