Mick B played a blinder to get such investors ,maybe a watch ⌚️ is in order when he leaves oi ?

Been around long enough to know people rarely part with money unless they expect a return, but we have reached the end of the road, we need money so this is a good deal which I don’t think could be bettered and so we should accept it. My oldest grandson (21) is excited by this offer and I think the majority of our younger fans will feel the same way. And as others have said was so impressed by Hugh Rosen.

6MdM - I think I recall they said that all of them live in SW London postcodes and are all very aware of our history.

Aideen - not sure it will still be going then but wear yellow and black tomorrow anyway!

Greater concern, in the absence of further info, is the 'control of footbal ops' bit others have mentioned. Ie we end up implementing some sort of AI-driven bullshit recruitment strategy or something. Like the Mark Robinson / Will Daniels travesty but on steroids.

Hash, presumably they would own 90% of the training ground's value.

I share TSMDM's doubts over how meaningful the DTB's veto over future buyers / investors is. Can easily imagine that scenario being similar to the current one, ie take the deal on offer or go bust.

If we are getting a new training ground, assume they will own that or was that covered yesterday?

If we went into administration we'd have zero control. There are questions as there are with any investment in any company and they should be asked by people with relevant knowledge. They don't seem to be taking money out in the first five years so unless they can either find an acceptable buyer they would be walking away with an 87 million loss which would not be good for them.

Those investors appear to have nothing in common on the face of it (although I've not spent any time looking) so I wonder how they met and why they decided to look for an English football club to invest in. Seldom do investors make anything in the long term but personal losses. I get that they are banking on the value of the club increasing so when they sell further down the line they get 90% of the resale value even though they only own 34% (perfectly legal but can be a tax nightmare if HMRC think they are describing income as a capital gain). What happens in year 6 after they invest? Are they still obliged to keep pumping money in? I can't see in practical terms what the DT could do if they don't or how they will have any real say in who they decide to sell their shares to as we would not have the money to buy them back and we will have become reliant on external funding,

Millions of £s aside, are the players training properly today, or is it half measures again? Cos in the end what they do on match days is what this circus all comes down to, so they need to be up for it both mentally and physically.

MK as a city of culture? E-coli and Rabies are pretty nasty forms of the bacterial population that inhabits the the frenzy dome.

Naz new series of Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing starts this weekend 👍

Having seen Biggles ask a question last night, maybe should ask what podcasts and social media do they read and which one is WIJG on here...

That will be some sight Naz, and a lovely idea. Thoughts with all the Stranks tomorrow, I’m hoping to get to the club if there’s people still there when I finish with at 7.

To no one surprise, I third that Trigger!

Harry Brook just broke Englands ODI top score record 202 off 116 balls

Double hundred for Harry Brook

Yeah and the first one was objectively unlucky so at worst it is 2 bad performances in a row. Not even close to sackable.

Getting away from the latest depressing/promising(?) developments on and off the pitch, let's not forget Paul Strank and Mikey T both RIP. I gather the Paul Strank Roofing trucks are going to be in some sort of convoy tomorrow to and/or from the funeral to the wake. And Mikey deserves a fantastic send off and celebration - details all TBA I guess.

Losing three games on the spin (two of those against serious promotion contenders) is a bad run, it's not a sackable offence.

Yeah i accept all that nicander I just had enough direct experience with the current world to know that i would have as many of them gone as possible. If that turns out to be a better the devil scenario then that’s how it is - we have no say either way we just like to pretend we do at the moment.

Trig - I wasn't saying that as a particular compliment to Mick Buckley, more to point out as far as I can tell the relative lack of sports leadership experience in the people we are proposing to unsackably lead our sporting efforts.

2 new managers a season would suggest that the results aren't good enough then surely?

Spit - results are also long-term. We have mostly parted with managers at the right time IMO, Robinson aside. There are moments we could have let go of Ardley or Jackson that if we had done so would possibly have cost us promotions.