Lifted from elsewhere some posts from Andy C, which summarised twitter posts during the forum. Not sure what points were at 11 and 12. GI not off the agenda given point 1, although Dave Phillips giving impression they are not the preferred 'bidder'. In other news from accross the forums, Tully followed the bloke who was posting updates on the forum on twitter tonight and Smurthwaite was photographed talking to Dave Thomas at Plainmoor at the weekend.
1. Board confirm GI will takeover shares end of Jan if new owners arent sorted
2. Board say interested parties do not want to redevelop Plainmoor
3. Two firm offers on the table say board, waiting on 2 other parties by next week
4. Club seem confident that offers on table now mean GI won't get involved.
5. Club say one of the buyers has given proof of funds. But lots of q's about what they'll spend it on which board can't answer
6. Apparently the Welsh FA tried to sue us for €47,000 euros. What?
7. A player called Connor Hughes who we took on a youth scholarship. Some Welsh team put in a claim against us. €47,000 euros
8. Angus money is in two instalments. Second one in January
9. If Leeds United get promoted in next two years, Torquay get 20% of Eunan O'Kane deal. Bournemouth turned down 500k for Eunan. Eddie Howe wanted a million. Club says in the end Eunan was "given away"
10. Nicho on Brett Williams: his work ethic wasn't good enough. But he's improved recently
13. Nicho on the minibus: my call, would rather spend money on hotel than coach
Nicho making a speech
Others saying Torquay will get 200k for O'Kane if Leeds are promoted in next two seasons.
14. Nicho: we have done a lot of good things, but we let fear, tension and anxiety get better of us in possession
15. nicho talks about how we good team spirit was last season. Says he underestimated losses of Butler, Angus, others
16. Nicho says how some of current squad are projects. Castaways from other clubs who he's building up. He also says a lot of players turned down bigger money to stay with us
17. Nicho says he made mistake assuming team spirit would carry over from last season
18. Nicho on captaincy: young players don't immediately become captains. Angus wasn't a captain at first. Courtney can become a leader
19. Fitness has nothingc to do with second half performances
20. We can't afford free players
21. Nicho's speech over. Just says Durrell Berry will spend time at Truro on non contract terms. Says we need to raise money to sign him
22. Questions about Danny Racchi. (No answers on Twitter)
23. Angus sell on fee is good, even if he goes for free we get something based on his market value
24. 2 or 3 new loan players possible soon, Cavendish putting them up!
25. Nicho: competition in team is good. Paul Buckle tried to get rid of me, it made me a better player. I'm not joking, he wanted me out.
