[Revived Red]

Originally Posted by yerself

Perhaps he's hanging back. He could have plenty stashed away. Maybe he's just waiting to see how much is raised by SOS before committing himself to a figure. This would then minimise the cost to himself.

But the cost to the club has already been enormous, as I've noted elsewhere.

• the loss of a respected vice-chairman;
• the loss of a backer who would continue to offer financial support to the club after this initial crisis has passed;
• the huge damage done to the club's reputation locally and nationally.

Furthermore, it has already been said that he had no more money to put into the club. So this makes his statement that he will not see the club fold once more even more mysterious.

He has just about two weeks to solve the problem. I fervently hope I am proved wrong but I cannot see how he will do it. I would rather he admitted failure, walked away now (with co-chairperson), and allowed the directors who have the club's interests at heart to take over and call on Ilyas Khan.