New Investment Options

[Ballso]

To put this into context, Nationwide recently agreed a deal to buy Virgin Money. 

I'm pretty sure it will have been their executive board, or a firm contracted by them who will have led negotiations before taking a deal back to the wider board for approval. All that happens before VM shareholders will have known anything about it. 

This suggests that the way our situation is being handled is not unusual

[steelboy]

56 minutes ago, Ballso said:

The five on the executive board were the current three (McMahon, Dickie and Feeley). Other two were CEO (burrows then Weir) and Andrew Wilson, who have now stepped away. 

i’m pretty sure the 5 Jay references was at the time of his posting.

He posted it four weeks ago. 

[steelboy]

21 minutes ago, Ballso said:

To put this into context, Nationwide recently agreed a deal to buy Virgin Money. 

I'm pretty sure it will have been their executive board, or a firm contracted by them who will have led negotiations before taking a deal back to the wider board for approval. All that happens before VM shareholders will have known anything about it. 

This suggests that the way our situation is being handled is not unusual

Do Virgin Money have a shareholder who own 71% of the shares?

 

[steelboy]

Simple question...

Who is currently on the Executive Board?

[Ballso]

59 minutes ago, steelboy said:

He posted it four weeks ago. 

Four weeks ago Derek Weir was still CEO as I’m sure you know. Andrew had left a week prior so Jay may have made a simple mistake. 

[0Neils40yarder]

45 minutes ago, steelboy said:

Simple question...

Who is currently on the Executive Board?

This is it for me...for all the debate, rumour and all the other stuff, the fact that we are unsure how many directors the club has and what power they actually weild is the most incredible bit for me

[Tamwell]

Reading through this thread, I totally understand the concerns about what’s came out today.

for a bit of background, I used to post on here a lot in the wtfc days, and I’m more of an admirer from afar these days. I’m a season ticket holder in the East stand and I’ve supported Motherwell for many years: first game in 1989 but I’m shite at maths, so that many years.

not that it matters. All fans should have an opinion on this, whether your favourite player was Cooper, McFadden, Higdon or Moult, even Bair, we all have a say.

Thats the beauty of a fan owned club, ok, we don’t have the full details just now, but we will when the time comes.

Any Motherwell fans who are not members of the  Well Society, make sure to sign up now, this is the only way your voice will be heard. The future of our club is at stake here.

I’m quite concerned by how many fans think the fan owned model isn’t working. Please do your due diligence, we’re in a decent position right now.

[David]

1 hour ago, Tamwell said:

I’m quite concerned by how many fans think the fan owned model isn’t working. Please do your due diligence, we’re in a decent position right now.

For many fans, the sign that it isn't working is that we got outbid by Kilmarnock for Van Veen in January.

[Tamwell]

18 minutes ago, David said:

For many fans, the sign that it isn't working is that we got outbid by Kilmarnock for Van Veen in January.

Outbid, or a good business decision?

[stv]

6 hours ago, David said:

For many fans, the sign that it isn't working is that we got outbid by Kilmarnock for Van Veen in January.

Thank fuk we did.

[Yodo]

So Erik Barmack of Netflix is the investor whoever he is 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

1 minute ago, Yodo said:

So Erik Barmack of Netflix is the investor whoever he is 

https://www.mailplus.co.uk/scottish-edition/sport/football/351749/exclusive-former-netflix-vice-president-is-behind-plan-to-invest-in-motherwell

[steelboy]

I can't read the article because of the paywall but i'm sure Stephen McGowan is the journalist who Les Hutchinson seemed to talk to a lot back when he was doing his takeover. 

[Spiderpig]

1 hour ago, Toxteth O'Grady said:

https://www.mailplus.co.uk/scottish-edition/sport/football/351749/exclusive-former-netflix-vice-president-is-behind-plan-to-invest-in-motherwell

Aye the Netflix mini series about our rise to premiership and champions league  sucess will be getting planned as we speak " Steelmen the road to Glory" available to stream soon. 😂

[santheman]

6 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

Aye the Netflix mini series about our rise to premiership and champions league  sucess will be getting planned as we speak " Steelmen the road to Glory" available to stream soon. 😂

Aye it will be interesting to find out what his motives behind the offer are.

Doesn't appear to have any sporting interests in his past that you can find online so maybe you're on the right track with a media angle.

Would like a swatch at the contacts on his phone, Hollywood's elite no doubt.

[bobbybingo]

55 minutes ago, santheman said:

Would like a swatch at the contacts on his phone, Hollywood's elite no doubt.

Stuck on a bus, so....

The only name I recognised from his productions on IMDb was Paul Higgins from Wishy, who played the - funnily enough - Motherwell born, Al Jolson fan sidekick of Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It. Mibbe he told him to invest or he'd remove his iPod from its tiny nano-sheath and shove it....

[santheman]

11 minutes ago, bobbybingo said:

Stuck on a bus, so....

The only name I recognised from his productions on IMDb was Paul Higgins from Wishy, who played the - funnily enough - Motherwell born, Al Jolson fan sidekick of Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It. Mibbe he told him to invest or he'd remove his iPod from its tiny nano-sheath and shove it....

Busta over on P&B has given a full blown breakdown of him.

Can't be arsed copying but well worth a read and explains where his interest in football comes from.

[wellfan]

'Well Spent: The Steely Rise from Premiership to Championship'

[bobbybingo]

If they interview Kettlewell, that's season 1 sorted.

[grizzlyg]

13 hours ago, David said:

For many fans, the sign that it isn't working is that we got outbid by Kilmarnock for Van Veen in January.

Phew!! Killie paying at least £6K!!!!!! a week for a guy who hasn't even started for him and basically all they are aiming for is 4th place

[steelboy]

People seem to be very excited about the connection to a household name brand in Netflix when he hasn't actually worked there for a number of years. 

There is definitely a PR campaign running in the background here with the emphasis on the bid coming from a 'family' which always has positive associations rather than say 'producer of straight to TV movies'.

 

[santheman]

18 minutes ago, steelboy said:

People seem to be very excited about the connection to a household name brand in Netflix when he hasn't actually worked there for a number of years. 

There is definitely a PR campaign running in the background here with the emphasis on the bid coming from a 'family' which always has positive associations rather than say 'producer of straight to TV movies'.

 

Don't think anyone's excited per se, more curious than anything and the fact that he has an interest in football and seems to be reasonably well off with good connections makes the proposal a bit more interesting than some random who knows nothing about the game.

As always the devil's in the detail and I'll reserve judgement until that becomes clearer.

[Mccus28]

24 minutes ago, steelboy said:

People seem to be very excited about the connection to a household name brand in Netflix when he hasn't actually worked there for a number of years. 

There is definitely a PR campaign running in the background here with the emphasis on the bid coming from a 'family' which always has positive associations rather than say 'producer of straight to TV movies'.

 

Do you ever take a positive spin on ANYTHING.....................Jesus Christ, utter misery at every turn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobbybingo]

25 minutes ago, steelboy said:

People seem to be very excited about the connection to a household name brand in Netflix when he hasn't actually worked there for a number of years. 

There is definitely a PR campaign running in the background here with the emphasis on the bid coming from a 'family' which always has positive associations rather than say 'producer of straight to TV movies'.

 

It's called having a laugh. Try it sometime.

[Great Balls of Shire]

1 minute ago, Mccus28 said:

Do you ever take a positive spin on ANYTHING.....................Jesus Christ, utter misery at every turn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's easier to pick holes in everything then when it eventually doesn't work , you can say I was right...