This might help.
The Trust Board doesn't "possess" the evidence of the 100% sale of the club to 5U so we can't share it. However, we have seen it. I have seen it. The sale happened. There was a stage during which I held very similar views to you - if I couldn't see the evidence, I couldn't believe that it happened. So I understand your view. If you need to see the evidence, your view will have to remain the same at least for now. But the Trust has not been challenged by the owners about this fact.
Support for the deal was based on the lack of any other potential way forward for the club, and an understanding that more detail on benefits for NTFC longer-term would be forthcoming as the plans progressed. In the absence of any further information being forthcoming, either proactively or in response to repeated questions, support had to be withdrawn.
I can see how it looks, it is indeed the same deal, but the fact that it has remained the same is a cause for concern.
I appreciate the reply.
But as I said previously what gives you the right to see the evidence and not the members/supporters you represent? Is the only way to obtain the full information to join the board. What a strange way for a supporters representative organisation to conduct itself.
So while you don't posess the "evidence" having seen it personally you can at least answer some further questions regarding it. What actually physically is the evidence and what does it exactly show? Who obtained this information and how did they obtain it? Why is the person in possession of this information seemingly only willing to share it with The Trust Board and not the supporters? How do you know the person supplying the evidence has given you the COMPLETE picture.
In fact DM me the persons details and I'll ask them for a copy myself. Or you can contact them and ask them to release the information.
As you state if the owners haven't challenged the Trust and if everything is legal and stands up to scrutiny then there clearly is no reason for all of this not to be in the public domain for everyone to make their own minds up.
We also know that KT did dispute some of the "FACTS" as he released a letter to the Trust where he did so. We also know the Trust had meetings and correspondence with him. So what was said by the Trust in these discussions?
So the Trust Board were able to decide to back the deal very publicly despite everything you have said and knew about the chinese deal, all the massive concerns about the owners and their broken promises, the lack of detail, the fear that the club would be left with nothing because "it was the only potential way forward". It clearly wasn't the only way as you have demonstrated by withdrawing the backing. You didn't have to back it in the first place and I find it incredulous that you did based on the evidence you claim to have for not supporting it.
