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Post by casey12a on Mar 6, 2016 15:44:25 GMT
I decided to stop going following the relegation due to the disgusting way I thought the old board treated the fans. As soon as the old board left I went again. It was the only way I thought I could show my dissatisfaction.
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Post by casey12a on Mar 2, 2016 21:37:46 GMT
21,700 or 30,000 doesn't make much difference in modern day football the higher you go. Making money is about executive boxes and international tv rights whether we like it or not. I'm just so glad to see things being run in a professional modern way. So glad my bristol rovers will be here for generation to come to love and enjoy.
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Post by casey12a on Feb 19, 2016 21:18:49 GMT
I think Ollie will be as happy and excited as all of us tonight. I think him and DC already have a good mutual respect so I think he'd help as much as possible in a formal or non formal capacity.
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Post by casey12a on Feb 19, 2016 13:03:08 GMT
Anyone know if the press conference will be live on the web or radio? Sorry just saw the other section with the link.
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Post by casey12a on Feb 19, 2016 12:16:57 GMT
Rovers fan on Talksport next to talk about the rumoured takeover.
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Post by casey12a on Feb 16, 2016 15:28:19 GMT
Be careful or you'll be accused of having an agenda.
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Post by casey12a on Feb 16, 2016 14:30:04 GMT
The accounts are ultimately the responsibility of the directors. Watola and higgs both responsible. However it is shoddy work from grant Thornton to miss that. Harsh to imply that higgs employs poor people on this one, GT are a well respected firm of auditors. Watola is a joke though! Fair point, I think it's just the frustration of a number of these sort of errors that just makes us look like rag bag Rovers and not a professional company/club.
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Post by casey12a on Feb 16, 2016 13:48:39 GMT
The incompetence at times really does beggar belief. Blame the Auditors not the club that's what we pay them for ! So the auditors, solicitors and our financial director making huge mistakes. NH really must be one of the unluckiest people in the world.....or just employs people not fit for the job.
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Post by casey12a on Feb 16, 2016 12:29:20 GMT
NH shareholding amended from the published 1,500,000 back up to 4,419,828. A bit off a slipup. The incompetence at times really does beggar belief.
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Post by casey12a on Jan 25, 2016 8:48:40 GMT
What is there to gain from going public? What if NH has said he'll pull the plug if they do go public? Pull the plug on what if he won't apparently speak to them? Can you imagine what fans would say if they knew NH had turned down the chance of a £50m investment in the club?? Does NH really care what the fans say/think? I'm sure the normal counter claim from NH would be that they are lying about the investment or don't have the clubs best interests at heart.
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Post by casey12a on Jan 4, 2016 14:26:59 GMT
I think the Today's the day/any day now posts get funnier every time some smart a$$ posts it.
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Post by casey12a on Nov 24, 2015 11:34:23 GMT
If NH does have the infamous plan B, if we lose the appeal I wonder if we'll be told what it is........Oh unless of course it has a confidentially clause.
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Post by casey12a on Nov 23, 2015 14:37:54 GMT
It looks like as fans we won't know anything until whatever NH's plan for the future of the club is signed and sealed. Let's just hope it's a Darrell Clarke decision rather than a Mark McGhee one.
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Post by casey12a on Nov 19, 2015 12:25:44 GMT
I think that's Hugo's point. He thinks it's not damaging the club Ok then, does that mean I'm right? No sure what you mean by right in this context. Wrongsideoftheriver have said that this thread/rumor is damaging the club. If NH know's the rumor is made up and agree that it's damaging the club then he could quash it very quickly. Therefore, either he doesn't think it's damaging the club or is aware of some truth in the rumor.
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Post by casey12a on Nov 19, 2015 11:33:05 GMT
Look, I'm not sure if this stuff is actually damaging but if it is and it were my business that was being damaged and I could stop 90% of it by making a simple statement I'd just get on and do it. So it's either 100% bullshit or its not damaging. Because anything other than that would make NHs lack of statement a bit odd wouldn't it? Ifs and buts again. Why would the chairman give any credibility to a rumour started by disgruntled supporters, unless there was some truth in it. I think that's Hugo's point. He thinks it's not damaging the club
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Post by casey12a on Nov 18, 2015 13:59:24 GMT
Seriously, if they promise to build the UWE, and are clearly capable of funding it, thent is anybody seriously going to dislike them unless they want the club to be renamed Red Bull Rovers and play in red & blue etc? I think any respect for NH disappeared after our relegation when it was admitted they hadn't planned for it and the club, off the pitch, still seems to be run as bad as ever. Now it seems he's go to be forced into having to sell the Mem if he losses the Appeal to clear the debts which are fast heading towards £10m. Well, only 3 know who this Consortium are, up to you if you believe them or not. Not planned for relegation? Of course they did, and hey presto, we're back. Forced? To sell the Mem? Says who? Ran as bad as ever? Top class manager, Team just outside playoffs after promotion, fighting a court case to get us what we all want, yep, all bad. I've got to admire you optimism but are you really happy with how the club is run and our financial situation?
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Post by casey12a on Nov 18, 2015 11:48:11 GMT
I may have not worded the last paragraph very well, I'd say most people understand why NH would wait until after the appeal (no proof just my perception from forum comments). I don't see a lot of fans who are going to use pressure to try and get NH to move a potential take over forward when so little is known. If it all goes wrong and falls apart after the appeal then NH loses the small remaining faith he may have. Apologies Casey12a. I too can see why people can understand it from NH's point of view. Until you remember we lost the watertight case, and if/when we lose this one, our debts will be about £11-12m. How does he get that repaid? So I ask you, if you were chairman in that position with possible administration staring you in the face or selling to a consortium that he has met, who will build a £40m stadium and clear the debts accrued to now, just ask yourself, what would you do?. Do you think it's him wanting to get him money back or the staying in power that is stopping this from happening?
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Post by casey12a on Nov 18, 2015 9:54:26 GMT
I may have not worded the last paragraph very well, I'd say most people understand why NH would wait until after the appeal (no proof just my perception from forum comments). I don't see a lot of fans who are going to use pressure to try and get NH to move a potential take over forward when so little is known. If it all goes wrong and falls apart after the appeal then NH loses the small remaining faith he may have. Or, as it has been said many times, is this fabled 'consortium' just a myth/ploy being used to discredit NH? If/when the 'consortium' pull out, without a single scrap of evidence that they actually existed, will NH take the blame for something that never happened? Sadly I don't think it needs this rumor to discredit NH he's done that on his own over the past few years. Even if it did does it really matter as we keep being told that he owns the club so he will do what he feels is best.
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Post by casey12a on Nov 18, 2015 9:37:55 GMT
I don't know if the consortium will wait that long. That's the risk NH is taking with gambling on a successful appeal. If he wins, my understanding is he can only get compensation. I'm not a lawyer, so I'm only going by hearsay. But if he loses, we have additional debt and no known way of repaying it. With regard to the consortium, it's not my decision to name them. They will do that when they deem it appropriate. NH knows who they are. He's met some of them. You say most people agree NH should wait until after the appeal. Where is your evidence for that? Half a dozen people on here aren't most people. I agree about the frustration with details coming out. I too wish it was all out in the open, but it's not my decision. I may have not worded the last paragraph very well, I'd say most people understand why NH would wait until after the appeal (no proof just my perception from forum comments). I don't see a lot of fans who are going to use pressure to try and get NH to move a potential take over forward when so little is known. If it all goes wrong and falls apart after the appeal then NH loses the small remaining faith he may have.
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Post by casey12a on Nov 18, 2015 8:42:07 GMT
Just a point, no one building UWE needs to buy Bristol Rovers 1883, or the Memorial Stadium problem. Indeed I believe they could buy the 'golden' league share held by and naming rights to Bristol Rovers 1883 and not the Mem. That would leave the current owners with the Mem to recoup their 'investments' from. I'm not sure if I'm agreeing or disagreeing with you Mancgas, but as I understand it, the golden share can only be owned by the relevant football club, namely BRFC Ltd. They, of course, are a wholly owned subsidiary of BRFC 1883 Ltd, so NH would have to Separate the two bodies to retain the stadium. However, if he did, he would then have to level the stadium site, as they have been told it cannot remain standing from a health and safety point of view, or indeed because of the risk of it becoming an eyesore. I have heard but cannot remember where, that it would cost approximately £1m to do it. Has he got the readies? I don't know, but then you come to selling the Mem. He has to find a buyer. Well, people say building land is easy to sell. It may be, but remember, he hasn't got planning permission for anything other than a supermarket and a few houses. How long and how costly would it be to get full planning permission with that Green lot on the council? Gasincider, is my understand about your concerns correct that NH will hold on until the appeal and that may be too late as the consortium may give up their interest by then? If so then the possible way to move the situation forward is for the consortium or you to get details of who they are and what they have to offer out into the public domain. Most people agreed that NH should wait until after the appeal with little to no information known about the consortium.
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