Quote: Slugger McBatt "This is really about the bigger investors, I imagine. The smaller investors give money that will be gratefully received, and to be on a roll of honour would be fun, but this is really about attracting bigger interest for the Grade A status.
We are on the cusp of either something momentous for the club, a rebuilt ground and guaranteed non-relegation, or a real missed opportunity.
As a club, we had nothing to offer to those big money types who like throwing money at a sporting club. Bad facilities and endless scraps at the bottom. Get Grade A and suddenly we are a different proposition. A hundred £500 investors won't get us Grade A. Ten £50,000 investors might.'"
Sorry Slugger, you are so far off the mark with this one.
Sure 50k investors would be lovely so you're right there, but tbh it's the lesser of the two at the moment, as in truth it's hardly likely that a 50k investor will just appear and sign up online and certainly not before the 1st of Jan, it's more of a slow burner, or to put it another way the club are alerting people to the possibility
.
The members one is the key one for now, and I say that without hesitation. It's not just about the money it's about inclusion and about belonging to something special, being in a club not just watching it. The aim is to make the club as close to a members club as a Limited company can get, it's in the title of the scheme
. One where the members have a say, even if they don't decide the the outcome.
The club want people to invest at every level, not just money, but the desire to push the club forward. None of the current directors believe they have all the answers, sure they will have the final say, but they will listen, three time a year as it happens.
Even if we only manage 100 x £500, it's still an extra player, or retained, or a finishing touch to some part of the ground, and in there own way they all count to grade A.