JS where are you.!!!!

Quoted from MuddyWaters

The worrying thing is that their tenure is mirroring that of Fenty. Plenty of promise, not much delivered.

Just a reminder that we've had a promotion and an FA Cup quarter final in their first two seasons.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Just a reminder that we've had a promotion and an FA Cup quarter final in their first two seasons.

I’m not blind to that. Even more reason why the current mess is so frustrating.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I’d like to know where the 1.4 million from the cup run, which was promised to the playing budget, actually went.

If my memory serves me right, Jason Stockwood talked about transparency when they took over. He seems to talk the talk but actions speak louder than words.

Wait until the accounts are published, and you'll get your answer. The apparent desperation of some on this message board to try and imagine some sort of a conspiracy in the boardroom is simply baffling.

Quoted from barralad

You need to review the situation around the time of the plan to move to Great Coates. That stadium was virtually "nailed on" until local politicians got involved in their usual vote seeking exercises (incidentally some politicians were barred from certain votes because it was deemed that they had a personal interest by being regular Town fans). Network Rail also demanded that any updates required to the station at Great Coates be paid for by the club.
In the meantime the retail world had begun to change and a retail enabling development was no longer considered to be the right way to go by the companies that were lined up to be the anchor tenants-especially with the uncertainty.
I remain utterly convinced that had the stadium plan been given the green light earlier GTFC would have been installed in a new stadium for years by now. John Fenty made some pretty disastrous decisions but I firmly believe he did as much as possible to bring that dream to fruition.

But who would have paid for it? Fenty didn’t have a single penny of investment secured from anyone. He wanted an “anchor tenant “ to pay for it all. Was never, ever going to happen.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I’m not blind to that.

Why the intercourse are you claiming their tenure is mirroring Fenty's then?

Quoted from MuddyWaters

The worrying thing is that their tenure is mirroring that of Fenty. Plenty of promise, not much delivered.

In what way? The promotion, best cup run since before WW2, highest league finish in ages, paying off the previous “custodian”, picking up the tab unpaid by said incumbent, upgrading Cheapside, record ST sales, improved player welfare, listening to fans, lifting engagement and having a growth mind set rather than a fixed mind set? I’m sure there is more you could compare.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

In what way? The promotion, best cup run since before WW2, highest league finish in ages, paying off the previous “custodian”, picking up the tab unpaid by said incumbent, upgrading Cheapside, record ST sales, improved player welfare, listening to fans, lifting engagement and having a growth mind set rather than a fixed mind set? I’m sure there is more you could compare.

Having a growth mindset? Is that why we’re spending a fortune on the oldest stand in English football?

As for ‘picking up the tab’, they agreed the deal with Fenty. Yes, I’m fked off, aren’t you? They promised so much and we’re heading back to square one…AGAIN!

I think JS and AP are the right kind of owners. They have the club in their hearts and they must be as disappointed as the rest of us.
I think we do not recruit very well, You watch Sky Sports News in the summer and everyone is signing players bar us (it seems). More urgency is needed in my opinion.
The stadium issue is another disappointment.
Quite a few years ago, private enterprise started to buld the hotel at the northern end of the Rose Bowl, they ran out of cash and the project was moth-balled for several months. Then Eastleigh Borough Council stepped in and provided the money. They got a huge amount of stick from people (obviously not sports fans)  but it was the right thng to do.
Now, that sort of intervention is not going to happen with austerity crippling local authorities. I think of Sunak with his millions and wonder what he wants it all for. Communities are crying out for help. They  cannot even help out the steelworkers in S Wales who Tata have pulled the plug on. They have millions to put into the IPL, though.
A successful football team in a decent stadium would do wonders for Grimsby and it breaks my heart that we can;t get there.

I like Artell i want him to succeed but to me his heart doesn’t seem in it.
You have to ask have 1878 done there due diligence on DA he was out the game a good while before joining us.
I do believe 1878 have had their leg lifted by unscrupulous agents and managers as they are new rich kids on the block and the fa cup money has been wasted on journey men perennial relegation specialists.

Quoted from Yoda

I like Artell i want him to succeed but to me his heart doesn’t seem in it.
You have to ask have 1878 done there due diligence on DA he was out the game a good while before joining us.
I do believe 1878 have had their leg lifted by unscrupulous agents and managers as they are new rich kids on the block and the fa cup money has been wasted on journey men perennial relegation specialists.

Listen to the DN35 pod cast with Artell from last week, then stop trolling.