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Originally Posted by Bazf

And all these supporters will have a say, what happens if its a 50/50 split vote who makes the decision?

The chances of a tie with somewhere between 30,000-50,000 votes are very slim.

If I understand it correctly, it will have a chairman and a board, who decides who these are?

Vote by the membership

and if they disagree with the vote do you oust them?

Yes - the intention is that the representaives of MFC will represent the interests of the members. Policy decisions will be made by a general vote of the membership.

Like communism it is great in theory, but someone has to be in charge otherwise anarchy.

Think a better description would be participatory democracy.

As you know all fans are fickle, so if enough want to fire the manager, does he go?

The intention will be to recruit a head coach rather than a manager - who will have responsibility for coaching the team.

or when he signs his contract it will be on the understanding that he may be fired on the wim of a few supporters?

The coach would in all likelihood have better employment protection than currently exists for managers. And no he couldn't be fired on the whim of a few supporters - unless you regard 50,000 as a few.

Who decides who the manager, coaches, kitman, tea ladies etc will be?

Current staff will be retained under existing terms and conditions - it is not intended to come into a club and just sweep everything aside. MFC members are very conscious of the need for stability and continuity. A significant period of time will pass while the membership get to know the working of the club - the players etc. Of course there will be problems and it will be a learning curve for everyone involved - but at the end of the day MFC will operate in what is in the best interests of the club.

It sounds like a good idea on paper, but power to the people........please, the average fan knows how to winge and complain, he does not know how to run a football club.

Have to fundementally disagree with you here. I am of the opinion that the average fan knows just as much, if not more, about football than the average chairman (considering the amount of chairmen that have completely f*ck-up their clubs)

Looking at your logic that MFC is not Chavski, means that it doesn't have the ambition of the Chavs, so you are looking at buying a club and staying in the lower leagues, what happens when the owners get peeded off with staying there, they take there money and run.

Of course we want to progress the club - the fundemental difference between Chelsea and MFC is not ambition but participation. With MFC the fans will decide not one Russian billionaire that will swan off and leave Chelsea up the creek when he finds another plaything (or goes broke).

What about inflation, when your 1.4 has run out do you ask for more, or do you fold and start again?

With 50,000 members the potential income for the club will be in the region of £3-4million per annum. From membership fees, increased merchandise sales, increased attendances, increased sponsorship and increased commercial activities. If necessary the membership fees can be increased by a maximum of 10% per annum (this would require a vote of the membership). To be honest the financial aspects will not really be an issue - the key point being that MFC must run the club with a balanced budget and cannot enter into contracts that could place the club in financial difficulty.

As regards folding and starting again - personally I think this is a one off - it is potentially possible to do the whole project a second time but I doubt very few of the membership would be interested. The intention is to have a long-term view 15-25 years and hope we can build the club during this period. Members of MFC are also very aware of the fact that the long-term viability of the club depends on building support for the club in the local community. MFC can keep things going for a period with the worldwide membership but without the support of the local community eventually MFC would have to withdraw.

Just a couple of questions that the article doesn't answer.

And a few answers - I will answer any questions you or others have.