king canary 7,578 Posted May 28, 2022 Does anyone have any ideas on how this 'fan vote' on new investment could actually work? Shareholders only? Season ticket holders? Members? Personally I think it's one of those ideas best quietly left on the drawing board. I can only imagine how divided and toxic the fanbase could get if the investment gets voted down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shefcanary 2,385 Posted May 28, 2022 There isn't going to be a fan vote on it. There is a consensus amongst fans fully in support of it! 😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,423 Posted May 28, 2022 Look, if you are looking at injecting cash into a club are you going to let your involvement go down to a vote? Who does that? prediction - it won’t happen 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WD40 720 Posted May 28, 2022 I’d be out with my pitchfork if it got voted down. Simply must happen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert N. LiM 4,241 Posted May 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, king canary said: Does anyone have any ideas on how this 'fan vote' on new investment could actually work? Shareholders only? Season ticket holders? Members? Personally I think it's one of those ideas best quietly left on the drawing board. I can only imagine how divided and toxic the fanbase could get if the investment gets voted down. Twitter poll. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,128 Posted May 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, king canary said: Does anyone have any ideas on how this 'fan vote' on new investment could actually work? Shareholders only? Season ticket holders? Members? Personally I think it's one of those ideas best quietly left on the drawing board. I can only imagine how divided and toxic the fanbase could get if the investment gets voted down. They'll just ask Jim, he knows what the fans think. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,891 Posted May 28, 2022 13 minutes ago, king canary said: Personally I think it's one of those ideas best quietly left on the drawing board. I can only imagine how divided and toxic the fanbase could get if the investment gets voted down. Jesus wept. You can see it now... OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,759 Posted May 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, king canary said: Does anyone have any ideas on how this 'fan vote' on new investment could actually work? Shareholders only? Season ticket holders? Members? Personally I think it's one of those ideas best quietly left on the drawing board. I can only imagine how divided and toxic the fanbase could get if the investment gets voted down. That would be the most Norwich thing ever for fans to turn it down 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanaryCuddles 20 Posted May 28, 2022 59 minutes ago, king canary said: Shareholders only? Season ticket holders? Members? Same fans that were "consulted" for the new badge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyro Pete 1,889 Posted May 28, 2022 Hold a county-wide referendum. We know how well referendums bring people together! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,128 Posted May 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, Pyro Pete said: Hold a county-wide referendum. We know how well referendums bring people together! Or even a meeting at St. Andrews hall. 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,345 Posted May 28, 2022 Votes for the Inner Circle only. Disenfranchise the Usual Suspects. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,722 Posted May 28, 2022 So Delia was not being serious about a fan vote then ? 😜 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,618 Posted May 28, 2022 Surely their wouldn't be a fan vote for investment. When it came to a complete takeover then perhaps, but if that's after a couple years successful with them on the board the vote would be fairly straight forward? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monty13 2,229 Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, king canary said: Does anyone have any ideas on how this 'fan vote' on new investment could actually work? Shareholders only? Season ticket holders? Members? Personally I think it's one of those ideas best quietly left on the drawing board. I can only imagine how divided and toxic the fanbase could get if the investment gets voted down. Wasn’t it just on change of ownership not investment? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,345 Posted May 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said: So Delia was not being serious about a fan vote then ? 😜 The Suffolk Socialist would surely never fib. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,759 Posted May 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, hogesar said: Surely their wouldn't be a fan vote for investment. When it came to a complete takeover then perhaps, but if that's after a couple years successful with them on the board the vote would be fairly straight forward? It will be this, although one thing to point out, I expect better of you than to get your their and there in a muddle.... 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleyellowbirdie 2,510 Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Real Buh said: Look, if you are looking at injecting cash into a club are you going to let your involvement go down to a vote? Who does that? prediction - it won’t happen It entirely depends how much the prospective investors want it to happen and how interested they are in the dynamics of the relationship with the fan base after they have invested. A vote involving fans absolutely would make sense if they're looking to invest enough for a controlling stake, which means their capital investment would be upwards of £150m. Norwich has an outstanding reputation for prioritising doing business in a sustainable way and the fact they're interested in talking to the board about investment suggests that's an ethos compatible with their own mentality. If they're entering into this in the right spirit, which I think they must be for the board to be entertaining them so hospitably, then the fan vote seems like a perfect way to usher the deal in given that it seems almost inconceivable to me that the investment would be rejected by fans. Edited May 28, 2022 by littleyellowbirdie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,722 Posted May 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ken Hairy said: It will be this, although one thing to point out, I expect better of you than to get your their and there in a muddle.... 😉 Come on Ken give him a little leeway he has had a hard couple of days patrolling this forum virtually 24/7 since the news broke. 😜 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,675 Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, CanaryCuddles said: Same fans that were "consulted" for the new badge Funny how nobody has ever come out and said they were a part of that vote other than the two in TNC.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,891 Posted May 28, 2022 I recently put all of Delia's recent interview comments about Norwich in a different thread. Here they are again for your info: Will she ever sell to a wealthy foreign buyer? We are speaking before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after which Roman Abramovich was forced to give up Chelsea. “Well, you can never say never. We get criticism, you know, when things aren’t going well: ‘They should give up now, let us have a nice rich whatever.’ But I wouldn’t be able to do it without being sanctioned by the supporters. Because I wouldn’t like to go to bed at night and know I’d given it to the wrong ones, and there’s a lot of very, very wrong ones in football.” What about Norwich City? No, she and Michael are not selling, though if someone reasonable with money to spend came along, they would ask the supporters to vote on it. She and her husband are both 80 with no children, so what happens to their 52 per cent stake in the Premier League club they have held since 1997 has become significant. There was talk of a family member inheriting, but that is not happening. She said that the “billions” of other clubs made progress difficult for Norwich, but suggested that although no outside financier with similar funds had yet approached her about investing in the club, any investment of this kind would be decided by supporters. OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,578 Posted May 28, 2022 53 minutes ago, Monty13 said: Wasn’t it just on change of ownership not investment? To be honest it seemed to have been a bit of a throwaway line in an interview so not sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,618 Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Ken Hairy said: It will be this, although one thing to point out, I expect better of you than to get your their and there in a muddle.... 😉 Leave off, I've been drinking! 😀 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenerationA47 747 Posted May 30, 2022 On 28/05/2022 at 18:39, Monty13 said: Wasn’t it just on change of ownership not investment? Looks like it from the quotes & would be logical. They’ve never held votes on projects to raise capital before, and why would they particularly. If a minority shareholding involving cash injection was intended to test the waters for both sides whilst demonstrating $goodwill & intent, before a possible future takeover down the line, you’d expect a vote to be called at that point. It would represent a probation period of sorts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites