a consortium of businessmen have taken over and their press release states they will be applying for super league next time.

lofty ambitions but i feel its what we need and that is not being disrespectful to what mr thomas has done already.

We need Arthur being supported financially by other groups or individuals, getting to SL is about ambition, finance, astuteness, common sense and a bit of luck on the paddock.
If we are skint then lets be open about it and ask for people to come forward.

I think you will find that AT is more than happy to share the top table but I suspect hes not exactly being killed in the rush at present.

To be honest if I read this board at present I would not touch the club and let the fans carry on doing other things than support their club on matchdays as many have stated on here they are enjoying doing.

I would just like to remind everyone that nearly every new stadium that has been built took a good few years to bed in and nearly all complained about lack of atmosphere and being over charged,ticketing issues etc.

Man City hardly won a game when they moved as Eastlands was as alien to the fans and players as the away team and its only now that it feels like home.

Going back to big money backers remember wealth is relative and complaining about the cost of beer and pies one minute then expecting someone to put in 10s of Thousands of pounds of money is a bit of a cheek.

I think the ground is a bit strange at present and prices are high but I also know that in todays current economic climate sponsorship and support from a rich benefactor is hard to come by and simply whinging about it won't make it happen.

Grow up get real and get behind your club, if you don't want to fine but keep your moans and groans to yourselfs, its easy to be negative thats why babies cry when they don't get what they want.

Its been stated several times that any would be invester would have their offers considered, shares still available for 1p if money was to be invested, no ones got the money sadly.

I have never seen AT communicate that publicly, when did that happen.

It has been said on numerous occasions that the board of directors would listen to ANY REAL CONSTRUCTIVE OFFERS.

The club is a business not a charity. It has to attract 'customers'. It, therefore, needs to change in some of the ways suggested on the 'New Stadium' thread. Language like that in the last paragraph is not going to get people in. You could be the last passenger on the Titanic with that attitude. I felt like you do as a 'fan' for over 50 years but now I realise that I have a choice on Sunday afternoons......

I have still never seen that communicated publicly, when did that happen last?

ps I am playing Devils Advocate here, because if we need investment lets find it, no strings, no caveats and no smokescreens. Just open honest dialogue between parties with a common goal.

to be fair this is the umpteenth time this has happened at Donny and it has never got them anywhere at all. I don't rate their chances this time around quite frankly..

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Not quite that many, but there is still time

Lots of ' kneejerking ' going on on this thread

So Donny have to make a GF or win the NRC either this year or next

Or these businessmen will have to hang around for another 3 years

Time for us to stop worrying about what other clubs do or dont do and also to remove SL from our thinking

Lets just try to improve our club in all ways no matter where we are in the RL ladder

One thing is for certain you have a much better chance of getting more sponsorship and investment if you have more fans coming through the doors showing an interest in the club and team

ah but to do that they would have to stop moaning about the price of a pie or there being no bar or one of the other excuses being used for not attending