People always seem to say that the board put these stories out as a 'smokescreen' or to 'take the heat off'. Does anybody have a reasonable idea of why they would do this?
I mean, it's totally and utterly counter-productive. 90% of the fan based is resigned/pleased with the current regime and is not looking for a takeover, so why would they suddenly put out a story that one was imminent - only for it to fall through AGAIN. It makes them look incompetent, adds fuel to the idea that the asking price is too high/club isn't for sale, and wakes up a percentage of the fan base who were just content to drift along.
I can understand that they might have done it once. Maybe even twice if they thought it had been successful the first time. But the idea that they 'always do it when theres an AGM, ST deadline etc' is ridiculous. I'm not a defender of the board, but it doesn't help when their actual failings get lost in a sea of conspiracy theories and made up rubbish.