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Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:48 pm**

barrowfan wrote:
spirit of 1990 wrote: I was offered £20 for the kitty on Saturday but turned it down as we think it's only fair that until the ownership of the club is decided we'll stop taking any more donations.

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Not sure I understand why. Can you please explain?

Because any ground improvements will only benefit Mr Casson if the vote goes in his favour not us, the members and fans. So if Casson's going to buy the club and the land why should we contribute to it if only he will benefit. It will be his ground, let him pay for any improvements.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:47 am**

Nigel Bamford wrote:
barrowfan wrote: Not sure I understand why. Can you please explain?
Because any ground improvements will only benefit Mr Casson if the vote goes in his favour not us, the members and fans. So if Casson's going to buy the club and the land why should we contribute to it if only he will benefit. It will be his ground, let him pay for any improvements.

Basically, yes.

As I've already said somewhere, donations have virtually dried up over the last month or so (understandably) & this is more than likely the reason. If the takeover doesn't go ahead it'll be no problem firing this thread back up to remind people donations are being accepted once more.

Very similar situation to the ground maintenance work, we're carrying on for the time being but not sure where we'd fit in if Paul Casson gained control of the club.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:20 am**

Cheers guys.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:59 am**

Nigel Bamford wrote:
barrowfan wrote: Not sure I understand why. Can you please explain?
Because any ground improvements will only benefit Mr Casson if the vote goes in his favour not us, the members and fans. So if Casson's going to buy the club and the land why should we contribute to it if only he will benefit. It will be his ground, let him pay for any improvements.

haha Jesus Christ.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:51 pm**

patrickstarfish wrote:
Nigel Bamford wrote: Because any ground improvements will only benefit Mr Casson if the vote goes in his favour not us, the members and fans. So if Casson's going to buy the club and the land why should we contribute to it if only he will benefit. It will be his ground, let him pay for any improvements.
haha Jesus Christ.

Ridiculous aint it ? What will happen to the money if Casson does get voted in ? People donated it for the ground to be maintained.

I hope this doesn't make the GMA team vote no because they might not be needed.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:02 am**

KHayman wrote:
patrickstarfish wrote: haha Jesus Christ.
Ridiculous aint it ? What will happen to the money if Casson does get voted in ? People donated it for the ground to be maintained.

I hope this doesn't make the GMA team vote no because they might not be needed.

All money donated for the maint of the ground will be spent on the ground.
My vote will be going Mr Casson's way whether he wants the maint team or not.
The ground needs major funding, The debts need paying off, We need to invest in the team and the future.
We can't carry on like we are.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:47 am**

Neil, there is an alternative to the funds just being thrown at the ground if the PC bid goes through & that is part of the discussions that about a dozen people are involved with atm (nothing to do with the GM volunteers before all sorts of accusations start getting thrown at us) Even if anything comes of these talks we'll have to ask anyone who has donated money if they're happy with the plan but I honestly can't see why people would be against it.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:11 am**

KHayman wrote:
patrickstarfish wrote: haha Jesus Christ.
Ridiculous aint it ? What will happen to the money if Casson does get voted in ? People donated it for the ground to be maintained.

I hope this doesn't make the GMA team vote no because they might not be needed.

You have to be just about THE most negative poster on this forum! You continually just look for posts to fire a snide remark at.

"People donated it for the ground to be maintained" Read my post above. Such a big decision regarding the funds will be spoken about with the people who donated the money in the first place.

Your last sentence is probably (no, is) the most stupid statement I have ever read on here, seriously.

"I hope this doesn't make the GMA team vote no because they might not be needed" Have a [SwearFilter] word with yourself!! I don't know of one of the volunteers that will not be voting for anything other than to accept PC's offer.

I've seriously really enjoyed doing what we've done at the ground (as I would suggest have most, if not all of the others have also) but do you HONESTLY think that any of us wouldn't vote for what seems like a perfectly good offer to take the club & ground to another level just because we want to spend a morning down there building a shit house, emptying bins or humping crap into a skip?

FYI - as things stand, I will be voting to accept.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:47 pm**

spirit of 1990 wrote:
KHayman wrote: Ridiculous aint it ? What will happen to the money if Casson does get voted in ? People donated it for the ground to be maintained.

I hope this doesn't make the GMA team vote no because they might not be needed.
You have to be just about THE most negative poster on this forum! You continually just look for posts to fire a snide remark at.

"People donated it for the ground to be maintained" Read my post above. Such a big decision regarding the funds will be spoken about with the people who donated the money in the first place.

Your last sentence is probably (no, is) the most stupid statement I have ever read on here, seriously.

"I hope this doesn't make the GMA team vote no because they might not be needed" Have a [SwearFilter] word with yourself!! I don't know of one of the volunteers that will not be voting for anything other than to accept PC's offer.

I've seriously really enjoyed doing what we've done at the ground (as I would suggest have most, if not all of the others have also) but do you HONESTLY think that any of us wouldn't vote for what seems like a perfectly good offer to take the club & ground to another level just because we want to spend a morning down there building a shit house, emptying bins or humping crap into a skip?

FYI - as things stand, I will be voting to accept.

Ian my post was in reply to Nigel and Patrick It just so happens that he quoted your reply. The first point I made was a genuine question to Nigel who posted saying there would be no benefit to Barrow fans and that Casson should pay for any ground improvements.This implied that the money wasn't going to be used for ground improvements so I asked. The second one was a genuine question that me and a few others have thought. Cheers for answering.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:45 pm**

Cant belive what im reading, your turning down donations!! i thought the gma was supposed to benefit the club for everyone. now you are saying the ground improvements will benefit mr casson if the vote goes in his favour not us! getting too big for your boots some of you boys.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:27 pm**

strawberry wrote:Cant belive what im reading, your turning down donations!! i thought the gma was supposed to benefit the club for everyone. now you are saying the ground improvements will benefit mr casson if the vote goes in his favour not us! getting too big for your boots some of you boys.

Are you [SwearFilter]?

Try laying off sherrys bud

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:50 pm**

strawberry wrote:Cant belive what im reading, your turning down donations!! i thought the gma was supposed to benefit the club for everyone. now you are saying the ground improvements will benefit mr casson if the vote goes in his favour not us! getting too big for your boots some of you boys.

In exactly the same way that any improvements to my house benefit me (financially) which is exactly why I wouldn't expect you to make a contribution if I decided to stick on a conservatory even though you'd be quite welcome to come and sit in it and have a drink.

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:54 am**

its not his house yet and might never be.

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:57 am**

strawberry wrote:its not his house yet and might never be.

Correct, & just the reason I wrote "until the ownership of the club is decided" but you still decide to pick me up on something so petty!

The GMA funds topic has just under 8000 views, the GMA topic well over 100,000 & between them have raised over £15,000 with donations from all over the world & not a single peep out of you - whether thats turning up to put a shift in, donating money or tools or a positive post about 60-70 people putting thousands of hours in to improve the ground.
I mention not taking donations for a couple of weeks till we find out whether the volunteers actually have a place in PC's new set-up (if succsesful) then what happens? you crawl out from the woodwork & use two of your fifteen posts to complain about £20.

If his takeover bid fails, we'll still be there taking donations & turning up at the ground (I'll even hunt that massively important £20 down & if I can't find the man, I'll put it in myself just so you sleep easier)

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:48 pm**

spirit of 1990 wrote:
KHayman wrote: Ridiculous aint it ? What will happen to the money if Casson does get voted in ? People donated it for the ground to be maintained.

I hope this doesn't make the GMA team vote no because they might not be needed.
You have to be just about THE most negative poster on this forum! You continually just look for posts to fire a snide remark at.

"People donated it for the ground to be maintained" Read my post above. Such a big decision regarding the funds will be spoken about with the people who donated the money in the first place.

Your last sentence is probably (no, is) the most stupid statement I have ever read on here, seriously.

"I hope this doesn't make the GMA team vote no because they might not be needed" Have a [SwearFilter] word with yourself!! I don't know of one of the volunteers that will not be voting for anything other than to accept PC's offer.

I've seriously really enjoyed doing what we've done at the ground (as I would suggest have most, if not all of the others have also) but do you HONESTLY think that any of us wouldn't vote for what seems like a perfectly good offer to take the club & ground to another level just because we want to spend a morning down there building a [SwearFilter] house, emptying bins or humping crap into a skip?

FYI - as things stand, I will be voting to accept.

I agree Khayman is possibly the most negative poster on this forum! and I'm not talking just about this topic!!

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