We have 4 shareholders, who will all have friends and family who they trust, they may also have employees who they trust. Ellis may also take the same number of advisor / fellow board members / even members of a potential consortium with him to any talks - they too all have friends family etc who they believe they can trust. All of a sudden 30 or so people know, or have been told elements of the talks. Its just a big game of chinese whispers then.

Non disclosure agreements could be in place, but then again MC has just done a interview about the potential takeover, so maybe they arent.

Ted attend games regularly, he may have done some wrong things when running the club, but he is actually a proper lifelong Wakefield Fan, and not a Hull FC follower.

Out of interest, why has this guy decided to come in when we’re 99% dead and buried in SL, and not before the season started when he could have made a difference ( if he is as loaded as he’s meant to be )?

Maybe he did?
Talks could have been going on for a while and it took a few months to confirm he wasn't a crank like Pearman.
Maybe he is?
Guess we're now in the period where his credentials and intentions will be scrutinised and confirmed.

The trouble is that some seem to have really malicious ' axes to grind and wield ' that it is relentless. Goodness knows what they are so vitriolically aggrieved about, but it transcends all normal , logical criticism and is totally 'out of order'.
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