The hearts foundation got the preferred status as they were linked to the club for some time. Had the SBT put a bid in, then perhaps they might have been given similar status. Sadly, rather than concentrating on saving the club and trying to recruit investors to afford a credible bid (as the other trusts had done from day one and all due credit to them for that) they instead concentrated on trying to increase membership, wasting money on stupid mannequins expensive banners and talking to sisu's puppet on the radio,.
You have to ask serious questions of the trust as ultimately they have failed miserably in their entire reason for existing - saving the club as a last resort!
They want control of the club - fine no probs with that, but steadfastly refused ever to try and actually do anything about it! Had they gone out, tried to get investors onboard, maybe a link up with P4/ Hoff or a conglomerate of local businesses, then I am pretty sure the FL would have granted Ltd the golden share, and we could be playing at the RICOH right now!
Instead they have a couple of thousand members, zero influence, and a total lack of direction! This is not a tenable situation for a group claiming to represent the fans! Maybe when they look back on the number of missed opportunities (why did it take criticism for them to start doing anything at all?) They waited to campaign until about 6 weeks before the court case. Why didn't they start campaigning the moment they knew sisu threatened liquidation?
Ultimately the trust has failed everyone. Sure they had one big protest and well done for that, but sadly every single other effort has been an abject failure! Why now are they just starting to try and raise funds? They have been going for well over a year - why haven't they been recruiting businesses from day one? To say they have let everyone done is an understatement. They are reduced to half hearted efforts to promote the myth they are "doing something". Not going to matches and starving out sisu is "doing something" - and has far more chance of success than protesting at an empty building!
Instead they troll forums berating criticism without addressing the real issues or even abiding by their own code of conduct! Time for these clowns to call it a day!
