I think it’s fairly obvious that the board will treat the fans rep well showing transparency that the trust were not entitled too thus needing FOI in order to find information.
By treating the fans rep with the respect it will also highlight the fact that the trust weren’t (in their opinion) treated well which in turn will lead to the trust being further marginalised and the club proving a point so to speak
I doubt this was the clubs intention as trust members could have stood for election (I bet KT couldn’t believe it when they decided not too)
Even so it’s worked in the clubs favour and the trust have been outmanoeuvred again.
You can bet the club will be pushing that the fan rep is the new/only way for fans to be kept informed (and why wouldn’t they)
It wouldn’t surprise me if the club state they’ll only engage with the fans rep from now on as that is the official channel.
What exactly the trust are hoping to achieve whilst being bypassed is beyond me as a fan and the club must be happy that they can now ‘officially’ sideline them.
You think its obvious?? Really? What do you base that on? What has worked in the clubs favour? How have the Trust been outmanoeuvred? Why would "The club" be happy now that they can officially side line them?
Meanwhile, in other news the Trust held a meeting with councillors, including the Leader of the Council, and the Council approached the Trust to ask if they could put two councillors in as liaison officers. One of the chosen two is Phil Bignell, a Cobblers fan for many years and a season ticket holder for over 20 of them. He is also the Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee at West Northants Council.
You carry on thinking the Trust has been "outmanoeuvred" if you like.... I would suggest the real picture is somewhat different.
