doncaster taken over : Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:06 am  

a consortium of businessmen have taken over and their press release states they will be applying for super league next time.

lofty ambitions but i feel its what we need and that is not being disrespectful to what mr thomas has done already.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:17 am  

We need Arthur being supported financially by other groups or individuals, getting to SL is about ambition, finance, astuteness, common sense and a bit of luck on the paddock.
If we are skint then lets be open about it and ask for people to come forward.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:37 am  

I think you will find that AT is more than happy to share the top table but I suspect hes not exactly being killed in the rush at present.

To be honest if I read this board at present I would not touch the club and let the fans carry on doing other things than support their club on matchdays as many have stated on here they are enjoying doing.

I would just like to remind everyone that nearly every new stadium that has been built took a good few years to bed in and nearly all complained about lack of atmosphere and being over charged,ticketing issues etc.

Man City hardly won a game when they moved as Eastlands was as alien to the fans and players as the away team and its only now that it feels like home.

Going back to big money backers remember wealth is relative and complaining about the cost of beer and pies one minute then expecting someone to put in 10s of Thousands of pounds of money is a bit of a cheek.

I think the ground is a bit strange at present and prices are high but I also know that in todays current economic climate sponsorship and support from a rich benefactor is hard to come by and simply whinging about it won't make it happen.

Grow up get real and get behind your club, if you don't want to fine but keep your moans and groans to yourselfs, its easy to be negative thats why babies cry when they don't get what they want.

[Dick Jones]

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:52 am  

maurice wrote:

We need Arthur being supported financially by other groups or individuals, getting to SL is about ambition, finance, astuteness, common sense and a bit of luck on the paddock.
If we are skint then lets be open about it and ask for people to come forward.

Its been stated several times that any would be invester would have their offers considered, shares still available for 1p if money was to be invested, no ones got the money sadly.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:16 am  

Dick Jones wrote:

Its been stated several times that any would be invester would have their offers considered, shares still available for 1p if money was to be invested, no ones got the money sadly.

I have never seen AT communicate that publicly, when did that happen.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:25 am  

It has been said on numerous occasions that the board of directors would listen to ANY REAL CONSTRUCTIVE OFFERS.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:21 pm  

Twitch wrote:

I think you will find that AT is more than happy to share the top table but I suspect hes not exactly being killed in the rush at present.

To be honest if I read this board at present I would not touch the club and let the fans carry on doing other things than support their club on matchdays as many have stated on here they are enjoying doing.

I would just like to remind everyone that nearly every new stadium that has been built took a good few years to bed in and nearly all complained about lack of atmosphere and being over charged,ticketing issues etc.

Man City hardly won a game when they moved as Eastlands was as alien to the fans and players as the away team and its only now that it feels like home.

Going back to big money backers remember wealth is relative and complaining about the cost of beer and pies one minute then expecting someone to put in 10s of Thousands of pounds of money is a bit of a cheek.

I think the ground is a bit strange at present and prices are high but I also know that in todays current economic climate sponsorship and support from a rich benefactor is hard to come by and simply whinging about it won't make it happen.

Grow up get real and get behind your club, if you don't want to fine but keep your moans and groans to yourselfs, its easy to be negative thats why babies cry when they don't get what they want.

The club is a business not a charity. It has to attract 'customers'. It, therefore, needs to change in some of the ways suggested on the 'New Stadium' thread. Language like that in the last paragraph is not going to get people in. You could be the last passenger on the Titanic with that attitude. I felt like you do as a 'fan' for over 50 years but now I realise that I have a choice on Sunday afternoons......

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:34 pm  

FredParky wrote:

It has been said on numerous occasions that the board of directors would listen to ANY REAL CONSTRUCTIVE OFFERS.

I have still never seen that communicated publicly, when did that happen last?

ps I am playing Devils Advocate here, because if we need investment lets find it, no strings, no caveats and no smokescreens. Just open honest dialogue between parties with a common goal.

Re: doncaster taken over : Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:48 pm  

soldiers field wrote:

a consortium of businessmen have taken over and their press release states they will be applying for super league next time.

lofty ambitions but i feel its what we need and that is not being disrespectful to what mr thomas has done already.

to be fair this is the umpteenth time this has happened at Donny and it has never got them anywhere at all. I don't rate their chances this time around quite frankly..

Re: doncaster taken over : Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:01 pm  

mapleyther wrote:

to be fair this is the umpteenth time this has happened at Donny and it has never got them anywhere at all. I don't rate their chances this time around quite frankly..

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Not quite that many, but there is still time