BantamTalk Protest

BUT, who owns Blackpool?

 

I am not sure what you are referring to. The Judgment Approved by the court for handing down by Mr. Justice Marcus Smith, primarily deals with ownership of Blackpool FC. There is a 457 paragraphed judgement, which concludes that the Oyston's need to buy out Belekon for a sum of £31.27 million. https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/vbfa-v-blackpool-fc-properties-ltd-ors/

 

The main difference as far as I can see it, is that there was a major ‘falling out’ between two shareholders in Blackpool FC, over financial issues. Unless Rahic and Rupp entered into a comparable legal dispute, then there seems to be little to connect City, to that aspect of the Blackpool saga.

The fans themselves, seem to have failed to bring about the downfall of the Oyston’s, who have doggedly held onto ownership, despite prolonged protests and boycotts.

Indeed the three clubs I mentioned earlier Blackpool, Charlton and Coventry all won yesterday, despite supporters from all three clubs wanting a change in ownership.

Any action taken by City fans, needs to be lawful and effective. Simply repeating tried and failed strategies of other groups of supporters, is unlikely to be successful.

 

We don't have freedom of speech in the UK so there is nothing to ban. We have a right to express an opinion but with a lot of conditions in place. It is always hard to have a mass peaceful protest without elements of that protest stepping over the line, for example, someone here posted about having banners saying things like 'Go Home' which is getting very close to xenophobic speech which isn't allowed and it can be very easy for what people are chanting to be deemed inciteful (There was a situation with a forum member where his comments at the ground saw things kick off). Anything that does happen see's the organisers of any protest being partly responsible without any ability to prevent it as they aren't in control of others actions

 

Ask yourself this. Which quality players, are actually going to want to come to City, if the wage structure doesn’t offer an incentive, the fans are either abandoning the club and/or making it a very hostile place to play in and we are in the relegation zone? Name names!

 

As I said there may not be any spending in Jan but if you don't time a protest right you can potentially guarantee there won't be and may leave the club in a situation where they can't get rid of them as no-one wants a League 2 club. Unless you manage to find an Arab Oil billionaire who wants to buy it no buyer is going to be doing so just to throw their fortunes down the drain so anyone wanting to come in has to know there are certain financials in place which League 2 will lessen. There is more chance of ousting them as a League 1 club imho than as a League 2 club

 

Having a manager in place well in advance of the window so plans can already be in action should certainly make a difference over the summer. You would hope at this point Hopkin already has a list of targets identified that fit how he wants to play and work has started on bringing them in