number11
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There are far smarter and better informed people than me on here, from whom I would welcome a contrary rationale……but I am starting to think the club going bust may be the best thing for us. Is that insane?
The club in its current form is essentially bankrupt. Huge debts, no assets (ground, players, league status). Let’s say Ron’s ‘dream’ comes to fruition - roots hall is demolished, a new (3-sided) ground is built. Ron makes his millions and Sufc get the privilege of paying him whatever rent plus whatever return of loans he decrees. Doesn’t seem a great future.
Or we carry on like we have for another ten years, roots hall getting more dilapidated, the clubs debt to Ron growing, likely we will stay in the lower realms of this division or the one below.
Ron is not going to ‘leave’ just because there is a protest. No one will buy Ron out to save us.
What about if we were put out of our misery and were dissolved, from such ashes a Phoenix club is started - free from debt and Ron’s ownership - presumably owned by the fans. Starting from scratch in or around the Essex Senior league sharing at a non-league ground ( Though Garons seems to be trying to turn itself into a sporting centre - or there might be some cheap land going at Fossetts Farm ?). Looking at some other clubs who went bust - Wimbledon took 14 years to get back into the league, Aldershot 15.
Are we any more likely to get back earlier than that as we are?
Fanciful, championship manager style daydream? over-reaction to a one nil away defeat? Or the only chance to ‘get our club back’?
The club in its current form is essentially bankrupt. Huge debts, no assets (ground, players, league status). Let’s say Ron’s ‘dream’ comes to fruition - roots hall is demolished, a new (3-sided) ground is built. Ron makes his millions and Sufc get the privilege of paying him whatever rent plus whatever return of loans he decrees. Doesn’t seem a great future.
Or we carry on like we have for another ten years, roots hall getting more dilapidated, the clubs debt to Ron growing, likely we will stay in the lower realms of this division or the one below.
Ron is not going to ‘leave’ just because there is a protest. No one will buy Ron out to save us.
What about if we were put out of our misery and were dissolved, from such ashes a Phoenix club is started - free from debt and Ron’s ownership - presumably owned by the fans. Starting from scratch in or around the Essex Senior league sharing at a non-league ground ( Though Garons seems to be trying to turn itself into a sporting centre - or there might be some cheap land going at Fossetts Farm ?). Looking at some other clubs who went bust - Wimbledon took 14 years to get back into the league, Aldershot 15.
Are we any more likely to get back earlier than that as we are?
Fanciful, championship manager style daydream? over-reaction to a one nil away defeat? Or the only chance to ‘get our club back’?
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