One made us, one saved us....

[pass_and_move]

[SBRed48]

Perhaps the pattern is club owners wanting to maintain an interest either to keep some control or greed
I'm sure you will agree this scenario is far more likely

Most owners who sell don't maintain an interest and just sell up. Dog is a rare breed who wants the previous owners to keep a percentage. I'm sure if Dog said, " I want 100%" it would ev been 100%. Summat's not reyt and we don't know why.

[Exiletyke]

Most buyers wouldn't want previous owners to maintain any interest [ for fear of any interference] unless you can put forward any examples of such an arrangement

[SBRed48]

Most buyers wouldn't want previous owners to maintain any interest [ for fear of any interference] unless you can put forward any examples of such an arrangement

Dog is such an example but a dunt gerrit.
Perhaps you could explain why Dog does it.

[Exiletyke]

Dog is such an example but a dunt gerrit.
Perhaps you could explain why Dog does it.

Don't assume we have established that it is Dog who is responsible

[Romared]

Who then if it's not him ?

[animallittle3]

Whilst I respect everyone's right to post what ever they feel and I say that as a man who wasn't particularly enthralled by the late Patrick Cryne I also feel the matter of who did what way back when is simply pointless .

We are where we are and the only thing that can be changed is the future , the past cannot .

I'm as frustrated with James Cryne as much as everyone else but the facts are they have 80% of the club whilst he holds 20% and is rather isolated I feel .

Going forward it may pay dividends to keep James onside and not throw the baby out with the bath water .

James maybe the one man who could perhaps put a consortium together to buy the club , it's not beyond the realms of possibility .

I think it maybe far more beneficial that the Cryne family held on to 20% rather than they didn't , just my personal view and admittedly formed with a huge slice of hindsight pie and definitely not the view I held when the club was sold to these w@nkers .

The forming of an Independent Fans Group would in my opinion be a good place to start in at least making this ownership accountable and the numbers who would join such a group would pretty much tell you how much pressure could be applied .

A vehicle to drive the individual opinion under one platform is always the better practice .

We are at the beginning of a very long journey but that's my shout for what it's worth .

[Exiletyke]

In our case PC
I seem to recall reading that one of the reasons given by PC was to protect the ownership of the ground by having an influence in the club

[Romared]

Whilst I respect everyone's right to post what ever they feel and I say that as a man who wasn't particularly enthralled by the late Patrick Cryne I also feel the matter of who did what way back when is simply pointless .

We are where we are and the only thing that can be changed is the future , the past cannot .

I'm as frustrated with James Cryne as much as everyone else but the facts are they have 80% of the club whilst he holds 20% and is rather isolated I feel .

Going forward it may pay dividends to keep James onside and not throw the baby out with the bath water .

James maybe the one man who could perhaps put a consortium together to buy the club , it's not beyond the realms of possibility .

I think it maybe far more beneficial that the Cryne family held on to 20% rather than they didn't , just my personal view and admittedly formed with a huge slice of hindsight pie and definitely not the view I held when the club was sold to these w@nkers .

The forming of an Independent Fans Group would in my opinion be a good place to start in at least making this ownership accountable and the numbers who would join such a group would pretty much tell you how much pressure could be applied .

A vehicle to drive the individual opinion under one platform is always the better practice .

We are at the beginning of a very long journey but that's my shout for what it's worth .

Good post that Animal , if this lot got that 20% ? Well i dread to think what may happen ,

[pass_and_move]

Whilst I respect everyone's right to post what ever they feel and I say that as a man who wasn't particularly enthralled by the late Patrick Cryne I also feel the matter of who did what way back when is simply pointless .

We are where we are and the only thing that can be changed is the future , the past cannot .

I'm as frustrated with James Cryne as much as everyone else but the facts are they have 80% of the club whilst he holds 20% and is rather isolated I feel .

Going forward it may pay dividends to keep James onside and not throw the baby out with the bath water .

James maybe the one man who could perhaps put a consortium together to buy the club , it's not beyond the realms of possibility .

I think it maybe far more beneficial that the Cryne family held on to 20% rather than they didn't , just my personal view and admittedly formed with a huge slice of hindsight pie and definitely not the view I held when the club was sold to these w@nkers .

The forming of an Independent Fans Group would in my opinion be a good place to start in at least making this ownership accountable and the numbers who would join such a group would pretty much tell you how much pressure could be applied .

A vehicle to drive the individual opinion under one platform is always the better practice .

We are at the beginning of a very long journey but that's my shout for what it's worth .

Good post Animal.

However, I would suggest that James Cryne would be reluctant to get such a consortium together. I maybe wrong but didn't he refuse to take the reigns either before his father was told he was terminally ill or after? I'm sure there was talk of James possibly taking over and he didn't want to. If so why would it change now? On paper this consortium is not doing anything different to what Patrick did towards the latter end of his reign. Maybe James Cryne is in full agreement with the consortium as to how they currently run the club.