dontpassback
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Enquiry made to one person,one person says no thanks,no one else needs to know,end of conversation! I am not saying that's what happened,but it might do.
Professional football...a "cash cow"?..... Take a lie down in a darkened room you are obviously hallucinating..........There's always talk of various consortiums/investors waiting in the wings and/or being rebuffed - at the end of the day these will boil down to investors / speculators looking generate a sizeable return by getting into what us perceived to be the 'cash cow' of professional football. ECFC will always be a likely/attractive target because of it's perceived low value.
Was Edward there?
So if they were a credible and serious investor, with funds at hand (which would have to be fairly significant) and they spoke to an individual director (be it a Club Board Director, a Trust Board member, or someone who sits on both) and they were deterred by an informal 'off the record' conversation with that one individual wouldn't that immediately make them a 'non-credible' investor?Enquiry made to one person,one person says no thanks,no one else needs to know,end of conversation! I am not saying that's what happened,but it might do.
If the approach was made to Club Board members and not brought to the attention of the Trust then this would be very remiss of the Club Board. It is the Trust Board which would decide if they wanted to sell all or part of their shareholding. If the Trust was aware of an approach then it should have been minuted for all members to see. If the Trust Board then recommended a full or part sale then a decision of this magnitude would have to be put to the membership.I was in Gloucestershire and I was listening to a conversation by some people who were talking about the Bristol rovers takeover and the conversation mentioned us so I obviously listened in and names were mentioned who contacted the club about major investment or a takeover and they were told thanks but no thanks just wondered what channels of the club it went through and if it went through the club individuals if they would have to pass that information to the trust
I never mentioned creditability,but if the enquiry was through the back door so to speak,then you are probably correct.I would imagine off the record conversations are quite common in the football world.So if they were a credible and serious investor, with funds at hand (which would have to be fairly significant) and they spoke to an individual director (be it a Club Board Director, a Trust Board member, or someone who sits on both) and they were deterred by an informal 'off the record' conversation with that one individual wouldn't that immediately make them a 'non-credible' investor?
Thanks for the partial/selective misquote malcs - you (presumably deliberately, as your past postings show you to be a man of detail) missed out the fairly critical 'perceived to be' words I'd put in front. As I'm sure you'll appreciate from your own past experiences and the current state of finances of many clubs in this country there are many apparently sane business people out there who believe they can translate success in their own field to running the bizarre business animal that a football club appears to be. Many try it (perhaps an ego driven thing) - most fails, and many escape (often poorer for the experience) and carry on to run their own successful business for many yearsProfessional football...a "cash cow"?..... Take a lie down in a darkened room you are obviously hallucinating..........
Fair comment (guilty as charged :$)I nominate Exelurker as the king of the Parentheses ( ).