Perception is a dangerous thing!! I took the comments that potentially the Trust could be depriving the Club of 250k a year to be similarly "snidey"....... well not really!! Just the way people feel and read things. Views are too polarised!!
Its entirely possible that any revenue from any land could be used to pay down the debt to the Football Clubs biggest creditor...namely Belle-de-Jour, though in fairness it is also entirely possible that none of the revenue goes that way either.
I don't think it's perception but more as you also say polarised views - there are people in this discussion whose entire persona is defined by their opinions - and in many cases they are just that, opinions rather than facts (or indeed very selective use of facts).
The polarised nature of discussion is at times toxic and the need to insult, demean or ridicule a different opinion is frankly depressing - it's actually possible to disagree with some of the trust's actions without being antitrust, equally its possible to think KT should have finished the East Stand earlier but to understand from a pragmatic business sense why he hasn't. These views don't mean you are stupid or lack ambition for the club and I'm quite pleased to be someone who has attracted the label of a
Contemptible splinter gathering appeaser if it means I'm capable of seeing two sides of an argument.
Also stepping outside the current polarised arguments I don't think we should forget the real villain here - the individual that made £10 million disappear, half completed a totally inadequate stand and came very close to having our club wound up.
Personally I fully support any initiative from a fan based organisation that supplies funding for infrastructure improvement but we should also put the current proposal in perspective - if it materialises (and as you say a lot of hurdles to overcome) the sort of revenue being talked about is not even close to sustaining a L1/2 club - perhaps & hopefully it's the start of bigger things but for the foreseeable future we are dependent on a monied benefactor. The current one we have is of course far from perfect and clearly has a focus on the land deal but until someone comes along with similar or greater wealth and the desire to massively invest in the club we are where we are and history shows there have been far far worse owners of football clubs.
