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Post by traveling_wilbury on Jun 18, 2015 11:21:33 GMT
Newport owner no longer bankrolling the club.
Owner quits
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jun 18, 2015 11:25:12 GMT
Newport owner no longer bankrolling the club.
Owner quits Hmmmmm....Butcher has made a couple of decent signings though. They may be a dark horse.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jun 18, 2015 12:43:20 GMT
Is that the lottery millionaire who's son is known to have on occasion watched Rovers? Plan B
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Post by strung out on Jun 18, 2015 12:59:19 GMT
I went to primary school with his son. Decent goalkeeper at 10 years old.
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Post by interceptor on Jun 18, 2015 13:18:13 GMT
I went to primary school with his son. Decent goalkeeper at 10 years old. It dies not matter how good he is, we can sign a 10 year old
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Post by Alveston Gas on Jun 18, 2015 18:43:56 GMT
So far lost a lot of good players like Jones, OConnor & Sandell and picked up lads from Grimsby (John Lewis) & Macclesfield - keeper & FB.
Budget slashed I also expect them to struggle a bit & rely on loan signings.
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Post by Bridgeman on Jun 18, 2015 23:26:51 GMT
He's obviously decided he doesn't want to lose anymore of his money.....and who can blame him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2015 2:11:18 GMT
the more they struggle the better for us i say,,hope the whole league struggles but not us
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Post by Gregory Stevens on Jun 19, 2015 6:03:39 GMT
That guy only invested 1.25m? I thought Newport had lots of money. 1.25m is bugger all football wise. If I had say 30m, 10m would go in to Rovers. Who needs more than 5-10m? The money can buy you happiness, put money in to your team to buy success and it buys you respect and eternal reverence. I'd by tempted to spend it on a youth training centre. Give a man a fishing rod. Oh, and a statue of me at the gates, looking all churchillian. The pussy that would bag you would be worth it on its own!
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Post by The Gas on Jun 19, 2015 6:41:22 GMT
That guy only invested 1.25m? I thought Newport had lots of money. 1.25m is bugger all football wise. If I had say 30m, 10m would go in to Rovers. Who needs more than 5-10m? The money can buy you happiness, put money in to your team to buy success and it buys you respect and eternal reverence. I'd by tempted to spend it on a youth training centre. Give a man a fishing rod. Oh, and a statue of me at the gates, looking all churchillian. The pussy that would bag you would be worth it on its own! I seem to remember a certain Chairman has invested up to £5m of his own money in his football club and look where that got him.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 20, 2015 7:54:45 GMT
That guy only invested 1.25m? I thought Newport had lots of money. 1.25m is bugger all football wise. If I had say 30m, 10m would go in to Rovers. Who needs more than 5-10m? The money can buy you happiness, put money in to your team to buy success and it buys you respect and eternal reverence. I'd by tempted to spend it on a youth training centre. Give a man a fishing rod. Oh, and a statue of me at the gates, looking all churchillian. The pussy that would bag you would be worth it on its own! I seem to remember a certain Chairman has invested up to £5m of his own money in his football club and look where that got him. But much of that investment has been very poorly spent and has then caused more debt. Surely even you cannot deny that the bulk of the investment has been very poorly managed and then has gone into making an already poor situation worse ? I know Nick Higgs is a fan but he chose to disengage from us and has alienated people, life long fans, from the club. I sometimes wonder how he & Barry Bradshaw have seen any business success , in their own businesses. Look how much potential revenue was just peed into the wind by not merchandising for Wembley and merchandising in general. It beggars belief can We have so many USP's yet it's the private sellers who have produced product and made money. Why can't our board just sort it out ?
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Post by brizzle on Jun 20, 2015 16:28:41 GMT
Is that the lottery millionaire who's son is known to have on occasion watched Rovers? Plan B Having only just read the story, that was my first thought. It's a bit of a longshot though, but you never know do you? Certainly Newport is an awful lot closer to Bristol than the Middle East.
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Post by Bridgeman on Jun 20, 2015 17:58:29 GMT
Is that the lottery millionaire who's son is known to have on occasion watched Rovers? Plan B Having only just read the story, that was my first thought. It's a bit of a longshot though, but you never know do you? Certainly Newport is an awful lot closer to Bristol than the Middle East. My Newport County mates tell me he's off to enjoy his money in the Bahamas, no where near Bristol I'm afraid
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Post by The Gas on Jun 20, 2015 18:04:14 GMT
I seem to remember a certain Chairman has invested up to £5m of his own money in his football club and look where that got him. But much of that investment has been very poorly spent and has then caused more debt. Surely even you cannot deny that the bulk of the investment has been very poorly managed and then has gone into making an already poor situation worse ? I know Nick Higgs is a fan but he chose to disengage from us and has alienated people, life long fans, from the club. I sometimes wonder how he & Barry Bradshaw have seen any business success , in their own businesses. Look how much potential revenue was just peed into the wind by not merchandising for Wembley and merchandising in general. It beggars belief can We have so many USP's yet it's the private sellers who have produced product and made money. Why can't our board just sort it out ? Whilst NH may not have got everything right, I love the premise by football fans of any football club that they feel they have the right to tell Chairman how they should spend their own money.
If I ever when the lottery, I would not want to be Chairman/CEO of BRFC and have to put up with the abuse if the slightest thing goes wrong. I've told NH, GD and RC that they are/were mad. The reply from all three was that they are passionate Gasheads and have tried to do the best for the club, even though they get abuse from a LIMITED number of supporters.
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Post by brizzle on Jun 20, 2015 18:07:40 GMT
Having only just read the story, that was my first thought. It's a bit of a longshot though, but you never know do you? Certainly Newport is an awful lot closer to Bristol than the Middle East. My Newport County mates tell me he's off to enjoy his money in the Bahamas, no where near Bristol I'm afraid Oh well, back to the drawing board. Good shout though eh?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2015 18:43:01 GMT
But much of that investment has been very poorly spent and has then caused more debt. Surely even you cannot deny that the bulk of the investment has been very poorly managed and then has gone into making an already poor situation worse ? I know Nick Higgs is a fan but he chose to disengage from us and has alienated people, life long fans, from the club. I sometimes wonder how he & Barry Bradshaw have seen any business success , in their own businesses. Look how much potential revenue was just peed into the wind by not merchandising for Wembley and merchandising in general. It beggars belief can We have so many USP's yet it's the private sellers who have produced product and made money. Why can't our board just sort it out ? Whilst NH may not have got everything right, I love the premise by football fans of any football club that they feel they have the right to tell Chairman how they should spend their own money.
If I ever when the lottery, I would not want to be Chairman/CEO of BRFC and have to put up with the abuse if the slightest thing goes wrong. I've told NH, GD and RC that they are/were mad. The reply from all three was that they are passionate Gasheads and have tried to do the best for the club, even though they get abuse from a LIMITED number of supporters.
That's me convinced: the guy's been a triumph and we should ignore any other criterion, however seemingly reasonable, that might indicate otherwise. Onwards to more of the same, please!
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 20, 2015 18:59:56 GMT
But much of that investment has been very poorly spent and has then caused more debt. Surely even you cannot deny that the bulk of the investment has been very poorly managed and then has gone into making an already poor situation worse ? I know Nick Higgs is a fan but he chose to disengage from us and has alienated people, life long fans, from the club. I sometimes wonder how he & Barry Bradshaw have seen any business success , in their own businesses. Look how much potential revenue was just peed into the wind by not merchandising for Wembley and merchandising in general. It beggars belief can We have so many USP's yet it's the private sellers who have produced product and made money. Why can't our board just sort it out ? Whilst NH may not have got everything right, I love the premise by football fans of any football club that they feel they have the right to tell Chairman how they should spend their own money.
If I ever when the lottery, I would not want to be Chairman/CEO of BRFC and have to put up with the abuse if the slightest thing goes wrong. I've told NH, GD and RC that they are/were mad. The reply from all three was that they are passionate Gasheads and have tried to do the best for the club, even though they get abuse from a LIMITED number of supporters.
I'd say NH & co have lost the support of MOST fans, if we lose the Sainsbury's case and are forced into Administration they'll lose support of ALL the fans. It seems inconceivable to me how somebody can invest millions into a football club and manage to almost bankrupt them in the process.
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Post by The Gas on Jun 20, 2015 19:00:49 GMT
Whilst NH may not have got everything right, I love the premise by football fans of any football club that they feel they have the right to tell Chairman how they should spend their own money.
If I ever when the lottery, I would not want to be Chairman/CEO of BRFC and have to put up with the abuse if the slightest thing goes wrong. I've told NH, GD and RC that they are/were mad. The reply from all three was that they are passionate Gasheads and have tried to do the best for the club, even though they get abuse from a LIMITED number of supporters.
That's me convinced: the guy's been a triumph and we should ignore any other criterion, however seemingly reasonable, that might indicate otherwise. Onwards to more of the same, please! This is a classic reply to the problem with a lot of football fans.
I said he has made mistakes and is accountable for these, but it does not alter the fact it is his money that has kept the club afloat for the last three years.
I remember when a group wanted to take over the club and told the largest shareholder and provider of the largest loan that he would have no say in the running of the club.
He quiet rightly told them to go away. Now if that group agreed to buy his shares and repay his loans then there was no problem as far as I was concerned.
I'm sure Mr Abromovich(?) would love being told how he should spend his investment by Chelsea fans.
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Post by The Gas on Jun 20, 2015 19:08:47 GMT
Whilst NH may not have got everything right, I love the premise by football fans of any football club that they feel they have the right to tell Chairman how they should spend their own money.
If I ever when the lottery, I would not want to be Chairman/CEO of BRFC and have to put up with the abuse if the slightest thing goes wrong. I've told NH, GD and RC that they are/were mad. The reply from all three was that they are passionate Gasheads and have tried to do the best for the club, even though they get abuse from a LIMITED number of supporters.
I'd say NH & co have lost the support of MOST fans, if we lose the Sainsbury's case and are forced into Administration they'll lose support of ALL the fans. It seems inconceivable to me how somebody can invest millions into a football club and manage to almost bankrupt them in the process. What evidence do you have of this, around me in the West Stand I am not aware of any more than a handful of fans who want the existing Board out.
Yes, if there is a consortium that wishes to take over the club, pay off the existing Directors and provide sufficient investment for the next three years then I would be happy for them to give it a go.
NH has already indicated that he is prepared to step down if an offer is received that would be in the interest of the future of BRFC.
Do you know anyone that fits that criteria?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2015 19:17:29 GMT
That's me convinced: the guy's been a triumph and we should ignore any other criterion, however seemingly reasonable, that might indicate otherwise. Onwards to more of the same, please! This is a classic reply to the problem with a lot of football fans.
I said he has made mistakes and is accountable for these, but it does not alter the fact it is his money that has kept the club afloat for the last three years.
I remember when a group wanted to take over the club and told the largest shareholder and provider of the largest loan that he would have no say in the running of the club.
He quiet rightly told them to go away. Now if that group agreed to buy his shares and repay his loans then there was no problem as far as I was concerned.
I'm sure Mr Abromovich(?) would love being told how he should spend his investment by Chelsea fans.
I think we're talking at cross purposes. I have never, nor would I, suggest that anyone puts their money into the football club. Once they have done so, however, that ibecome a club resource and as such I think we are allowed to consider how wisely it's been spent. The fact that someone chooses to put their money in does not exempt them from comments that their stewardship of the club has considerable scope for improvement.
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