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For the record I appreciate people's views /feeling the need to protest and also believe we need a change of management and fresh faces added to the board. What I can't get my head round is the level of abuse aimed at JF both on here and in public which hit a new low with him being taped on the sly whilst giving his honest opinion to a fan ....proper c***** trick in my eyes.
JF has made a fair few mistakes all well documented and gone over a thousand times but has anyone on here who constantly slates him thought about who is going to be around to pay the daily bills and day to day running involved in a football league club when the fairy godmother doesn't step in his shoes.
Feel free to back up your Red Cross with viable solutions.
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Not a dig at JF but how much does he actually put in per season now we are back in the football league ?
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I haven't a clue as never spoken to the guy and don't scan the end of year accounts mate but I would guess the Bogle sale will have masked the cost of our initial season.I can imagine he dips his hands in his pockets regularly though - don't get me wrong he will secure any loan as you and I would to protect any investment from a future takeover. My problem is who dips their hand in while he's gone as if I was in his shoes I would be nowhere near the place.
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I haven't a clue as never spoken to the guy and don't scan the end of year accounts mate but I would guess the Bogle sale will have masked the cost of our initial season.I can imagine he dips his hands in his pockets regularly though - don't get me wrong he will secure any loan as you and I would to protect any investment from a future takeover. My problem is who dips their hand in while he's gone as if I was in his shoes I would be nowhere near the place.
It's a concern a big concern but smaller clubs than us appear to survive and even thrive with no rich benefactor, of course the Darlington s Stockport s of this world it went the other way .
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The accounts show that he hasn't put in any money for about five years. The fans pay the bills as they would continue to do so. Not only did he not put in any money last season, he actually took out £200,000. It is a myth that Fenty props the club up financially.
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A very worrying time, know one has the answers so in theory if he pulls out because of the constant abuse it could all so easily go mammaries up. Of course the people who have maybe pushed him this step to far will stand in for him and pay the bills whilst the next fairy godmother is found?
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I'm not going to pretend I know a great deal about the finances of running a football club.
However, if JF does decide to walk away (which personally I think is increasingly likely - rightly or wrongly).
What would our revenue actually need to be ? Because looking at the situation from a completely lehmans view - surely it would possible for the club to create enough revenue from TV rights, ticket sales, prize money etc. To be sustainable ? The reason why clubs spend money they cannot afford is because they want success - if we can all accept that we're in desperate need of stability prior to moving forward - id be willing to accept mediocre for the time being to achieve that.
I also feel, there is an argument that if fans knew how directly ticket sales would be impacting the club without a 'major investor' they would naturally increase. Giving us additional revenue to break even with.
We'd have to be a lot more financially witty but if we made cuts in the correct areas I think that would be possible ?
I firmly believe that there would be life in the club after JF. The fear of the unknown is terrifying but even as a worst case scenario I think we'd have to adjust our belt accordingly it wouldn't be fatal.
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These short sighted hissy fitting minority fans just don't seem to grasp this, if Fenty walks (I wouldn't blame him) then the club he's been propping up all these years would just collapse. Some of these fans think if he was to go there would be multi millionaires lining up to take over totally delusional. The ironic thing would be that these same fans would be the first to blame Fenty for the end of GTFC.
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I don't know but it's looking increasingly likely that we are about to find out.
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These short sighted hissyfitting minority fans just don't seem to grasp this, if Fenty walks (I wouldn't blame him) then the club he's been propping up all these years would just collapse. Some of these fans think if he was to go there would be multi millionaires lining up to take over totally delusional. The ironic thing would be that these same fans would be the first to blame Fenty for the end of GTFC.
Hissyfitting is such a under used word
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