As people have asked me for my opinions on the Forums, etc..., I just wanted to set a few things down in writing and, maybe, deal with one or two issues along the way.
I think the Forums have been useful in that they have provided an opportunity for many people to make it crystal clear what they think about the club's current plight. There have also been one or two new facts emerge. Not everyone will agree with what's been said and, I have to say, it's clear that a number of people do not properly understand what it going on. I don't blame anyone for that confusion and lack of understanding. It is all extremely complicated and it is easy for any of us to lose track.
It is also true that many questions that were asked were not answered fully for one reason or another. I know, for example, there are those who claim to have made a forensic examination of the club's accounts and it's articles, etc..., and believe that there are questions arising from them that should be answered. Those issues were never going to be dealt with appropriately or thoroughly in the environment of a forum such as these. I am not sure in what scenario, other than in a court room, they would be addressed. However, in the forum format, with many people wanting and entitled to have their say, it was always going to be difficult, if not impossible to deal with those matters to anyone's satisfaction.
As for Monday's Forum not being broadcast, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire wanted and intended to broadcast all three, but unfortunately there was another - quite separate (so far as I know) - event in that room on Monday afternoon and it was not scheduled to finish early enough for the engineers to move in and get things set up for either a live broadcast or a recording.
So, what next? Your guess is as good - probably better - than mine, but consider carefully the language used by the various parties when they issue statements. Does the Football League definitively regard the Golden Share as having been in "Ltd"? They have never put it quite like that.
Is ACL really offering a rent free 12 months to any owner, or is that only available to everyone apart from Sisu, and did I read it's only while we are in administration or did I misunderstand that? Surely, who ever the owner is they will want to exit administration as quickly as possible.
And has Michael Byng's Chinese backed group submitted a bid or not? He tells me he has.
Michael says his backers have nearly pulled out twice because they regard the whole things as a complete mess. On that point, I am sure there is something we can all agree with.
I think the Forums have been useful in that they have provided an opportunity for many people to make it crystal clear what they think about the club's current plight. There have also been one or two new facts emerge. Not everyone will agree with what's been said and, I have to say, it's clear that a number of people do not properly understand what it going on. I don't blame anyone for that confusion and lack of understanding. It is all extremely complicated and it is easy for any of us to lose track.
It is also true that many questions that were asked were not answered fully for one reason or another. I know, for example, there are those who claim to have made a forensic examination of the club's accounts and it's articles, etc..., and believe that there are questions arising from them that should be answered. Those issues were never going to be dealt with appropriately or thoroughly in the environment of a forum such as these. I am not sure in what scenario, other than in a court room, they would be addressed. However, in the forum format, with many people wanting and entitled to have their say, it was always going to be difficult, if not impossible to deal with those matters to anyone's satisfaction.
As for Monday's Forum not being broadcast, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire wanted and intended to broadcast all three, but unfortunately there was another - quite separate (so far as I know) - event in that room on Monday afternoon and it was not scheduled to finish early enough for the engineers to move in and get things set up for either a live broadcast or a recording.
So, what next? Your guess is as good - probably better - than mine, but consider carefully the language used by the various parties when they issue statements. Does the Football League definitively regard the Golden Share as having been in "Ltd"? They have never put it quite like that.
Is ACL really offering a rent free 12 months to any owner, or is that only available to everyone apart from Sisu, and did I read it's only while we are in administration or did I misunderstand that? Surely, who ever the owner is they will want to exit administration as quickly as possible.
And has Michael Byng's Chinese backed group submitted a bid or not? He tells me he has.
Michael says his backers have nearly pulled out twice because they regard the whole things as a complete mess. On that point, I am sure there is something we can all agree with.
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