Potential Buyers

[brucie]

The fact that he made the block of flats comment about Argyle means absolutely nothing. Watch the documentary with him and Peter Jones - probably get a taste of his personality and sense of humour.

Really pointless moaning about him and anybody else really. He may or may not be involved who knows. I'm not sure he even has to like football to be involved anyway.

Lets get the points tomorrow and see what plays out.

[CourtierGull]

Think it’s absolutely mental that we don’t even know who the preferred bidder is and yet we have people already slagging off the rumours or suggesting we don’t want this or that. CO is gone and if he didn’t get his way with the ground the next man won’t either.

I’m just glad we had a preferred bidder and if that falls through then I’m sure the TUST & consortium will still take over.

[CP Gull]

A “predictable” reaction from some on here! No doubt it was the same for quite a few Wrexham fans when they heard the news that “Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney “ were interested in buying their football club. Why would they be interested in football? Well, look where THEY are now !!!

At, what is clearly our lowest ebb, the “motives” of someone buying our club are surely the least of our worries now? If we were lucky enough to find a mega rich investor then that SHOULD be beyond our wildest dreams! Not sure, that in our current state there are ANY positive outcomes - but our best chance surely has to be a wealthy investor? Ultimately, for the sort of names being mentioned, realistic or not, the amount of “money” that could be made off the back of some sort of “property” deal would be literally peanuts in the world that they operate?

So, please don’t start “slagging off” people that haven’t even declared an interest in investing in our football club! The idea that an interested party might be put off by an adverse reaction on social media could potentially lead to killing the club completely! We are in such a vulnerable position that I seriously believe that this IS our last chance …. we will live or die, as a football club, with what happens over the next few weeks I imagine? Hopefully we have a positive outcome

[CP Gull]

I hope to God it isn't Chris Dawson. The bare minimum we need going forward is an owner who is at the very least a football fan. Dawson isn't and then you've got to ask yourself why does he want the club, we may have not heard the last about a new stadium.
BTW other on Alan Merson's site he says Dawson was rumoured to have said that if he brought Argyle he would knock it down and build flats.

Most ridiculous post I have read on any TUFC forum in years!

So, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, were “football fans” were they. I guess Wrexham fans must be absolutely gutted - given where they are now. A total disaster obviously!

A new stadium - horror of horrors - much as I love Plainmoor I am realistic enough to know that actually Osborne was right (even if it was the only thing he got right) that for TUFC to have any chance of getting back to the EFL we do need a better ground and better facilities with the opportunity to create all week round income.

[Taelee73]

This is where the internet and social media are laughable. Slagging off people who are only rumoured online to be interested, you can’t make it up sometimes.

Rumours are exactly that, a guy who looked a bit like someone was at a football match, a guy who has a girlfriend originally from Torquay. Well it must all be true then, they must be buying us. Then the dismantling begins, the experts come out with all their opinions on how bad they’ll be for us.

I can’t imagine both would be still interested if it’s true, we only have one preferred bidder. Wouldn’t the other be off now on their next acquisition? It may be that neither had any interest at all and it’s someone else entirely. liking a social media post seems to be the depth of the evidence.

The people finding fault with them, these people will have employees that would look at all aspects of a club, including forums like this. If they are about to spend millions, of course they will look at fans thoughts and attitudes. If we don’t have a buyer soon, we are finished as a professional full time club. TUST have said they need £150k extra from us in the next few weeks if they take over, can anyone really see that happening? The club have gone very quiet on the money raised, it was last around £23k, that will have been spent I assume, minus £750 of course.

I hope one of these two rumours are true, it means we have serious investment coming are way and our short term future is assured. Give them a chance.

[brucie]

Exactly. I find the names being banded about hard to believe, but we can dream. The notion that someone wouldnt want a mega rich investor is beyond belief really.

[Colorado]

Nature hates a vacuum

Sitting quietly and waiting....so hard to do.

[CP Gull]

Exactly. I find the names being banded about hard to believe, but we can dream. The notion that someone wouldnt want a mega rich investor is beyond belief really.

Yep, it’s naive beyond belief! Maybe if it was someone who was a “chancer” who might be able to make a “quick buck” here and there, we should be concerned - but “wake up and smell the coffee” people …. we are literally screwed, we don’t own our own ground, the playing squad is worthless … all we have is a really great fan base and the potential to play at a higher level.

That IS literally ALL we have left - there is no big property deal on the table! We don’t own Plainmoor, there are seemingly no viable options to move elsewhere (but if there are I would personally wholeheartedly support that under the RIGHT ownership) and so we are just clinging to the hope that someone, somewhere, takes pity on us and has a genuine hope to secure a better future for us.

Honestly, if I was a potential investor reading some of the crap on here - I would just pull out. Get real people, at what is the lowest ebb in our history, we cannot choose who we would “prefer” to own our football club …. we just have to hope that there is someone out there, with the means to do it, who feels that we as a football club with a community that has had a hard time over recent times - are worth saving

[Owlgull]

[bobbytanz1963]

What’s the odds of the “preferred bidder” pulling out if the worse happens and we get relegated ?

Surely the Administrators would have looked at this scenario when deciding on the preferred bidder as a matter of comfort ?

[standupsitdown]

…. we just have to hope that there is someone out there, with the means to do it, who feels that we as a football club with a community that has had a hard time over recent times - are worth saving

That would be the TUST consortium bid.

[Taelee73]

TUST would be great, but what exactly did they mean when saying they'd need £150k raised from us within a few weeks?

Can they cover this if we don't, as we struggled to get 25k in a month recently.

[Chill]

TUST would be great, but what exactly did they mean when saying they'd need £150k raised from us within a few weeks?

Can they cover this if we don't, as we struggled to get 25k in a month recently.

That would be like being told you weren't going to be charged for murder but manslaughter instead, and then finding out you were going to share a cell with Hannibal Lecter!

We know that a million a season is barely enough to keep our heads above water, so how the hell are the trust gonna manage on their ten thousand a year or whatever it is.

We have to start being practical!

Speaking of practical, whoever is top bidder at the moment seems to be checking every nook and cranny at Plainmoor and has rather a tight grip on things, and I would surmise that they will also have a tight grip on their money also.

[happytorq]

TUST would be great, but what exactly did they mean when saying they'd need £150k raised from us within a few weeks?

Can they cover this if we don't, as we struggled to get 25k in a month recently.

I suspect that's the buy-in for a place in the consortium. If you have 4 or 5 individuals putting in money, it makes sense to expect the TUST to also pony up the table stakes for a seat on the board. Seems entirely reasonable to me.

The TUST's focus has not been on raising a bunch of money, but if they're to be a part of an ownership group they clearly need to be contributing something on the financial side.

[standupsitdown]

That would be like being told you weren't going to be charged for murder but manslaughter instead, and then finding out you were going to share a cell with Hannibal Lecter!

We know that a million a season is barely enough to keep our heads above water, so how the hell are the trust gonna manage on their ten thousand a year or whatever it is.

We have to start being practical!

Speaking of practical, whoever is top bidder at the moment seems to be checking every nook and cranny at Plainmoor and has rather a tight grip on things, and I would surmise that they will also have a tight grip on their money also.

TUST is the fans representatives part of a consortium. Most of the money I assume will come from elsewhere but some will be required for place on the board. Other trusts have raised more than this and very quickly.