If this poster is Andrew Glover, it does seem a bit odd to encounter him on this board.

Having said that, if part of his preparation and research for the bid has been to take a sounding of the clubs most vociferous and passionate stakeholders (that's us, by virtue of the fact that we are signed up and post here), I can only applaud that. It shows enterprise, creativity and an understanding of modern social media - something that has, incidentally, been sadly lacking at WTW in recent years.

If this is the approach and outlook of one of the favourites to buy our club, I'm pretty happy with that. It'll be interesting to see how Mr Parkin responds.

lets hope not or il never attend again. richardsons out for good.

Lets hope your right, richarsons out for good that is

brenk2k....That is my point, I dont think Mr Parkin will respond on this forum. I feel uncomfortable that he is sounding out and trying to get the fans on board , before he gets the go ahead. Not downing on the gentleman just expressing my feelings.

Agreed............

He said his presence on this board was to gain a competitive edge; that's the outlook im wanting from our next CEO / chairman / owner although his presence won't influence whether he gets the club (as we (the fans) aren't making the decision.)) However if he is successful then he might well get us on side and express his idea's, vision, strategy to get us on board.

Either way, the parties who are interested are being discussed publicly why should that individual company not get a say. In regards to the above post i'd be worried our prospective new owners didn't check this board, as it receives a high number of posts from Wakefield fans with various opinion, albeit all have a passion for the club (which has hopefully been seen)

His presence here doesn't worry me one bit and I wish him well, and if he gets the club I won't be disappointed. As has been mentioned the decision for our new owners doesn't lie in our hands.

Did anyone catch what was said on Look North? i turned it on right after we was on it.

Quite! A new best friend for those who are keen to dine off scraps from the top table.

Typical jurnos! CRAP!

"With no investment available it will be long hard slog.."

Where to start?
Put it this way if you bought a car with a clapped out engine would you buy a new engine or sit and moan because it wouldn't run?
They're a set of clowns!!

what's his daughter got to do with it ? it was a cheap remark for which the contributor rightly apologised,well done to him.

Can sympathise with your views and in an ideal world it would be great to have your (prospective) chairman telling all and sundry to the fans. However something we've all criticised in the past is the unprofessionalism of the club as a whole (Community side apart) and it doesn't give a very professional look if your chair is posting on fans forum sites.

I agree, at this moment in time i don't think its the best idea but time will tell.

We are in desperate need of investment I think we should all take Andrew glover at his word, if he is prepared to step up and invest in our great club at the time when it needs it most we should welcome him with open arms.
Slagging him off and questioning his motives are not the best strategy, are we really in a position to put potential investors off.

Of course not but we need to be honest from day one, if he's looked in on this board over the last few weeks he'll understand posters views and concerns.

I don't think he'll be too unhappy with honest views mate.

I am not too sure Al, if I had the money and was planning to buy the club after reading some of the comments on here I may think twice.