Drop of a hat Shareholding

[Rene Artois]

A mere 24 hours notice of a meeting for potential new shareholders – a pang of desperation.

Reactionary? Mismanaged? Poorly Executed?

A change in direction? Do we have a strategy and a vision.
We just seem to be bumming along, awash in the current of uncertainty… not knowing which lifeboat to swim to.

[Apollo11]

Rene Artois wrote:

A mere 24 hours notice of a meeting for potential new shareholders – a pang of desperation.

Reactionary? Mismanaged? Poorly Executed?

A change in direction? Do we have a strategy and a vision.
We just seem to be bumming along, awash in the current of uncertainty… not knowing which lifeboat to swim to.

Reactionary, yes it appears to be. At least they’re doing something when it’s clear they can’t do nothing.

[Rene Artois]

Too short a time space between the announcement (yesterday) and the first meeting (today).
Yeah, it says you can arrange an individual appointment but better to see & hear the full presentation.

[Apollo11]

Rene Artois wrote:

Too short a time space between the announcement (yesterday) and the first meeting (today).
Yeah, it says you can arrange an individual appointment but better to see & hear the full presentation.

I think you’re splitting hairs and, effectively, complaining about nothing. You’ll actually get a much more personal version of the ‘presentation’ if you arrange to visit GP in your own good time. Michelle is accommodating and will talk to you, and it’s a good opportunity to have your questions answered without getting crowded out at something bigger.

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Ferrite

[JOHNMMAW]

The club needs money obviously. I am a pensioner, how many £20 shares do the club expect an individual to purchase?

[Apollo11]

JOHNMMAW wrote:

The club needs money obviously. I am a pensioner, how many £20 shares do the club expect an individual to purchase?

The minimum purchase is 5 shares (so the cost would be £100).

[Iron-awe]

Rene splitting hairs and complaining about nothing!!!, outrageous who would have thunk it?, lol.

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Rene Artois

[Awaywego]

If nothing else this last week has shown the board are floundering.

See the season out and hope you’ve achieved promotion, then put the club up for sale.

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Rene Artois

[Rene Artois]

If we go up as champs or through the play offs – we ain’t going to have the money to attract a better standard of player that we’ll need.
Up against it in NL next season.
Agree with AWG – put it up for sale once the job is done.

[cassidystash]

I still prefer owners with local connections and who are fans of the club. Do you want a distant billionaire to use us as a temporary plaything for a couple of seasons then depart leaving us in the s***e? The board have done wonders in little over a year, they’ve overcome a multitude of problems and have more to come. They’ve made mistakes and have owned up to them and doubtless will make more. We have a fan owned club which IMO is priceless. An additional investor (or two) with the current board would be my strong preference, I’m struggling to know what AWG and Rene expect from Michelle & Co.

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doris, SDH57, Siderite

[Siderite]

If a suitable buyer came, it would have to be considered, but it can’t be the sort of outsider who we had previously. The board have made errors, but none so drastic as dodgy Dave or Swann. I don’t miss the days of CCJs and winding-up petitions. The £250k bad debt is a bit of a hint of what happened, and I suspect it wasn’t money for the stadium.

A new investor is needed though.

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Cliff Byrne's Right Peg

[sufc_not_on_tour]

Siderite wrote:

A new investor is needed though.

You never know what’s just around the corner!

[Apollo11]

You never know what’s just around the corner!

Unless you’re Kevin Keegan, who does but doesn’t know where the corner is.

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Awaywego

[Awaywego]

Dont expect anything from Michelle, shes more or less said it’s as far as she can go in monetary terms and time.
Sharp and George appears to be just like most other owners who want their money back.
So sell up and give someone else ago.

So yes I’ll take that distant billionaire and run that risk.

[Harrytheiron]

Reactionary

[CMC]

Apollo11 wrote:

You never know what’s just around the corner!

Unless you’re Kevin Keegan, who does but doesn’t know where the corner is.

Our luck recently has been like Cleveland Taylor taking corners

[Iron Mann]

I can’t believe anyone with the interests of the town or the club at heart can honestly think the days of either Swann or Hilton provide a model that we should ever think of repeating.

The club has to be embedded in the town. Not a rich man’s plaything.

[CMC]

It’s because the Current board are shaking off all the hangers-on like shaking Dog hairs off your rug. See the current spat from one of them.

[Rene Artois]

It should be fan owned through the trust.
However, there is no activity on this front.
A tenner for life is a joke.

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doris

[Awaywego]

Going back to Cass’s “The board have done wonders” What have they really done other than get the government to stump up most of the money for the ground.
Cant think of any other action they’ve taken that comes across positively.

[CMC]

Players, Staff, Contractors, Suppliers being paid?

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Siderite

[Apollo11]

What have they really done other than get the government to stump up most of the money for the ground

“… other than…”

Wow. And you think that was easy, or that we should take it for granted?

[cassidystash]

Awaywego wrote:

So sell up and give someone else ago.
So yes I’ll take that distant billionaire and run that risk.

So a Hilton with real money? Lucrative and OTT 2/3 year contracts and decides after 1 season that he’s had enough. Been there – don’t like it!
In case you’ve missed it Michelle & Co have given us a successful football club under extreme difficulties, something that looked unlikely a year or so ago. Your constant sniping has become tedious, can’t you look for the positives at least some of the time?
As far as I can see several of the current issues stem from a person with power but no local connection.

[Apollo11]

cassidystash wrote:

Awaywego wrote:

So sell up and give someone else ago.
So yes I’ll take that distant billionaire and run that risk.

So a Hilton with real money? Lucrative and OTT 2/3 year contracts and decides after 1 season that he’s had enough. Been there – don’t like it!
In case you’ve missed it Michelle & Co have given us a successful football club under extreme difficulties, something that looked unlikely a year or so ago. Your constant sniping has become tedious, can’t you look for the positives at least some of the time?

Now is obviously the time for a carefully planned and well-orchestrated move by the supporters to secure some significant part of ownership of the Club. This, in my opinion, obviously has to be done through a formal body such as the Trust, who already have a respectable shareholding and have decent infrastructure in place. I’m sure that there would be volunteers willing to contribute the necessary time and their expertise (legals, etc), and plenty of supporters who would be willing to join a monthly subscription service to generate funds to buy more shares.

[Harrytheiron]

Do you think the club has an actual strategy or was it all hot air from ‘Sharpy’?

[Awaywego]

I praise the club when they get things right, which I’m sure you’ll agree it hasn’t been many times this season.

“Person of power” please tell me who brought him in, wouldn’t be that board who are working wonders would it.

[Apollo11]

Harrytheiron wrote:

Do you think the club has an actual strategy or was it all hot air from ‘Sharpy’?

Clearly there was A Strategy! Public outcry before it had even been officially launched made it clear it would not be received well, even if inaccuracies about it were floating around and influencing opinion. That whole episode was a shitshow, and so now the Club has to find Another Strategy. I don’t think the actual shareholding drive has too much to do with the recent debacle, actually – it has been ongoing for several months. However, the timing of mentioning it again this week was perhaps a way for the Club (or Sharp) to say “Alright then, mouthy c*nts, step up and put something in”.

[WonderGoals]

Cassidy, no doubt we don’t want another reckless idiot running the club, but Michelle has taken us as far as she can. Michelle has suggested this herself already. If we go up with this present board, we’ll more than likely come straight back down as currently we have no money.

[cassidystash]

Hence my ” An additional investor (or two) with the current board would be my strong preference” comment.

[Deereyme66]

‘Michelle has taken us as far as she can. Michelle has suggested this herself already.’

No she hasn’t. She brought in a CEO to help with the workload and is welcoming new investment. Very different to her saying she’s taken us as far as she can, but if 2+2=5 it’s fair game I suppose.

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