The bit about Bateman is interesting, particularly given many on here have argued that the option of administration would see us lose our best young players and therefore the logic was pledge first and contest the ownership structure after the club was saved.
Bit ironic if by pledging we've ensured the present ownership can then proceed to sell our best young players to get the remaining £500k, meaning we lose out on both fronts. I'm not saying this is
the plan, but Andy Wilson hints at it and has quotes from Hood in his piece.
I had presumed there was potential investment on a matched funding basis - supporters raise £500k and the rest is put in by a new investor or a combination of that and the BoD themselves (and continue to hope this is the case), but if the 'plan' is a 'fire sale' of our other assets - the players, then I can see some people being reluctant to honour their pledge. The lack of info and poor communication strategy could yet see us screw up the good will that's evidently out there, so I'm hoping Andy Wilson's article is just speculation.
