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Post by fredcarno1 on Aug 16, 2015 14:33:48 GMT 1
There is some kind of caveat surrounding Canalside that it has to be kept as some kind of sporting facility for a certain amount of time, I believe this was around the agreement of the sale from Syngenta / ICI who owned it as a social sports club for many years and they installed the clause as protection for existing members. I think there is a time on this so I would imagine at some point it may be sold of as potential industrial or commercial land.
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Post by detox on Aug 16, 2015 14:41:26 GMT 1
There is some kind of caveat surrounding Canalside that it has to be kept as some kind of sporting facility for a certain amount of time, I believe this was around the agreement of the sale from Syngenta / ICI who owned it as a social sports club for many years and they installed the clause as protection for existing members. I think there is a time on this so I would imagine at some point it may be sold of as potential industrial or commercial land. I don't think it will be sold off while Town are in the Championship...but if Town slip down the leagues and drop the Academy status..then we might need to sell it off, but that's true of any business (or Govt) that needs some cash...they sell assets.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 14:51:29 GMT 1
I hear Storthes Hall is looking good these days
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 15:20:20 GMT 1
I hear Storthes Hall is looking good these days :) It is actually. Good little facility.
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Post by Captainslapper on Aug 16, 2015 15:35:45 GMT 1
Even though its a few weeks since the same current squad ( minus Coady but plus several others) finished mid table? Why does everybody forget to mention Gobern when we talk about players leaving, or James for that matter (even though he was a loan), both these players were an important part of the team that went on a decent unbeaten run at the end of the season. I didn't because he only played about 7 games. And James ( or Robinson, Edgar) etc were loans. Im sure we'll have loans this season too. The point is the vast bulk of the squad that just finished mid-table ( and but for a bit less shitty luck late on would have finished much higher) is the same, yet now a few months later its apparently inconceivable that they could finish mid table?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 15:37:19 GMT 1
Kind of funny people asking for proof. First, let me clarify, it is probably BS and why would you trust someone claiming all this on their first post, etc, etc.
However, I would be interested to know what truth the poster could realistically offer? Anyone got a suggestion?
Like I said its probably all BS, I can't see why anyone would want to buy Town if I am being honest. Stadium is cool but we don't own it. Playing squad not all that great for the Championship and our support is dwindling not growing. It would take a lot of money to turn us into contenders in the Championship and even then we would probably be lucky to get 15,000 home fans.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 15:37:53 GMT 1
I didn't think we looked that bad for 60 minutes yesterday. I don't think we're as bad as many on here think we are.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 15:40:46 GMT 1
Why does everybody forget to mention Gobern when we talk about players leaving, or James for that matter (even though he was a loan), both these players were an important part of the team that went on a decent unbeaten run at the end of the season. I didn't because he only played about 7 games. And James ( or Robinson, Edgar) etc were loans. Im sure we'll have loans this season too. The point is the vast bulk of the squad that just finished mid-table ( and but for a bit less shitty luck late on would have finished much higher) is the same, yet now a few months later its apparently inconceivable that they could finish mid table? He played 12 times.
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Post by Yuta be a terrier on Aug 16, 2015 15:44:22 GMT 1
Well keeping hold of players costs money (improved contracts etc) and how you think the current squad has the strength and capability of finishing mid table is beyond me. We are at least 3 good players short Even though its a few weeks since the same current squad ( minus Coady but plus several others) finished mid table? Depends on your definition of comfortable mid table. I don't define it as finishing 16th and securing status with 2 games to go (although it was progress on the years before) I mean a comfortable 10th -12th finish with status secured way before the last 6 or 7 games of the season which is the next stage. We needed 3 players at the end of last season before we lost Coady, James, Gobern and now Smithies. We trimmed the squad in January which needed doing but never brought in a couple of capable squad players to replace the 9 we lost.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Aug 16, 2015 16:45:24 GMT 1
Right, time for me to have my say on things. Apologies for the random nature of this post as it covers a range of subjects. Frankly, there are so many other threads on here I could equally have stuck it on. I just need to get a few things off my chest. You can agree with me or not, it's your choice, and I'm pretty much beyond caring anymore. I've supported Town since 1965 so I've been through all the various lows, some VERY deep lows, and the few occasional highs this club has enjoyed as well since then, so feel I'm reasonably qualified to have my say on matters. I also contributed a significant amount of money when Town went into administration, so I've more than done my share. HTFC are engrained in my heart and I will always support them, but, Christ, I'm feeling pretty damned depressed with all things relating to HTFC right now, including this frigging forum! Don't get me wrong, things clearly appear not to be right in the club, but make no mistake, a lot of the negativity on here has been over the top, unwarranted, vindictive and just plain nasty, and absolutely, definitely, WILL feed through to the club. No question.
Do I blame the fans? Yes, I do, TO SOME EXTENT. Do I blame the club from Dean Hoyle and the Board down to Chris Powell and his staff? Yes, I do, TO SOME EXTENT. So, to the fans (I use that term loosely) first:
I appreciate that Town's support, at least in terms of numbers, has never been great. Remember that famous 7-1 win against Palace early in Bruce's reign? The crowd was just 10,656. Perhaps Dean Hoyle and the Board were naive to expect otherwise, but, hand on heart, when Town got back into the Championship in 2012, surely they could reasonably have expected to have seen crowd rise more than they did. Since then, of course, crowds have gradually dwindled further and possibly more rapidly. Either the town doesn't want to support Town, or isn't capable of supporting Town, to the extent that Town think they need in order to thrive. All I can say is if I lived local to Town, you bet I'd be there at every home game. I know the League Cup, and even the FA Cup these days, often get low crowds, so in that respect, the crowd Town got for the Notts County game was not unexpected, but even so, if you live locally and aren't prepared to spend the £10 or £15 entrance fee (whatever it was) then what hope do Town have of ever attracting the level of support they need? Of course, I fully understand that football is meant to be entertaining and fun, and I appreciate it's only Town that can deliver that, but shouldn't the supporters, if they truly are supporters, be doing more to help support the club than they are doing, by turning up, thereby increasing revenue and improving the atmosphere, and contributing, just a little bit, towards making Town's struggles to achieve success that little bit easier? The number of new threads that appear on DATM is inversely proportional to how the club appears to be doing, and this week it's just exploded. How many threads were there, mostly saying basically the same thing, after the Notts County game? Personally, I choose not to comment on games that I did not attend, yet there are many posters on here that cant wait to criticise anything and everything concerning Town, when it is patently clear they couldn't even be bothered to attend the game, even if the ground may be five minutes down the road! I say to people like that...do you really support Huddersfield Town? Are you really helping the situation by seemingly WANTING Town to fail, so you can derive some perverse pleasure and say "I told you so.......I'm no happyclapper?"
OK, onto the football club. Where to start?
OK, ticket prices. I'm fortunate in that the day-rate price of £30.50 wouldn't in itself put me off attending the game, but I appreciate it is a lot of money to many, particularly when the product isn't currently considered value for money. Unfortunately, ticket prices THROUGHOUT football are increasing way above inflation all the time, so Town aren't unique in that respect. It cost me £22 yesterday to go watch Crawley v AFC Wimbledon in a crappy temporary stand with a canvas roof to watch a crappy game between two equally crappy sides. I have little doubt that Town v Blackburn was pretty marvellous by comparison. There are many on here that ridiculed Bradford City for their season ticket prices, but I say well done to them; at least they've shown some initiative in trying to boost support, presumably at some financial cost, but at least they've TRIED. What can Town do? The ticketing strategy is clearly aimed at trying to encourage season ticket sales, but that isn't necessarily the best option for everybody. I've had season tickets in recent seasons but it made no sense to me really because I knew I'd only ever get to half the home games at most. However, if Town reduced on-the-day prices to say £20 many season-ticket holders wouldn't buy them. Would they turn up on the day and pay their £20 at the turnstile? Evidence from midweek suggests they wouldn't.
Dean Hoyle. The buck stops with him. Every single Town fan with any modicum of sense and decency would recognise the part DH has played in Town's recent history. Without him, it's possibly reasonable to say there may no longer be an Huddersfield Town. Nobody can ever take that away from him. Nonetheless, DH is merely the CURRENT custodian of the club. He will not, can not, and never expected that he would be at Town forever. He always was honest in his expectation that he could only reasonably expect to take the club to a certain level and perhaps, the evidence is mounting that we are now at that level. He's also always been honest that he would hand over the club to others if he felt others could help move the club forward. I believe Dean Hoyle is an honourable man, and he is also a Town fan, so my opinion is that NOW is the time Dean Hoyle should look to do exactly that.
A couple of seasons ago something started to change within the club. For some time till then there was pretty open communication, the supporters felt engaged with the club. Since then, supporters have started to feel increasingly isolated from the club, less inclusive to it. Small examples of this withdrawal from communication is the drop off in Q&A's at Canalside, or the occasional postings on DATM from Sean Jarvis and even DH (Jackass) himself. Communication is a two-way street though, so I come back to supporters again. It was blatantly obvious that the club was angry and upset at the ridiculous allegations and innuendo being thrown at the club concerning Ross Wilson's role in the club. Despite the club making clear what RW's role was and what he brought to the club, many on here refused to believe the club, basically saying they were lying. Does that help the mood around the place? Like hell, it does! Of course, the club is not blameless. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone gets things wrong. So that gets us up to today. What's REALLY going on with James Vaughan? Yes, he's had concussion, there are protocols that must be followed, but a bit of open and honest communication on the matter can kill all the gossip and vitriol in one fell swoop.
Now we have the Alex Smithies saga. My opinion is he's a very good goalkeeper, probably about average within the Championship. He makes no more or no less errors than most other goalies. Arsenal fans are delighted they've got Cech, but he didn't exactly have a good debut did he? If Town sell and he's replaced by Murphy, then (IMO) Town are all the weaker for it. Not good. I have to ask the question though, why does everything have to be so complex and confusing with Town? So Clibbens tells Powell he can't play v Blackburn? Did he, or did he not? Just be open and honest Town.
Sorry for the rant and random nature of my post. Come on Town, sort yourselves out, and come on fans, get behind the club we love. We do love Town don't we?
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Post by patfield on Aug 16, 2015 16:59:32 GMT 1
I actually believe the OP. IMO Dean is putting the money from Coady, Smithies and possibly other key players into reducing the clubs debts making a sale a more attractive proposition. I could be totally wrong but why haven't we seen any of the Coady money reinvested?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 17:05:02 GMT 1
I actually believe the OP. IMO Dean is putting the money from Coady, Smithies and possibly other key players into reducing the clubs debts making a sale a more attractive proposition. I could be totally wrong but why haven't we seen any of the Coady money reinvested? If that's something he has to do to get the right investors to buy then I'm ok with that.if his hearts not in it I don't blame him. He will leave us in a better place even if we go down this year so I wish him well
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 17:12:50 GMT 1
I actually believe the OP. IMO Dean is putting the money from Coady, Smithies and possibly other key players into reducing the clubs debts making a sale a more attractive proposition. I could be totally wrong but why haven't we seen any of the Coady money reinvested? Not really reducing the debt, just the loss this year. I don't know what Dean Hoyle's plan is but he has said he doesn't expect to get his money back, so maybe he is just trying to reduce his future costs of covering the ongoing losses. Part of me hopes that he is preparing to sell to someone who has the cash to put us up this league, I just don't know why they would be looking at Town. There are more attractive propositions.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 17:12:52 GMT 1
Dean has said that the stadium and canal side will be put into trust to protect them. This means that without those assets the club is worth next to nothing for investors. It will only appeal to people wanting a 'plaything' The Stadium and Canalside HAVEN'T been moved into a Trust though. The talk of moving the 40% stadium share into a separate Trust was purely a bargaining tool to ease with embarrassing Ken Davy into action.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 17:15:59 GMT 1
Dean has said that the stadium and canal side will be put into trust to protect them. This means that without those assets the club is worth next to nothing for investors. It will only appeal to people wanting a 'plaything' The Stadium and Canalside HAVEN'T been moved into a Trust though. The talk of moving the 40% stadium share into a separate Trust was purely a bargaining tool to ease with embarrassing Ken Davy into action. Really?
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Post by jimmythebulldog on Aug 16, 2015 17:16:38 GMT 1
We're on the verge of selling a goalkeeper.
Or have I missed that the club is thrown in as part of the deal?
Talk about over reaction.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Aug 16, 2015 17:20:12 GMT 1
I actually believe the OP. IMO Dean is putting the money from Coady, Smithies and possibly other key players into reducing the clubs debts making a sale a more attractive proposition. I could be totally wrong but why haven't we seen any of the Coady money reinvested? Not really reducing the debt, just the loss this year. I don't know what Dean Hoyle's plan is but he has said he doesn't expect to get his money back, so maybe he is just trying to reduce his future costs of covering the ongoing losses. Part of me hopes that he is preparing to sell to someone who has the cash to put us up this league, I just don't know why they would be looking at Town. There are more attractive propositions. As things appear to be, Dean Hoyle is not prepared to increase his level of investment, but it seems Town's only hope of progressing (the Championship is increasingly looking like a Premier League II) is for increased investment. So, it's fait accomplit.........there's no alternative but for DH to sell-up. That's my view on it.
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Post by colnevalleyblue on Aug 16, 2015 17:21:22 GMT 1
I actually believe the OP. IMO Dean is putting the money from Coady, Smithies and possibly other key players into reducing the clubs debts making a sale a more attractive proposition. I could be totally wrong but why haven't we seen any of the Coady money reinvested? Powell did say he would be replaced. This was six weeks ago, perhaps we are still identifying targets?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 17:21:49 GMT 1
I could be totally wrong but why haven't we seen any of the Coady money reinvested? Because the club lost around £7m last year.
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Aug 16, 2015 17:26:31 GMT 1
Not really reducing the debt, just the loss this year. I don't know what Dean Hoyle's plan is but he has said he doesn't expect to get his money back, so maybe he is just trying to reduce his future costs of covering the ongoing losses. Part of me hopes that he is preparing to sell to someone who has the cash to put us up this league, I just don't know why they would be looking at Town. There are more attractive propositions. As things appear to be, Dean Hoyle is not prepared to increase his level of investment, but it seems Town's only hope of progressing (the Championship is increasingly looking like a Premier League II) is for increased investment. So, it's fait accomplit.........there's no alternative but for DH to sell-up. That's my view on it. But who in their right mind would want to buy htfc ? If Hoyle wasn't in control the most likely scenario is that we drop .. TBH I could live with that .. might get rid of some of the ungrateful "no ambition " brigade
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Post by patfield on Aug 16, 2015 17:33:49 GMT 1
We're on the verge of selling a goalkeeper. Or have I missed that the club is thrown in as part of the deal? Talk about over reaction. Why are we selling our no 1 keeper though Jimmy?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 17:36:04 GMT 1
Dean has said that the stadium and canal side will be put into trust to protect them. This means that without those assets the club is worth next to nothing for investors. It will only appeal to people wanting a 'plaything' The Stadium and Canalside HAVEN'T been moved into a Trust though. The talk of moving the 40% stadium share into a separate Trust was purely a bargaining tool to ease with embarrassing Ken Davy into action. That's a very large statement. Dean himself has stated in front of many, on more than one occasion I hasten to add - that those shares are going into trust, at additional cost to Dean. Are you 100% sure?
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Post by jimmythebulldog on Aug 16, 2015 17:36:17 GMT 1
We're on the verge of selling a goalkeeper. Or have I missed that the club is thrown in as part of the deal? Talk about over reaction. Why are we selling our no 1 keeper though Jimmy? Same reason we sold Rhodes, Pilkington, Booth and all the others. Players want to play at a higher standard - and believe it or not they also like to earn more money for their families. You'd think is selling Smithies was something revolutionary - it's football, happens everyday, nothing to worry about.
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Post by patfield on Aug 16, 2015 17:42:59 GMT 1
Hope you're right Jimmy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 17:46:52 GMT 1
The Stadium and Canalside HAVEN'T been moved into a Trust though. The talk of moving the 40% stadium share into a separate Trust was purely a bargaining tool to ease with embarrassing Ken Davy into action. That's a very large statement. Dean himself has stated in front of many, on more than one occasion I hasten to add - that those shares are going into trust, at additional cost to Dean. Are you 100% sure? Yes, I'm 100% certain. Look at the Companies House website, It takes less than 5 minutes to prove.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 17:53:29 GMT 1
That's a very large statement. Dean himself has stated in front of many, on more than one occasion I hasten to add - that those shares are going into trust, at additional cost to Dean. Are you 100% sure? Yes, I'm 100% certain. Look at the Companies House website, It takes less than 5 minutes to prove. I don't deny that, but I believe he did say it would take time for the shares to be put into trust, can't recall the reason. That would put a different slant on things. I have to have faith that Dean is true to his word, I'm sure he is. He's never ever acted against the club's best interest to date.
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Post by mids on Aug 16, 2015 17:59:40 GMT 1
The shares haven't been put in trust yet. I don't know why. But I'm 100% certain they will be at some point. Dean has said so. He's never lied to me yet so why would he now.
The inference otherwise is malicious.
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Post by aydansatownfan on Aug 16, 2015 18:03:35 GMT 1
Right, time for me to have my say on things. Apologies for the random nature of this post as it covers a range of subjects. Frankly, there are so many other threads on here I could equally have stuck it on. I just need to get a few things off my chest. You can agree with me or not, it's your choice, and I'm pretty much beyond caring anymore. I've supported Town since 1965 so I've been through all the various lows, some VERY deep lows, and the few occasional highs this club has enjoyed as well since then, so feel I'm reasonably qualified to have my say on matters. I also contributed a significant amount of money when Town went into administration, so I've more than done my share. HTFC are engrained in my heart and I will always support them, but, Christ, I'm feeling pretty damned depressed with all things relating to HTFC right now, including this frigging forum! Don't get me wrong, things clearly appear not to be right in the club, but make no mistake, a lot of the negativity on here has been over the top, unwarranted, vindictive and just plain nasty, and absolutely, definitely, WILL feed through to the club. No question. Do I blame the fans? Yes, I do, TO SOME EXTENT. Do I blame the club from Dean Hoyle and the Board down to Chris Powell and his staff? Yes, I do, TO SOME EXTENT. So, to the fans (I use that term loosely) first: I appreciate that Town's support, at least in terms of numbers, has never been great. Remember that famous 7-1 win against Palace early in Bruce's reign? The crowd was just 10,656. Perhaps Dean Hoyle and the Board were naive to expect otherwise, but, hand on heart, when Town got back into the Championship in 2012, surely they could reasonably have expected to have seen crowd rise more than they did. Since then, of course, crowds have gradually dwindled further and possibly more rapidly. Either the town doesn't want to support Town, or isn't capable of supporting Town, to the extent that Town think they need in order to thrive. All I can say is if I lived local to Town, you bet I'd be there at every home game. I know the League Cup, and even the FA Cup these days, often get low crowds, so in that respect, the crowd Town got for the Notts County game was not unexpected, but even so, if you live locally and aren't prepared to spend the £10 or £15 entrance fee (whatever it was) then what hope do Town have of ever attracting the level of support they need? Of course, I fully understand that football is meant to be entertaining and fun, and I appreciate it's only Town that can deliver that, but shouldn't the supporters, if they truly are supporters, be doing more to help support the club than they are doing, by turning up, thereby increasing revenue and improving the atmosphere, and contributing, just a little bit, towards making Town's struggles to achieve success that little bit easier? The number of new threads that appear on DATM is inversely proportional to how the club appears to be doing, and this week it's just exploded. How many threads were there, mostly saying basically the same thing, after the Notts County game? Personally, I choose not to comment on games that I did not attend, yet there are many posters on here that cant wait to criticise anything and everything concerning Town, when it is patently clear they couldn't even be bothered to attend the game, even if the ground may be five minutes down the road! I say to people like that...do you really support Huddersfield Town? Are you really helping the situation by seemingly WANTING Town to fail, so you can derive some perverse pleasure and say "I told you so.......I'm no happyclapper?" OK, onto the football club. Where to start? OK, ticket prices. I'm fortunate in that the day-rate price of £30.50 wouldn't in itself put me off attending the game, but I appreciate it is a lot of money to many, particularly when the product isn't currently considered value for money. Unfortunately, ticket prices THROUGHOUT football are increasing way above inflation all the time, so Town aren't unique in that respect. It cost me £22 yesterday to go watch Crawley v AFC Wimbledon in a crappy temporary stand with a canvas roof to watch a crappy game between two equally crappy sides. I have little doubt that Town v Blackburn was pretty marvellous by comparison. There are many on here that ridiculed Bradford City for their season ticket prices, but I say well done to them; at least they've shown some initiative in trying to boost support, presumably at some financial cost, but at least they've TRIED. What can Town do? The ticketing strategy is clearly aimed at trying to encourage season ticket sales, but that isn't necessarily the best option for everybody. I've had season tickets in recent seasons but it made no sense to me really because I knew I'd only ever get to half the home games at most. However, if Town reduced on-the-day prices to say £20 many season-ticket holders wouldn't buy them. Would they turn up on the day and pay their £20 at the turnstile? Evidence from midweek suggests they wouldn't. Dean Hoyle. The buck stops with him. Every single Town fan with any modicum of sense and decency would recognise the part DH has played in Town's recent history. Without him, it's possibly reasonable to say there may no longer be an Huddersfield Town. Nobody can ever take that away from him. Nonetheless, DH is merely the CURRENT custodian of the club. He will not, can not, and never expected that he would be at Town forever. He always was honest in his expectation that he could only reasonably expect to take the club to a certain level and perhaps, the evidence is mounting that we are now at that level. He's also always been honest that he would hand over the club to others if he felt others could help move the club forward. I believe Dean Hoyle is an honourable man, and he is also a Town fan, so my opinion is that NOW is the time Dean Hoyle should look to do exactly that. A couple of seasons ago something started to change within the club. For some time till then there was pretty open communication, the supporters felt engaged with the club. Since then, supporters have started to feel increasingly isolated from the club, less inclusive to it. Small examples of this withdrawal from communication is the drop off in Q&A's at Canalside, or the occasional postings on DATM from Sean Jarvis and even DH (Jackass) himself. Communication is a two-way street though, so I come back to supporters again. It was blatantly obvious that the club was angry and upset at the ridiculous allegations and innuendo being thrown at the club concerning Ross Wilson's role in the club. Despite the club making clear what RW's role was and what he brought to the club, many on here refused to believe the club, basically saying they were lying. Does that help the mood around the place? Like hell, it does! Of course, the club is not blameless. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone gets things wrong. So that gets us up to today. What's REALLY going on with James Vaughan? Yes, he's had concussion, there are protocols that must be followed, but a bit of open and honest communication on the matter can kill all the gossip and vitriol in one fell swoop. Now we have the Alex Smithies saga. My opinion is he's a very good goalkeeper, probably about average within the Championship. He makes no more or no less errors than most other goalies. Arsenal fans are delighted they've got Cech, but he didn't exactly have a good debut did he? If Town sell and he's replaced by Murphy, then (IMO) Town are all the weaker for it. Not good. I have to ask the question though, why does everything have to be so complex and confusing with Town? So Clibbens tells Powell he can't play v Blackburn? Did he, or did he not? Just be open and honest Town. Sorry for the rant and random nature of my post. Come on Town, sort yourselves out, and come on fans, get behind the club we love. We do love Town don't we? A fantastically emotional well written piece of comment ( and fir any body else wanting to have a dig that's what it is comment ) I think that Things are changing but lets be strong the only man that loves this club more than me !!!! Is the one stood next to me on the terrace Epsom terrier I include you and all of " us " expat tempory fans in this We own the club the fans the supporters not the board not even Dean Hoyle as much as he as done an amazing job Every single fan with ie and white u. There blood needs to get behind the team Whatever team it is 'UTT
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Post by shawsie on Aug 16, 2015 18:04:33 GMT 1
The shares haven't been put in trust yet. I don't know why. But I'm 100% certain they will be at some point. Dean has said so. He's never lied to me yet so why would he now. The inference otherwise is malicious. Concur entirely mids......I'm paraphrasing but at one of the Htsa meetings he said along the lines of "they are going into trust to ensure this situation never happens again".
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Post by walshy on Aug 16, 2015 18:29:12 GMT 1
Having read Epsom Terriers' post. I pretty much agree with the vast majority.
I think for what it's worth.
Before we go on to any pro/against Dean Hoyle debate. We all have to put our hands up and say we are extremely fortunate, and lucky that he invested in the club at the time he did. Football is a business these days, and Dean has done incredibly well, in an era when there is more clubs going into Administration, largely through mis-management. He has put a firm foothold on putting Huddersfield Town back on the map, in regards to stability and level that we play at.
We all love Dean Hoyle for what he's done, unfortunately he's there to be shot at as he is the owner of our beloved club, and means theres added pressure of getting whats best for the club. I honestly would love Dean to sell the club, as long as the new owners will invest properly into the club (they have to be richer/willing to invest more money than Dean has), but the most important thing for this club, is that Dean Hoyle is involved in the board committee. Taking the pressure of one of our own will be great.
Huddersfield Town would be a good investment for any businessman looking to own a club, something that will create some excitement into the club, as we BELIEVE our success will be sooner rather than later, very much to the Clark era, the excitement the club had back then was top notch. Dean has done everything he can for this Football Club, and i'd be like many first to thank him for his services, and beg him to still be involved.
Moving on to the playing staff and selling key players. Unfortunately, this is part and parcel of Football. Nobody likes losing our best players, but congratulations to Dean on this, god knows how much profit we've made of player sales, thats put our club an attractive proposition to buy, by reducing the business debt.. We need the fans back in the stands for sure. But there is no quick fix, cost of football is pricey, meaning pricing out many. However, I think new owners, investment into the playing staff, could create the interest again.
But this is no rant towards Dean at all and no pressure for him to sell. He is a business man and a genius at that. But like players, every club has a price.
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