The two other boards are full of rumours about a proposed consortium takeover currently being resisted by Higgs and the BoD. There's a lot to summarize so pop across if you want to be updated. One of the links is... http://www.gaschat.co.uk/thread/4605/new-beginning
Firstly i am sad i was the one who had to break this news - my reasons are honourable i assure you and i have spent many days considering whether i was right to do so I have known about this for a period of weeks and have given ample time for it to surface itself - Sadly it has not - I believe what i have passed on to be true and if proved otherwise i am fully prepared to fall on my sword and apologise fully for being wrong as well as lose any respect i may/may not have from Gasheads - i feel supporters deserve to know something if it has a bearing on the future of the club we love and not just known to a few - i am also not a fan of 'i know something you don't know' and think everyone has the right to know if its 'out there' my tin hat is firmly on and i know i will come in for plenty of stick in fact its already begun - that is my issue and i will have to live with it - thanks for some of the kind comments and i promise you i have only done this because i genuinely feel its the right thing to do and will of course keep you updated when i find out anything new Assuring you of my best intentions - Cheers and UTG - JTS
Jon if and when this is likely to happen then i am sure that we will be told. When the rumours went round about the ex Reading guy heading up a consortium the forum was full of we don't want him comments. what makes me very sad is that as soon as something of this nature comes up then the NH bashers come out in force. I have no idea whether this is a rumour or fact not yet disclosed but I am convinced that Bristol Rovers are still in business because NH and the directors have supported with their money. I would love to see Rovers in a brand new stadium and in the championship or premier but I don't want to see them extinct because people rushed to sell the club off to unsuitable people and I am not saying that the alleged people who are reported are unsuitable
Just been reading that. I like the comment where someone joked the buyer is Sainsbury's and we will change our colours to orange
The offer is on the table and the consortium have bent over backwards satisfying conditions but they are getting nowhere hence why i feel it has to become public knowledge - Old timer there is no rumour here it is fact and the offer and investment is both fantastic and must be looked at for our potential future success - assuring you of my good intentions - JTS
I presume that the offer precludes any of the existing Board retaining their position. Also your use of the plural 'have' means that the consortium isn't a single party.
I have to be careful what i write/post regards 'libel' so in my opinion the consortium is more than one single party and in my opinion the existing board will need to step aside Hope you understand this is difficult for me at the moment - regards JTS
Jon I don't doubt your sincerity, loyalty or the position you find yourself in, thanks for sharing what little you were able to
From what I read on the other forums, it looks like some time this week this should come out. Is this right JTS?
I would hope so, as the longer it goes on the more speculated it all becomes Not to mention i'll look a right twat
JTS, Do you know why Higgs haven't accepted the consortium offer, if its as good as you previously said? Is it not good enough to him? Or does he feel the potential new owners would ditch us and leave us in debt like Salisbury? Or does the consortium want him gone full stop which he is unwilling to to do? Or does he want the glory of giving us UWE although it seems that will now be a watered down version? Any of above? I also seen Vital Gas report this story now. That's a good sign that you're not telling fibs like some on other forums have suggested!
I have no details of the 'deal' to purchase the club other than that i am assured it is a fair/generous deal for both parties - now step in the real protagonists - the accountants and solicitors!
So you don't the deal which is fair enough but do you know why Higgs hasn't accepted then or do know but can't say?
