The Board

[Willlow]

Total rubbish, Teachers do not run the club, it was a board decision to seek someone to be a Commercial Director. Board members did the interviewing not Teachers.

We do need to maximise revenue, and grow non-match revenue by utilising the facilities as much as possible all year round, that is the CD's brief

Is that why we wont pay £200,000 to sort the ground out so you can have live music there! Im sure you would cover the costs in the first year :icon_roll

 

[Ox Fox]

If Martin George has £100m isn't that about £11,000 in interest a day?

 

[Jedi]

20mil is a drop in the ocean to someone with over 100mil.

Trouble with this club is that it is impossible to take over!

If I had made £100m I wouldn't call 20% of that a drop in the Ocean! I for one wouldn't give it to a football club. I think we need to accept that there is no rich benefactor coming pump millions into the club! We need to generate bigger support for the club and make monet that way.

 

[Jedi]

If Martin George has £100m isn't that about £11,000 in interest a day?

Depends where it is!

 

[SilverFox]

If I had made £100m I wouldn't call 20% of that a drop in the Ocean! I for one wouldn't give it to a football club. I think we need to accept that there is no rich benefactor coming pump millions into the club! We need to generate bigger support for the club and make monet that way.

Yes but £100million is more money then anyone can spend in a lifetime.

It would also I believe have to be a takeover bid, and not simply a donation. It would have to be an investment!

Besides it doesn't have to be as much as 20million.

 

[Jedi]

Yes but £100million is more money then anyone can spend in a lifetime.

I'm sure his grandchildren would disagree!

 

[Jeff]

I would have far more respect for the Trust if they had been formed before the Club went into administration.

The process to set the trust was already well underway when we went into administration, it's something that had been talked about for a few months. I'd attended small meetings with the instigators of the trust before most people had heard anything about it, and I was one the people who handed out 15,000 leaflets before the Burnley match in October 2002, publicising a meeting at the Half Time Orange to discuss the need for a trust, and vote for it to be set up. At that time administration looked less likely, because the club had done deals with creditors, and the players had just agreed to defer part of their wages.
Two days later the club went into administration (thanks to Eric ****), the trust suddenly became a focus for saving the club, the half time orange was no longer big enough to cope with the number of people who wanted to attend, and the meeting was moved to the Walkers Stadium.
Administration may have helped the trust get going in the early days, but the trust would have happened anyway, there were enough people working towards getting it going before the club went into administration.

 

[SilverFox]

I'm sure his grandchildren would disagree!

Well they should get a job:icon_lol:

 

[drew]

MG didn't get 100mill, his brother did and it wasn't anywhere near that figure, it was closer to 45million.

"Yesterday's deal will crystallise the fortune of Sir Richard and the George family. He will receive almost £45m in cash from the sale and other members of the family will share £83.5m. About half of Weetabix's 2,800 staff also own shares."

Of which my Father In Law owned a considerable sum

 

[Cate Fox]

does he want to invest in LCFC drew? :icon_lol:

 

[drew]

Unfortunately hes a Manchester Utd fan as are most of that side of the family, its hard enough dealing with a father who is a forest fan

Although i did manage to drag 5 of them to the game on Boxing Day, not that it was worth going.

 

[Melton Fox]

We have now had 14 pages on this thread criticising our board and trying to find out where we can get an investor from.

I have an idea - Why not try and play football to get us out of trouble. We are in a shit league with half decent players. It ain't impossible surely

 

[MHS]

Unfortunately hes a Manchester Utd fan as are most of that side of the family, its hard enough dealing with a father who is a forest fan

Although i did manage to drag 5 of them to the game on Boxing Day, not that it was worth going.

F**est fan for a dad and a family of United fans. :icon_conf :icon_conf
What made you choose LCFC?

 

[newtonfox]

We have now had 14 pages on this thread criticising our board and trying to find out where we can get an investor from.

I have an idea - Why not try and play football to get us out of trouble. We are in a shit league with half decent players. It ain't impossible surely

your not wrong melts

 

[drew]

Funny you should ask that seeing i was born in Wolverhampton

My mother and grandad are Leicester fans and used to go down a lot. They're Leicester born and bred so i chose them.

 

[Foxes_Trust]

Its quite depressing when you see Smith going to Derby for 300k and we didnt even have that. It seems that the board are very reactionary in the way they dish money out, why did we pay 300k odd on Gilbert last year knowing that we would be without a parachute payment this year and without (it seems) asking the right questions of Levein regarding how well he knew the player?

What seems to be lacking from the team is a little bit of flair and we cant even stump up a measley sum like 300k for it. I remember Levein saying that everything at the club is budgeted on a 'worst case scenario' and unfortunatley I think that may end up being a self fulfilling prophecy.

Rob Kelly didn't want Ryan Smith, so money isn't the issue in that case.

You can't argue that CL wasn't correct in looking to get a new left back, even if his selection didn't work out. A budget is set, it's up to the manager how he uses it. The budget would have been higher previously due to the parachute payment money.

 

[Foxes_Trust]

Thanks for the reply

1) Do you think he is really going to answer a direct question like that. My question was more aimed at whether the board have asked him to become more actively involved in the day to day running of the club, if they haven't, then why not, he has a wealth of experience and I am sure would add value..

That's the kind of direct question we ask, we don't shirk it with any person around the club

2) Fair enough, however surely the best way to judge Miss Bucci is by her actions and results not based on impressions gleamed from a quick chat. Craig Levein could talk a good game. My concern is that the main source of revenue will always be match day and whilst she may well be busy concentrating on the corporate side of the business, it would be prudent to remind her that surely the main target should be to maximise match day income by attracting back the crowds. I have seen nothing in the way of innovative ideas in pricing or initiatives and she has been here now for over 8 months. Lets not get too carried away.
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Agreed it's delivery of results that count, not words.

The reduced pricing for over 8's to U16's is a good initiative, however it was something we put forward way before Jo Bucci started, so we don't think that was down to her.

She has been working on some pricing promotions with other companies, which basically see them funding the promotions, not sure how many are finalised.

3) Surely the priority is too maximise revenue, and if that means staging concerts especially ones that include a band with the popularity of Kasabian (who are indeed City fans, and I believe offered to stage a gig for free) then this opportunity must be explored. ..

I'm not sure if a vague 'would love to' comment in the media has been taken as a certain offer, it may only have been said to a journo & not the club

I have actually joined the Trust quite recently and I have been a litle disappointed that all I have recieved has been certificate, but nothing in the way of correspondance enabling me to become more actively involved.

You should be receiving e-mails - there was a recent one (23/7) about a newsletter editor, if you didn't receive it, please e-mail [email protected] & I will ensure you are on the group e-mail circulation (please include some more of your contact details on the e-mail, so I can check the database)

E-mail anyway stating in what way you would like active involvement, is there any area of Trust work of particular interest, we are more than keen to get members more active

 

[Foxes_Trust]

The board have been unambitous and this is the first time i can remember in my time supporting the club that we have not spent a transfer fee on a single player over the summer.

That's because the financial situation is tight now with £7m less revenue & falling crowds year on year.

 

[Foxes_Trust]

I have seen little in the way of commercial initative or enterprise, to me it looks like the same old gimmicks are being rolled out. We lack creativity on and off the pitch. Football is all about innovation, and I am afraid we seem to be going through the motions. The matchday pricing policys need addressing and some new ideas to attract and maintain the floating supporters interest need to be introduced.

First home game of the season was the ideal opportunity, night match in the school holidays why didnt the board slash the prices to attract a decent gate with the emphasis on trying to attract fans to enjoy the match day experience and with this in mind attract a proportion of these fans to commit to season tickets. At present we are getting to a level where the only fans in the stadium will be the die hards. To develop and progress we have to attract the fans who are currently staying away and at present I am seeing nothing in terms of actions from the board to remedy this except cheap gimmicks.

The club is studying success stories at other clubs to see what can be learnt

 

[Foxes_Trust]

I think that you are deliberately evading the issues.

You may get a kick out of deluding yourselves that you are a key part of a democratically run organisation.

I would say that most supporters are not bothered about how democratic the FT is or how participatory are the practices of LCFC. What, I think, most supporters want is a football team to be proud of. The whole set up and culture at the Walkers is wrong. Gimmicks rule and are the stock in trade of a board with no clout and the FT are merely hangers-on. We have discussed before the inhibition to investment by any party or parties that might be able to restore the club to where it should be most notably the misguided rule preventing a 'take over'. What is actually needed is a take over and although it may not be feasible to attract an investor(s) with real resources, any barriers to this should be removed.

We are not aware of any potential parties wanting to take over, it's just a vague hope that somebody new would be better, that is by no way certain, you only have to look at other clubs to see this.