Quote: Bulls4Champs "We were going into administration even before Caisley got in, we were running out of money just the same.'"
In fairness Mike, we will never now know whether the previous lot could, and would, have avoided administration. And, if so, with what consequences.
Caisley's highly-public damning condemnation of the previous lot, just before the pledge deadline and at the most crucial of times - especially I suggest for third parties who may have been considering investing/sponsoring on the back of the fans' magnificent efforts - effectively wrote off any chances the previous lot might have had of completing the job. They may have been living in cloud-cuckoo land; they may have had a realistic plan; they may have been trying to wing it; they may have just been ridiculously naïve or even reckless; they may have been misled or let down; they may have been looking to sell our star players to balance the books; they may have been on the verge of cracking the problem. The thing is, we will now never know.
Maybe Caisley needs to explain to the fans why he and Brutus Agarius did not demand of Hood and Bennett, in private, that they appointed him and several others of his cabal as directors immediately, so they became a majority on the baord and could control the business that way? A bloodless coup, at least to the outside? And, if Hood and Bennett refused, then and only then convene an EGM to have themselves appointed, but with no resolution to remove them.
I suggest he needs to explain why instead he demanded, in the full glare of publicity, that he had no confidence in the the previous lot and insisted they stood down immediately, when surely he could have achieved exactly the same result largely behind the scenes and out of the glare of publicity by doing what I outlined above. And, in so doing, instead give the impression to all the world that the club was dramatically strengthening its board in its hour of gravest need? You know, precisely the sort of thing that a prospective investor would almost certainly be delighted to see?
Why, Chris? Explain your actions, so we can better judge why you acted as you did. We might even conclude you were right. Unless, of course, you hold the supporters in too little esteem to believe you have any need to?