Carl Reader Publicly Pulls Out Of Buying SUFC

[Murkey_Mouse]

Best chances is before 1st of March, when Ron will realise he have to sell 50% of the club at least, as all of them have to work together to ensure the club come through it.

 

[Maldon Shrimper]

This sums up the problem willing buyers but unwilling seller

 

[stewart]

There you have it people RM is so egotistical ,and bull headed, All anyone can do now is sit back and wait until March 1st. pray to God that RM comes to his senses ,which i doubt .

 

[dusterman]

Not keen on him tbh. Get a bad vibe. No reason for it. Just gut instinct.

Loved him as a footballer.

 

[Loan Shark Linda]

Such a shame

 

[LeedsSUFC]

So we could've had Simon Cox in an advisory position with a pension fund that could've ransacked us for a housing development - I bet Simon is a nice guy, but... He won us 0 promotions, 0 play offs attempts, had 3 managers sacked during his time here. He also has 0 experience in running a football club, or even being on the board of one. Let alone one that will continue to lose £1.4-2million every year.

Thanks, but no thanks.

 

[Loan Shark Linda]

So we could've had Simon Cox in an advisory position with a pension fund that could've ransacked us for a housing development - I bet Simon is a nice guy, but... He won us 0 promotions, 0 play offs attempts, had 3 managers sacked during his time here. He also has 0 experience in running a football club, or even being on the board of one. Let alone one that will continue to lose £1.4-2million every year.

Thanks, but no thanks.

Still prefer Cox to Ron

 

[overseas shrimper]

Still prefer Cox to Ron

Cox wouldn't have been a Ron replacement. He was just there in an advisory role.

 

[overseas shrimper]

I'm not convinced the Carl Reader consortium would have been right for the club. What bothers me is Ron's unwillingness to even communicate with potential buyers while he gambles with the club's existence.

Who knows what potential offers might have / will come along, only to be treated the same.

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

There you have it people RM is so egotistical ,and bull headed, All anyone can do now is sit back and wait until March 1st. pray to God that RM comes to his senses ,which i doubt .

His life after 2nd of march will become hell, if he allowed our club to die.

 

[overseas shrimper]

His life after 2nd of march will become hell, if he allowed our club to die.

Yes, you've said. Over and over again.

In your opinion, RM must be a Col Ewe fan, right?

 

[LeedsSUFC]

I'm not convinced the Carl Reader consortium would have been right for the club. What bothers me is Ron's unwillingness to even communicate with potential buyers while he gambles with the club's existence.

Who knows what potential offers might have / will come along, only to be treated the same.

How do you know he hasn’t been in negotiations with people other than Carl & co?

 

[overseas shrimper]

How do you know he hasn’t been in negotiations with people other than Carl & co?

I don't, do you? But I'd be pleasantly surprised if that were the case.

 

[E for B and Billy Best]

If he is refusing to talk to outside investors who could possibly help and he doesn't pay the tax debt on March 1st, then the only conclusion is he is wilfully getting the club wound up.
After all the visual and written media attention of the last two weeks there will be a lot of people chasing him with one question to ask...Why?
There will be nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, no one else to hide behind and blame. Just him with one question to answer

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

So we could've had Simon Cox in an advisory position with a pension fund that could've ransacked us for a housing development - I bet Simon is a nice guy, but... He won us 0 promotions, 0 play offs attempts, had 3 managers sacked during his time here. He also has 0 experience in running a football club, or even being on the board of one. Let alone one that will continue to lose £1.4-2million every year.

Thanks, but no thanks.

If the club was run properly and didn’t incur massive fines and interest for paying late (or not at all) or had money siphoned off to other group companies then it would easily be able to live within its means.

Many clubs in the national league and even some in league two don’t have income much more than £2m a season, yet manage to survive without rich benefactors pumping money in month after month.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Still prefer Cox to Ron

Female in 'prefers Cox' shocker

 

[Mad Cyril]

FORMER Southend United favourite Simon Cox has revealed he was part of a group who failed in a bid to buy the club from chairman Ron Martin earlier this season.

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Great player but never a favourite.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I'm not convinced the Carl Reader consortium would have been right for the club. What bothers me is Ron's unwillingness to even communicate with potential buyers while he gambles with the club's existence.

Who knows what potential offers might have / will come along, only to be treated the same.

If someone doesn't want to sell that is irrelevant.

 

[Mad Cyril]

If the club was run properly and didn’t incur massive fines and interest for paying late (or not at all) or had money siphoned off to other group companies then it would easily be able to live within its means.

Has Ron siphoned money into other group companies?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Simon obviously has some cash burning a hole in his pocket.

He is currently launching a F45 gym in Southend opposite Warrior Square.

The Chelmsford F45 charges £15 a visit or £119 for 10 visits. Not sure that price point is going to work in such a run down part of Southend.