polo tower wrote:long time listener first time caller.
there are 5 stages of grief and i can see them all expressed on this forum through various reactions to your situation. sadly, far too many seem in still be in total denial, whilst a few seem to understand the severity of the situaiton. in brief, i dont believe morecambe football club is for sale in any meaningful sense, as others have pointed out this is an income stream for your owner a term which very loosely applies in this case. the prospective owners are simply a ruse to keep the spigot open for as long as possible, no doubt they potentially profit from this understanding in some way.
I read someone complain that the fans feel a few steps behind the shenanigans of this individual, and that he is too clever. this goes back to my first point, most people dont want to see what is going on and cant come to terms with it. when you see the very simple operation in play, as distressing as it is it needs to be countered. I see your situation very similar to chester, and not blackpool which has been mentioned. To that end i really think the trust need to be in contact with chester immediately with concrete plans put in place for starting fresh with a covenent covering usage and ownership of the ground. this isnt to say give up on getting the club back into less dubious hands, but to really get ahead of things and have a plan in place, because, things are at some point going to spiral out of control very quickly and you could end up with no club to support and wondering what happened (WW is all the proof you need and is exactly where you are heading). forcing the issue sooner gives you more of a chance of being able to control the outcome, puts real pressure on the owner and then even if it is a disaster, better to be prepared.
Im not local but live local, have watched morecambe for over 3 decades, and have been really impressed with how the club was run and transitioned into a full time league club, the current situation is a disgrace, it angers me, and the responsibility for it lies directly at the door of the FA, as well as whoever sold the club to this opportunist credit card juggler in the first place. that being said, the club is the fans and you really need to get on top of this because its clear where it is going and has been for some time. Anyway, its easily said i know.
apologies for being so optimistic.
Very good comments, well put and right what you say. Unfortunately like you have said some are still not seeing the picture and don't like having anyone with a difference of opinion than theirs, same people will still not see the bigger picture once it comes to us struggling to keep afloat and the clubs in the Sh1t.
It seems that no matter what the BOD and trust do they same people are snow blinded and cant cope that facts are stated on this forum, those of you in Denial you will suddenly wake up and see the picture
