NUST – Your club needs you?
Posted on November 25th, 2009 | 122 Comments |
Having said that, much of the talk has been based on conjecture because the details still aren’t entirely clear although it seems there has been more clarity in recent weeks. Even though that has led to condemnation from some.
While many are attracted by the notion of a voice on the board, they are still sceptical about how it could work and now that NUST has gone on record to say they intend to buy the club outright, most people are unsure how this will work. Others have dismissed it as a non-starter, while still others have implied it is almost an immoral and reprehensible step to take which should be dropped immediately.
Well, Peter Williams has written to us to inform us that he is the new blog liaison for NUST. As many details still appear sketchy and there are still certainly more questions than answers, he has told us that he will be more than willing to answer any questions you may have about the Trust or the “Yes We Can” campaign. He has also offered to send us any relevant press releases and rumours if we’re interested. And wants to know if we would be interested in supporting the Trust in the “Yes We Can” campaign.
Now when I say ‘we’, I’m talking the blog collective, as we have quite a few regulars here now. As many of you will know, our esteemed blog owner, workyticket and my fellow article writer, geordie deb are extremely sceptical if not downright scornful of the proposal at the moment. I’m somewhat more ambivalent however, and they have afforded me the opportunity to ask any of you, whether you have any questions. And if we get enough response to suggest that some of you wish to support the campaign, then we may put the blog’s name forward to represent that collective of fans.
Let me know your thoughts and please if anybody genuinely has any questions, I will put them to Peter and feedback the answers in another article. If you don’t agree with it, please at least try to be civil with your responses.
Cheers
BBM
Morning Bowburn
Four questions I have:
1. How much money have they actually collected so far? ie in the bank, not pledges which are meaningless as they may never turn into cash when push comes to shove. In the summer it was claimed they had pledges of £20million, which recently turned into £10million, so what is it really?
2. Why do they not have a detailed business plan available for scrutiny by those they want to part with their hard earned cash?
3. Why did they turn down a meeting with the club when they have complained vociferously regarding lack of communication from them in the past. Aren’t they supposed to be the self professed ‘voice of the fans’? Well plenty of fans I know were very disppointed with the attitude taken by NUST in that instance. When the club gives the opportunity for dialogue, NUST taking such a heavy handed approach is not very clever IMO. If you want to negotiate with someone there’s not point taken such an aggressive stance in the first instance.
4. Why is the example of Barcelona continually used, when it is a completely different situation to the proposed buyout of NUFC? It seems a little disingenious.
Anyway, look forward to the answers.