[Peakfmcommentator]

Ashley come and find me in the commentary box at Fleetwood, come and talk on the radio.

It's a way to talk to all the supporters not just the ones that use the message board.

Thanks

Joe Rawson

acarson, on 19 November 2016 - 08:20 AM, said:

At 3am I sent a long email to Mike Warner and John. Root, me fellow directors for their input.

We are a board of 3 and this will need to be a joint agreed plan going forward.

Sorry, I did not expect the 4 to all resign and I do feel bitter towards them, I will compile something today, also try to speak to our lawyers.

There will only be myself and CT going to Fleetwood

Just for missed calls from the CEO of the EFL, so need to call him

AshleyC

[Trophy5]

I just cant wait for the next episode!

[shaun1866]

freelander2, on 19 November 2016 - 08:45 AM, said:

Who the F do you think has been running the club on a day to day basis?

It's about time some of you lot woke up.

Come on then tell us ? CT has the position of CEO so if he isn't doing the CEO job why is he being persisted with and still down as the CEO. If the case is that he isn't running the club then a simple name change on his position seems to be in order and in my opinion that would appease a fair few, he does seem to do well on the footballing side with sales ect so we are told.

[Tylerdurdencfc]

acarson, on 19 November 2016 - 12:54 AM, said:

Ok, I need to break silence.
Like it or not I am still a director of your club. I offered to resign earlier this week in a board meeting and I was asked by all directors to stay. I agreed. Now I know why.!!

I never expected 4 loyal fans to basically hood wink me and today bail out.

You can call me a Wednesday Banker, De Dah or anything else, but I intend to be honest with you all and keep you posted.

I am in effect now running the club, certainly not my choice, Vice Chairman I would have thought should have led the way, but has proved he has no bottle.

It has been a long day, I will cover everything over the weekend.

I am thinking, issue a statement and then sitting on here and answering questions,

But this is serious stuff, the first sarcastic, urine take, disrespectful question or answer and I will log off.

Is that fair ??

I promise you, I do love this club, I am the conduit to everything at this moment in time, thanks also to Mike Warner and John Croot

By the way I Could also follow the famous 4 who have bailed, but I have not done it...

Another night of not sleeping.

AshleyC

Ashley, in your view at this moment in time, what are the chances of the club actually surviving, please be honest as most fans are probably wondering this.

50-50
70-30
30-70 etc

[Wingy Blue]

My view......we as fans have heard bu**er all from the powers that be for months. All we have asked is for information, what's happening at the club both on and off the pitch, and what's the plan for the future.

That's even more relevant now given the events of the past week and we are all fearful for the future of the club we love.

So, the guy now in charge makes a statement saying that he and the remaining directors will make an announcement this weekend.

I for one think we need to give them a chance and See what's said. After all, there was no need for him to comment on either Twitter or on here....he could have stayed silent and we would still have been in the dark.

Over to AC now, looking forward in hope for some good news.

[spireitetoo]

How is turner still in a job?? Ceo of a company losing money hand over fist, involved in a couple (at least) of questionable episodes in and around the club, in any other business he would have been fired long ago.

[dim view]

shaun1866, on 19 November 2016 - 08:55 AM, said:

Come on then tell us ? CT has the position of CEO so if he isn't doing the CEO job why is he being persisted with and still down as the CEO. If the case is that he isn't running the club then a simple name change on his position seems to be in order and in my opinion that would appease a fair few, he does seem to do well on the footballing side with sales ect so we are told.

I think the implication is that Ashley has always been the real CEO.
A simple name change for CT is not in order. A P45 is.

[shaun1866]

dim view, on 19 November 2016 - 09:32 AM, said:

I think the implication is that Ashley has always been the real CEO.
A simple name change for CT is not in order. A P45 is.

So it's not CT that has been overseeing all the shambles then ?

[Security66]

spireitetoo, on 19 November 2016 - 09:27 AM, said:

How is turner still in a job?? Ceo of a company losing money hand over fist, involved in a couple (at least) of questionable episodes in and around the club, in any other business he would have been fired long ago.

Correct,so basicly we are trusting the people that got us in to this mess to get us out of the mess they created in the first place with a already predicted loss of £ 1 .5 million for this season.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Ashley.

This is simply my suggested - SUGGESTED - version of events so please don't misinterpret what follows as any kind of insult.

I'm also happy to retract and apologise for anything that's mistaken.

But if you really have been having so many sleepless nights, taking so much responsibility, what's the point of a CEO?

Or at least the current CEO.

As for any talk of a 'gang of four', I prefer to view them as local people who helped stabilise CFC in the wake of our last 'near death' episode. Folk who've made a huge financial, and long term emotional commitment to Chesterfield FC.

Is it true they were given some sort of ultimatum which forced them to resign? Infact could it be argued they did so for the benefit of CFC?

In the short term, anyway.

Don't get me wrong, I've had some pretty strong disagreements with them in the past, it's just that I hope there'll be no needless character assassinations.

What does appear certain is that DA, the majority shareholder and creditor, has total control of the Club, now. He did before, of course, however anyone who might've in any way challenged him has now left. A coincidence? Or perhaps a situation that's been planned for quite some time.

I honestly don't know, maybe we'll never know, yet the suspicious and cynical may focus upon recent share movements allied to CBC's mortgage being embraced.

My guess is we'll see a couple or three individuals in your 'mould' become directors in the near future. Individuals whom Dave Allen trusts to run the Club in the manner he dictates. Is that accurate? We'll see.

Let's be clear; all I and every other Chesterfield supporter wants is a stable football club that wins games in a stadium that funds the team. If this week's events facilitate that I guess we can all move forward. As I said at the fans forum the other Wednesday I don't want to be doing this. I don't want to even mention the Chairman, the CEO, the Board or any other behind the scenes stuff.

I just want to talk about football.

The sooner we can do that the better, so please allow me to finish by offering everyone with the Club's best interests at heart my loyalty support.

Chris Snell.

[Heart of a Niven]

MDCCCLXVI, on 19 November 2016 - 09:37 AM, said:

Ashley.

This is simply my suggested - SUGGESTED - version of events so please don't misinterpret what follows as any kind of insult.

I'm also happy to retract and apologise for anything that's mistaken.

But if you really have been having so many sleepless nights, taking so much responsibility, what's the point of a CEO?

Or at least the current CEO.

As for any talk of a 'gang of four', I prefer to view them as local people who helped stabilise CFC in the wake of our last 'near death' episode. Folk who've made a huge financial, and long term emotional commitment to Chesterfield FC.

Is it true they were given some sort of ultimatum which forced them to resign? Infact could it be argued they did so for the benefit of CFC?

In the short term, anyway.

Don't get me wrong, I've had some pretty strong disagreements with them in the past, it's just that I hope there'll be no needless character assassinations.

What does appear certain is that DA, the majority shareholder and creditor, has total control of the Club, now. He did before, of course, however anyone who might've in any way challenged him has now left. A coincidence? Or perhaps a situation that's been planned for quite some time.

I honestly don't know, maybe we'll never know, yet the suspicious and cynical may focus upon recent share movements allied to CBC's mortgage being embraced.

My guess is we'll see a couple or three individuals in your 'mould' become directors in the near future. Individuals whom Dave Allen trusts to run the Club in the manner he dictates. Is that accurate? We'll see.

Let's be clear; all I and every other Chesterfield supporter wants is a stable football club that wins games in a stadium that funds the team. If this week's events facilitate that I guess we can all move forward. As I said at the fans forum the other Wednesday I don't want to be doing this. I don't want to even mention the Chairman, the CEO, the Board or any other behind the scenes stuff.

I just want to talk about football.

The sooner we can do that the better, so please allow me to finish by offering everyone with the Club's best interests at heart my loyalty support.

Chris Snell.

I'm with you on this one. What worries me is if DA is seeking to establish a form of dictatorship around the club then this cannot be beneficial for anyone but DA. Added to the way this week has been played out there will surely be even less trust of the board from the fanbase.

[Benno Spire]

MDCCCLXVI, on 19 November 2016 - 09:37 AM, said:

Ashley.

This is simply my suggested - SUGGESTED - version of events so please don't misinterpret what follows as any kind of insult.

I'm also happy to retract and apologise for anything that's mistaken.

But if you really have been having so many sleepless nights, taking so much responsibility, what's the point of a CEO?

Or at least the current CEO.

As for any talk of a 'gang of four', I prefer to view them as local people who helped stabilise CFC in the wake of our last 'near death' episode. Folk who've made a huge financial, and long term emotional commitment to Chesterfield FC.

Is it true they were given some sort of ultimatum which forced them to resign? Infact could it be argued they did so for the benefit of CFC?

In the short term, anyway.

Don't get me wrong, I've had some pretty strong disagreements with them in the past, it's just that I hope there'll be no needless character assassinations.

What does appear certain is that DA, the majority shareholder and creditor, has total control of the Club, now. He did before, of course, however anyone who might've in any way challenged him has now left. A coincidence? Or perhaps a situation that's been planned for quite some time.

I honestly don't know, maybe we'll never know, yet the suspicious and cynical may focus upon recent share movements allied to CBC's mortgage being embraced.

My guess is we'll see a couple or three individuals in your 'mould' become directors in the near future. Individuals whom Dave Allen trusts to run the Club in the manner he dictates. Is that accurate? We'll see.

Let's be clear; all I and every other Chesterfield supporter wants is a stable football club that wins games in a stadium that funds the team. If this week's events facilitate that I guess we can all move forward. As I said at the fans forum the other Wednesday I don't want to be doing this. I don't want to even mention the Chairman, the CEO, the Board or any other behind the scenes stuff.

I just want to talk about football.

The sooner we can do that the better, so please allow me to finish by offering everyone with the Club's best interests at heart my loyalty support.

Chris Snell.

The sentiments and thoughts of many Chris

[dim view]

MDCCCLXVI, on 19 November 2016 - 09:37 AM, said:

Ashley.

As for any talk of a 'gang of four', I prefer to view them as local people who helped stabilise CFC in the wake of our last 'near death' episode. Folk who've made a huge financial, and long term emotional commitment to Chesterfield FC.

Is it true they were given some sort of ultimatum which forced them to resign? Infact could it be argued they did so for the benefit of CFC?

In the short term, anyway.

Chris Snell.

Taking this further. Three of the four have had vast sums of money in the club for years, invested altruistically. I don't want to hear that they have lost everything whilst some new boys known to DA and AC move in and take advantage.

Meanwhile, John Croot's livelihood depends on DA. It would be disingenuous to conclude that he supports the coup. I must ask him.

[Guest_freelander2_*]

dim view, on 19 November 2016 - 09:32 AM, said:

I think the implication is that Ashley has always been the real CEO.
A simple name change for CT is not in order. A P45 is.

I can remember the last individual to find himself in a similar position at CFC to AC, he was Ex Sheffield Wednesday and goes by the name of John Green.

[peakblue]

Peakfmcommentator, on 19 November 2016 - 08:52 AM, said:

Ashley come and find me in the commentary box at Fleetwood, come and talk on the radio.

It's a way to talk to all the supporters not just the ones that use the message board.

Thanks

Joe Rawson

Good plan.i'll be tuning in now

[ELTON 2020]

Spire-Heights, on 19 November 2016 - 08:16 AM, said:

If a ship is going down, and there are life boats connected to the ship, most will jump and get to safety as quick as possible. Fair play to AC for sticking around and trying to sort this out. He's probably frustrated and disappointed that the others have decided to jump to safety and not stuck with him to try and save the ship. The comments about the famous four could have been much worse I bet.

It's all about finding out the exact facts now and where we/club go from here.

Ashley - All I'd suggest when commenting on here etc. Is always conduct yourself in the correct manner, stay professional and don't lower yourself to any childish comments etc. Sometimes it's best to not respond to some comments. It's something we are all passonaite about and it needs sorting.

Are there any moderators about who can get rid of all the vile stuff and silly one liners???

[Nitrous Oxide]

Ashley good luck, you're going to need it. Whatever happens please make sure we have a league club at the end of all of this. We can suffer a few years of hurt, we're used it, but don't let our club die. You're a custodian of 150 years of history for our town, it's more than a football club.

[The Black Triangle]

freelander2, on 19 November 2016 - 09:57 AM, said:

I can remember the last individual to find himself in a similar position at CFC to AC, he was Ex Sheffield Wednesday and goes by the name of John Green.

Your not suggesting a similar turn of events are you?

[Torteval]

Spire-Heights, on 19 November 2016 - 08:16 AM, said:

If a ship is going down, and there are life boats connected to the ship, most will jump and get to safety as quick as possible. Fair play to AC for sticking around and trying to sort this out. He's probably frustrated and disappointed that the others have decided to jump to safety and not stuck with him to try and save the ship. The comments about the famous four could have been much worse I bet.

It's all about finding out the exact facts now and where we/club go from here.

Ashley - All I'd suggest when commenting on here etc. Is always conduct yourself in the correct manner, stay professional and don't lower yourself to any childish comments etc. Sometimes it's best to not respond to some comments. It's something we are all passonaite about and it needs sorting.

If you're describing "safety" as being out of the boardroom with combined £1.46m million owed to them, then that's completely lost on me.

We need to understand why these 4 directors have chosen to resign at this time and what other conditions have induced it. How could their positions become so uncomfortable that they just walk away, bearing in mind at least one of the four was involved in the saving of the club last time.

I'd like to know why, after years of chasing CBC to write off the loan to the club, DA suddenly chose to pay it off. Was it so that he could advance the money at a lower rate, or were there any other motives? Did anything from this move impact on the security held for the other director's debentures?

I also wonder whether all these directors agreed with the way the club was heading for financial oblivion, and agreed with the retention of the CEO?

I find it very hard to believe that 4 directors who have been so supportive of the club for such a long time have suddenly become the villains.

At the moment, nothing is clear and an open mind is a pre-requisite. But we do deserve a full explanation of exactly what has happened , and why.

[Cactoise]

Ashley

Sack Turner and you'll never have to buy a drink in a Chesterfield pub again