CLUB STATEMENT

[RobertT]

- In 5 years, they've taken us to the bottom division, and near to extinction twice. Surely someone else deserves a turn now.



With all due respect we were relegated last year because we had players who werent good enough and a Manager that was clueless .

employed by who? and under contract restrictions imposed by who?

[Arriba]

the board will blatantly have sturrock backing them,this will divide alot more of fans and cause alot of unrest.
i fear most will go along with what sturrock wants and this will greatly damage the trusts campaign.
its going to get alot nastier yet imo.

i think power and his advisers need to get around the table with the board and thrash it out.if power backs the trust as he says then when he gains control of the club he can involve the trust then.

[STFC_Gazza]

The club have invited Power etc to thrash things out so... lets just see what happens!

[sonic youth]

Sturrock should have the sense to stay out of it, it's got nothing to do with him at this moment in time.

I'd be very disappointed if he genuinely wants to get involved with this business as it will surely detract from on the pitch performances.

[The_Plagiarist]

I think I know the answer to that one, RobertT.

The Manager was employed by Mike Diamandis, who has been General Manager of STFC for the past 5 (or more) years. Incidentally without most fans knowing of his existence until very recently. Not a shoadowy figure though, just a cronically shy one.

The same fellow who imposed the contract restrictions, transfer policy, wage budget and ticket prices which crowned his five (or more) year tenure with our worst ever season in living memory.  :|

[pauld]

i think power and his advisers need to get around the table with the board and thrash it out.

Yup, no problem with that. That's what we've been trying to do since November.

[pauld]

The club have invited Power etc to thrash things out so... lets just see what happens!

They also wrote to Phil Emmel at the end of November saying they didn't want direct contact, but to put everything through Trevor Watkins. Which is what we've been trying to do. Have your cake and eat it?

[DV]

what do the board have to hide, really?

If you owned a company that didnt make any profit and was in lots of debt...and someone came along offering to buy it from you....you'd take their fucking hand off.

Im seems clear to me anyway, that; the CG will not be re-developed while the current board are in charge; the football league will not let us re-locate to j17.

Therefore, for the forseeable future the club will not be making a profit and it will gather more debt.

Why are they so intent to keep hold of such a non-profitable business?

[Piemonte]

i think power and his advisers need to get around the table with the board and thrash it out.

Yup, no problem with that. That's what we've been trying to do since November.

You'd think it would be fairly easy wouldnt you? Could have avoided all the fall out, bad press bickering etc even if Diamandis et al didnt like what was said at least there would have been a full and frank exchange of views.

[pauld]

i think power and his advisers need to get around the table with the board and thrash it out.

Yup, no problem with that. That's what we've been trying to do since November.

You'd think it would be fairly easy wouldnt you?

<sigh> You'd have thought so, yes.

[Frigby Daser]

I didn't read it as an invitation for BP and Emmell to go and talk re: a takeover, but more regarding the outstanding share/loan issue. The invitation on 'the future' being that if it is a share issue, as the club claim it is, then he'll have a future role, most probably deciding who to sell them to - James, Seton, or Diamond Mike!

[Arriba]

power should now counter those comments last night and state what he wants.then the ball is firmly in the boards court

[Simon Pieman]

Just to reiterate:

I'm not going to 'boycott' matches with the view to pressurising the board to sell, I'm not going because I'm not spending money on a 'product' (as it was so eloquently put by Mr Diamandis) that treats its fans like dirt.

I may love the team, may have really been enjoying things from a football perspective this season, but I've had enough of being force fed my opinion

[flammableBen]

Just to reiterate:

I'm not going to 'boycott' matches with the view to pressurising the board to sell, I'm not going because I'm not spending money on a 'product' (as it was so eloquently put by Mr Diamandis) that treats its fans like dirt.

I may love the team, may have really been enjoying things from a football perspective this season, but I've had enough of being force fed my opinion

Yeah! and we're going to sit in the pub and play board games instead.

[Simon Pieman]

Ooh good idea.