Mariners Trust Forum - Weds 26th

Quoted from barralad

Yeah sorry...bit of an over-reaction! Genuinely think it could be the thing to focus understanding on where we are now.
Both the Trust and GTFC are going to have to battle on without me for a good while I'm afraid.  Thsee injuries are going to take some time to recover from...cheers for asking mate. (On the grounds that since I last attended the season has taken off I can see J.F. paying me to stay away)

When you are coming back Barra just let me know.
I have a couple of spare Hi Viz coats you can have 😉

Quoted from The Yard Dog

Good to hear from you, the important thing is you take the tme to recovery properly, GTFC will still be here, when you are well enough to return.
Slow progress is good progress, just like GTFC, small steps to big improvements, further down the line.
look after yourselve.

UTMM

Mark

Thanks Mark. The GTFC family have really come up trumps for me with their good wishes. Cannot tell you what it means to me.

Quoted from Civvy at last

When you are coming back Barra just let me know.
I have a couple of spare Hi Viz coats you can have 😉

One will do mate...surprisingly nobody wants to take the risk of going to a game in my company-ask nicksmariners !

Good to see you back posting Ian.

Hope you're soon back to full fitness mate and back at The Park.

Probably an important question to ask is a situation that still troubles me..

JF has stated that he is not making any further comment representing the club regarding the new stadium to avoid conflict of interest. But I just can't see how conflict of interest can be avoided if there was to be public funding towards it. Whether he talks about it publicly or not he is still the major shareholder at the football club and will benefit from any funding, directly or indirectly. He will still be privy to private discussions on the way forward for the football club in the process. And then there's his senior role as Deputy Leader on the local council which he will be privy to funding procurement information locally and/or nationally. From the outside, and I mean the outside of the NE Lincs bubble, does this leave the perceived integrity of any deal exposed especially with large sums of money involved? It seems the club could be sailing too close to the wind with this one. It might be interesting to know what further steps are being taken to avoid any potential accusations of "corruption" or cronyism, unfair or otherwise. Surely there has to be more scrutiny and checks in place other than a football club owner promising not to comment publicly on the club's behalf while being in a prominent position on the council? It would be just our luck to acquire central funding and then be embroiled in some sort of controversy. Not having a go at anyone's integrity, would like a new stadium as quickly as possible, but the situation is obviously open to criticism from outsiders as it stands surely? Even if the council ends up owning the stadium, JF's share value will increase due to the club improving income streams with a larger capacity and better facilities as well as the club would be in a better position to pay his loans back..

Quoted from Bigdog

Probably an important question to ask is a situation that still troubles me..

JF has stated that he is not making any further comment representing the club regarding the new stadium to avoid conflict of interest. But I just can't see how conflict of interest can be avoided if there was to be public funding towards it. Whether he talks about it publicly or not he is still the major shareholder at the football club and will benefit from any funding, directly or indirectly. He will still be privy to private discussions on the way forward for the football club in the process. And then there's his senior role as Deputy Leader on the local council which he will be privy to funding procurement information locally and/or nationally. From the outside, and I mean the outside of the NE Lincs bubble, does this leave the perceived integrity of any deal exposed especially with large sums of money involved? It seems the club could be sailing too close to the wind with this one. It might be interesting to know what further steps are being taken to avoid any potential accusations of "corruption" or cronyism, unfair or otherwise. Surely there has to be more scrutiny and checks in place other than a football club owner promising not to comment publicly on the club's behalf while being in a prominent position on the council? It would be just our luck to acquire central funding and then be embroiled in some sort of controversy. Not having a go at anyone's integrity, would like a new stadium as quickly as possible, but the situation is obviously open to criticism from outsiders as it stands surely? Even if the council ends up owning the stadium, JF's share value will increase due to the club improving income streams with a larger capacity and better facilities as well as the club would be in a better position to pay his loans back..

I seem to recall him saying conflict of interest but that was when Shutes was interested.  I haven't heard or read anything that might suspect this.  I'm aware that JF in on the board and council but to me that it is a good thing having someone on the inside.  haha

Quoted from Bigdog

If there isn't anything to report then the one week's notice (urgent?) timing of the Forum signals it being nothing more of a tick box exercise whereby the board and the Trust are cynically using the current wave of optimism brought by IH to give themselves a pat on the back.

Hoping there's more to it, but feel it could be a bit of a damp squib..

"Everyone seems happy.. let's get a Fan's Forum out of the way. and pick up some brownie points". I hope this isn't the case, because despite IH and onfield progress, there's still a lot of unanswered questions and work for the club to do off the pitch..One bust up between IH and JF..and where would that leave us? Exactly where we've always been..

Disappointed in you bigdog.you're better than that. Comes across as a cheap dig at a bunch of non paid hard working volunteers. Perhaps if you got involved a bit more instead of carping from the sidelines you might better appreciate the efforts they make.

is this going to be live on you tube?

Quoted from The_Laughing_Mariner

is this going to be live on you tube?

Telegraph Live updates is the best I can find....

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/grimsby-town-fans-forum-live-3890580

It's being recorded and will be on YouTube tomorrow.