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Post by tom on Jan 18, 2017 20:25:54 GMT
Actually I pissed myself laughing and here's why -
Been out most of the afternoon visiting various pubs as it's my Sat/Sun off ,shift work (hence lack of attendance on proper Sats this season).
Anyhow, got talking about the Maggies to a person, this person knows that I post on here, hence I ask was the story being told to me a complete wind up as they know I will start a thread on said gossip, the said person says no and this is what they had been told :-
Mr Pugsley is looking at being the Chairman of our club with Mathews appointed manager along with Laird as coach 😂
I stated the bleeding obvious that DTFC is now a "Community owned club" & that persons like Mr Pugsley cannot just waltz in and be elected on the board.
I also said that what I am being told will deff go on here tonight and was happy to look a complete twat, the interesting stage of the conversation was that this person then told me that, yes it all seems wild fantasies, yet " hark my words"
So go on ANYONE, please tell me this will never happen, because if it does, then that's me staying goodnight 😞
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Post by brownowen on Jan 18, 2017 22:44:04 GMT
I thought Weymouth fans started this rumour as a joke after boxing day?
Even if this isn't a joke, it'll never happen. Pugsley won't give something for nothing, he'll want control, which he cannot have under a CBS scheme. The only way he will get control is if the CBS members vote to get rid of community ownership, which I can't see ever happening, and especially not when the alternative is Pugsley.
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Post by seantizz on Jan 18, 2017 23:59:55 GMT
Interesting rumour Tom.
I don't think it's any secret really that Pugsley is a DTFC fan at heart. It doesn't take much to make two and two equal five (unless you're an accountant).
Why are you averse to the man? I don't know him that well but I quite like his bolshy friendly,arrogance. In truth, I'd rather have him has a figurehead than some of the current wet weeds who won't say boo to a goose.
Others have suggested why it can't happen. And they're right to a degree. But, I'd suggest that many of the members are pissed off with how things are at the moment and see no prospect of change. If we're offered a dream rather than negative drizzle, we'd probably take it. If Pugsley and crew came in and said, whilst we're here, we'll invest £50k per season into the club, we'd all be muppets not to accept it. We probably are muppets..
Sean
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Post by CM on Jan 19, 2017 9:33:50 GMT
Why are you averse to the man? I don't know him that well but I quite like his bolshy friendly,arrogance. If his last stint as chairman is anything to go by, I really have no desire to see the club led by someone who openly racially abuses players (including our own) after too many drinks each and every week. Then of course there's the fact that he was the one who sold the club to Eddie Mitchell, which is one of the reasons we are where we are now... |
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Post by seantizz on Jan 19, 2017 9:47:42 GMT
Two fine reasons for an aversion there TSOF..
There is no place for racial abuse. I must have missed out on some of the finer politics around the sale of the club to Eddie Mitchell because I thought that a current Director (who then bought the club back) was more instrumental in that...
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Post by cherrymagpie on Jan 19, 2017 10:20:33 GMT
Why are you averse to the man? I don't know him that well but I quite like his bolshy friendly,arrogance. If his last stint as chairman is anything to go by, I really have no desire to see the club led by someone who openly racially abuses players (including our own) after too many drinks each and every week. Then of course there's the fact that he was the one who sold the club to Eddie Mitchell, which is one of the reasons we are where we are now... This! I like the fact we have decent people representing our football club. Do I agree with everything I dont but I trust them. |
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Post by brownowen on Jan 19, 2017 11:21:34 GMT
I've said it a thousand times, if having a owner like Pugsley would work wonders for our club and get us out of this mess, why isn't it working for Weymouth? They have far more money than us, and they're in just as much of a state (arguably a bigger one if you look at it proportionally).
There is also that fact that Matthews as a manager and Pugsley are a package deal. We bring in Pugsley, we get Matthews as a manager.
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Post by tom on Jan 21, 2017 15:49:09 GMT
Couple of points I would like to reply to :- 1) Sean asked what my aversion to the man is, erm maybe its has a lot to do with seeing the man smiling in the local rag happy that he is the chairman of that other team, PLUS while draping a muff scarf, fair shout, maybe I am blinkered and live in my own small world but..would rather break a leg than wearing anything associated with that team over the ridgeway. Waiting now with baited breath for the excuses a person may have for wearing a muff jamrag while having "Dorchester" in his heart, again, larff, I nearly cried  2) Thanks brownowen for saying those pesky little rascals over the hill started this rumour, hopefully this is the case  UTM |
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Post by philstandfield on Jan 21, 2017 17:14:39 GMT
Couple of points I would like to reply to :- 1) Sean asked what my aversion to the man is, erm maybe its has a lot to do with seeing the man smiling in the local rag happy that he is the chairman of that other team, PLUS while draping a muff scarf, fair shout, maybe I am blinkered and live in my own small world but..would rather break a leg than wearing anything associated with that team over the ridgeway. Waiting now with baited breath for the excuses a person may have for wearing a muff jamrag while having "Dorchester" in his heart, again, larff, I nearly cried 2) Thanks brownowen for saying those pesky little rascals over the hill started this rumour, hopefully this is the case UTM With you here Tom. Surely no matter who it is, if you support/follow a team it is that team (only) no matter what it go's through that is yours. By him going off to Weymouth and going on the board it would be my opinion that he should not even think about coming back to Dorchester let alone get anywhere near the board. It is only my opinion, i admit i dont even know Mr Pugsley and he may be a very nice/good person but not sure how he can expect to get onto the board after leaving it once. Again i dont know Jason either but he has not shown in my opinion enough at managing Weymouth with their supposed budget size to make me want him at Dorchester in charge. Like i have said i don't know either Mr Pugsley or Jason so don't know what they are like but i would not expect either to come back to Dorchester. No doubt they will come meaning i will be in a hard place. As for the rumour starting after Boxing day, i heard it back towards mid November and at Cirencester (nov 22nd) even was asked by people behind the goal what i thought about these rumours when i asked what rumours they were on about and was told both Mr Pugsley & jason coming to the club as Board member/Chairman & non playing Manager you can say i was shocked still cannot believe it now and hoping it wont happen. People may say he will bring money into the club but as a community owned club surely he would have as much say as me (one member one vote) in the club even if he puts in lots of money or am i missing the point/way it works about co ownership. Surely us co owners have a say who is on the board, reason i ask is talking to lots of people (of which some still go and watch) the majority do not want him at the club. Again i dont know him so cannot say one way or another whether it is good or not. Looks like TSOF and Samusarun whoever they are also not happy about a return, or i have misread what they said which then i stand corrected. Now to don my Helmet and Flack jacket for what comes my way. |
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Post by brownowen on Jan 21, 2017 18:09:18 GMT
Couple of points I would like to reply to :- 1) Sean asked what my aversion to the man is, erm maybe its has a lot to do with seeing the man smiling in the local rag happy that he is the chairman of that other team, PLUS while draping a muff scarf, fair shout, maybe I am blinkered and live in my own small world but..would rather break a leg than wearing anything associated with that team over the ridgeway. Waiting now with baited breath for the excuses a person may have for wearing a muff jamrag while having "Dorchester" in his heart, again, larff, I nearly cried 2) Thanks brownowen for saying those pesky little rascals over the hill started this rumour, hopefully this is the case UTM With you here Tom. Surely no matter who it is, if you support/follow a team it is that team (only) no matter what it go's through that is yours. By him going off to Weymouth and going on the board it would be my opinion that he should not even think about coming back to Dorchester let alone get anywhere near the board. It is only my opinion, i admit i dont even know Mr Pugsley and he may be a very nice/good person but not sure how he can expect to get onto the board after leaving it once. Again i dont know Jason either but he has not shown in my opinion enough at managing Weymouth with their supposed budget size to make me want him at Dorchester in charge. Like i have said i don't know either Mr Pugsley or Jason so don't know what they are like but i would not expect either to come back to Dorchester. No doubt they will come meaning i will be in a hard place. As for the rumour starting after Boxing day, i heard it back towards mid  November and at Cirencester (nov 22nd) even was asked by people behind the goal what i thought about these rumours when i asked what rumours they were on about and was told both Mr Pugsley & jason coming to the club as Board member/Chairman & non playing Manager you can say i was shocked still cannot believe it now and hoping it wont happen. People may say he will bring money into the club but as a community owned club surely he would have as much say as me (one member one vote) in the club even if he puts in lots of money or am i missing the point/way it works about co ownership.  Surely us co owners have a say who is on the board, reason i ask is talking to lots of people (of which some still go and watch) the majority do not want him at the club. Again i dont know him so cannot say one way or another whether it is good or not.  Looks like TSOF and Samusarun whoever they are also not happy about a return, or i have misread what they said which then i stand corrected. Now to don my Helmet and Flack jacket for what comes my way.  As far as I'm aware, under a CBS scheme he'll have just as much of a say as every other CBS member, regardless of how much money he puts forward. The only way to change this would be for CBS members to vote to allow him to have a bigger say, which I doubt would ever happen. But unofficially, if he had a place on the board, money does talk and it would be quite probable that he would have a lot of influence because of the money. But why would a businessman ever bother to invest in something where he can't get a share of the profits? He'd never come in under a CBS scheme for that reason, and I can't see us voting to stop a CBS scheme. |
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Post by neutral on Jan 22, 2017 9:15:00 GMT
Unless Mr Pugsley is a multi millionaire ( which I'm sure he's not) with Lots of disposable cash, which he is happy to never see again, why would any businessman invest in a football club where he's never ever likely to see a return on his investment? Weymouth FC is in a slightly different position whereby it appears they are supported in the background by things like donations form the fantasy football and other individuals from the club. I have no idea what the situation at DTFC is in regards to if any other schemes support the playing budget, like fantasy football or pitch sponsorship etc.
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Post by neutral on Jan 24, 2017 8:14:46 GMT
Is there not 50 people who follow Dorchester, who could put as little as £10 a week into a scheme which would generate £500 a week to be put towards the playing budget? Maybe there already is a scheme similar to this happening , but if you follow other non league clubs, many are using "donations" or "fan donations" to assist the club in bringing in better players.
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