Just wondered if the council had said anything regarding Allams suggestion they had offered him the freehold ?
If what Allam says is true that he's been offered the freehold of the stadium and turned it down due to his personal spat with Geraghty*, then he's simply holding the club back and he needs to go. He had the right intentions initially wanting to get the stadium but turning it down just because he can't deal with TG is unforgiveable. This is the future of our club he's gambling with. If it's not true then obviously he's lied again.
*By the way, I've been trying to find out what pissed Allam off so much about Geraghty and I now know. It wasn't something he said as such but TG's relaxed demeanour to the meeting. He wore a cardigan and messed about with his iPad during the meeting. Very unprofessional but ffs Allam is it that insulting that it's more important than the financial future of the club?
I happen to think some people wear cardigans very well and, erm, sorry what else?
I couldn't concentrate, I was playing angry birds.
Come back...
Just to clarify - I don't think cardigans are unprofessional and I wouldn't give a **** what someone wore to a meeting, it was the iPad bit I agreed was unprofessional.
Actually, instead of passing a big Hull City flag around with signatures on it, we could pass a massive cardigan with a huge I-pad inside it over the east stand.
Who can knit?

If what Allam says is true that he's been offered the freehold of the stadium and turned it down due to his personal spat with Geraghty*, then he's simply holding the club back and he needs to go. He had the right intentions initially wanting to get the stadium but turning it down just because he can't deal with TG is unforgiveable. This is the future of our club he's gambling with. If it's not true then obviously he's lied again.
*By the way, I've been trying to find out what pissed Allam off so much about Geraghty and I now know. It wasn't something he said as such but TG's relaxed demeanour to the meeting. He wore a cardigan and messed about with his iPad during the meeting. Very unprofessional but ffs Allam is it that insulting that it's more important than the financial future of the club?
If he has been offered the freehold, he is more likely to have baulked at whatever price the HCC has put on it. Don't forget - initially he wanted it 'for free' and the council offered a joint-deal, which he apparently turned down
(Or is all that just a myth?)
If he has been offered the freehold, he is more likely to have baulked at whatever price the HCC has put on it. Don't forget - initially he wanted it 'for free' and the council offered a joint-deal, which he apparently turned down
(Or is all that just a myth?)
Didn't Burnsey say yesterday that the council had offered to give him the freehold, ie for nothing? I may have misheard.
If they'd offered him the stadium for free, he'd have accepted it.
Unless of course, he's a mad old sod whose pride, and being seen as someone who never changes his mind or backs down, is more important than anything else
Didn't Burnsey say yesterday that the council had offered to give him the freehold, ie for nothing? I may have misheard.
The 'free' in Freehold isn't related to the cost. I'll get the technicalities wrong, but it means it's free of other claims on it.
It means you don't need the permission of the Queen to live there or sell it.
I live and learn (despite the chairman's wishes) I just assumed it was an alternative to leasehold. I bet I've misunderstood that too.