Is John Ryan cornered?

[Mr1Croft]

The man loves this club possibly more than any fan can love a football club and he has proved this time and time again by throwing his self made fortune in the black hole that is a football club and he is probably more than happy to (90%) of the time. However, he is not getting any younger and I fear the time is approaching in the next couple of years where it may be in his own interests to walk away, leave with what he has left with a smile on his face that he has transformed Doncaster Rovers from the brink of extinction to a force to be reckoned with in English League football. No longer do we walk on our holidays for people to stop us in the streets and say \"what shirt is that?\" We owe that to John Ryan, who along with our most recent of directors have shot us from contemplating that game against Colchester may have been our last to punters seriously considering we may have a shot of playing in the Championship in the early games of last season.

I don't think that John Ryan would do anything to jepoardise Doncaster Rovers for future generations, and Im sure he would wait untill Doncaster is a sustainable football club before calling it a day. Since the other directors have walked, does this pin John Ryan into a corner where he is the 'last man standing' but because of human emotion and his attatchment to Doncaster Rovers he has no option but to shoulder on because he probably couldn't walk out and leave us with nothing. Richardson is not worth John Ryan's toenails and John Ryan does not want us to go down the same route as Gretna, Darlington, Pourtsmouth or Chester which is why I think he is trying to sort out a deal for the stadium so that the club owns something that can help make the club sustainable.

I can't imagine what the man has gone through these past 14 years and what he is going through now, but he must know that he doesn't have to go through it on his own. Us fans are there for him and rather than spending the next year pointing the finger at who said what and who destroyed the future of Doncaster Rovers we need to stay united and keep doing what we can to support the club. The VSC is there for fans to do their bit to help sustain the club by becoming a member. Forget the hospitality boxes, forget this forum for a second; the VSC's main pupose is to buy shares in the club so that the fans own a part of the club and if anything terrible is to happen the Co-operative can shoulder the club, currently that would be an extremely difficult task for the VSC and they probably couldn't run DRFC financially for one day; but every little helps and with your help the VSC can continue growing and become a scaffolding to help keep the club stable.

If you don't think this 'model' of supporters trusts work look at clubs such as FC United who raise substantial funds, I think the Swansea's equivalent of the VSC is going to make a profit this year. Everything else you get as a member is a bonus; but the main thing is you are helping the club to be around for your children and your grandchildren. The next few weeks are already going to be a struggle for John Ryan and the last thing he wants is our own fans arguing amongst themselves over who caused the directors to walk, we all know what has been said and done in the last 5 months and some of us are feeling responsible, and some of us feel we have the right to take it amongst ourselves to start firing abuse at those that 'deserve' it because we consider ourselves the 'model fan'.

We are all here to support Doncater Rovers and John Ryan has told us to look to the future, he put that in his statemnet for a reason and we should give him the reaction he deserves and our 100% commitment, what has happened has happened, what we should be focusing on is the future of Doncaster Rovers and not the past.

RTWD

[hoolahoop]

JR doesn't get cornered, he may be impulsive due to his love of the club but he will sort it out.
Btw , the Directors who have resigned STILL have a vested interest in the performance of the club as shareholders. DRFC collapses and so does any chance of ever recovering their cash input. This does not preclude them from making further cash available to DRFC in the future........they merely aren't on the Board but are significant shareholders.

[Filo]

I don`t really know why another thread has been started about JR!

[Wellred]

Maybe its called feeling guilty.

[Filo]

Maybe its called feeling guilty.

I think you may have a point, is n`t it about time a petition was posted!

[jucyberry]

Maybe its called feeling guilty.

I think you may have a point, is n`t it about time a petition was posted!

Shame back peddling isn't in the current line up of Olympic events, the gold would be heading Donny way at this rate....

[hoolahoop]

Maybe its called feeling guilty.

I think you may have a point, is n`t it about time a petition was posted!

Shame back peddling isn't in the current line up of Olympic events, the gold would be heading Donny way at this rate....

[bobjimwilly]

Joking aside, I hope you realise what Mr1Croft is getting at regarding the potential of the Supporter Co-operative model, and in particular the VSC

[Mr1Croft]

Maybe its called feeling guilty.

I think you may have a point, is n`t it about time a petition was posted!

John Ryan said it was moaners that were at fault, maybe Im wrong but signing a petition is doing more than moaning, its standing up for what you believe in and people did.


I gave people the power to state their opinion, I won't apologise for that. People didn't have to sign it. I am about as much as responsible for those directors resigning as the VSC is for creating this forum.

My personal mistake was that I never fully agreed with it, I shouldn't have got involved I was naive and I have already apologised on that regard. However if we are going to start being immature looking for the fans to blame then why not scour every thread for negativity posted? Go on Facebook and find every bad word against DRFC. I have tried to point out that spending the next few weeks blaming each other is not going to bring any director back and nor is it going to help create a less negative attitude on this forum.

[roversontheup]

For goodness sake, can we please stop all this petty back biting and in fighting. Most may be tongue in cheek but it is unnecessary.
At the moment our club is in a precarious position. Rallying together is vital regardless of the stance that individuals have taken in the past.
It is we the fans and Jr against all others. Now lets get that siege mentality cracking.

[DN5Rover]

For goodness sake, can we please stop all this petty back biting and in fighting. Most may be tongue in cheek but it is unnecessary.
At the moment our club is in a precarious position. Rallying together is vital regardless of the stance that individuals have taken in the past.
It is we the fans and Jr against all others. Now lets get that siege mentality cracking.

Absolutely!!