Takeover Update

Bit of a non statement for me but...

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2021/january/an-update-for-our-supporters

Quoted from BlackAndWhiteAndRedAllOver

Bit of a non statement for me but...

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2021/january/an-update-for-our-supporters

Bit awkward. It’s like going on a stag do with your ex-girlfriend’s fitness instructor

Suck it up ...... It's all to pally pally for me

Like the turtle neck over the face look....though it might be a scarf.😂😂

From the photos it looks like Philip Day’s mask is slipping...slipping real good

Glad it’s going well, thought it was nice to see everything is cordial and all is going to plan.

Yeah looks very cheesy but sometimes the means justify the ends. Will be relived when it’s finally over and done

Quoted from Grimsbynewhope

Yeah looks very cheesy but sometimes the means justify the ends. Will be relived when it’s finally over and done

Won't we all..

Quoted from davmariner

Glad it’s going well, thought it was nice to see everything is cordial and all is going to plan.

I’m not suggesting it isn’t cordial. But I don’t know how you are getting ‘cordial’ from those photos. I mean, Saddam’s 1990 hostage video series ‘looked’ cordial.

The signs are that S.S.P are savvy enough to realise that scrapping in a pub car park with your manager, deconstructing flags held by a child and rummaging around a woman’s maxi briefs for tampons isn’t a good look PR wise. Who knew?

Wonder if they told the consortium why they always release statements at weird times

Surely Fenty should be wearing a balaclava?

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Wonder if they told the consortium why they always release statements at weird times

Fenty’s big down under so the timings make sense

I think it’s good for the town faithful to be kept ‘in the loop’

I really wanna know who said "OK now lets get the same photo but with no masks, just stand 3 inches further apart"

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Wonder if they told the consortium why they always release statements at weird times

I think these f*****rs are worlds apart.

Good to have a positive update, hopefully will be done and dusted in next 3-4 weeks


Wonder if fenty showed them the season ticket ledger? Bet they would've been impressed

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

I really wanna know who said "OK now lets get the same photo but with no masks, just stand 3 inches further apart"

If Day and Fenty are involved...karma?

They’ll both be anti-maskers (allegedly)

One for the Kremlinologists: what is the significance of who stands where on the whole group photo?

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Wonder if they told the consortium why they always release statements at weird times

Maybe our media person only does the gtfc work in the evening? Another triumph of fentys money saving schemes?

It appears that, as of earlier today, we haven't managed to totally intercourse this up. Which is nice.

Quoted from forza ivano

Maybe our media person only does the gtfc work in the evening? Another triumph of fentys money saving schemes?

Well he has got a business empire to run, role as a councillor, plus ground maintenance duties, so it’s well into the evening before he can start tapping away at the keyboard.

Training facilities at Oasis Wintringham?

Good to see.

Hopefully the formalities will be completed soon and we can look forward to a new era.

I am optimistic. Even if we don't manage to stay up this season, I still think we have a very bright future to look forward too.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Training facilities at Oasis Wintringham?

Pretty sure the academy train there, seen them when my daughter was doing gymnastics

Mark Palmer who was representing Tom Shutes on Friday is a football management consultant. He over views and assess club structures and roadmaps how to take a club forward. Looks at everything from the football side through to academy, first team, commercial, hospitality, and match day experience for the fans. Increasing existing revenue streams. Opening up new innovative streams of revenue. Helps negotiate the deal between club and buyer. Road maps the transition of ownership. Palmer has worked with clubs in the top 5 tiers of the English game from the Premier League, through to the National League.

Some info here >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-palmer-634b97b3/ / https://www.somersetlive.co.uk.....t-help-yeovil-636572

Quoted from Nelly GTFC

Mark Palmer who was representing Tom Shutes on Friday is a football management consultant. He over views and assess club structures and roadmaps how to take a club forward. Looks at everything from the football side through to academy, first team, commercial, hospitality, and match day experience for the fans. Increasing existing revenue streams. Opening up new innovative streams of revenue. Helps negotiate the deal between club and buyer. Road maps the transition of ownership. Palmer has worked with clubs in the top 5 tiers of the English game from the Premier League, through to the National League.

Some info here >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-palmer-634b97b3/ / https://www.somersetlive.co.uk.....t-help-yeovil-636572

found these as well Nelly,   looks like he helps out improving things on-off pitch.  Has been involved at Wycombe and Yeovil and a few other non league clubs.

[url]https://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/news/2019/july/rob-couhig-and-mark-palmer-to-meet-trust-members/[/url]

[url]https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/football-consultant-brought-help-yeovil-636572[/url]

Quoted from davmariner

Glad it’s going well, thought it was nice to see everything is cordial and all is going to plan.

Yeah, it's amazing how cordial Fenty can suddenly be when £2,475,000 is coming his way.

Oasis School is where the Academy trains and plays the home games. My lad plays for the academy

Let’s hope we stay in the league for a number of reasons but one of those is if we drop out the league we lose the funding which goes towards the academy

UTM

At last, a football expert at the club.

What is a matchday experience for the fans, though?

Bet he was impressed with the overall structure of the club and the "matchday experience".  😆

some views from Yeovil fans on Facebook Ciderspace group

Morning chaps. Mark Palmer of Insight63 is involved as a consultant with the new investors who are hopefully taking over at Grimsby. i see that he had some input into your club 3 or 4 years ago. Have you got any info or views?
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George Lector
Difficult to say as the investors he dealt with withdrew after due diligence. Don’t think he did anything wrong but I’m not aware much was achieved. Talks a good game, certainly.

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Louis Purchase
Pray that he doesn’t find a way of getting his mate Neale Marmon into the managers job.
From the outside he added little value to YTFC and you could argue his name could be on the list of people who contributed to us getting relegated out of the football league (albeit nowhere near the top of that list).
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Scott Quayle
Did he not bring couhig to our club? Who has since gone on to take over Wycombe.

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Jamie Jacobs
Neale Marmon . . .what was that all about? Wasn't he a PE teacher?
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Colin Redman
He negotiated an option for himself as part of the proposed deal, whereby if the deal had gone through, he would have become the Chief Executive of #ytfc. Don't know him or his skill base but it was quite a surprise to the fans that he could have been in day-to-day charge of the whole club.

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Spalders Somerset
Put the phone down quickly and put emails onto out of office.
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Phil Park
Neale Marmon as next Grimsby Manager! I’m off to Skybet. Good luck if that clown is anywhere near your team.
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Kevin Redman
Lets be honest he was around the club on 2 occasions and spent significant time and could see any positives didn't land any deal and oversaw a period where very strange business decisions were be taken which saw YTFC drop out of League football, so not sure this is a glowing endorsement of Insight63.

Can you summarise Forza as you need to join the group to view?

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Can you summarise Forza as you need to join the group to view?

hope that's better Rodders

Cheers Forza.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

https://twitter.com/DN35GTFC/status/1357064327556120576?s=19

Asda?

We do our champagne procurement on the pitch

https://twitter.com/TVFTL/status/1357071992290164745?s=19


Generally I pretty reliable as source this one!!..

fingers crossed - better get myself a rather nice bottle of red this weekend!

Good news. Just a pity after waiting all these years for it to happen, we are sweating on our league status. Never a smooth ride at GTFC.

Just hope so

2 chums who are far more in the know than I, saying theyve been told the same thing.looking hopeful.....

Give it a fortnight and they'll be backing out because of a couple of lairy fcukers on The Fishy and in other news we enter year 4 of lockdown because three sods were spotted maskless down Meggies.

Quoted from GYinScuntland

Give it a fortnight and they'll be backing out because of a couple of lairy fcukers on The Fishy and in other news we enter year 4 of lockdown because three sods were spotted maskless down Meggies.

It must be a laugh a minute joy in your world. How do you keep your  feet on the ground?!

So when they say within the week do they mean this week bearing in mind it is now Thursday, or do they mean within the next 7 day period

Quoted from Davec

So when they say within the week do they mean this week bearing in mind it is now Thursday, or do they mean within the next 7 day period

Within the next 7 days I'm lead to believe...🤞🤞🤞

Let’s all look forward to good news on and off the pitch then

And maybe getting our first win at Newport on Saturday

UTM

This is great news and well overdue, about 15 years really.

I just hope expectations are kept realistic.  Especially for the remainder of the season.  We are were we are now and there's nothing else anyone can do in terms of what's in the building.  Hurst has got his squad, regardless if he wanted it different or not.  With the exception of bringing in a couple of free agents, this is it.  If we're to stay up then it will be this group of players that achieve it.

Equally so off the field I don't expect to see instant changes overnight.  There's going to be a bedding in period where the new owners find their feet and want to understand the workings of the club.  Palmer has experience of running a football club fresh from a takeover and I fully expect he'll be put to task immediately to understand what needs doing, what should be done and what could be done, prioritised in that order.  Stockwood is about giving trust in the people who work in a business, it's only right that the current staff are giving a chance to adapt to changes and impress accordingly.   I don't think we will see mass changes straight away.

We can all identify things that we want to see changed at this club and some things are definitely more pressing than others, both in terms of the playing set-up and the business aspect of the club. But let's give these guys the time to do it properly.  There's a reason they're highly successful, it's because they know what they're doing.  

Positive times and I feel like I've got a bit of my GTFC mojo back this week.

The rumours are positive, no doubt! It will be nice to have some fresh blood running from the top.

Expectation should be kept to a level where people realise we are in still in danger of relegation. And I say this because there is nothing this new board can do from this point into the season. There are no more transfer windows and we have the right man at the helm. Just be there and support him.

Where we end up is where we end up come end of the season. The table never lies. The question is was the damage done in the summer too much? We will find out!

What i do expect from the new board is the following:
1) Do we have a plan if we get relegated?
2) Do we have a plan if we survive?

If the answer to the above is yes, then that's so much more than what we have had to endure the last 15+years!

Can you imagine, Grimsby Town Football Club with a purpose?!

The most important question I want answering is:

What's their fishy username gonna be so I can look out for them pointing out where we need to get our facts right.  

I will be a lot more optimistic with these in charge if we was to get relegated.

With Fenty, would we of ever returned? i honestly don't think so.

But these 3 have future plans, and i'm sure if we go down, we will be backed with a good manager and a good board to come back

So will we be in the new trawler shaped stadium by the start of next season and have a new state of the art training facility at Barnoldby before pre season?

Come on you three, sort it!

It’s just such a shame we can’t have fans in at the minute. The atmosphere would be cracking.

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

I will be a lot more optimistic with these in charge if we was to get relegated.

With Fenty, would we of ever returned? i honestly don't think so.

But these 3 have future plans, and i'm sure if we go down, we will be backed with a good manager and a good board to come back

I think we would have gone under next season if relegated and Fenty still here. I think season ticket sales would be pathetic and I certainly wouldn’t be setting foot in BP.

However, if the new guys can give us some sort of optimism we could see bumper crowds back home and away. Including me.

But we also need to accept that that league is a very tough one to get out of.

Wrexham seem to have had footballing fortune and my Welsh mate has high hopes for next year as well.

So I’m not expecting miracles. Just progress !!

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

I will be a lot more optimistic with these in charge if we was to get relegated.

With Fenty, would we of ever returned? i honestly don't think so.

But these 3 have future plans, and i'm sure if we go down, we will be backed with a good manager and a good board to come back

Please tell me Jarmo. I've been asking for weeks and now you know. Spill the info

7 to 8000 gates next year for the promotion push out of division 4, up the town  

Update; could be happening a lot sooner than 7 days if everything goes to plan, is what i'm hearing

Quoted from headingly_mariner

It’s just such a shame we can’t have fans in at the minute. The atmosphere would be cracking.

I take it you are joking?!! It’s great we’ll be steered in another direction by these guys, but we are currently in the most dire relegation trouble that I can ever remember.

Quoted from DB

Please tell me Jarmo. I've been asking for weeks and now you know. Spill the info

This is from 'About the team' at SimplyBusiness where Stockwood is currently Vice Chair.

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Responsible for developing Simply Business, Jason sets the challenge for defying the insurance company stereotype. From technology and data science to customer experience and people engagement, Jason has spearheaded our mission to create something better.

Jason joined Simply Business from global dating website match.com, where he was International Managing Director. He’s also spent time as Managing Director at Travelocity Business, and held roles at Trailfinders, lastminute.com, Skyscanner and The Drinkaware Trust.

In 2016, Jason won overall Best Leader at the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For awards, completing our Best Companies hat-trick. We’d already picked up the Best Company to Work For award, two years running.

I'll repeat one bit there for you

Quoted Text

Jason has spearheaded our mission to create something better.

Again,

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create something better.

That's enough for me, for now.

The ink isn't dried on the documents yet.  Yes, we all want to see the club moving forward but give them chance to actually get in the door before sharing their business plan for the next five years.

Stockwood and his friends are legitimate and successful business people.  They've got their excrement together and know what they're doing.  They're not foolish enough to come in with silly promises to whip up an instant frenzy.

We've 15 odd years of absolute shite from Fenty and his cronies, during which the only remote hint at a plan was Day stupidly saying we would be in the Championship in however many years, it must be mathematically impossible to achieve that now.   If we can wait 15 years for nothing from the outgoing regime, let's at least give the new one more than 15 minutes.

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

The most important question I want answering is:

What's their fishy username gonna be so I can look out for them pointing out where we need to get our facts right.  

I loved his username; so passive aggressive and typically Fenty.

And there's no such thing as a wrong fact. If it's wrong, it can't be a fact.

At least we'll be run by people who use their real names and real faces on social media.

Quoted from diehardmariner

This is from 'About the team' at SimplyBusiness where Stockwood is currently Vice Chair.



I'll repeat one bit there for you

Again, [b][/b]

That's enough for me, for now.

The ink isn't dried on the documents yet.  Yes, we all want to see the club moving forward but give them chance to actually get in the door before sharing their business plan for the next five years.

Stockwood and his friends are legitimate and successful business people.  They've got their excrement together and know what they're doing.  They're not foolish enough to come in with silly promises to whip up an instant frenzy.

We've 15 odd years of absolute shite from Fenty and his cronies, during which the only remote hint at a plan was Day stupidly saying we would be in the Championship in however many years, it must be mathematically impossible to achieve that now.   If we can wait 15 years for nothing from the outgoing regime, let's at least give the new one more than 15 minutes.

Stop losing you patience with me Diehard. I asked a question on a post from Jarmo as I was under the impression from his post that he knew something nobody else did. His posting was similar to that of yesterdays post about the take over happening in the next few days.

I have NEVER questioned the resources or business acumen of the consortium members, so why are you making out I did. Find one post where I have praised Fenty, so why imply I am a Fenty sympathiser.

You quote :- Responsible for developing Simply Business, Jason sets the challenge for defying the insurance company stereotype. From technology and data science to customer experience and people engagement, Jason has spearheaded our mission to create something better..

Is 'something better' for Simply Business, for another joint enterprise they have, for their GT project or something else.

Jarmo said But these 3 have future plans
, so my simple question is What are the plans?
It's a very fair question to ask given the statement from Jarmo. So you ask Jarmo the same question, he's the one making the statements.

I recon forza knows stuff

Quoted from Heisenberg

I take it you are joking?!! It’s great we’ll be steered in another direction by these guys, but we are currently in the most dire relegation trouble that I can ever remember.

I am a veteran of quite a few relegation battles now and the atmosphere is usually good with a new manager, some new signings, the importance of it and add new owners it would be packed and noisy.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

It must be a laugh a minute joy in your world. How do you keep your  feet on the ground?!

A ball and chain of reality helps.

Usually potential new owners let interested parties know what their plans are, what they hope to change to achieve this etc. This bunch have shared nothing. I am not sure what their motives are.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

I am a veteran of quite a few relegation battles now and the atmosphere is usually good with a new manager, some new signings, the importance of it and add new owners it would be packed and noisy.

And sadly as a town fan, you don’t have to be very old to be a veteran of a few relegation battles!

Quoted from realist

Usually potential new owners let interested parties know what their plans are, what they hope to change to achieve this etc. This bunch have shared nothing. I am not sure what their motives are.

Shared nothing except their vision for a new stadium on the docks and their vision for regenerating that part of town.

Quoted from realist

Usually potential new owners let interested parties know what their plans are, what they hope to change to achieve this etc. This bunch have shared nothing. I am not sure what their motives are.

Perhaps it’s there intention to let the team do the talking for them I can’t recall any other chairman/ non chairman spouting off so much as mr let you down badly mr fenty

Quoted from DB

Stop losing you patience with me Diehard. I asked a question on a post from Jarmo as I was under the impression from his post that he knew something nobody else did. His posting was similar to that of yesterdays post about the take over happening in the next few days.

I have NEVER questioned the resources or business acumen of the consortium members, so why are you making out I did. Find one post where I have praised Fenty, so why imply I am a Fenty sympathiser.

You quote :- Responsible for developing Simply Business, Jason sets the challenge for defying the insurance company stereotype. From technology and data science to customer experience and people engagement, Jason has spearheaded our mission to create something better..

Is 'something better' for Simply Business, for another joint enterprise they have, for their GT project or something else.

Jarmo said But these 3 have future plans
, so my simple question is What are the plans?
It's a very fair question to ask given the statement from Jarmo. So you ask Jarmo the same question, he's the one making the statements.

I mean, why else would 3 wealthy businessmen, with local connections, want to take over?

It's public knowledge that they have plans for the club, and the town as well.

I come out with one rumour about the defender signing, which eventually come off (Meyenese), slightly delayed albeit.

I don't claim to have any inside knowledge at all, other than knowing someone who is known by majority at the club, but isn't directly involved in the club, other than being a fan.

Quoted from realist

Usually potential new owners let interested parties know what their plans are, what they hope to change to achieve this etc. This bunch have shared nothing. I am not sure what their motives are.

Let's wait until there's something at least resembling a corpse before we start a post-mortem.

Wait and see, like the rest of us!

They need to take the helm before making more detailed plans.  

We don’t need to know their plans as they’ve already been written by members of The Fishy and Fans on Twitter. They are certain to do absolutely everything you’ve all said they should do.

It’s going to be Brexit-like sunlit uplands

They aren't the current board, which is more than enough for me for now.

It's not going to be difficult for them to make a better fist of it than JF and his not so merry men.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

They need to take the helm before making more detailed plans.  

Agreed.

They did say that they would not be commenting further until the Takeover was complete.

Speculation and innuendo does no good in the circumstances. Let's just wait till they make that announcement. Then we can harrass them for their detailed plans!

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

We don’t need to know their plans as they’ve already been written by members of The Fishy and Fans on Twitter. They are certain to do absolutely everything you’ve all said they should do.

It’s going to be Brexit-like sunlit uplands

It's not going to be like Brexit at all. We have had no promises made to us by the consortium, they aren't peddling some sort of small minded vision of our past that we should return to and they aren't suggesting that our problems are all because of an external factor. And their leaders don't appear to be untrustworthy lying tw*ts.

What they've offered us is change from the incompetent, penny pinching, backward looking 'leadership' that we currently have. And we're buying it!

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

It's not going to be like Brexit at all. We have had no promises made to us by the consortium, they aren't peddling some sort of small minded vision of our past that we should return to and they aren't suggesting that our problems are all because of an external factor. And their leaders don't appear to be untrustworthy lying tw*ts.

What they've offered us is change from the incompetent, penny pinching, backward looking 'leadership' that we currently have. And we're buying it!

That have not even said we will be in the championship in five years.

We could have change, to a worse ownership. What if their only interest is to aid their regeneration money making? All we know about them is that they contain tyre kickers, family butchers, and a guy who peddles positivity. Do they know anything about owning a football team, I fear not?

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

It's not going to be like Brexit at all. We have had no promises made to us by the consortium, they aren't peddling some sort of small minded vision of our past that we should return to and they aren't suggesting that our problems are all because of an external factor. And their leaders don't appear to be untrustworthy lying tw*ts.

What they've offered us is change from the incompetent, penny pinching, backward looking 'leadership' that we currently have. And we're buying it!

And just for good measure - I dearly hope that after only a month of their regime we won't all be seeing their lies come falling round their ears as the extent of the disaster becomes apparent, even more quickly than the most rabid detractors had feared.

I suspect that all three of them have read all the documents as well.

Quoted from realist

We could have change, to a worse ownership. What if their only interest is to aid their regeneration money making? All we know about them is that they contain tyre kickers, family butchers, and a guy who peddles positivity. Do they know anything about owning a football team, I fear not?

That is possible. Still preferable to man who knows a great deal about running a football club into the ground and consorts with convicted fraudsters.

Quoted from realist

We could have change, to a worse ownership. What if their only interest is to aid their regeneration money making? All we know about them is that they contain tyre kickers, family butchers, and a guy who peddles positivity. Do they know anything about owning a football team, I fear not?

They are all very successful business men, GTFC is a business...end of!..

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

I mean, why else would 3 wealthy businessmen, with local connections, want to take over?

It's public knowledge that they have plans for the club, and the town as well.

I come out with one rumour about the defender signing, which eventually come off (Meyenese), slightly delayed albeit.

I don't claim to have any inside knowledge at all, other than knowing someone who is known by majority at the club, but isn't directly involved in the club, other than being a fan.

Jarmo you made the statement not me. If it's rumour say it's a rumour.

The only reason I can think of as to why 3 wealthy business want to invest in anything is a return on money.

You then make another statement :-

It's public knowledge that they have plans for the club, and the town as well

The ONLY thing they have made public is :-

They wish to buy Fent'y shares and pay off his loans.
Their preference for a new stadium is the docks

So what are the other plans YOU say are in the public domain? Have they applied for planning permission for any development?

At the end of the day you are the one making statements of what WILL happen as if the information is based on facts. If your info is not fact based then say so, If it's an opinion say so, if it's a rumour say so. Stop misleading fans and building up hopes.

And here's a scoop for you. A majority of people on the site are, like you, aware of me so If I win £100millions on the lottery I will buy Town. That is a statement and is as ambiguous as your falso info.

Quoted from realist

We could have change, to a worse ownership. What if their only interest is to aid their regeneration money making? All we know about them is that they contain tyre kickers, family butchers, and a guy who peddles positivity. Do they know anything about owning a football team, I fear not?

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The mindset of a few on here is bewildering...

The failure to acknowledge, understand, comprehend that the actions of the current owner and board have run the club into the ground, driven it backwards, in and off the pitch whilst on the way soured reputation of club together with relationship with fans, media and other clubs like n general.

I for one can’t wait until they go - not just JF but those around him.

The consortium might have ambitions, motives in and around the town - in a positive way - who knows? They might have ambitions of getting this once heralded small club on the East coast back on its feet , and recognised again - in a positive way, they might end up disappointing- who knows??

But one thing they are is very much needed.

Quoted from realist

We could have change, to a worse ownership. What if their only interest is to aid their regeneration money making? All we know about them is that they contain tyre kickers, family butchers, and a guy who peddles positivity. Do they know anything about owning a football team, I fear not?

Do John Fenty, Philip Day and Stephen Marley know anything about running a football club? I KNOW not!

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

They are all very successful business men, GTFC is a business...end of!..

I haven't read where somebody has said anything different about them so what's your point. GTFC is a business and in most takeovers somebody says something about what they want/intend to do. At present the term 3 brass monkeys come to mind!

Even if you don't see what they're promising to do with the club, all you have to do is look at their history and track records.

You'll find they are mostly, if not entirely, successful businessmen who believe in the power of people and communities.

You don't have to dig far to find that these are decent people with decent values.

That's enough for me. Big plans or no plans, this consortium is far more open and ethical than our current board.

Quoted from DB

I haven't read where somebody has said anything different about them so what's your point. GTFC is a business and in most takeovers somebody says something about what they want/intend to do. At present the term 3 brass monkeys come to mind!

I'd check posts above by Realist who questions whether Shutes, Stockwood and Pettit know anything out running a football club.

Quoted from RichMariner

Even if you don't see what they're promising to do with the club, all you have to do is look at their history and track records.

You'll find they are mostly, if not entirely, successful businessmen who believe in the power of people and communities.

You don't have to dig far to find that these are decent people with decent values.

That's enough for me. Big plans or no plans, this consortium is far more open and ethical than our current board.

I appreciate your rose coloured glasses but apart from wanting to buy Fenty out and a preference for a docks stadium (made months ago) what else have they been open bout?

Quoted from DB

The ONLY thing they have made public is :-

They wish to buy Fent'y shares and pay off his loans.
Their preference for a new stadium is the docks

...Stop misleading fans and building up hopes.

Jarmo isn’t building up our hopes up DB it’s the fact the consortium is willing to do the 2 things you’ve listed.
Being without the so called fan Fenty is enough to get most of us excited. Even if we stood still we’d be better off than with him. I’ve heard it said these guys cud be worse. How? We’re heading to the abyss AGAIN through the consistent and abject failure achieved under fenty’s watch.
I’ve said it before but I’ll repeat it, they give us hope and optimism rather than the shite we’ve been accustomed to. That’s enough for me right now.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

I'd check posts above by Realist who questions whether Shutes, Stockwood and Pettit know anything out running a football club.

I believe my post was timed earlier.

Quoted from DB

I haven't read where somebody has said anything different about them so what's your point. GTFC is a business and in most takeovers somebody says something about what they want/intend to do. At present the term 3 brass monkeys come to mind!

I would have thought it would be unprofessional and bad business etiquette to say what you are going to do with someone's else is business before you actually own it...

Quoted from Sandford1981

Jarmo isn’t building up our hopes up DB it’s the fact the consortium is willing to do the 2 things you’ve listed.
Being without the so called fan Fenty is enough to get most of us excited. Even if we stood still we’d be better off than with him. I’ve heard it said these guys cud be worse. How? We’re heading to the abyss AGAIN through the consistent and abject failure achieved under fenty’s watch.
I’ve said it before but I’ll repeat it, they give us hope and optimism rather than the shite we’ve been accustomed to. That’s enough for me right now.

I agree with you I'm all for hope and optimism. I just hope that when the takeover announcement is confirmed we are told what we can look forward to. I'm not keen on being a mushroom.

Cannot believe some of the negativity on here about the takeover

At least when I was getting pelters, I was only asking some genuine questions about the takeover, like a devils advocate so to speak. Questions I look forward to getting the answers to once the takeover is completed, assuming it will of course.

Come on negatives, ack it in. Fingers crossed that the deal goes through, that there’s a smooth transition, and that fortunes on the pitch start looking brighter soon

Quoted from DB

Jarmo you made the statement not me. If it's rumour say it's a rumour.

The only reason I can think of as to why 3 wealthy business want to invest in anything is a return on money.

You then make another statement :-

It's public knowledge that they have plans for the club, and the town as well

The ONLY thing they have made public is :-

They wish to buy Fent'y shares and pay off his loans.
Their preference for a new stadium is the docks

So what are the other plans YOU say are in the public domain? Have they applied for planning permission for any development?

At the end of the day you are the one making statements of what WILL happen as if the information is based on facts. If your info is not fact based then say so, If it's an opinion say so, if it's a rumour say so. Stop misleading fans and building up hopes.

And here's a scoop for you. A majority of people on the site are, like you, aware of me so If I win £100millions on the lottery I will buy Town. That is a statement and is as ambiguous as your falso info.

It's hardly a statement that i've made....

Just simply said i would be more optimistic with the new guys in charge than Fenty & co.

Hardly here to pretend to have knowledge, and give out false hopes.
If i wanted to give out false hopes, and pretend to have any knowledge, i would of said; the future plans they have are great for the club etc etc...

Our current owner single handedly tore one our of best teams apart within weeks of our best day for many many years.

I think it's obvious why so many are optimistic...

Quoted from MarshMariner

I would have thought it would be unprofessional and bad business etiquette to say what you are going to do with someone's else is business before you actually own it...

I didn't know the word etiquette was used in business anymore. Anyhow I like most on this site are under the firm Impression that GTFC LTD has been run into the ground. Any assets from 16 years ago have been severely stripped along with the failure to invest in the business model.

Whilst the name has remained the business has underperformed on a grand scale from its heyday. Thankfully fans and those who privately invested and became shareholders have helped the business to survive the depths of NL.  I could go on. ( Yes shareholders I have praised you and deservedly so)

I cannot see anything unprofessional in saying that we've come to the rescue and wish to  do ABC - XYZ or whatever.