The Spirit of '69 and our Day of Action

[Peter Venkman]

This is a bit random, and I researched this off the back of seeing that York City are about to spend 350k on a striker. (if the rumours on socials are true - Josh Stones from Wigan) Anyway, 

The up front fee is said to be nearer £50k - 100k with the rest as add ons. But still, I cant see us signing anyone for 50p let alone £50k.

[Bob's Orange]

The up front fee is said to be nearer £50k - 100k with the rest as add ons. But still, I cant see us signing anyone for 50p let alone £50k.

It'll be loans and free agents in January almost certainly. It's always the case that we have to shift players out before we bring anyone in.

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

This is a bit random, and I researched this off the back of seeing that York City are about to spend 350k on a striker. (if the rumours on socials are true - Josh Stones from Wigan) Anyway, I was interested to see their ownership details and on their board are 2 Canadian Billionaires along with 2 members of the supporters Trust.

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkcityfc/23620164.uggla-family-completes-takeover-york-city-football-club/

Looking around at other clubs who have recently been taken over by wealthy foreign investment you have Walsall, Wrexham and Wycombe who are doing pretty well and then at the opposite end you've got Gillingham and Carlisle where it hasn't really worked out yet. (although I believe a lot of groundwork has been done at Carlisle re training ground/academy investment etc)

I'd like to think somewhere along the line we still may be seen as a club with huge potential for new owners. The money for Clubs appears to be from North America at the moment and you have to wonder if the Trust/SO69 have something up their sleeves. It's all well and good asking Clem to actively put the club up for sale, but there has to be viable owners for the whole chain to work.

I think you've just outlined yourself how there are viable buyers out there, if you're willing to be realistic and actually have a want to sell. I think the trust and/or so69 having something up their sleeves though is wishful thinking and the so69 have been pretty clear that they do not.

[Bob's Orange]

I think you've just outlined yourself how there are viable buyers out there, if you're willing to be realistic and actually have a want to sell. I think the trust and/or so69 having something up their sleeves though is wishful thinking and the so69 have been pretty clear that they do not.

Yeah, sadly I agree it's probably wishful thinking, but without that, there isn't a huge amount else.

[TheSpiritof69]

I think you've just outlined yourself how there are viable buyers out there, if you're willing to be realistic and actually have a want to sell. I think the trust and/or so69 having something up their sleeves though is wishful thinking and the so69 have been pretty clear that they do not.

 - We know there have been and continue to be interested parties.
 - We know the club is not "up for sale" per se; i.e. actively seeking a sale via a prospectus, investment decks, hiring brokers/corp finance orgs and the like.
 - We know there are a number of international consortiums, specifically US ones, who are actively looking at EFL clubs.
 - We know that those consortiums and other parties have found or will find it extremely difficult dealing with our ownership structure as it stands.

[TheSpiritof69]

So stop pretending the protests have nothing to do with the league position.

If we were top of the league you'd have the same 15 moaning gets that hang around the boardroom thread looking for things to get outraged about.

Did you just choose to ignore our response as it wasn't in line with your misunderstanding of what we're doing?

[TheSpiritof69]

We're regrouping Monday to plan the next phase, including our second day of action, v Port Vale on Feb 8.

All respectful comments, feedback, tips, media connections, ideas welcome. No such thing as a bad idea, but vibe remains the same (nothing that disrupts the game).

[Bogus Dave]

Tango Dan hunt

[iParadise]

In-game banners? Or does that disrupts the game?

Crystal Palace did one a couple years back away at Arsenal. That one has stuck with me since. 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13052326/roy-hodgson-crystal-palace-manager-understands-fans-frustration-after-negative-banners-unveiled-at-arsenal

I like the idea of a large Clem Out billboard somewhere around the town.

[Jimmy Quinn]

Sell the orange hats in the club shop😁

[4D]

Ooh, port vale. Good choice 

[Jimmy Quinn]

No aggro

[Robinz]

Spirit of 69...
To see what happens in the future. Experience has shown me to look what happened in the past will help. No, I am not suggesting digging up someones driveway.
However. Morfuni used the Australian press to his advantage when he supposedly purchased and saved our club. His stories also spread to the UK.
Well, suggest a follow up article three years later splashed in the Aussie press (in his own back yard) will make a serious impact on his ego.
No emotion just stick to the facts would be my suggest.

[Bob1978]

- We know there have been and continue to be interested parties.
 - We know the club is not "up for sale" per se; i.e. actively seeking a sale via a prospectus, investment decks, hiring brokers/corp finance orgs and the like.
 - We know there are a number of international consortiums, specifically US ones, who are actively looking at EFL clubs.
 - We know that those consortiums and other parties have found or will find it extremely difficult dealing with our ownership structure as it stands.

Would we trust a US consortium with the best interests of STFC ? Look at what has happened to Man U under a US consortium and look at Carlisle - bottom of the league after sacking their hero manager. If you think Morfuni doesn’t understand football in this country I’d suggest there are a fair few us consortiums who understand it even less.

[Frigby Daser]

Better the drug dealers and money launderers you know?!

Joking aside, this all comes down to people’s relative hopes and aspirations for the club I think. In simple terms, anyone who accepts the status quo is unlikely to support SO69’s objectives. Those people are as likely to enjoy L2, as they are the conference or the Championship. That is 100% fine in my view. Those fans are just as worthy as anyone in an orange hat.

But nobody can credibly say that this ownership group have demonstrated any of the high performance standards needed on and off the pitch to sustain long term growth and success. Every metric shows the opposite. Whether it’s the serious matters of player quality, staff turnover, staff numbers, inability to keep promises regarding development - or the trivial, such as botching the reflooring of a bar.

New owners may not either. But there comes a point when it is not “better the devil (or money launderer, or drug dealer) you know. I hope for better than what we have, in the long term, and I’d bet my house that these owners cannot deliver it.