Totally agree with this, Adler would be fucken unbearable.

I agree Faldor in the unlikely event of a full blown reunion Slash would be a big hurdle to get to amicable terms with too.  As you say, he likes the spotlight and likes calling the shots and he is certainly not as sweet and innocent as his media image may portray.

That said because of some of those desires he would be more likely to bend than someone like Izzy and maybe Duff too.  I could imagine those guys have some pretty non-negotiable "clauses/terms" to get their agreement on a full blown reunion.

Sadly though it's probably all academic really since I see very little chance of it happening beyond a brief HOF appearance.

I will concede that we don't know Axl's view on playing. If the other guys contacted him and said how about we play a couple of songs on the night for old times sake, he might say yes, simpe as that.  But sadly it seems these days the other guys are either too scared of angering the master or can't be bothered with the shit of trying to organse things through handlers and all the associated crap. So even indirectly Axl becomes the stumbling block.

I mean let's say they wanted to get Izzys agreement I'm sure Slash would pick up the phone talk to him, say this is what we want to do and then Izzy would say yes or no whether he was in.

I'm sure it's not that simple with Axl. Firstly they wouldn't be able to talk to him direct, they would have to go through his "handlers".  Then Chinese whispers would occur and things would get twisted or distorted, promises and demands allegedly made or not made from both sides etc etc and the whole thing would end up being a big ball of fuck.

Exactly, that's why they are just playing the whole thing down. They don't want to paint him into a corner and piss him off.

Yes there are 5 guys, but only one is a fly in the ointment still carrying a grudge like a bitchy little school girl after 15+ years.

I fail to see what is so difficult to understand about that