SUFC: The Future SUFC up for sale

Jmayhew32 · Jul 19, 2023

CanveyCastle said:
Does CRATE stand for

Cuddly
Ron
A
Tremendous
Employer.

Name of Jack, must be his son !!!!!

Poor...

Petejames · Jul 19, 2023

Westcliff DGS said:
Yes agree nut which one, given Kimura have pulled out of rumours are true. I have no idea how many are negotiating

It’s not true they are still in

Jack_23 · Jul 19, 2023

Uncle_Rons_Teapot said:
New owner meeting management and players perhaps?

Can ****ing dream

GSW Shrimper · Jul 19, 2023

Westcliff DGS said:
Yes agree nut which one, given Kimura have pulled out of rumours are true. I have no idea how many are negotiating

Don’t think the Kimura pulling out rumours are exactly true tbh

Medway Blue · Jul 19, 2023

Piledriver said:
A Quick question re RM plans , last autumn the story was that RM needed the new training grounds to be in use ASAP so that B&L could be developed bringing with it the funds to carry on the overall project! So is that first part still going to happen?

The releasing of Boots & Laces for demolition for the beginning of the first phase was mooted to be bringing him a big chunk of cash, some of which he would then use to recapitalise the club.

Problem is, he still doesn't have planning permission for the stadium he wants to build and there's no immediate sign of it being forthcoming. So I'd say that plan is out of the window.

CRATE · Jul 19, 2023

GSW Shrimper said:
Don’t think the Kimura pulling out rumours are exactly true tbh

Complete bollocks

Medway Blue · Jul 19, 2023

Jai said:
I think he's coming to terms with the total collapse of his 25-year plan (which admittedly wasn't meant to last 25 years). He doesn't want to let it go (understandably) but the MPs have possibly given him a reality check. I think Fossetts is dead and the only way he gets any kind of inheritance for his family here is if he sells what he has and walks away.

Bingo!

nevereatwhitesnow · Jul 19, 2023

Petejames said:
It’s not true they are still in

Mate, you’ve guessed so much pretending to be ITK it’s unreal, just stop, you’re embarrassing yourself

Jmayhew32 · Jul 19, 2023

Medway Blue said:
The releasing of Boots & Laces for demolition for the beginning of the first phase was mooted to be bringing him a big chunk of cash, some of which he would then use to recapitalise the club.

Problem is, he still doesn't have planning permission for the stadium he wants to build and there's no immediate sign of it being forthcoming. So I'd say that plan is out of the window.

Let's be honest, if he is selling RH, surely all FF plans need to be scrapped and re-drawn. There won't be a need for a stadium if RH is sold to the right people.

Medway Blue · Jul 19, 2023

Westcliff DGS said:
Yes agree nut which one, given Kimura have pulled out of rumours are true. I have no idea how many are negotiating

Still not sure where the rumour came from, but it's not true AFAIK.

Westcliff DGS · Jul 19, 2023

Petejames said:
It’s not true they are still in

So many rumours to know which is true or not. To be fir its a joke, not the Man Utd sale has taken longer.

So Kimura still and and not out
Kimura have tabled a bid or not?
Who else is interested?
Who else has tabled a bid?
Who is making the tea and bringing the biscuits for any meetings?

It’s got the the pathetic stage now, we ll refresh refresh refresh, then sniping starts at one another as people do not know whats true and what isnt, and yet from all the rumours and statements it seems no oe has got a bid in that’s acceptable so with some 2 weeks to go we are looking up the creek without a paddle pretty much

Westcliff DGS · Jul 19, 2023

Medway Blue said:
Still not sure where the rumour came from, but it's not true AFAIK.

As far as you know, but ut has been mentioned on twitter i believe and on this forum as in people saying as far as they know they are out.

To be fair i have had enough

Boreham Blue · Jul 19, 2023

Uncle_Rons_Teapot said:
New owner meeting management and players perhaps?

Let just be clear this was a speculative question not something for people now to latch on to as fact? I don't think anyone has said they know who the meeting was between.

Cricko · Jul 19, 2023

Medway Blue said:
Still not sure where the rumour came from, but it's not true AFAIK.

Don't bring one of your middle eastern protest groups on here. :Winking:

Beefy · Jul 19, 2023

barton west said:
I am not a Tory (and don’t live in the city) but I think Anna Firth deserves to be re-elected unapposed. The work she has done on the Ron saga has been outstanding.

As a constituent I couldn't disagree more. That doesn't stop me from appreciating her efforts here though which go way beyond what I was expecting from her.

Medway Blue · Jul 19, 2023

Jmayhew32 said:
Let's be honest, if he is selling RH, surely all FF plans need to be scrapped and re-drawn. There won't be a need for a stadium if RH is sold to the right people.

To be honest, I just don't think he knows. The entire plan for Fossetts as it stands is highly unlikely to come to fruition, imo. Sounds like there have been too many oversights with regards to minutae of planning, i.e. around traffic, local infrastructure, etc.

The most accurate thing at the moment, I think, is that it's on the back burner and the club's future has been decoupled from it. Nobody, including RM, knows when or if Fossetts is going to happen. Ownership of RH can revert to new owners (ideally the club), and perhaps Fossetts will be revisited in the future once there is more clarity and a realistic chance of it actually happening.

By revisiting, I mean the Martins can ask the club if they still want a new stadium there. If not, then he can use the footprint of the planned new stadium and amenities for additional housing instead which will address what he loses from not developing the Roots Hall site.

Ultimately, these new terms if they are what the club is sold on, untangle us from the Fossetts web. If the club doesn't want to move to a new stadium at Fossetts once all the issues around the planning have been sorted, then the new stadium won't be built.

GDM · Jul 19, 2023

Jai said:
I think he's coming to terms with the total collapse of his 25-year plan (which admittedly wasn't meant to last 25 years). He doesn't want to let it go (understandably) but the MPs have possibly given him a reality check. I think Fossetts is dead and the only way he gets any kind of inheritance for his family here is if he sells what he has and walks away.

I think the MPs have also given him a lifeline to be able to build houses at FF where the stadium was going to be, which allows him to sell Roots Hall. So Ron hasn't really lost out, just moved the location of the houses - he'll still be quids in!!!

Dutch Branch · Jul 19, 2023

Paulie Walnuts said:
Do

No, because they're everything he isn't and he's petrified of someone making our club a success when he failed so many times.

Its like the lunatic you read about in the paper who murdered his girlfriend and was quoted-"if I can't have her nobody will"..,

Unfortunately, I have to agree with you. Ronaldo suddenly is waking up to the potential of this club and if he can’t be part of it nobody can type thing.

Uncle_Rons_Teapot · Jul 19, 2023

Boreham Blue said:
Let just be clear this was a speculative question not something for people now to latch on to as fact? I don't think anyone has said they know who the meeting was between.

Complete speculation

CRATE · Jul 19, 2023

Meeting has taken place, others more respected than me can verify. I can’t say who was in it, but it’s great to know so many are working so hard to save our club.

My activity will slow down now as I don’t want to hinder what work they’re doing.

But please keep the faith!

I’ll do as much as I can to communicate anything I’m able to.