Gone_Shrimping wrote:Seasider9601 wrote:Shrimpy wrote:If we've sold off all the sellable clubs assets and PMG / the directors don't have the money to keep plugging the £500k+ a year losses out of their own pockets then I'd be more concerned with the club going bust than whether we should be sacking the first team manager.
I've been saying this for ages. I've said before that my biggest fear is of us ending up like (the old) Darlington FC.
ie, move to a new ground, fanbase dwindles rapidly, owner deserts, loses Football League status, plays in Conference, club goes bang, starts again right down the football pyramid.
I'm worried about this scenario.........
NOW.
We could do with the ownership issue resolving as soon as possible.
At the fans forum PMG said there was major interest from a potential investor and there were 2 or 3 other potential investors on the sidelines. He said there could be an announcement within weeks.
Then it was announced that he was putting the club up for sale so that the club could have a budget for the manager to work with in the Summer. Presumably this was to see if any other potential investors wanted to come in and raise the stakes. Has this move led to the other investor withdrawing his offer ?
Hopefully some positive news soon
Anyone else starting to get really worried about the lack of news regarding investors or a buyer?
Back in April, PMG was expecting an announcement "within weeks" and then said he was putting it up for sale to try and get a better deal. All in the name of a budget for Jim in the Summer. Well, surely Jim needs to know his revised budget NOW, otherwise he'll be losing Miller as well as Devitt and won't have the money to bring in like-for-like replacements for those who've gone, let alone better replacements. If the deal ever happens, it may be too late and Jim's targets may have been snapped up by other clubs.
How many times have we heard PMG suggest "deals within weeks", then more recently, it's been mid-may, then end-may, now mid-june. Is anything actually happening or is it wishful thinking?
I'm starting to think that they were empty promises just to get people to renew their season tickets so the club can pay the wages/overheads over the Summer.
After all, a board member supposedly denied that the 14/15 season made a £900k loss which then turned out to be remarkably close to the truth!
I really hope I'm wrong.