We are all heading for The Promised Land. 
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A little unfair I would suggest.
ISSA has sent congratulations to the club. We intended to put out a short statement about it. Several committee members have had personal things to deal with which lead to there being a short delay. Nothing more to it than that.
As far as I can see Dhforeverās comment was a personal opinion that was just saying to be a little cautious. Nothing wrong with that as far as I can see. I am part of ISSA and put out a personal opinion which was generally positive.
There is no agenda here, we all want what is best for Walsall Football Club and hope for a better future on and off the pitch.
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I donāt remember saying that, how many had I had 
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Lets not forget ISSA where making the most noise not so long ago when the club was in a mess and they wanted to buy there way onto the board. Yet they are very quiet now the storm clouds have lifted just thought a statement given how momentous this time in our history is would have been good.
But didnt realise they had personal issues to deal with hence the lack of communication.
V v pleased this has happened and Bonser is out the picture. One man should never have been allowed to make so much money out of Walsall fc. Absolute disgraceā¦
But we move on and the talking now needs to be done on the pitch not off it. We might be slightly better off swapping the rent for a mortage but my guess is its not game changing.
If we sign Dj the feel good factor might continue
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I would have favoured the Iraqi peopleās approach to Saddam Husseinās statue.
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Iāve just asked this very same question - going to assume it means the artificial pitch and car parks.
I personally donāt see this having any impact on the so called āstay awaysā to be honest.
My own Dad had watched Walsall since the 70s until about 12 years ago when deciding enough was enough with the shit show the ownership of our club had degenerated into, and continued to do so until very very recently. He had season tickets every year to that point, he took me and continued to take me from the age of 5 years old until I was old enough to fund it myself and go with my mates.
Now he has a job that means he works some Saturdays, because he no longer blocks those out for football. He spends his money on other stuff.
That relationship is broken and so is the habit now not just in one way, but many ways. This āone reason the stay aways stay away is goneā bollocks is exactly that.
There was one reason to go away, there are a million reasons to stay away. People break the habit, find other things to occupy their time in the last 20 years. They move on.
He will still look out for the score, or ask me how we got on, and how we played, and very occasionally if not working or otherwise occupied come to a game, but do I see him refocusing 23 weekends of his year back to football because somebody else owns the deeds to the lot? I really doubt it, and he wonāt be the only one.
This has to be about building something, thatās how it will be successful. Itās going to be a slow crawl to build up the numbers, and appeal to the area in different ways, things the old regime (yes, including Pomlett) couldnāt be arsed to do. Itās time to finally move on and close this chapter
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Of course they are,so are any other company in the world. The more money and energy they put into making Walsall an attractive proposition,the more they make and the more Walsall FC and the fans prosper. If they spend a lot on the supporters club and make it into a sports bar, we all benefit by having somewhere decent to go before the game the club get more income and the owners investment gets healthier. Win win.
18 months ago many of us (without knowing what was going on behind the scenes, and just shows even the know it alls on here havenāt a clue about what is going on) thought we were sleepwalking towards non-league, now look at us.
What a brilliant feeling.
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Nothing wrong with that. In fact, a Tranmere supporting colleague canāt wait for the supporters club to re-open, as he loved going in there pre & post match.
Iām happy that thereās a mechanism in place for WFC to own the stadium & land again. The concern comes from what follows on from that, many years (probably) down the lineā¦
I mean ā¦ isnāt this exactly what the āknow it allsā said was necessary? Isnāt this exactly why Pomlett (in his own words, before people get all whingy) ācategorically failed and had to bring this change of ownership forward?
Those bloody know it alls, aye 
Itās already been outlined? I really donāt get what there is to worry about.
Stefan Gamble, a figure who gets endless hate on here, without anybody seeming to pay attention to anything the man does or says, outlined it really clearly in the preseason meet the chairman.
The repayments to Trivela will decrease over (I believe he said) a 20 year period. The quote was āthink of it this way, rental payments are at 450k a year and will only rise, the repayments to Trivela will gradually decrease over time. We will begin to pay around the same amount but each season that will go down. Eventually the deeds of the stadium will be in the name of the club instead of endlessly paying rentā.
I donāt think he could be much clearer to be honest.
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Incase you think I was a Pomlette fanatic then you are mistaken, completely out of his depth (in club ownership) but my god heās played afew Ace cards recently.
Just pointing out no-one knows what goes on in the boardroom, what players are earning, what Kinsellaās favourite food is etc
That Pomlett line was for the benefit of his usual defenders. But still, seems to me the āknow it allsā got this one bang on right when it looked like we were going into non league to be honest.
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Thatās not the point Iām making. I perfectly comprehend the ins & outs of the repayment process.
Just by owning or being in the process of owning the freehold & land WFC becomes a more attractive purchase proposition. My concern is what Trivela will do when they, inevitably, come to sell WFC. Will they do as LP did & find the right buyer or will they sell to the highest bidder & waltz off without a care in the world?
Think a little perspective is required here. Whilst like others im elated that Bonser is no longer involved in the club we have essentially swapped rent payments for a mortgage whuch gives an American Investment company (not the fans) an asset at the end of it. Pleased. Yes of course. Wild celebrations. Errr. No. Not from me anyway. This is not a āsugar daddyā takeover. Far from it. January will tell us alot. If we lose Dj to say a Stevenage or Carlisle or similar then nothings realky changed has it. Lets wait and seeā¦
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That seems a really weird thing to be concerned about at this present moment in time 
Weāve literally just got the ground back, everything Boycott has stated has been based around LONG TERM investment, and the stadium deal alone locks them in for some time.
Worrying who owns the club in 2043 is ā¦ certainly a choice.
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Would be a massive own goal to now not seal the DJ deal, would undo alot of good work and fans optimism that is going on.
Cannot see Benjamin letting that happen
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