It isn't necessarily a business head , more a marketing genius , or somebody willing to look outside the ' norm ' to get what they want

No disrespect to Arthur , but I don't think in his businesses he would have had to use the skills required to build a sports club

This plan you describe will need more than a small amount of money to implement.

More bums on seats would help.

If I win that Euromillions on Tuesday I will be the saviour

Relative to ?

Tipping in 100 s of 1,000 s a year forever

We need a new start, the old directors must go - make AT honourary chairman? New blood would not want to work with whats left imho unless they tip in equal amounts going forward, I believe AT could force the exit though if in the interests of the club.
We should hold off handing money to the club until we know where its going imo, get the tins open and members signed but wait for Trevor to direct it. I would be very hacked off if the money went to cover PG's for example.

Lets hope things are sorted next week/week after (when TB is back) and we can focus on the future of our great club.

And that is what we need most of all - someone who has the money to put in a sizeable upfront investment, and the nous and vision to enable our club to thrive, independently of on field success, with no ongoing investment from directors.

Investment should be made to improve the club, not to continually pay for running it.

If we don't become self-sustainable then we will be back in this situation again in a few years. I'm not going to pretend that I have the ideas, but we desperately need someone who does.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

I'm damn sure there is no way for directors to rob our club without committing a crime - and that's the only thing I would be worried about. We need cash-flow, without we will build up debt. If we hold back now then we may not have a club to watch, and spreading this fear and mistrust over the club is not going to help.

In fact, I would goes so far as to suggest that the comment is malicious and dangerous.

And from you, I don't understand it.

The one criticism of Arthur was eventually his money would stop, but the club would never be ready for when that day came because we all took it for granted that we was alright. He should have come in and stabilized the club (as he did) and then set a 5 year plan or something, whereby his contributions would be reduced year on year until on the final year we would be heading towards being self sufficient of sorts. Then when he did step down the shock would not be so bad - ie the threat of all the good work going out the window over night. To me that is just wasting your money to then see nothing from it.

We HAVE to become self sustainable. But it will only happen with a BIG injection of money to buy the club outright (Sorry Starbug, but that's what I think), and to put in a board of their own choosing who would get the job done. That BIG injection of money may or may not be paid back in the future, and I'm sure the new prospective owner would know that.

TBH, IF I had 10 Million to spend, I'd buy the club for £2 Million, and put in place people who I know would do the job for me. They'd be well paid if they acheived their targets, they'd be replaced if they didn't ....

That just about sums it up Michael , business , not charity and as you put , independent of on field success or failure , the sport cannot and never will finance the business

It isn't just bums on seats though is it.
Its about paying the right amount of money per adult for the level of entertainment we get.

£110 for an adult ST this season has been an absolute steel and if the club can try to give us the same next season then we all need to pay a lot more.