[maccawozzagod]

good post onymfo.

Whilst I dont disagree with what you have said about the directors, and it is true that they have worked very hard in the past and have 100% helped to get us where we are now, the fact remains that they are no longer up to the task IMHO.

Amongst the financial expectations of your board of directors are obligations to guide and instruct. This has never been seen to be done because we have operated with Chairmen who want to run things. They are still there to make valuable contributions to most aspects of the club and I personally wouldn't want to lose that. BUT ...

.. We recently heard that the words "I'd rather the club go under than deal with Ilyas or ASSF" were uttered by one of our directors and agreed with by another. This attitude would have taken the club to its grave had Ilyas shown them the disregard they showed him. Many of the Directors are no longer the successful businessmen they once were in younger days, to me a director is one who is still in the mix with what is going on in the business community and still has influence around the money men of the town. People like Gary Swann (Buy the House), Graham Charnley (Interlink) and Andy Thorpe (Combined Stabilisation). Incidentally these are all people who have recently become disillusioned with the club.

For whatever reason we were minutes away from the club folding. There are people at the top who could and should have done a hell of a lot more to prevent that situation from ever happening