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Originally Posted by sameoldstory
Yawn! All this negativity towards the way the club is being run is getting a little tedious to be honest....too many people are quick to blame David and Rob for the way things are being run, yet I don't see anyone looking at the way Eric Whalley ran the club...remember him? - the man who jumped ship and left us to it as soon as the tax problem reared it's ugly head leaving other people to clear up a mess that HE created!!
Yes David and Rob are in charge of the day to day running of the club, but it's hard to do that when the ball is constantly being moved from under your feet, for example the LEGi money. When it became clear that the money would not be recieved as expected then lots of juggling around will have taken place and sacrifices will have been made in order for other pressing things to be paid for - the pitch and improvement work to the ground being top of the list. And it was Ilyas (and not certain others) who told the council that the funding was no longer needed, but to the best of my knowledge has hasn't come forward with any replacement funds. Perhaps he can clairfy things? He's been a bit quiet on here lately......
My point is that everyone is in the same boat. We aren't the only football club that are having a rough time of things recently. I just appeal for a bit of calm and stop playing the blame game as it isn't getting anyone anywhere. The season will be starting in six weeks time and the FA will start paying out parachute payments again, and we will have money coming in. It's hard to keep paying out all the time when you haven't got anything coming in.
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We were told at the Fans Forum that the LEGI money was already in place but we hadn't even applied for it. There was no way that we were going to get any LEGI money the state that the Club was in. We were told at the Fans Forum that we would have a ground sponsor and that offers were on the table and it was just a case of deciding on the right offer for the sponsorship. Are we still deciding on the right offer for the sponsorship ? I guess that we will decide "early next week" or "in the next couple of weeks". What have parachute payments got to do with us - have we been relegated ? We know that Whalley left the Club in a mess but Heys was the CEO at the time and is still the CEO. What about the new transparency at the Club. We are told that we have received a "six figure sum" for Bobby Grant. How much is that "six figure sum" ? We know that it could rise to £260,000 with add-ons. What are the conditions of the add-ons ? How much is the sell on clause ? It has been stated that one of the add on clauses is that we get more money if Scunthorpe get promoted to the Premiership. What is the point of that add on clause, there is no chance that they will be promoted, more chance of relegation. The only updates and pictures of the pitch improvements are on this forum. How long does it take to upload a photo onto the fishy site to keep fans up to date ? People at the Club are obviously too busy preparing things for "early next week".