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Love the appointment! String a few good results together and we can try to forget the mess that was the start of our season!

I would like to think that we have a replacement lined up, These players need a strong manager and structure/game plan to follow, hopefully this is the start of us moving the right way up the table.

CraigUnder wrote: ↑27 Aug 2018, 22:07 Welcome to the forum Clarke Osborne.

Burnhamgull wrote: ↑27 Aug 2018, 19:33 You're absolutely right. criminal acts should not be tolerated but it's interesting how much the fans tolerate the shambles at Plainmoor.

We should all unite behind Owers. It's like he said, the tide must turn soon so lets all turn up at Plainmoor and give Reid and co our complete support for 90+ minutes.

Hurrah!

I honestly can't see where the next goal is coming from

No clear game plan, no drive or determination, no end product. The frustration of watching their pint sized keeper collect every throw or cross was unbearable.

Owners must go, the atmosphere was toxic today, and that showed at the end the way fans were confronting him. We need someone to get behind and that for sure isn't him. I just fear the shortlist of applicants would be very slim....

7 defenders in the starting 11!!

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7 defenders in the starting 11!!

FFS

Agree with what RoyalGull says about Hargreaves. We would be in no worser position in the league table, and a lot better position financially considering the severance packages for him and his staff, along with he money spent on Cox and then Nico.

Power of hindsight.....

At least if we get relegated it lowers travel time and expenses to games......

It seems everyone involved with the club just has their fingers crossed hoping for a miracle to get us out of this sad situation. Just how much debt are we in??

Guildford Gull wrote:Nicho finally brings on Marsh but waits until we go 0-1 down. Unbelievable.

Couldn't agree more, he should have started! Its not like we've got enough goal scoring options to leave our leading scorer on the bench.

Gulliball wrote:Unchanged. Marsh and Carmichael on bench, no Fairhurst.

Lavercombe, Nicholson, Berry, Smith, MacDonald, Butler, Murombedzi, Richards, Heslop, Verma, Wright

Subs: Spiess, Briscoe, Marsh, Carmichael, Gerring

Thanks, would have liked to see Marsh back in the team.

Is there any more news on Lavercombe joining Bolton? Seems to have gone a bit quiet.

Team News?

Speaking to the old man about this subject earlier he seems to think that there is a fairly simple solution.

Clearly the club is in dire financial straits and the only way that the board and current shareholders will be able to create any value in their investment is to attract new funds into the club. A call on the supporters of TUFC to inject cash into the club has its attractions. Whilst it is appreciated that the current owners may not wish to relinquish ordinary shares (with voting rights), the board could consider issuing say up to £100,000 of 'B' Shares (at say £1 each).

This will enable ordinary club supporters to buy these shares either at say a minimum of a £50 chunk or £10 a month over 10 months to acquire 100 'B' shares. Whilst these 'B' shares would not have any voting rights, in order to potentially provide some return to the supporters at some point in the future, it may be that a condition of the 'B' share issue that the owners commit to applying say 10% of the consideration from any future sale of the club to the 'B' shareholders as a return on their investment.

For example, if the current owners were to sell TUFC at some point in the future for $500,000, $50,000 would be attributed to the 'B' shareholders in recognition for the help and support to the club. The return to the 'B' shareholders would clearly increase pro rata in the event of the owners selling the club for in excess of £500,000 in some point in the future.

The amount of the 'B' share issue, share of any proceeds from the sale of the club in the future, etc. is open to negotiation, but the thoughts above provide food for thought if the board and current owners are serious about seeking financial support from the fans to help the club move forward.

What are peoples thoughts?

A thought of mine....

I think supporters would be willing to give money to the club if they saw something in return. I know they will help secure the financial future of their club and I don't mean a monetary figure but an opportunity to have a say in the decisions that are being made.

Just out of interest - how much money has TUST raised and what % ownership of the club is necessary to get a position on the board?

After last weeks "performance" pretty happy with a point. Hopefully they've been chomping at the bit all week to make up for last week. Well done to the fans that made the trip up!!

As for the Butler/Marsh incident, however small the push was it shows a lack of discipline, we can't have players missing games because of stupid errors like that. It's a shame after such a promising performance from Marsh he'll be suspend (next 3 games I assume?)