The 12th Marquis of Sixfields
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I see from the leaflet posted on Twitter that they would want to dictate the tactics the club used? Also, the attributes they want in the players the club signs, well, every club in the world wants them don't they?
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everbrite
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there will be a lot more than the 12 that turned up to listen to Thomas and Whiting last week 😂😂
Sock it to ‘em Mr Cadden - sock it to them!
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Irchy cob
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Looking on Twitter bits of the presentation seem to have gone viral - and not in a good way.
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everbrite
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What on earth are you on about? With an 'administrator' making comments like that, no wonder this board attracts a lot of rude folk.
Well you do set yourself up!
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Another Pedj
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I see from the leaflet posted on Twitter that they would want to dictate the tactics the club used? Also, the attributes they want in the players the club signs, well, every club in the world wants them don't they? Who posted that load of tosh. Somebody is taking the Mackey. That cannot be from the Trust.
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Irchy cob
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It’s got meccano’s fingerprints all over it - you’d like to think the trust had some kind of a say and didn’t just regurgitate it.
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Deepcut Cobbler
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It's a spoof from someone against the idea........ isn't it?
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
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guest216
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Honestly I like the ambition, but it does come across as naive and idealistic in the extreme.
There's too much volatility in the lower leagues to be able to implement any overriding philosophy. If you manage to play anything resembling attractive successful football, all momentum is lost as the players/manager quickly get poached by bigger clubs.
Would definitely like to see investment in the facilities though. If you have a solid infrastructure, it at least sets the club up to get the very best of whoever we have at the time. Unfortunately also requires millions of pounds so is equally unlikely.
The only significant factor that drives sustained progression up the pyramid is the size of the playing budget. So without a wealthy benefactor, the club will intermittent spells of good and bad period, but will ultimately largely stay around the level we always have. Same every other club of out stature, and I don't think any long term vision without investment can change that.
What I'd most want from fan ownership is a commitment to off the field matters. Anything that could improve the matchday experience, or engage the wider community with the club.
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Another Pedj
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It's a spoof from someone against the idea........ isn't it?
To be fair I think it is. Someone us playing games and that doesn't do us any good at all
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wazzacobbler
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To be fair I think it is. Someone us playing games and that doesn't do us any good at all
That is the document that was handed out to all attendees today. It was posted on Twitter by Neil from the podcast who went to the meeting.
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Host and Producer of the It's All Cobblers To Me podcast @CobblersToMe @charlescommins
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BackOfTheNet
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Well, aside from that flyer being a farcical load of old toss, what actually happened at the meeting earlier? Did anyone go? I just came on here after a busy afternoon fixing the rabbit hutch expecting it to be abuzz with the exciting takeover plans but there's next to nothing?!?!
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guest3153
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There was alot of fans at the game that only heard about the project yesterday, let alone the meeting today. This could lead to an apathy of 'why is it me that's always the last to know anything'.
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tcobb
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Having just read the leaflet, I am even more convinced that fan ownership is not to be pursued. Quite disturbing that some people think that is the way forward, frightening really.
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This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
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guest3086
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Don’t be too hard on yourself.. Uninformed..yes. Rude... no.. Can you please explain yourself?
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BackOfTheNet
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Having just read the leaflet, I am even more convinced that fan ownership is not to be pursued. Quite disturbing that some people think that is the way forward, frightening really.
I've been fairly vociferous in my objection to the whole fan ownership idea. In truth, I think it's good to have fan representation on the board, but that seat should be bought and paid for in the same way as any other investor's seat at the table, otherwise it's nothing more than a token gesture of appeasement from the majority shareholders that can be ignored at will. If that was what was being proposed, I'd have a bit more time for it. I know the official line was "we don't know what this will look like, the meeting is to figure that out", but reading the rhetoric from certain individuals I think they knew exactly what they thought it should/would look like and that seemed to be based on an almost child-like, simplistic view of how everything ought to work, that neglects to take into account how things do actually work (a bit like Corbyn's social policy ) My hope for today was that the grand designs of a few hopeless romantics would be laid bare for all to see in an emperor's new clothes style and we can go back to having a more pragmatic take on fan involvement. I'll be genuinely interested to hear how the meeting panned out, but if that toe-curlingly embarrassing paperwork that was given out is anything to go by I think I can guess....
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guest3063
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Having just read the leaflet, I am even more convinced that fan ownership is not to be pursued. Quite disturbing that some people think that is the way forward, frightening really.
I agree, frightening. How can you tell someone how to manager a football team and what the players attributes need to be, any manager in their right minds would run a mile including KC I would suggest.
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Another Pedj
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It looks like that leaflet may be genuine. If so, for all their good intentions, that effectively kills off any involvement by the trust in the future. Any suggestion that they can be involved in the running of a professional football club is simply laughable.
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guest3153
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That leaflet is scaring me, and counts me out of any support for the project/dictatorship.
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Tabasco Kid
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"Technical innovation in the art of hitting the net" Who wrote that load of crap? In the nature of my work, I have seen a lot of mission statements, but this one truly made me cringe. I am a member of the trust, but sorry lads, you have just shot yourselves in the foot.
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Were in the pipe 5 by 5.
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guest3063
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"Player DNA" "Gentlemen" "How many of our current players fit this criteria." I wonder what the players at the club think to that question. Complete and utter tosh I'm afraid to say.
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