the new board

[lebowski]

fitton is chairman
jeremy wray is a director
russell blackhouse is a director (of finance?)
nick watkins is chief executive

sir martyn arbib is a shareholder. i get the impression this is because he is too busy to take an active role in the club.

[Northern Red]

Too busy is okay, just keep sending the cheques...

[lebowski]

i want to know how rich we are.

i wonder if that will be in saturday's match day program?

[axs]

we have twelfty squillion pounds according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

[Arriba]

i still am not totally convinced by this lot.i suspect they will want to coin it in with a ground redevelopment.the day when all moneys made stay in the club is the day i will be totally happy.

[BANGKOK RED]

i still am not totally convinced by this lot.i suspect they will want to coin it in with a ground redevelopment.the day when all moneys made stay in the club is the day i will be totally happy.

OF COURSE they are gonna be in it for money to seom extent, after all they are not Swindon fan's.

I suspect that the way that they will make money is to turn STFC into a profitable business, thus increasing the value of there shareholdings. This will be even more effective of course if they build as a shiny new stadium ect.

no doubt they would want to take dividends also but if they invest in us sufficiently enough to get us into a profit making scenario, and playing at a competetive level in the Championship or above, along with long term stability then I'd be more then happy for them to cash in (Within reason).

It's business plain and simple. Alot of our concerns are understandable considering the last lot, but in my eyes Fitton hasn't put a foot wrong yet and has my full backing for now at least.

[axs]

fitton did say that Arbib was in it 'for a bit of a laugh' or something like that. Unless I was hearing things - it was a bit early in the day for me.

[lambourn red]

Spoke to a guy who knows a guy and Fitton is going to plough his whole £100 million fortune into the club as is Sir Martyn and they are  going to build a the new Wembley of the West with a retail park and Hotel complex. Big Mo will probably get 100 million war chest for the summer.

Then suddenly reality hit us , shock horror they are going to run the club like a business not a play thing and it is going to have to self finance itslef, I really dont know what people were expecting please just be thankfull we still have a club and Diamond Mike is no longer their. I am really sure that AF is doing this the right way , he is making sure all the fine details are known before he commited and now he is saying we take this as a long term project.

[axs]

I really don't think anyone is expecting millions to be ploughed into the playing side - and any development will ultimately more than pay for itself.

I am perfectly happy just to have a stable club - anything else is a bonus.

[Arriba]

i'll be more than happy with a stable ambitious club.with nobody dipping their hands in the pot.
i hope that is what these guys will do for stfc

[lebowski]

agree with that arriba.

their manifesto will make interesting reading. i hope they qualify each aim with some detail on how they intend to achieve it.

[RobertT]

Don't forget that what has been show recently is the Right club can offer shareholders some real growth in value.  Many of the gang who invested in the past couple of years in the bigger clubs are already seeing their shareholdings increase in value.  Equally some other clubs have shown that getting it wrong can cause you to lose your investment.  My guess is a well run STFC with maybe a bit of investment on the ground side of things may turn their initial outlays into something worthwhile in a few years, esepcially if the club rises as they hope at the same time.  I'd reckon after a few years of sailing close to the wind that Lansdown could all but recover every penny he's put into Bristol City now, as could Madejski to some extent.

[adje]

fitton did say that Arbib was in it 'for a bit of a laugh' or something like that. Unless I was hearing things - it was a bit early in the day for me.

Fuck-that's how Diamandis started!

[Stroudred]

The new board are putting in around £4 million in to clear our debt's. We have no assets ,as such, just the players of which only Brez and Ifil would command decent money.
Of course they will want a return on their investment.
The only way I can see the're going to be able to do this is , to run the club efficiently , success on the pitch to increase the crowds , a new stadium or ground redevelopement. All of which is what we want.
It's be a long time since we trusted anyone in control at STFC but they have saved the club so that's a good start.
Fitton also said Sir Martyn Arbib didn't want to see the club die and wanted to help , and have some fun (not a laugh).
Let's hope supporting STFC will become fun again for all of us.

[bashful01]

What did that robbing cunt diamond mike get paid to get out anyone have any idea???

Was it enough to get his drive re-surfaced ........