Rumour Mill

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

Not a stumbling block at all... he is staying, and someone based in London is interested in investing with Fenty remaining at the club is what I've heard

Don't get me wrong, if true, additional investment is obviously most welcome, but investing significant cash into the status quo isn't exactly what we need. What is needed is fresh ideas and a fresh start to change the mindset of the club and remove the sterility alongside additional investment. We've had a couple of million in from Mike Parker and the sale of Bogle and absolutely nothing has fundamentally changed at all with the current set up. If and it's a big if the rumours circulating are true, I hope it's not just more of the same with said money just pumped into a club that doesn't seem to have any forward thinking ideas. A changing of the guard will be a big boost and see many lost fans return..

Quoted from Bigdog

Don't get me wrong, if true, additional investment is obviously most welcome, but investing significant cash into the status quo isn't exactly what we need. What is needed is fresh ideas and a fresh start to change the mindset of the club and remove the sterility alongside additional investment. We've had a couple of million in from Mike Parker and the sale of Bogle and absolutely nothing has fundamentally changed at all with the current set up. If and it's a big if the rumours circulating are true, I hope it's not just more of the same with said money just pumped into a club that doesn't seem to have any forward thinking ideas. A changing of the guard will be a big boost and see many lost fans return..

Normally agree with your posts. But I’m afraid you really seem to see the negative in everything at the moment. Believe me, I would love to see JF go. But just maybe a new investment will see him drop back a bit with a view to a dignified exit in one or two seasons.  And at this moment in time I’ll take that.

the usual " itk" suspects on twitter out in force on twitter saying this as well, I wont believe till I see it! not doubting you jarmo

Quoted from GtfcGarner

I've actually heard the same thing today..
Not sure how credible it is but a Business owner from down south name Tom Shutes (Grammatically may be wrong). Expected to be announced next week Monday/Tuesday. Not sure if 100% true but just passing on info I've had today.

The green shutes of recovery......

Quoted from Civvy at last

Normally agree with your posts. But I’m afraid you really seem to see the negative in everything at the moment. Believe me, I would love to see JF go. But just maybe a new investment will see him drop back a bit with a view to a dignified exit in one or two seasons.  And at this moment in time I’ll take that.

Seventeen/eighteen years going down one unsuccessful path is long enough for me. Seen too much shite football and lack of ideas off the pitch since we've been back in the league to be patient any longer. Don't think you've said anything different to what I have really just phrased it a different way. Investment with Fenty here, welcome but compromised, investment and a fresh start with fresh ideas even better. I think it's negative settling for a compromised position where Fenty stays rather than hoping for fresh investment and a fresh start. How am I being negative about the club by wanting a fresh start? The club isn't John Fenty and John Fenty isn't the club. I want what's best for the club and the club only. John has had his turn for seventeen years and his record is his record. Time for someone else to have a go not more of the same where extra millions have disappeared in the past without an iota of change at the club. I usually agree with what you say too, but from my perspective settling for a compromised deal is more negative than hoping for a fresh start when it comes to the club's immediate future. We've trodden water for far too long now while others are motoring ahead. We can't waste another couple of years, just for JF to plan a dignified exit..

Edit - If fans can't try and shame the club into improving, what else can they do? Settling for what we've got isn't going to help shake the powers that be out of their slumber. A lot of criticism regarding ticket pricing for our younger supporters and hey presto, we have a "fans of the future" scheme being advertised by the club and the Trust without them adding any flesh to the bone. A plan being hastily worked upon as we speak I guess. They can't say it's been in the long term planning stage because how the hell would we have the recently advertised children's season ticket prices? Crticism can have a positive effect.. eventually..

Story about the Shutes fella here
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/23/battle-grimsby-great-again

Don’t know if it’s been posted elsewhere

interesting character, lot of interest in the arts and the regeneration of gy

https://twitter.com/thstas/with_replies?lang=en


11054859     EMOTION SPORT LTD     Director     08 Nov 2017     22
11090861     WAKEFIELD LIMITED     Director     30 Nov 2017     20
11098015     OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD     Director     05 Dec 2017     52
06299519     WESTHEATH PROJECTS LIMITED     Director     06 Apr 2018     15
04769049     EVERYTHING LTD     Director     06 Apr 2018     6
09810093     THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING LIMITED     Director     06 Apr 2018     5
09348801     CLATO LEGACY LTD     Director     10 Dec 2014     
06708712     T SHUTES MANAGEMENT LIMITED     Director     26 Sep 2008     78

list of his current directorships, of which the most intriguing is the latest one. co director with his sister Elizabeth/Claire, but no accounts, no website and seemingly dormant.
the only active companies are those involved in the Museum of Everything and Westheath projects, a £30 million turnover property development company,. even that hasn't got a website- obviously likes to keep a low profile!

..... And a waste of money too. Investment goes much further with innovation, and better management

here's an interesting article

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/23/battle-grimsby-great-again

and this might well be his sister

https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-shutes-5583a611/


obviously is hugely committed to redevelopment of gy
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and.....heme-2018-announced/


can't find a picture of him anywhere, though

I wonder if what looked like a blue masarati  type car pulling out of constitutional ave yesterday about 12 ish dinner time.. has something to do with this rumour.  I realy cant see it having nipped through the drive through in maccy`s