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SUFC: The Future SUFC up for sale

Our hopes and visions for the rebirth of Southend United, plus any plans published by the consortium for discussion
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Well done fellas for getting that on tape, theres a few bits of that that make interesting viewing,
1. Firstly why has he got to get James Duddridge's approval to release details of this and that? , Ron must know the figure he would sell RH for, Duddridge is an MP? Whats Duddridge got to do with this sale? (this could open another can of worms!!!) In addition he states Anna Firth was told at the same time as James he was willing to sell RH as part of the deal (Annas been in contact with the Shrimpers trust in regards to meeting with the national league recently) Could she be contacted by the trust to confirm/deny this?

2. Did you see the smirk/drop of the shoulders when Ron was asked why did he lie about paying off the debt at the first court hearing, and then he tried to cover said it was done with the "best of intentions" Could this be taken as purgery? And he immediately changed the subject in regards to how many games he had been to?

3. 16000 was the MINIMUM size for a championship club stadium (that says to me the MINIMUM was all he ever wanted) then stated delancy originally wanted a 20,000 stadium and thats why he bought them out later in the video)

4. He didnt say who has paid for the re-laying of the RH pitch (just immedidately tried to change it to saying he had bought the training ground for 2Million).

5. Apart from saying The National league are good people he wouldnt eloborate into what the national league have advised.

6.Says there is no other buyer than Kimura and immediately changes his tune and says there are two other people in the frame (jesus dosen't he know?)

7. Says he thinks Kimura cannot afford a new stadium, yet thinks he can build it when he cant pay his staff or run the club on a sure finanical footing? Surely KImura have shown proof of funds for the sale of the club (wasnt this shown to the HMRC judge)?
What happens after they have bought it isnt his problem!!! , And if i was Kimura would i really show a man of this calibre what other funds they have available , of course not, id be mad if i did (he would immediately put the price up).

8. "National league is a major concern", no s*** Ron, its ours too, for us we may not have a club, for you the nest egg falls apart if we are thrown out the league.

9. Annouced the sale in march and "no one really wants it do they?" hang on there Ron, less than 5 mins earlier you stated you had 3 interested partys, which is it? Sounds like to me that theres interested partys but they dont want to play to your tune!

10.Admits we are in a survival situation (shoulders drop again when he is told we have gotta pay those bills ron") then the classic smirk which says to me NO CHANCE IN HELL!!,
he then admits he hasnt got the money!! but can fund FF by borrowing again (shoulders drop again when told its not for the club but for himself ) Caught out there ron?

11. Is happy the shrimpers trust wil repair roots hall, of course he is, then it isnt his problem, are you gonna pay for the materials out of the £40,000 you already owe them?

12.States 2.5 mil of debt and that if sale goes ahead no rent will be paid by the buyer for 3 years on RH, the question is whats he charging afterward? Or is he guaranteeing FF will be completed by then?

13. States Kimura and the underbidder do not want the new stadium, this then begs questions of KImura , What is it they are really after ?
As we havent heard from them in any way!!. I think its about time Kimura released a statement of what their plans are going forward for Southend United, Re-develop RH? buy FF later down the line? Come on guys the NDA is blown to smithereens now , if you really want the fans behind you its time to step up to the plate.

Talk about a can of worms, theres more twists and turns than a monkey puzzle, Ive gotta say that after watching that and trying to pick out the sentiant points for an hour i think i feel worse rather than better. Sorry this is a bit long winded.
Personally as it stands i think we have reached an empass and i as much as i hate to say this (and ive tried to be as upbeat as i can during this sorry saga) I think we are truly witnessing the last days of our beloved club.
 
I really fear for this coming week. We just need some good news from somewhere. Failing that we could seriously be facing oblivion. :Cry:

So we’ve been in several last chance saloons in the last few weeks. I feel the last orders’ bell has already sounded and the time bell will sound in the next two or three days. Cannot see how this can carry on beyond the week ahead.

The good news? I’m a glass half empty kind of guy. You tell me. Please.
 
That could well be true about PG and where the ,we owe them 500k rumour came from. Could also be why they backed us in court rather than lose all that money.

I don't know - it seems really odd. Join a winding up petition to protect your loan is understandable, but to then lend more money sounds a little bizarre! But if they have put more money in, then I really hope they know a lot more than us!
 
I don't know - it seems really odd. Join a winding up petition to protect your loan is understandable, but to then lend more money sounds a little bizarre! But if they have put more money in, then I really hope they know a lot more than us!
That Wolfy did say on Twitter once no pg no club
 
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