Is it time for Dick Knight to go ?

[Deleted member 2719]

You said '...without the huge investment gate receipts will have to be at a regular sell out surely for any chance of survival.

'Survival' you say. Implying that anything less than a regular sell-out means our non-survival.



Again, do you have access to the financial plans, and there's something we need to know, because your summation appears to directly contradict the work Derek Chapman and Co have put together.

My question is, you seem convinced that the Albion cannot function in future without a MASSIVE cash injection (though you don't say how THAT debt would be serviced), so how do you KNOW that 12,500 will not be a break-even figure? What are your calculations on that?

Look TLO it's my basis that i cannot see the attendances be sustained for any more than a couple of years unless we are in the top two divs as we have to build a new fan base, i really hope i am wrong.
I want the stadium as much as anyone but have lost faith in our leader and his judgements.The boards estimates and business plan have no more accuracy than yours or mine.
My gut instinct is if Dick and Co don't get on a big investor or if we don't perform on the pitch regularly and get in the top two divs all this could end in tears.
Believe me i hope your singing in four or five years "your wrong and you no you are" to me.

 

[SICKASAGULL]

Knight & co are well past their sell by date and must go,they dont have the cash to get us out of the present mess,if they really want to do the best for the club they must make way now, not when we are in Div2.

 

[Jamie]

Knight & co are well past their sell by date and must go,they dont have the cash to get us out of the present mess,if they really want to do the best for the club they must make way now, not when we are in Div2.

Unlesss I am missing something but has Knight brought te club back from gillingham and with no assets secured a site ad started building a new ground?

Um, who do you have in mind to do a better job? ,,

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Knight & co are well past their sell by date and must go,they dont have the cash to get us out of the present mess,if they really want to do the best for the club they must make way now, not when we are in Div2.

Make way for who?

 

[Icy Gull]

Make way for who?

Just like people say, "who could we get to replace Adams who could do a better job?"as an excuse for not sacking him, I'm not convinced that there wouldn't be a few people willing to buy DK out if he let it be known that he really wanted out. He doesn't, in fact I bet he would have to be dragged out kicking and screaming at the moment, so those who might replace him have not been made/ or made themselves known I would think. I am 100% convinced he is not irreplaceable as is the case in most walks of life. There is always someone to step up to the plate.

As stated earlier in the thread, I don't think he should go but not because I can't think of anyone to replace him as I don't think it would be the mission impossible that so many close to him on here believe

 

[Knotty]

Just like people say, "who could we get to replace Adams who could do a better job?"as an excuse for not sacking him, I'm not convinced that there wouldn't be a few people willing to buy DK out if he let it be known that he really wanted out. He doesn't, in fact I bet he would have to be dragged out kicking and screaming at the moment, so those who might replace him have not been made/ or made themselves known I would think. I am 100% convinced he is not irreplaceable as is the case in most walks of life. There is always someone to step up to the plate.

As stated earlier in the thread, I don't think he should go but not because I can't think of anyone to replace him as I don't think it would be the mission impossible that so many close to him on here believe

Icy, I'm not close to him at all but I am one of those who believes that replacing DK with someone with more financial clout would be far more difficult that replacing MA.

Firstly, who would want to put in millions that they would only ever see again if we became very successful?

Secondly, what guarantee is there that, even if we found someone who is foolish enough to do that, they would be able to administer the club better than it is being run at the moment?

Finally, I can't believe some of the pronouncements that are being made by some on here about what will and should happen when they have no idea of what goes on behind the scenes or what the club's business plans are etc.

I wonder how many of these brilliant keyboard businessmen have their own businessess and are running them with the perfection that they demand of the club?

 

[The Large One]

Look TLO it's my basis that i cannot see the attendances be sustained for any more than a couple of years unless we are in the top two divs as we have to build a new fan base, i really hope i am wrong.
I want the stadium as much as anyone but have lost faith in our leader and his judgements.The boards estimates and business plan have no more accuracy than yours or mine.
My gut instinct is if Dick and Co don't get on a big investor or if we don't perform on the pitch regularly and get in the top two divs all this could end in tears.
Believe me i hope your singing in four or five years "your wrong and you no you are" to me.

Good. f***ing. Grief.

:thud:

You gut instinct? The club has to justify a whole raft of scenarios to the banks who would ultimately financially back the stadium. How do you think we've managed to - as near as damn it - secure funding for the stadium without a big investor? Perhaps - just perhaps - there's a half-decent business plan floating around?