Comments on: Fan buy-out schemes make a comeback.

By: bowburnmag

bowburnmag — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:04:17 +0000

Shiver – if you get back to this thread, send me a better email (i.e. one you use more often) if you want to contribute in the future? Even if it’s just a one-off or very occasionally?

By: bowburnmag

bowburnmag — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:02:13 +0000

Monkeyspantry – about time you got back on here. Stick around a bit more, eh?

By: Monkeyspantry

Monkeyspantry — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:52:35 +0000

I agree with point 5, loads of people knocking the trust,what are you doing to help the club? Will it take ‘an Old Man Withers at the ameusment park’ ending where Ashley reveals himself to be Satan made flesh before you do or say anything positive. They’re giving it a go and as fellow fans they deserve your respect. Ever heard the addage? ‘If you do what you’ve always done,you’ll get what you’ve always got.’ I’m waiting for details,if i like how it’s financed then i’m buying into it.Potential once in a lifetime opportunity to get a piece of the soul of the club back.

By: ShiverMeTimbre

ShiverMeTimbre — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:48:09 +0000

Point of order: they, clearly, are not the ‘bedsheet brigade’, and to have potentially raised up to £20 million pounds in pledges confirms they are to be taken seriously whether you like them or not. I personally don’t think a Barcelona type set-up would work, but silly, snide remarks about them gets us nowhere.

By: geordie deb

geordie deb — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:19:47 +0000

Agree with you Worky. Surely any potential new owners are likely to be deterred by this. Bit like buying a house but the current lodger says he will give you a lump sum to live there but his house rules must apply and when he has enough money his intention is to buy the house from you. Why would you buy the house in the first place?

By: workyticket

workyticket — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:47:48 +0000

Sell us 20% of the club and let us run it or it’s bedsheet time again. This is a great move for deterring future interest and keeping Mike Ashley at the club.

By: geordie deb

geordie deb — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:59:14 +0000

They may have the right intentions but can’t see it working in a million years. Who is going to stump up cash not knowing who the owner is likely to be or what their credentials are for running a football club? Even if thay did manage to raise some cash, how would they increase their stake if we are promoted and the value of the club increases significantly?
Would the fans be happy to sit in the background knowing they had a stake in the club, if things weren’t going as well as predicted or would it make the situation worse?
Who would be the representatives at board level on behalf of the fans? Hopefully not the self styled representatives who have been in the public eye so far.
What decent prospective owner would be interested in having a potentially vociferous group buying into the club who have already stated their intentions to want to take over the club?
Nice idea but too many difficulties to even mention and would definetley lead to more trouble and unrest imo.

By: UTD111

UTD111 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:14:19 +0000

Interesting – but I think they have a lot of work ahead of them. The key will be the level of interest from the NUFC fanbase and whether this is sufficient to support the aims of the project.
Not the best of times to be starting an initiative of this type, given the recession but I wish them luck.
Personally, I won’t be selling my villa in the south of france and handing over the dosh to these people at this stage