I don't know why the Trust bothers. Why don't they just disband and give all the money that they've put away for a rainy day to the Sally Army and be done with it. All the money that I donated to the Fighting Fund over the years can go there with my blessing. I won't be sobbing over a couple of quid thrown in a bucket like some on this forum.
Mind you, they'll have to change their constitution beforehand as all the money that has been donated either in cash or shares has to go to the club. I'm sure that the club will find a toilet to p!iss it down.
When RM Enterprises threatens to go down the tubes next time, the Trust won't be able to be blamed, will they.
I really don't understand you. Sorry, but just because some people disagreed with the trust, you come out with lines like, 'I don't know why the Trust bothers.' Do you think everyone must agree with the trust no matter what? If you use that point of view then I'd hate to be your wife!!
I agree with the Trust in that they have the best interests of the club at heart. All supporters, whether they be members of the trust or not should agree to that. That said, like anything, 100% support is extemely rare. How often, when voting in Parliament, do MP's vote against their own parties plans? All the time. That's life.
I know I'm coming back into this conversation after about a week of not posting, but the point is some people, including me, felt that whilst the trust's always had good intentions, what they did was not appropriate. I had faith in RM, and the use of the phrase Save our Southend was in my eyes inappropriate because at that time, Southend United did not actually need saving. Had HMRC/the Courts put us into Administration etc, then the need would have arisen for Southend to be saved. The trusts intent was to act quickly.
Clearly, SUFC financially is not exactly Tesco's in terms of profit etc. And because of that, a Trust with healthy finances can only be a good thing. However, my main point always was that the collections for the fighting fund were ill timed. Hindsight, in my view, proves me right because the money was not needed.
Some people will argue any money in a fighting fund could be better used by actually giving it to the club. I'm not suggesting you give RM a cheque for X amount and just ask him to spend it wisely. If I did, we'd go round in circles again as I think the Trust do not trust RM anymore.
What I am simply putting out there, is that the Trust does what I believe it has done in the past with the Quid a goal scheme, and donate a physical thing to the club, to improve the club. Obviously the Quid a goal thing I think paid for physio equipment, and I'd presume and agree that the Trust should still be the actual owners of the kit. What I'm saying is perhaps, depending on the amount of money available, the Trust pays part of a transfer fee for a player, or pays for the pitch to be maintained etc. Theoretically, this could improve the team, and then the club would be better off financially.
I'm not saying this should be done, I'm simply coming up with an idea.