redrobo wrote:Sounds to me as though we should just sit back and do nothing and potentially see OUR club have a 3 point penalty imposed.
Still waiting to see what we as fans should do, but it would appear that some haven't a clue....
The simple truth is that there is little or nothing we can do. Actually the best thing IS to do nothing.
No matter how many times you state OUR club, the sad truth is that it isnt. Jason Whittingham owns the club and he can virtually do what he wants with it. Until he sells it to someone else, we are stuck with that and just need to hope he sells it to someone who actually wants to push it on with investment.
Even If you are successful and get another 5,000 fans to match your generous £50 donation (simple maths, but that is what is needed to get the £250k you aspire to, the last thing you should at this moment do is put it into the club or make it available to the club if wages are not paid. It would be tantamount to donating it straight to Jason.
Speaking of simple maths. If the wage bill is £200k a month all in, then how far does season ticket and gate money go towards that? Not far enough and the reason why we should buy the pies and pints on a matchday and not go elsewhere to save 50p a pint. The reason hospitality is so important to us. Why local sponsorship is vital. Why weddings and funerals are very much needed.
If you want to do something on a grand scale, raise as much as you can and then donate it to The Trust, just in case things do fall over and we are left high and dry. That is what the Trust was set up for in my eyes. Not a travel club or a discount club. Not to be lined up and shouted at, or criticised because they dont have answers to the inner workings of a private company. They are there to be ready and waiting to pick the peices up and support the fans in bad times. It would be amazing if you supported the Trust and did some fundraising, which is a lot harder than making grand gestures of throwing £50 in an imaginary bucket. The Trust need's doers.
One last thing I would offer is that the other thing you or we can do is trust Rod, Graham and Co. to do the right thing. They have so far and continue to do so while we are in limbo until Jason sells. Unfortunately it is HIS club.