BFCST Update; owners, players and supporters

Meh.

 

Rubbish Loko. Doesn't go far enough and will not make a dammed bit of difference to our current plight

 

Thank you

 

Fair enough but we've just had a recent forum with Khaled. What communication are you looking for this time around? And why would it be any more "honest"?

 

Think that's a fair statement in the current climate.

 

Well meant, no doubt. But hasn't this been said to the owners before? So far as I can see the only language the owners will understand is if supporters withdraw their financial backing of the club.

 

So basically you want them to blow smoke up our arse and say anything we want to hear, (because that's what they'll do). Paul's so special your trying to bring him out of hiding and give us more B.S .This lot is a failure and a terrible company way out of there depth and will ruin this club, it started the day they turned up.
The only thing I want to know is when they're packing there bags. Time to take the blinkers off and ask for an immediate exit, enoughs enough.

 

Why are people suddenly turning on the Supporters Trust? The amount of time those guys must put into it and you're going to slag them off like that. Don't be a ****.

 

Not really sure what you'd be expecting them to say?

Go too far one way you burn your links to the club's hierarchy and too far the other way you lose the support of the very people you're trying to speak for.

It's a tricky balancing act which some people unfortunately see as fence-sitting, which it isn't.

 

Can’t see how anyone can see this as a negative?
Worst case is nothing changes, but all these bits add up to building the pressure on the owners one way or another.
Best case is things start to change for the better.

 

Because they've all got there slippers on, time to put there boots on.

 

I get why people don't think it is enough. The owners have been repeatedly pressed about the 750k for example and just dodged it again and again. I can understand why some people would like it to be more forceful. People have had enough.

 

It was me that pipped you on littleworth yesterday at about 1520

 

Loko, I'm sorry if the trust is going to take flak nothing personal from me mate and I'm sure from the rest off supporters, but I want to go back to oakwell with my children and family but won't until they have left. Once they've hopefully left without a fight we can start to build bridges and get the club in an upward curve and regain its soul, so any questions to them are irrelevant because we're wasting time and need a fresh start, let's cut off the cancer and start the future ASAP.

 

I initially thought Conway wouldn't give time. But the more I think about it, I think that was a naive view. He's given views quite a few times. Though I suspect it may be a common view that those views haven't always stood up to the merest of scrutiny, which doesn't seem to phase him.

I agree the next step should be a direct meeting with him where the questions that the CEO largely sidestepped are put to him. I doubt anything will change from the answers he chooses to give, and I'd hope (and expect) the points (and follow ups or requests for clarification) are put as forcefully to him as they were the CEO.

The question will be what happens next? Because if the answers ring hollow... or worse, then something needs to be done.

At that point, it's going to take leadership to organise something. I'd hope plans, or discussions at the very least are being conducted somewhere to canvas wider views beyond the BBS and Facebook page, educate those who aren't aware of whats happened at the club (particular with regard to the monies taken from BFC) and then leverage sentiment to protest at the relevant people.