100k

Quoted from promotion plaice

So why did you hand over money to a failing business, this thread is an embarrassment and an insult to a lot of town fans.

Agreed.

Quoted from fleabag1970

Sooooo you happily hand over 100k to a business that has been failing for the last 13 years ............  It can't just be me that thinks wtf ?

A football club is different to an ordinary business in many ways. You're very right, it would have been madness to throw 100K at a failing business such as 'Woolworths' when it was in its decline. But then people don't travel 100's of miles in their replica Woolworths' employee top to show their love to the business. You just can't compare the two. People love their football club, they don't love their local supermarket.

Also, you talk about it as if one person gave 100K. They didn't. People gave what they could afford to give, and I'm pretty certain, whatever the outcome this season, come the preseason optimism and peoples love for the 'Grimsby Town Business' many of them would be willing to do it again next summer.

Even if we got promoted we'd still be just as skint. Nobody gave to try and see any return on their money other than boost the chances of being promoted.

Quoted from mariner91

Ignore the OP, he's not posted for a couple of months while things were looking rosy. Now he's back, quelle surprise. Obviously not getting any at home.

Yeah but the plaster cast will be off his wrist soon and it'll go quiet again

I was asking a valid question , pretty soon there won't be a balanced view on this site . Insults only tell me that you can't answer the question .

Quoted from fleabag1970

I was asking a valid question , pretty soon there won't be a balanced view on this site . Insults only tell me that you can't answer the question .

Here's your answer then: We all, collectively, handed over £100K because we're sick and tired of being in this division and so decided to help in the only way we can directly which is increasing the budget. Bigger budgets usually mean a better chance at any level of football. Nobody thought it would guarantee us promotion and I don't think anyone, or at least not many people, is demanding their money back, they gave it because of the feel good factor at the time and because we love this club.

Will it work? Well at the minute it's looking quite unlikely as it's looking like PH has tricked us all into thinking he has developed as a manager and is making the same stubborn errors that he has been doing his entire tenure. There's still a long way to go but we've already given ourselves a mountain to climb and with our easy start that is unforgivable. We should have been riding the crest of a wave but as it is we've left the anchor out.

There are obviously some things wrong at the minute and I don't mind people having an opinion that is critical. Everyone can see it's not right and we should be doing much better with the squad at our disposal. What I can't stand though, is someone leaving the board for months and then only coming back once things start going badly and seemingly reveling in the fact we're struggling. How sad an individual do you have to be to do that?

I bought lots of goodies and donated 3 cash sums over £350 in total,

For one reason only because I love this club,

Its not a business,  its my life,

I do not expect a run down on how the money is spent,

BUT

I do hope it helps us get promoted.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I bought lots of goodies and donated 3 cash sums over £350 in total,

For one reason only because I love this club,

Its not a business,  its my life,

I do not expect a run down on how the money is spent,

BUT

I do hope it helps us get promoted.

Well done pal350 is a lot of money

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Well done pal350 is a lot of money

Thank you but don't tell the wife.

Quoted from fleabag1970

I was asking a valid question , pretty soon there won't be a balanced view on this site . Insults only tell me that you can't answer the question .

Actually I don't think you were asking a valid question, you were simply trying to stir controversy because you're pi55ed off.  I asked a loosely related question a couple of weeks back, the direction I was coming from was whether there were plans to spend the money, given that since the cheque was handed over we haven't spent anything.  I got shot down by the usual board elders who simply defend everything that the club and JF do, right or wrong.  However, the question remains unanswered, where is the money or what was it spent on?  Also was it used as an addition to the original budget or has it been used so that one individual has been able to put less of his own money in?  Perfectly straight forward conspiracy free questions if you ask me, some of us are interested and some aren't.  Just for the record, I contributed to what I thought and still think was a worthwhile cause.  I contribute to other collections and charities in the belief that in some small way my contribution will help, it's quite simply how under-funded entities can over perform.  However, if I think for one moment that my own personal generosity is being abused then I'll never give again.