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Post by creaner on Jan 19, 2018 8:08:34 GMT
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Jan 19, 2018 9:55:13 GMT
How can anyone be critical? 10 years ago the club sold SGL for £3.1 million, paid off the bank and had a net fund of £1.9 million to build their future. Hampson has obviously spent all of that £1.9 million wisely on ......errr.......relegation? League resignation? Unreasonable wages ?
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Post by Noboddy aka Lord Ealing on Jan 19, 2018 10:11:39 GMT
Hampson's right. How could anyone criticise the efforts of board members when they made the club homeless; lost millions of pounds; failed to have an agm for years; not issued accounts to shareholders; failed to communicate with the trust; failed to support a serious move back to Worcester; got the club relegated to local leagues etc etc.
They've done a very fine job.
Oh and as I pointed out in a reply to that article, the deal for SGL was done BEFORE the banking collapse. Check the dates. This was just one of Boddy's excuses for cocking the whole thing up. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with that excuse. Lies,lies, lies.
(Oops, posts crossed there!)
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Post by alwaysnextyear on Jan 19, 2018 10:51:06 GMT
More deluded bullshit from Hampson. He truly lives on another planet. Noboddy lists the failings that have happened under Hampson's watch, yet Hampson thinks that he's beyond criticism. Unbelievable Jeff !
As pointed out by creaner, Hampson ought to be speaking to shareholders via an AGM as opposed to quotes in the Worcester News. How is sorting out the AGM getting on, Colin ?
A cynic might think that with Hampson's recent Worcester News quotes, that he's preparing the way for an appalling set of accounts for the year ended 31.05.17 to be lodged at Companies House ?
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Jan 19, 2018 11:21:28 GMT
In the last 10 years, what changes have been considered which could stem the losses? Why haven't they been pursued? What options were considered apart from resignation from the league? Why did the Board pay £600,000 to NOT buy 6 acres of land at Nunnery Way? What has the Board done to seek investment in the last 10 years? Spending £1.9 million pounds more than the company has earned in the last 10 years is an odd measure of success. That's probably why Hampson has a litany of over 20 other failed businesses on his record, and none of them were his fault of course.
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Post by oxford on Jan 19, 2018 12:46:02 GMT
The only saving grace in all this for me,and I totally admit that this is only on a purely selfish level,is it vindicates my decision to disassociate myself from this shambles.
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Jan 19, 2018 13:01:03 GMT
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Post by Fred on Jan 19, 2018 14:35:02 GMT
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Post by alwaysnextyear on Jan 19, 2018 16:45:45 GMT
Reading the 2008 article link, haven't we been fed some bullshit over the years. Dave Boddy reckons that he was a success, and now Hampson the same.
Yet despite all this self proclaimed " success ", we've lost our ground, we've left Worcester, our average fan base has reduced by 60 %, we've got hardly any money left, we've gone down 3 levels on the pitch, and now play in a pub league.
I'd hate to hear what both of them think failure consists of !
I'd forgotten that Hampson didn't want any Pinches on the Board back in 2008, yet now they hold hands in the Directors Box ! You couldn't make it up !
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Post by Woodenose on Mar 15, 2018 18:54:50 GMT
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Mar 15, 2018 18:58:32 GMT
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Post by Bonzo Bitburg on Mar 15, 2018 19:48:30 GMT
Any danger of the Worcester News picking that up or is it too much to hope for?
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Post by creaner on Mar 15, 2018 19:50:44 GMT
Any danger of the Worcester News picking that up or is it too much to hope for? It came out after today’s deadline so I’d imagine tomorrow.
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Post by Croc on Mar 15, 2018 22:54:41 GMT
I’ve also written several letters to the Andy Mitchell Cash Wagon (aka the Worcester “News?”)
No real replies or notice is taken by either the Bored or the general populous. Or even the Tories in the Council when questions are asked of them.
I’d wager (unfortunately) although intentions are good - it’ll be totally ignored by the vital parties.
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Post by downthelane on Mar 15, 2018 22:54:43 GMT
It’s on the WN website.
Not sure what the Supporters Direct accountant is going to say that hasn’t aready been said on here.
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Post by creaner on Mar 15, 2018 23:03:50 GMT
It’s on the WN website. Not sure what the Supporters Direct accountant is going to say that hasn’t aready been said on here. Independent financial advisor, not SD accountant. If the chairman had honoured his commitment to serving the company shareholders we would not have to ask. May I ask, are you a shareholder?
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Post by downthelane on Mar 15, 2018 23:06:38 GMT
Financial consultant for Supporters Direct who is an accountant, pedantic.
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Post by downthelane on Mar 15, 2018 23:06:53 GMT
And yes I am a shareholder
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Post by jupu on Mar 15, 2018 23:10:24 GMT
So, as a shareholder, how do you feel about the Club's lack of communication with shareholders?
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Post by downthelane on Mar 15, 2018 23:12:34 GMT
Been the same for many years so I’m used to it.
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Post by jupu on Mar 15, 2018 23:44:05 GMT
Your tolerance of the Club but criticism of the ST seems rather hard to understand.
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Post by cogg on Mar 16, 2018 10:18:17 GMT
Don't engage with this idiot. The Trust should do what they can to try to try to find out what has actually happened to the money and see if there is a way forward and at the same time make a plan B, something the WCFC board have not had for the past 20 years or more...
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Post by Brooksiders Return!! on Mar 16, 2018 10:38:18 GMT
As a shareholder, and someone who has a longstanding commitment to WCFC, I can't understand why some people take such a negative view of an attempt to rescue the club from its present position. I'd be very happy if the Board changed the constitution, allocated 5 million shares, and sold the lot to a wealthy investor / benefactor. I'd back that, as I'm sure most other shareholders would. I'd be very happy to see any substantial level of investment, or any substantial change which could provide a future for the football club. Unfortunately, when it comes to rescue plans, they've never been forthcoming, as no-one in a position of authority has ever proposed any plans for change - apart from the Supporters Trust. Ironically, no-one has proposed any plans even for a new ground in Worcester apart from the Supporters Trust, and the only reason Parsonage Way is even on the slate now is that it has been driven by Worcester City Council, because it isn't Perdiswell! By all means criticise the Supporters Trust if that's your want, but do remember, the ST hasn't lost £300,000 in a year. The ST hasn't lost an asset worth £7.3 million. I'd love it if there were 2 or 3 plans on the table, one of which was community ownership, and I'd love it if a community ownership scheme was defeated by another more viable scheme for the future. But, for now, and in fact, for the last 15 years, we've been the only gig in town who's put anything on the table at all.
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