The fan doth protest too much?

Thought I’d pop my earlier twopenneth on here for now, Rob.

Oh dear, the club statement was an absolutely shocking overreaction.
Was it written late at night by someone in a pub?
The club needs to deffuse this and George should make himself available to supporters.
Yes he might get some mild flak, but fans might be more supportive if he explained things from the owner's perspective.

I have never heard of this before, when did it happen? Sounds like something which could have occurred during the Webb incumbency.

The wonderful Torquay Talk continues to provide intelligently written interesting content. This is Matty's take on recent events:

torquaytalk.com/2023/11/30/tt-blog-the-osborne-interview-by-matty-hayward/

I particularly liked this bit - spot on : Do you accept that the club’s response to the fans’ forum, which made some absurd accusations which have since been disproven by TUST releasing the audio of the meeting, was out of order and embarrassing for the club? Would you, or whoever wrote it, like to apologise for that?

I don't know Matty but I know his Dad. The kind of intelligent, assertive and challenging individual that a democratic organisation respects and values as a critical friend to keep them on their toes, whereas an autocratic control freak would see him as a troublemaker.

Communication is not just issuing disrespectful edicts and "directives". It is also about listening.

I was surprised that some of the more challenging questions found their way through but Clarke Osborne’s rewriting of history was illuminating. It has to be remembered that he has never built a stadium but you would never have guessed considering how successful he considers his projects and where he hasn’t built a stadium (which is of course every single time) it’s always someone else’s fault. He stated how the organisations he bought “were on their knees” and it kind of exposed his Modus Operandi: a vulnerable sporting entity with property to exploit.

George Edwards was there of course, nodding in agreement with everything Clarke said like a faithful lapdog, or perhaps more like a Tory frontbencher who thinks those watching will buy the nonsense if someone is seen to nod enough.

Mel Hayman looked like she rather be anywhere else than on one of those uncomfortable looking chairs - almost wanted to say to her “blink twice if you need rescuing” as she surely doesn’t believe it.

Clarke and George are adamant that a new stadium will be built but couldn’t confirm it would be in Torbay, let alone Torquay. I guess we might assume it’s set to be built in Devon somewhere but considering their success with building stadiums it’s most likely to be built in the fantasy world that exists in their heads.

George’s favourite phrase seemed to be “One Club United” which is a funny one when he has been behind the moves that have made the relationship between supporters and club most toxic. Wonder how lying about the chair of TUST and issuing threats is “One Club United” and it seems you can only be considered a true fan if you get behind the club which of course means doing as George says and not questioning why property developers with a history of seeing sporting entities lose their stadiums without building a replacement might have their claws into our football club.

No consideration of the club’s heritage; no consideration of what Plainmoor means to its fanbase and no consideration of what supporters wishes might be.

Gaming International are property developers after all, although most property developers build things. Even if they do build something, I dread to think what it might look like considering the flat pack stadium they had in a locker somewhere in Wales. The feeling is any new stadium they build will be crap. But we all know they won’t build one anyway.