Statement from Day

Quoted from ska face

New statement from Day tonight:

“Gottle o’ geer, gottle o’ geer, mind that hand John!”


No wonder he was so angry with other teams being potentially bailed out - it’s becoming clearer by the day that the club gambled on there being at least two clubs going out of business. Just the kind of ambition we’ve become accustomed to.

Incredibly harsh.  This type of approach worked perfectly well in 2008/09 and look how we went from strength to strength the following year.

Quoted from mariner91

If the club gets relegated I would think a significant percentage of the fans who stuck by the club during this awful last 18 years would call it a day. The club may still exist but it will never get back in to the FL in it's current guise and certainly no chance of ever getting back to the FL if Fenty and his board of yes-men have anything to do with it.

I think you're right.

Easy to forget all the previous 'I've had enough' type moments.  But it really feels like the majority of the feeling is either disillusionment or even worse, sheer apathy.

It's always the apathy that's the most dangerous.  Personally Day's statement dragged me from apathy to anger but after years of getting kicked in the teeth, my passion and interest in this particular incarnation of the club is dwindling fast.

I suppose day could claim that his statement is technically true - the club does not repay fenty 50k per year. The figures seem to show it varying between  0 and a couple of hundred thousand, unless I'm mistaken?

Surely this is the sort of thing the trust needs to clarify - Has the club repaid any loans to fenty or Not?

Quoted from toontown

I suppose day could claim that his statement is technically true - the club does not repay fenty 50k per year. The figures seem to show it varying between  0 and a couple of hundred thousand, unless I'm mistaken?

Surely this is the sort of thing the trust needs to clarify - Has the club repaid any loans to fenty or Not?

Well, they have said he has not in this statement, to be fair. But the details of who is owed what on a year-by-year basis is not published so all we have to go on is the total debt to all indivduals.

Money no issue according to PD

“Financially, there will be whatever support Ollie needs to restructure in January. Finance will not be an issue."

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/money-no-issue-grimsby-town-4781671

He said it was “1 out, 1 in” a fortnight back...

and according to day's statement we are nearly at the salary cap anyway, so it doesnt matter if moneys available

It's not very clear is it, we're not near the cap, we're near the cap, we'll spend whatever is necessary. Which is it or am I missing something?

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

It's not very clear is it, we're not near the cap, we're near the cap, we'll spend whatever is necessary. Which is it or am I missing something?

I suppose to give more budget might mean paying off some players early a la Mohsni and Ohman, perhaps that's what it means. It's an expensive way to do business, but it was clearly very wrong in the summer.

I see amongst the "unlikely to include covid clauses" wording is also a "hopefully we will be in Tier 2 and crowds can return" ...... as at best we will be Tier 2 and capped at 2000 given you already have had the money for  1400(?) of those seats then potentially 600 extra seats (if the club plans to sell additional seats on a match day )  isnt going to boost the coffers by a massive amount is it , after expenses of opening up a full ground have been taken off.