WestLondonYellow wrote: ↑14 Feb 2024, 17:22
He is a very cunning, cold and astute operator, and this is like a game of chess, we are trying to catch up and cannot see the whole board, while he is 20 moves ahead of us.
Characteristics that are typical of most successful entrepreneurs who have navigated their way to the top.
I get the drift that our owner acquired the club for reasons that may not be appropriate but the root cause of our demise started with a consortium of 10 business men who were not prepared to put their own money into the money drain and put their shares in the club up as collateral to borrow £150,000 from Uncle Clarke, then relinquished control to avoid going into administration. So in effect Uncle Clarke rescued the club from the brink of extinction albeit for financial reasons. At least Uncle Clarke has given a ‘cast iron guarantee’ that the club won’t leave Plainmoor unless there is a ready-to-go new stadium to move into. It will be for the Council to hold him to that guarantee should events move forward namely, build it first and leave the freehold under the protection of the council.
Aside from the usual retort 'he has not built one yet' one can also ask the question where were all the Phoenix club advocates 7 years ago when they could have taken over the club for less than the price of a starter home.
The challenges of maintaining our club ought to be looked at from all angles. While many may see a situation from one angle, others will see it from another. Somewhere in there will be a middle ground where everyone's opinions are respected. On that note, I will concede that Uncle Clarke has achieved the impossible feat of uniting an entire fanbase behind one opinion: hating him.
