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I really don't know what your beef is with the new owners but you definitely have one it seems.
I met Jason yesterday when he came to see the work being done on the ground. Very nice chap and the sort you warm to immediately. Of course, he could be a smiling assassin with an outward persona of affability, but that's not the impression I got, or others at the ground who have had more contact with him than I have. Maybe he's just the sort of person who would rather praise someone than criticize, even bearing in mind the fact he was negotiating to take over the business of the person he was bigging up.
What is apparent is that he's a genuine fan, as was JF, but he's one who is, along with Andrew Pettit, putting a lot of time and money into the club. At the moment, I can't see any reason to doubt their intentions and for the first time in a long time, we are being positively proactive, instead of reactive.
The team will be ready, the pitch will be ready, the training facilities will be ready, so it's time to forget the old regime and see what the new one brings. From what I have seen, it will be an upward trajectory.
I agree that he comes across well and has the club's best interests at heart. Not sure they put any more time in than others have, but that doesn't stop their time being valuable. I also see improvements in what the club has done and hopefully signing players early means that we will be at the top end of the league. But it is true that they negotiated in public, which is not only in bad taste, but also against the rules of a PLC. Remember that they wanted the shareholders to vote becoming private before taking over? Ever thought that might not be a coincidence and that they were in trouble with the takeover panel? Of course it's stupid and we were never truly a PLC in the first place, but that doesn't make it any more right than Fenty and Rouse forcing out Ramsden (if that is what happened). |
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I agree that he comes across well and has the club's best interests at heart. Not sure they put any more time in than others have, but that doesn't stop their time being valuable. I also see improvements in what the club has done and hopefully signing players early means that we will be at the top end of the league.
But it is true that they negotiated in public, which is not only in bad taste, but also against the rules of a PLC. Remember that they wanted the shareholders to vote becoming private before taking over? Ever thought that might not be a coincidence and that they were in trouble with the takeover panel? Of course it's stupid and we were never truly a PLC in the first place, but that doesn't make it any more right than Fenty and Rouse forcing out Ramsden (if that is what happened).
Fenty negotiated in public by issuing a ransom on Christmas Eve. |
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Can’t see any evidence of 1878 negotiating in public. As James said we had statements from Fenty.
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Is the cemetery extension still a possibility for the club? When land adjacent to Peaks Parkway was sold a couple of years ago, the estate agent said it had permission for a stadium.
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Fenty was planning to put fast food takeaways and a petrol station next to the crematorium. I don't know how he can sleep at night.
Has Stockwood stated his ambition for the club? If he is content to yo-yo between the third and fourth divisions, then that could explain why he says a new stadium is not a priority.
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Has Stockwood stated his ambition for the club? If he is content to yo-yo between the third and fourth divisions, then that could explain why he says a new stadium is not a priority.
No, I think it’s more to do with how Fenty’s obsession with a new stadium he was fundamentally incapable of delivering allowed practically every other aspect of the club’s infrastructure to rot to the core. You can’t really prioritise planning the dream home you’ve always wanted to build whilst your current one is on fire. Probably best extinguish those flames first, eh… |
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Fenty was planning to put fast food takeaways and a petrol station next to the crematorium. I don't know how he can sleep at night.
Has Stockwood stated his ambition for the club? If he is content to yo-yo between the third and fourth divisions, then that could explain why he says a new stadium is not a priority.
Will be a vast improvement on yo-yoing between the fourth and fifth divisions utm |
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I dont think Tom Shutes is out of the equation yet. We all know why he left the consortium, but he can now declare his hand, and he has the backing of investors, yes,he will be in it for the money, but who isnt nowadays, we will see.
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I would say the current owners are a little more inclined to try the speculate to accumulate approach to making b.p more viable.
JF had always stated B.P is a white elephant for most of the year and was always pushing the 7 day a week angle, hence didnt want to spend anything on the ground.
So far the new approach looks like trying to give customers what they want in the hope of getting more through the door or getting the existing customers to spend more whilst they are there.
That wont solve the more year round use but I think they trust themselves to improve income all round by being a more professionally run set up.
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I said it the other day but a derelict Blundell Park would be a huge safety risk too. The chances of us moving out and the bulldozers being in on Monday are virtually zero and there would be a chance of it going the way of Birds Eye, Littlefields and Garth Lane.
If Town ever left BP, I don't think it would be left to rot like Garth Lane. It surely wouldn't be too difficult to dismantle the stands. Logically, Imperial Ave and Constitutional Ave will be extended and new terraced houses built. I would like each house to have a couple of bricks near the front door inscribed with a club legend. |
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