Well with the benefit of hindsight, all the board wish they had stood their ground and KT/DB did not take over.
However KT came in making a big play that they had £4m ringfenced to invest in club
How would that have played out if the Trust said, no we scuppered the deal cos they wouldn't let us in the boardroom?
Come on Shoey, stop take the mick, you are confusing people
Now deny that
In fairness random you can look back at the time and you’ll see that even as the deal was going through I had serious misgivings about the trust giving up a place on the board.
As far as I remember the trust made an executive decision to relinquish their seat without consulting members and the rest is history…..
Now I’m sure trust members can say that if they hadn’t agreed then the club would have folded.
I’d have stood firm even if that played out as to give up board representation went against everything the trust stood for.
I’d have rather had a Phoenix club to support that still had the original ideology of what the trust was set up for than see the trust board give up their seat.
From that moment on the trust meant nothing to me.
Ever since the trust gave up their seat they have done nothing but moan about the way the club has been run.
It’s actually totally irrelevant whether I share those opinions or not.
My opinion is the trust made their decision and have never wanted to own that decision.
Week in/week out they have moaned about this and that but chose to relinquish a place on the current set up.
Now the club have made a decision to allow a trust member to stand for the position they relinquished they have decided not to !!!
Does this mean as fans we can now look forward to yet more years of moaning about the club whilst in a weaker position than ever.
If that makes the trust just as relevant today as when Brian lomax formed it then I’m sorry but I fail to believe it for the reasons I’ve stated.
The trust want to appear relevant whilst not wanting a place on the board!!
A classic case of wanting your cake and eating it.
Brian Lomax created the first football trust that got fan representation at board level, the trust were the envy of the football world and the blueprint for other clubs the world over to follow.
The later incarnation relinquished that seat and then when given the chance to regain it decided not to.
That is what they will be remembered for whether they like it or not.
The facts are there and they are undeniable.
Why would anyone want to be a member of a football trust who have actually done the opposite of what they were formed for by deciding not to want a place on the board of the club??
They were formed in order to get a place on the board.
When you consider things it’s actually mind blowing !!!
Are people honestly being asked to pay to join an organisation that do not want a place on the board but still want to claim they represent fans whilst moaning about this and that from the outside looking in??
That must be another first for a football trust.
Heaven only knows what the founder would make of it.
