You are not the only one. But six weeks and nothing from the board only fuels that thought Aren't they after Partick Thistle now?. Perhaps they are looking to move on to them and asset strip BfC in the meantime. I hope not and think a bit of communication is long, long overdue.
Everything you read about them seems to fuel serious misgivings about their fitness to run our Club. Thinking further about it though, they must have been able to satisfy both the late Patrick Cryne and the FA as to their collective wealth and the ability to run our Club. It went sour for them at Nice and on the face of things, the same appears to be happening now at Barnsley. If they continue to pursue their interest in Partick Thistle, with the FA rules on joint ownership, you would have to assume they would have to sell us on. Very uncertain and worrying times indeed.
The signs are worrying. There is absolutely nothing coming from our owners to reassure us that they are here for the right reasons and allay our genuine and growing concerns.
Different country, so doesn't apply. The rules are there to avoid the situation where two clubs end up playing each other who have the same owner.
I think the FAs record in the “fit and proper person” department is pretty dire, so I wouldn’t expect much scrutiny from them. The sad thought that’s coming into my mind is that, after years of looking for the buyer who would look after the club and secure its future, the terminal diagnosis prompted Patrick to prioritise his family’s security and get the sale done. It is a great coincidence that after searching all that time, the buyer popped up just after the diagnosis. When faced with the situation that faced Patrick, who could say they wouldn’t do the same. I’m probably way off the mark, but as I said, it has crossed my mind.
The problem is that at the point of sale, the people buying can say absolutely anything. Kraft is the prime example when they bought Cadbury. They faced the select committee and "gave assurances" that the formula would not be changed, that they would retain production jobs at the Bournville plant and produce products in the UK. All turned out to be absolute lies. The formulas were changed on every product for cheaper ones, rancid American crap was put into Cadbury products, Bourneville is now pretty much Cadbury world and an empty shell with some token R&D jobs there and production is done in Poland through Mondelez. Sale side due diligence is really pretty basic and centres largely around conflicts of interest and proof of funds. They are very easy to satisfy. So if Patrick was shown that and had examples of what they had done at Nice at that point... shiny new academy (that they weren't involved in, yet claimed credit), champions league football (lucked out in the first season when they had Balotelli and Sneijder)... I think all of us could look at that and consider that it may not be a bad change of ownership. Its only after the event you can start to see the veneer peel and doubts and questions emerge.