Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:38 am  

Cibaman wrote:

Good news if true.

But "benefactor" rather than "investor" suggests to me that its a one off donation (comparable to the fans' pledge) rather than an ongoing commitment to the club. A solution to the immediate crisis and very welcome if it is. But does it resolve the fundamental problems, the ongoing losses?

If it does come off, I hope we will still see the conclusions of the Board's Strategic Review. Some indication of the long term strategy, in particular future season ticket prices.

Exactly. If ticket prices go up, what are the plans to stop numbers going down again? or save costs without affecting the team? And Nobbys review of the team performance, acquisitions, injuries? If the benefactor buys time for the club to resolve these issues, then great, as long as we get to the playoffs this season. Any idea when Scruts is back, must be sometime soon.

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:45 am  

Cibaman wrote:

But "benefactor" rather than "investor" suggests to me that its a one off donation (comparable to the fans' pledge) rather than an ongoing commitment to the club. A solution to the immediate crisis and very welcome if it is. But does it resolve the fundamental problems, the ongoing losses?

It may just be semantics, but I see Moran & Davy as benefactors, rather than investors. Their contribution has not been 'one-off'.

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:07 pm  

Assuming the funding is real, and I tend to think there's is something in it given the OPs track records, then is it sufficient to get us out of special measures so we can start tying down ooc players we want to keep and recruiting new players?

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:08 pm  

Frank Whitcombe wrote:

I've posted pretty regularly on here for a couple of years now, and I've been ridiculed, agreed with, embarrassed, and most of the the time I've been right through it all like most people on this board I just wanted to support my team.

There will be news in the next few days that has proved some of us right again, there will be no administration thanks to a benefactor (not investor, that's important), there will be breathing space for the club to move forward and shape itself anew with homegrown talent at the fore.

So as I've said before time to get behind everyone at the club and move forward, I'm running with the Bulls cos we're really gonna be alright!

You were dead wrong about Monday's programme notes. Hopefully that was just a blip

[Bulliac]

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:51 pm  

MDF2 wrote:

It may just be semantics, but I see Moran & Davy as benefactors, rather than investors. Their contribution has not been 'one-off'.

It hardly matters if someone wishes to put something in the kitty. For what it's worth I'd think investors were people looking to gain a return (not necessarily directly) whilst the fans who gave to the pledge are benefactors. It will be interesting to see if there are any changes in the shareholding, or even on the board. let's just hope the story has 'legs'.

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:03 pm  

Leaving aside all claims of inside knowledge, leaks and briefings - when Caisley decided to step back into the fray, you can bet your bottom dollar it was with a plan. Some feared the plan was to take us straight to admin, but both sides claimed to have been talking to potential investors. Which some believed, some didn't. If Caisley's crew have now taken it the vital step further and reached a deal with one of the said potential investors then great. It only means though that (a) they weren't fibbing about being in talks and (b) the present state of the club, whatever dire stories are circulated, must be sufficiently healthy to persuade someone that chucking a decent sum of money at it (the hint is it's a benevolence not an investment) is very likely not chucking money straight down the toilet pan.

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:20 pm  

Lets hope that this is true and we can get on with watching a successful team in the future!

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:20 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

chucking money straight down the toilet pan.

It's blocked. £180k should clear it.

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:22 pm  

I wonder if this is a new deal or the continuation of talks that were on going with the previous directors. Either way as a supporter of the Bulls I sincerely hope these rumours are true.

Re: Time to move forward..... : Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:37 pm  

Assuming this gets confirmed then a great step forward.

Lets hope we can celebrate at Old Trafford! Think that might be a bit much to ask, but getting into the play-offs again will certainly help make it less painful to pay the higher price for next season's ticket.

When the ink has dried lets hope the new board reaches out to the fans who have rallied round in this time of need and forge some better links