Hard to believe

A last day-of-the-month update from Pope Richard Murray suggests that the ongoing delay in announcing a takeover from God himself, is because both remaining interested parties have met the price and it's now down to lawyers to shake the deal down.

Frankly, I find this difficult to comprehend and a tad worrying. If the Old Scrote was holding out for £45m+ and two parties have deemed the club worth this, you have to wonder what reserves they have to actually sustain ongoing losses and reshape the side under a manager better geared for the rigours of the Championship? They will be under pressure from supporters to deliver improvements. That shouldn't be too difficult in terms of the softer side of things such as interaction with supporters and general common sense management of the club but the harder things, like the quality of the squad and capability of the back-room set-up, might be a struggle.

It defies business logic that someone so aloof, so hands-off and so clueless could possibly alienate all of it's sane supporters, relegate the club, shrink all of it's revenue streams and still sell it for three times what he paid for it. I am reminded of the northern adage, where there's muck there's brass.