stevegrant

Another potential twist... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/01/26/burnley-appeal-against-tottenham-carling-cup-defeat-over-jermain-defoe-115875-21071760/ How hilarious would it be if they kicked Spurs out of the competition? Clearly won't happen, of course, but we can hope...

He was first team coach at Watford a few years ago.

Genius, f'sure

But given that one of the key reasons for Poortvliet's failure is that he's "too nice", is that not potentially a good thing? Particularly given that the appointments from within that we have made in the past have always been coaches who have been "popular" or "pally" with the players.

What he said. I'd go one step further and say that I don't want anyone who's been on the board in the past to return, either. Unfortunately, that clearly won't happen...

Christ. Nothing like taking your time to ensure you make the right appointment...

Interesting. Perhaps a case of "be careful what you wish for"...

What strange timing. Not sure whether I'm disappointed, relieved, happy, indifferent or what, to be honest.

Yes please. Feel free to ask the usual RVT lot as well - the more the merrier.

By all accounts, Bullard's not been anywhere near as good this season as he was last season, so he might not be missed at all, particularly as he was after £50k a week on a 4-year contract! Hull have got to be a bit careful, they're not safe from relegation yet, despite their brilliant start to the season, and they've now committed themselves to £2.5m every year for the next 4 years. £15m total outlay for someone like Bullard is madness.

Preston are, once again, bringing a team down for a game on 21st February. Pitch is booked at Fleming Park, 10.30am kick-off. Who's available?

Good luck with that one I should probably add that I think something like this that brings shareholders together - as realistically they're the ones who will be able to effect change infinitely quicker than "ordinary" fans - is a good thing, so long as it's organised and structured correctly.

Have you asked them? For all you (and I, as I certainly haven't a clue) know, they might be organising something right now. Just out of interest, who arranged this meeting? I appreciate that time is short, but a day's notice isn't feasible for most people, including me.

Quite. Assuming Stanley's got a satisfactory answer from exit2 above, I'll close this.

Lucky ****s. Not happy.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha take that Redknapp you ****!

That's certainly the case right now, but two or three years ago it would have been worth a small fortune had there not been a first refusal contract with Bovis on the land.

Not that I can remember. I know that the land gets valued on a reasonably regular basis to ensure its value on the balance sheet is accurate, but I'm not aware of any other plans. I'd have thought even if there were any plans for it, they'd have been shelved due to a complete lack of homebuilding companies willing/able to buy for the sort of money the club would be looking for.

I challenge you to find anyone in the housing industry who has any spare money knocking around for a plot of land without any sort of planning permission I suspect there might also be legal issues regarding sale of assets to directors and/or their associates, particularly if the company is potentially on the verge of insolvency.

I presume you've seen the state of the housing market? Jackson's Farm is worth bugger all right now.

BDO Stoy Hayward are the club's appointed auditors. I'm quite stunned how quickly this rumour has gathered legs - I heard it on the train home at about 6.15, didn't think much of it at that point but spoke to exit2 and he said he'd heard similar, and then not long after this thread appears from a different forum member.

Pahars v Pompey, although my shins caused me great pain for at least a week afterwards due to the ridiculous celebrations... well worth it though.

I do agree, and that's been the main problem ever since it started, insomuch that the Trust has always been reactionary rather than proactive. I don't think that's necessarily anybody's fault (it's pretty difficult to pre-empt events without looking like you're stirring up trouble), and perhaps the fairly rigid constitution is a hindrance at times like this where a fast response from members is probably required in order to issue some sort of statement of immediate policy. That said, they have e-mail addresses of most of their members, so it should be able to be done. Yeah, just spoken to Nick about that. Seems Barclays are being a pain in the arse.

I do agree that there's been a major drop in the patience and tolerance level of supporters up and down the country. It's now pretty common for a new manager to be sacked after 12/13 games because the risk and outcome of not turning around a bad run of form is so stark, and because many fans, players and chairmen have often decided that they simply don't like a manager after 4 or 5 games and make things increasingly difficult for them, until the position becomes untenable. If a team gets relegated and doesn't use the parachute money to attempt to get back up, the club's accused of lacking ambition, rather than looking at the bigger picture and ensuring the club is still in a position to survive over the next few years.

There are various ways and means for members to have their say, all of which are included in the Trust's constitution, which the Trust's board are obliged to follow. Again, see the constitution. There is such a process. When I was involved (more than a year ago now), there was a bank account. I don't see how that's changed, unless you somehow know different...