Mariners Trust statement

The trust should resign from the board and withhold the 30k.
Simple.

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

The trust should resign from the board and withhold the 30k.
Simple.

Not sure the 30k is actually theirs. That’s the problem.
It’s the profits from the bars !!

Should certainly resign now, especially if their mind was made up before the trust rep had chance to put their view across, I urge all of you to fill in the trust survey again with the recent revelations in mind.

I still think if this means what it says we should stay on the board. If decisions are being made without a member of the board (and the representative of a major shareholder) present then have any rules or regulations been broken? Any company lawyers out there could shed any light on this?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I still think if this means what it says we should stay on the board. If decisions are being made without a member of the board (and the representative of a major shareholder) present then have any rules or regulations been broken? Any company lawyers out there could shed any light on this?

It just sounds like JW had the last say and his contribution is "the fans don't want RS". I don't think there's anything JW could have said that the board don't already know. So in that situation, if JW goes last in making his point, the board already know how they will vote. They've already weighed up the financial implications of keeping or sacking Slade, they've taken into account past performance where he's had a bad run and turned it around, given him the backing to sign some players and decided for now that keeping Slade as manager is the way to go.

I don't expect many people to agree with the decision given the current plight, but unless the trust had some rabbit to pull out of a hat that nobody had already considered, then there's nothing to see here.

Quoted from pen penfras

It just sounds like JW had the last say and his contribution is "the fans don't want RS". I don't think there's anything JW could have said that the board don't already know. So in that situation, if JW goes last in making his point, the board already know how they will vote. They've already weighed up the financial implications of keeping or sacking Slade, they've taken into account past performance where he's had a bad run and turned it around, given him the backing to sign some players and decided for now that keeping Slade as manager is the way to go.

I don't expect many people to agree with the decision given the current plight, but unless the trust had some rabbit to pull out of a hat that nobody had already considered, then there's nothing to see here.

So you are admitting that although the trust hold a seat on the board they are not allowed to contribute to anything other than fans opinions ? !!

I’m just asking. Not calling you a liar or anything. 😉

How can I admit anything? We've already established that I'm an exile. I just don't subscribe to the mass hysteria on here and think it's beneficial to put across a different point of view given my belief that all this negativity is making things on the pitch worse.

They are allowed to contribute anything they want in a discussion. But if all you can contribute is what somebody already knows, then it isn't going to change their decision.

We all know the view from most fans, even moderate ones, is that they want to change manager. I'm not saying that the decision to keep Slade was even right in my opinion, I'm just saying that the trust would have had to have more than what the other directors already know to sway any decisions.

Maybe you are right PP and maybe people are reading too much into a statement, that is at best unclear and at worst confusing, but these things seem to keep getting thrown into the public domain like hand grenades, on a regular basis. Perhaps whoever released this should have worded it better or not released it at all. It just adds to the volatility of the situation. We do our PR on the pitch apparently.

Quoted from ginnywings

Maybe you are right PP and maybe people are reading too much into a statement, that is at best unclear and at worst confusing, but these things seem to keep getting thrown into the public domain like hand grenades, on a regular basis. Perhaps whoever released this should have worded it better or not released it at all. It just adds to the volatility of the situation. We do our PR on the pitch apparently.

I understand why the trust did it. People are starting to turn on them and they want to deflect that pressure. It's an easy escape to say something like that which will then turn the anger back on the club because they're the most reviled entity.

I also think there have been other things done and said by people with an ulterior motive of wanting regime change and trying to force the situation at any cost. Now with the downturn in form, it's a much easier target to get people on the bandwagon. The only problem is, there isn't anybody proposing a realistic solution, just a foot stomping of wanting the man out.

You seem to know a lot about what goes on in the boardroom Pen Penfras to be an exile...