Freefall

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Might be. As a fan, the thing that nailed it for me was the Forum - proof that the club is a shambles from the top down.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Is this the statement that has been alledgedly written by someone at the club and put out by the Trust?

“The Board of The Mariners Trust is happy to clarify that following his input at Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of Grimsby Town F.C. regarding the views of the fan base, as communicated to The Trust about the current situation at Grimsby Town F.C, Jon Wood confirmed that there was a consensus reached before he contributed fully to the discussion that culminated in the issue of the statement by the Board later that day giving his full support to the final draft.”

I can absolutey believe this came out of the club because it was confusing then and it’s confusing now.

Quoted from TheRealJohnLewis

Idea


The new board of directors only have to have £500 worth of shares to be a part of the board. We are not looking for people to finance the club only to run it effectively. There are numerous people around this town with business acumen, but without the capital to invest.  Get people in to run the club that’s only interest is the benefit the club and not one’s own interest, like JF has. I would also suggest the new board use all the maximum 10 board members allowed. See Newport for example. The club at present is sustainable without major investment, but it’s not thriving. It’s being run like a Fish processing factory, the cheapest possible labour and staff available and everything is about cost-cutting. We need people with the vision to build for the future with minimal investment, so we don’t have to rely on one man to fund us.

So what happens to JF current investment in the club, Shareholding, and loan? Shares nothing, just like everyone who own shares in the club, if they want rid, find some to buy them off of you. Loans, well assuming that JF is true to his word, then until GTFC come into a football fortune we don’t have to pay him anything back.  I would want this is writing as I don’t believe a word JF says.  Personally, I would like to see JF walk away with intercourse all, I want him to write off his £2m and for him to accept this is his cost of failure. This is not going to happen though because in JF’s eyes he hasn’t done anything wrong and has never made a mistake and if it was your money would you give it away?

If this plan was feasible then the Trust has a couple of years to find the right people, increase membership with this vision and get everyone in the Town pulling in the right direction, OP showed it’s possible.  The Trust would need a pot of money in case we have a bad season, currently, it’s a debenture of £300k which is underwritten by JF, so the trust would have to have similar funds available.

fire away...

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Is this the statement that has been alledgedly written by someone at the club and put out by the Trust?

“The Board of The Mariners Trust is happy to clarify that following his input at Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of Grimsby Town F.C. regarding the views of the fan base, as communicated to The Trust about the current situation at Grimsby Town F.C, Jon Wood confirmed that there was a consensus reached before he contributed fully to the discussion that culminated in the issue of the statement by the Board later that day giving his full support to the final draft.”

I can absolutey believe this came out of the club because it was confusing then and it’s confusing now.

Quoted from Meza

When was the forum OC?? It may have had an impact but not sure the forum would have had an affect to the players though.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

End of November I think. Not saying it affected the players directly, certainly eroded any confidence I had in Slade, confirmed how much respect Fenty has for the fans (subsequently confirmed by Bax re Operation Promotion) and showed that the Clubs' other directors were of similar mind.