Joining the dots

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

I'm not trying to undermine them either. I probably should have made it clearer that I'm not trying to criticise them and I realise that they've had little time to get things moving. I was just trying to explain that I think there are lots of people, myself included, who will support the trust and contribute in time but that we just need a greater understanding of what's happening before making that commitment. I'm not even trying to suggest that it is the Trust who need to do the explaining.

Can I also add how relieved and delighted I am to have 80's Glory to explain exactly what's happening to us all. The fact that he does it in such a concise manner whilst avoiding patronising every other poster on this board is to his utmost credit. Kudos to you sir.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

If you're only trying to steer us all in the direction of truth then I apologise for implying you're patronising

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

If you're only trying to steer us all in the direction of truth then I apologise for implying you're patronising - clearly I had it wrong.

Quoted from 1600

With all due respect I'm not talking crap and I certainly wasn't suggesting you're not fans.

What I'm saying is only JF has the power to set the playing budget.
£900K playing budgets are generous but you might as well go for it with £2 million in 1 year to get out the BSP than £1 million over 2 years IF you think you've got the right man/men

Please see my post
http://www.thefishy.co.uk/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1317759843/s-3/#num5


sonik it's all well and good telling fans to dig deep but it's not necessarily gonna inspire or motivate people to do it.

Many aren't convinced by JF's running of the club but if we all(stayaways included) had a COMMON STRATEGIC GOAL we could all work towards then wouldn't everyone be happy ?

- Club gets the short-term support it needs. (and lot's of it)
- Fans get a budget to lick their lips over.
- Attendances rise help paying for it all
- Town gets buzzing again etc

If it all doesn't work out then ok, we cut our cloth(and we still do it in L2) but we're gonna do that anyway aren't we ?
So why don't we consider "going for it" first ?

I just feel we need BIG IDEAS not doom and gloom ones.

Just imagine - your brother could say e.g. for every £1 the fans raise, he will do the same.
How about that ?  
You can't get much more "co-operative" than that !

Launch a nationwide "Get us out" campaign, get Graham Taylor and other ex-mariners backing it.
Show leadership and people from London and all around the world might stump up if they thought it could make a REAL difference.

I'm afraid the unfortunate fact is that people(especially investors) are reluctant to invest in what they see as a sinking ship.

But if the noises coming out the club changed to VERY POSITIVE, then maybe others might also want to invest and come on board for a piece of the action ?  

Other examples - GTST could ask Parker for funding and promise to repay his shares if we go up (ok forget that one ! )

We could all sit down and think of lots of ideas - the possibilities are endless...

I just feel fans need to have some STRATEGIC GOALS to get them excited and rally to the clubs cause.

We need ambition and inspiration !