Last Friday, the day the takeover was announced, Hamer went on the Twenyman radio show for a Q&A. Some of the info from that interview was put on the Radio Bristol thread. But not all was put on and some of you may have not seen what was in the other thread and some may have not heard the interview. Here is the link if you wish to hear the whole interview. Geoff's show dont start until 6:53 in and its a pre-recorded interview withe Wael first then followed by the Q &A with Steve Hamer starting at 11:02. Below is all the key info taken from this interview with Hamer if you dont have time to listen to it all. But if you want to hear the key info yourself, I have added what time in the show for you to fast forward to hear it The link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03h9hwm#play 15:40 Regarding our debts, Hamer said: "We will be debt free." 16:11 Regarding new signings, Hamer said: "Me and Wael met with DC earlier before the announcement. We volunteered to offer him support for the rest of this season. DC said they have 3 games coming up rather rapidly so lets see where we are after that. We will then be sitting down with DC and if he wants certain players in certain positions, we will do our utmost to bring them in and we will help him reach the target to reach the play offs." 28:54 It wont just be the Al-Qadi family and Steve Hamer on the board. Hamer said: "Other board members will be introduced as and when, while we move along. Someone (un-named) will be coming in next week (this week now) to join us, who is extremely efficient. Tony Watola has been approached to be the clubs CEO. Steve Brookfield (former Coventry Financial Director) will be our new Financial Director." Regarding other roles in the boardroom that need to be filled, Hamer said: "Its difficult to invite people to your party if you dont have your music playing. When the music starts playing, we will be inviting other to the party." 37:02 When asked would the Al-Qadi family have still taken over Rovers if we didnt gain promotion back to the Football League, Hamer replied: "I have to be honest with you, it would have been unlikely. If you are going to invest and buy a football club, you are going to have to look at the league and as you know from last season, the Conference is not easy." 37:42 When asked if the club is now waiting for the Sainsburys decision before moving on to the stadium, Hamer replied: "Its not contingent on the court case. You have to be patient with us. A lot of advance work has taken place from the previous directors which we need to be happy with. It would make sense for us to own 100% of it. But if other partners HAVE to be introduce then we have to accept it." 39:19 Why asked why is Watola staying at the club, Hamer said: "Tony was not a board director but had the title Financial Director. If you take over anything, like if you take over a restaurant, you need to have continuity. It would be reckless and unwise to start a fresh and make mistakes." 41:28 When asked for people who may want to get involved at boardroom level, are there vacanies, can anyone apply and is there a criteria, Hamer replied: "I believe the selection for those invitations to become a member of the board have been looked at very closely and I dont think there will be any vacancies as such. We will be introducing people to the club who we believe can make a contribution to the football club." 42:20 When asked what are the short term and long term priorities, Hamer replied: "Short term is to assist DC in reaching the play offs. Long term, its been tough negotiations and a lot of emotions wrapped up in this from previous board of directors, so we really havent had a great deal of oportunity to look at things. We been given informantion under the due diligence process of course but until you understand what makes the club tick and work and spoken to everybody, decision will then be made to improve the club." 44:07 When asked for more info on owning UWE, Hamer said: "There is some discussions that it is part owned with UWE. But there are 2 options. 1 is to buy the long term lease and the other is to buy the freehold. They will both equally be appraised. Wael has to look at every aspect of the deal. Its too risky to just take a punt."
Thanks for that CJS He would to have answered the questions honestly within the parameters of information that he would be allowed to divulge
