The Chapmans

[Cary Book]

Loppy even you have to admit Griss owned you there, big time lol

[loopy,linnet]

owned hahahahahaha not a chance

[Grissles O'leary.]

What you mean loopy is you can't give an answer because nobody is in the office yet,not been let off the lead? On many of your comments you stress that stuff posted on here is by trust members,when did you join,and does the boss know?    

[loopy,linnet]

now exactly where did i say that grissles

[loopy,linnet]

see you can bang on and on about the chapmans and keep going on and on about their money and in all honesty i can see why buster distance himself from the trust and to be honest i dont blame him

[Grissles O'leary.]

So is every Post on here concerning the Chapmans trust related?

[LinnetsLAD!!]

see you can bang on and on about the chapmans and keep going on and on about their money and in all honesty i can see why buster distance himself from the trust and to be honest i dont blame him

Well said loopy!!!!

[Bragman]

Sorry but i may be wrong here but were not the accounts for the year when the club was reformed and the grant recieved made public last year?Was it not there for everone to read?
As for being "your money" as Grissles said,i dont agree with that (suprise suprise). When you buy something such as a product or entry to an entertaiment venue, do you demand or expect to be told  where your money has gone or what it has been used for? No you dont.So why should the owners of the club tell you what your £8 entry fee is used for.
Next time you go to the cinema or indeed another football ground just write a letter to the owners asking where your money will go.I`m sure they will fall over themselves to tell you

[arthuray]

dont come griss if you got so many gripes simplesssss

[Nemesis]

Sorry but i may be wrong here but were not the accounts for the year when the club was reformed and the grant recieved made public last year?Was it not there for everone to read?

Yes they were - but at a very high level. For example there was no mention of the money that the owners say they have invested. This leads to speculation that they money was never invested or that there was such a return that they have got their investment back.
True I don't ask at the cinema or theatre how much profit they make but equally I have never heard the owners of these establishments going to the press saying how much money they have invested.
Equally I am not aware of the local cinema receiving £150k in grants or paying a peppercorn rent.

[THE DUKE]

I think all fans want the best team within budget to entertain us. We all want more and perhaps because of promises of consecutive promotions we are looking for more quality. We all support Lynn the owners will come and go the Club as we knew it ceased to exist but the real fans remain.

[Linnet71]

I think one of the problems is that this "model" is just unusual in football circles.
We look at clubs who we believe are "below" us and "small" and see they are fielding teams from under 12s to senior, competing at a number of levels including the FA Youth Club. Then you look at Lynn which has a first team and can only manage to field a reserve team thanks to parents and volunteers.

[Cary Book]

With No Players from last years Reserves  have made this years first team squad. Then Maybe the owners see their model differently.  Let other clubs develop the players for us to go in and nick when they are the completed article.  Ok, this will come at a cost, byut maybe they see that as a lesser cost than trying to develop your own players, which of course comes with a risk factor.

[The Fenman]

The issue about asking where the money goes is simple.  The Walks is owned by you and I.  It is a Local Authority owned stadium. The current tenants pay next to nothing for it as it is a subsidised venue. It is subsidised by Council Tax payers such you and I.

I not only have a right to see where the money goes, I also have a say in whether or not the money is actually spent.  And so does every other person who lives within the Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

By having meaningful fans representation on the Board would give more transparency and forge a greater bond between the fans and the club so that we can all sing form the same song sheet instead of having conversations such as this.

What I am suggesting is what the Council and Buster promised when the lease for this public owned facility was awarded 3 yrs ago.  Asking the council to keep their word is no bad thing in my book.

[Grissles O'leary.]

dont come griss if you got so many gripes simplesssss

This comment could start quite a long diatribe ,but i will try to keep it as short as possible and as simple as possible,arthuray every time you buy a packet of fags you moan about the price but still smoke,every time you buy a beer you moan about the price,but i don't notice you drinking coke? As to answer you Brag,Football ground is a council owned facility funded by the council tax payer so therefore it is some of my money that keeps it there,it was some of my money that went towards the grant for refurbishment,it is taxpayers money that allows the tenants to use it at reduced cost,so regardless of who that tenant is we are entitled to know where our money goes? Other council owned facilities are open to public scrutiny so why not the football ground.I think that using the oasis or St James swimming pool is expensive but i am sure if i enquired i could find out why? You all moan about the cost of food and petrol but you all still eat and use your cars! I don't care what happens at the Norfolk arena,the Chapman family own that lock stock and barrel,i don't watch speedway or bangers so i really don't care.I do however watch football at a council owned venue so am entitled to my view and opinion,and my views and opinion would be the same whoever runs the club! It was years and years of people not asking questions,not worrying about things that led to the demise of the old football club,so lets all bury our heads in the sand,accept everything and hope for the best!