Club not for sale..

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Just to counter that, the board have shown immense incompetence in the running of the club, I will agree with that, mainly due to having no clue on how to run a football successfully.
They now have a new member on the board who knows exactly how the inner workings of a football club should run, if you listened to Holloway's ," at home with Colin Murray" he goes into how he was taught the financial side of a football club, what it takes to make it successful.
So, Holloway has not only come in to manage this team, he's come in to steer this club in the right direction.If Fenty and Co screw this opportunity up then there's no excuses and the club could well and truly be up the mire.....

So as well as being the manager, head of publicity and community engagement specialist, he’s expected to run the rest of the club as well? There are people at the club who’ve been doing the same job for 15, 20, 25 years - if they don’t know the inner workings of a football club by now we’re in more trouble than I thought.  

My big hope with Holloway on the board is that he looks around and takes the same approach with club officials as players - demonstrate your value or you’re out the door and we’ll replace you with someone who can move us forward. I’m not saying people have to work harder but the club overall has to work smarter if they want to keep this momentum.

Quoted from ska face

So as well as being the manager, head of publicity and community engagement specialist, he’s expected to run the rest of the club as well? There are people at the club who’ve been doing the same job for 15, 20, 25 years - if they don’t know the inner workings of a football club by now we’re in more trouble than I thought.  

My big hope with Holloway on the board is that he looks around and takes the same approach with club officials as players - demonstrate your value or you’re out the door and we’ll replace you with someone who can move us forward. I’m not saying people have to work harder but the club overall has to work smarter if they want to keep this momentum.

The overriding problem with GTFC is the stagnant situation with the club's facilities and if it needs John Fenty to be in charge to get a new stadium over the line, then so be it. Philip Day is clearly an intelligent bloke and is, apparently, more 'hands on' than JF is nowadays. With two trust directors now in situ, I can only hope that the club can now get to where it needs to be. On the pitch seems to be in better order, let's hope that we can improve off the pitch too.

I have it on good authority that all trust had been lost in both consortium with constant failures to come up with answers to questions and proof of funds. The second consortium were not v nice/ trustworthy people .holloway is not connected to either. The council are fully behind the Freeman st stadium, so we are pushing at an open door.

Quoted from forza ivano

I have it on good authority that all trust had been lost in both consortium with constant failures to come up with answers to questions and proof of funds. The second consortium were not v nice/ trustworthy people .holloway is not connected to either. The council are fully behind the Freeman st stadium, so we are pushing at an open door.

The problem is, to go through that door there is an entry fee, and our pockets are empty......

Quoted from forza ivano

I have it on good authority that all trust had been lost in both consortium with constant failures to come up with answers to questions and proof of funds. The second consortium were not v nice/ trustworthy people .holloway is not connected to either. The council are fully behind the Freeman st stadium, so we are pushing at an open door.

Keep pushing. And get more certainty on scope of development, ownership, funding and timetable.
Think it's time to stop posturing and get some concrete both on paper and on the ground.

Sorry, but it's all rubbish. If Mr A.N. Millionaire makes Fenty an acceptable offer and has all the things in place that Shutes and Dodd were unwilling/unabled to provide then Fenty would sell the club tomorrow wherever we are in the new stadium project. A club like Grimsby is always for sale. Does anybody serious believe Fenty would refuse to even discuss a sale if an offer was made.

Yesterday's piece was just a well timed (for once) bit of PR. Everyone is happy for once and rowing in the same direction. Fenty has dangled a new stadium as a further bit of PR to abate those who still want him out.

Let's see how fast the new stadium happens? Given the site is already demolished there is very little to stop the project moving forward quickly. Plans and stadium design in place and contractor contract awarded by end of the June. Planning passed by end October (subject to appeals etc,,,), Start working on site February to March next year with 15 month time frame for completion. Open for start of 2022/23 season. Seems like quite a feasible time frame if we are really serious about building a new stadium. Worse case scenario a year longer if there are setbacks at stages of process.

You’re gonna be looking closer to 10 years on that site.

Quoted from ska face

So as well as being the manager, head of publicity and community engagement specialist, he’s expected to run the rest of the club as well?
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I wish he'd just stick to managing and drop the publicity and community stuff never mind taking on anything else

The only thing that is going to take the club foreard gates-wise and therefore income-wise, good feeling in the community-wise, publicity-wise etc etc is winning games and therefore getting promotion. Entertaining 2-2 draws are OK but scrappy 1-0 wins are better

People with money, influence and power usually like to leave a long-lasting legacy of their achievements (and ego).

A new stadium and/or town-centre fits into this.  Not sure where this takes us but decisions made on emotion rather than logic should not be ruled out.

The Holloway affect.  UTMM!!