For those who can't listen (or are too lazy to click a link! [Grrr!]
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Morfuni (answering a prickly Shaun Hodgetts):
- Why now? Because supporters, supporters club and podcast have come to him and asked him to
- Resolution on 15th? Hopefully. But in the hands of the court
- What's in it for you? Football is one of his passions as is construction. Both passions combine with STFC. Lot of potential. Been at STFC since 2015 and is passionate about the club. Its a hobby. Will it make Clem money - probably not!
- Is making money the ultimate aim? No. Here for the long term. Hopefully we can turn it around in the long run. We need to make money off the pitch 24/7
- How do you make that money? Hotels, corporate boxes, sports bar, cafe etc. Stadium needs tidying. Presented plans in 2018. Will have an advisory board with supporters groups to determine way forward
- How would the advisory board work? Seat for supporters club and trust plus Don Rogers, CEO, CFO and maybe others.
- Will Steve Myton be on the board? I don't know. Board members would need to be voted on
- CEO & CFO ready? CEO is in the wings. Once appointed we would go through the management structure. John McGreal and assistant would be talked to. Would support him as much as possible. Would also look at management structure to see who has been let go. Hasn't had involvement in letting people go.
- First 100 days? Team on the pitch, management structure, CEO, work out what creditors need to be paid. First priority is getting ready for first game. A lot of work to do to get a team on the pitch.
- How much would stable footing cost? Clem has a rough idea, but needs to do due diligence
- 11th biggest budget last year in L1 according to Jewell: Where would we be in L2? Don't know. Would need to sit down with McGreal and Jewell (but don't know if he would still want to be here) and chief scouts. Make sure we have the right structure to help make us successful. Dont know the budgets at the moment
- McGreal? Haven't met him. We would need to sit down with him and the CEO. See what vision is. He may not want to be here and work with Clem.
- Manager earmarked? Can't comment until Clem meets McGreal. If he comes across well then he may want to stay. Maybe McGreal doesnt want to work with Clem.
- Pathway for young Aussies? Don't care where they come from. We want to be successful. We want good kids from anywhere.
- Long term aspirations? Always dream high. To get there is a long journey. Need good foundation. If we get to Championship, we need to have a good financial basis to make sure we can compete and maintain our place there. There needs to be a lot of tidying up first and fan engagement first
- Axis. Do they do the work at stadiums? We will put a proposal to supporters groups and submit to council. We will put it out to tender. If others can build stadium better than Axis then they will do it. Its not about Clem building a stadium, its about making sure the right people are building the right thing.
- Axis restructuring? We lost a lot of money. 95% was our money. Companies restructure all the time. Thats what we had to do in England to stay in business. There was COVID, we werent making any money. We restructured the management and got rid of some staff. The business is still going. We still have staff and buildings.
- Trust call for boycott? Understand their point of view. We shouldnt hurt the club. Noone is bigger than the club. 142 year history. We want it to be there for another 142 years. Clem doesnt want the club to be hurting. Clem wants the club to prosper.
- Was Robbie Fowler down to his links to Australia? Nothing to do with Clem.
- Did Clem issue a winding up order against the club? No. Why would I want to....(Talk of the Town ends)