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MellowYellow wrote: ↑02 Sep 2018, 21:56 Minor issue compared to the club being 'wound up' when Osborne does not get his planning permission approved.

Porky wrote: ↑03 Sep 2018, 19:07 Exactly.

When the stadium plan is kicked out, as it inevitably will, nothing gets built in Torquay, Clark Osborne will rapidly lose interest, his mate Gordon Oliver will be out of office, and Torquay will be put into administration owing GI £1.6m? By my rudimentary maths.

It's the reason I brought a season ticket this year, and why I will go to as many away games as possible. Don't where this will all end, but as usual it's the supporters who suffer.

SuperNickyWroe wrote: ↑02 Sep 2018, 19:25 Great to see Dave/Forevertufc and slack bladder Trojan67...
We don't know that he avoided the toilet for defo dave as we weren't with him all the time......

Trojan 67 wrote: ↑03 Sep 2018, 19:24 Me, you and Dave - who exactly is taking the proper piss here?

First game for me at Plainmoor since the 2-0 win over North Ferriby. I dont see what the fuss is all about - I've seen worse first 45 mins when Frank O'Farrell was manager (first spell).

From this viewpoint, first 45, we didn't have a functioning midfield. Lucky to get to half time without it being 6-0 to HH (3 crucial saves by Bass, three fluffed efforts by HH).

When Keating came on for captain Blankety Blank, the course of the game changed. No doubt about it, Reid DOES put in 100% effort and f*** me, he stuck one away!

Regis - there's a player in there who needs games - he kept it simple second 45 and his passes found players. Oh and the Bristol City loan players made a difference.

SNW asked me a question related to my forum name. In true magician fashion, I conjured up a photo from my top pocket and slap bang in the middle of it was his friend from primary school days. Spooky or what Supes?

For all their "taking of the piss", it's always good to see Dave, Supes and his good lady Bev.

lucy6lucy wrote: ↑03 Sep 2018, 19:14

GI/Rivera limited might want 1.6m back, but to who. As long as the council still hold the freehold we have a club. I feel the direct questions asked by Keven foster would have made Clarke a little uncomfortable

Plainmoor78 wrote: ↑03 Sep 2018, 22:11
This puts us back to the situation when the previous owners found themselves with a 'Bart's elephant' , if you understand the reference.

I take it your first sentence should have read "GI/Riviera limited might want 1.6m back, but from who".
If Osbourne fails he has two options as far as the club is concerned;
1) Give it away. But the club does not operate within its means. This puts us back to the situation when the previous owners found themselves with a 'Bart's elephant' , if you understand the reference. No serious buyer could be found before because of the financial liabilities in running the club and TUST would not be able to take it on without making the kind of cuts that would see the club spiral down the leagues and be unable to maintain the tenancy of Plainmoor.
2) Osbourne would retain ownership of the club but would stop pumping money into it, meaning it would face administration within a year.
Since Osbourne does not intend to build a stadium the simple fact is that this club is already shafted with no future as it is.

standupsitdown wrote: ↑04 Sep 2018, 20:17 Other clubs survive with much lower gates than us.
Costs would have to be cut but I don't see that spiralling down the leagues is inevitable. With our support and the club run properly it should manage to maintain National League level.
Of course if Osborne chooses administration then it would drop down the leagues and need to reform. But as he'd get virtually nothing back in that case maybe he'd sell for a low price that TUST could afford.