cockles1987

I voted no as I was unsure. Will take it on the chin and back the kibble now. All in this together.

This must be the best post of this thread    

That isn’t me thankfully [emoji4]

However, being a diddy ? I’ll give you that at least [emoji16]

I think the outcome is challenging for all parties. No matter how we look at it, all are investing greatly in something that is at the heart of all of us, St Mirren. 
I sincerely hope that Kibble help to grow the business, because in a few years, we, the fans will own 51% of the club. Many forgot that 51% is ownership, 70% was just a bigger number  
All this chat of GLS being a Simsa member and not allowed to sell his personal shares to benefit himself, having ensured that the fans have 51% is just pettiness.  So he offloaded 8% so what!
i am part of the minority’s of private shareholders. I bought some years ago just to be a part of the club. It was an ambition since boyhood. Remember those days you trawled the PDS looking for a small add selling st mirren shares. I then invested further when we had to get an all seater stadium. I would remind those sanctimonious members out there who think about fan ownership, most of the past share offerings were not taken up by grass root fans and had to be underwritten by people like Gordon, Stewart, George,.  The final seats to make old love street an approved all seater stadium were bought by Jim Purvis.  I doubt I will ever get the opportunity to sell those shares like GLS so what. It was a from the heart investment. GSL has a far higher value and I have no issue with him being able to offload them.
the veto has taken on mammoth proportions but I would question its actual worth. The issues you can veto go to the fundamentals of the club.  Day to day business is unlikely to be vetoed. If there is something that Kibble actually want to veto, as a fan shareholder I would have serious questions about what was going on that makes them take such a stand
my only question, and it is something that has annoyed me for many years.  In the bad time, 3 games postponed in winter, no income and the old shareholders had to give loans to aid cash flow, I have always worried how fan ownership handled that.  Recently I have heard talk of a contingency fund. Is it only the major shareholder that needs to have that or will kibble equally have some cash to help us through tough cash flow times..
let us look at the German model 50%+1 is fan ownership and you run the club  that is where we will be shortly
As I type I think of brexit  at end of it, all need to pull together  in reading the pros and cons over past few weeks, I have seen some personal axes to grind, but at the end of the day we are all fans and want the best for our coub
juat think what COYS means to each of us  that is what is in our hearts
 

I'd much rather question and be proved wrong than blindly follow.
I have previous also of stating "I hope I am wrong" when voicing my opinion or raising concerns.

My coat is still drying [emoji2]

Miserable day, miserable result

Aye, think of the Hearts fans. 
Wait at least till they're in the Away Stand before calling the match off. 
FECKEM 

Votes counted & verified.
Here's hoping this deal proves to be as good for St Mirren as presented.

I love the idea that this front driver took one look at the lake in front of him and thought "f**k it, It's just a small puddle. I can do this".

Yes, thanks.Been on nights, i meant to reply but work, sleep, eat, repeat, repeat.. got in the way.
Thanks
 
Meant to add, i've said all I have to say on this subject.
Going round & round & round bores the f**k out of me.
All good with you?

Wasn’t what we signed up for or voted for but hoping it’s successful and makes a tangible difference [emoji4]

Onwards and upwards

Turns out a few trolls on here weren't representative of the smisa membership. Who'd have thunk it?

I'll stand by my concerns of the erosion of fan ownership but if you go read the other thread, you'll find I believe Kibble don't need to be a shareholder for a partnership with St Mirren to flourish.

If this deal is voted through, i sincerely hope it does flourish and quickly.
Although there may be bumps in the road ahead, i hope they are just bumps & overcome easily.

I hope, when BTB's is bought, the fans reasonable expectations of what their investment into BTB would bring are met.

I bought into BTB because i supported the model that was presented to me. I have not yet been convinced by what has been presented so far.

Erskine.  With the amount of water on the roads, I could have sailed into work this morning.

LOL. just read above, The players didn't know they had won on Tuesday night and were waiting on junior taking a sixth penalty.  I'm not sure whats worse the players not being able to count or the thought of Junior at the penalty spot.
Priceless.

So you refuse to watch, but you are going to watch? Nae bother stretchy. 
At least you can claim to watch it properly tonight as it’s on BT, not like the time you claimed to watch it on St Mirren TV when they had posted that day to say there wouldn’t be a stream. 

When I walk into the stadium it wouldn't surprise me to see the sprinklers on.

I did some digging on Kibble.
And, after digging, quite deep, am happy to say I found no negative press anywhere.
It was all positive.

Seen the pattern Fricky = W6er - Even the troll got an alias and stupid enough to like/like agree/agree with..,,, erm , himself 🤣

Wee half chance for Sevco nearly 1-1

Two rational posts.
Well I never.
Thank you.

I would say that the financial benefits would be discussed and assessed generally within and between the boardrooms.....the unique element here is the makeup of one of the stakeholders (SMiSA).

We would have a "veto" if that's what we're calling it. We would own 51% of the share, the Kibble wouldn't be able to pass anything they wanted without our directors agreement. 
As per the email I shared, veto isn't really the right term, it's points that require "mutual agreement" and IMO the Kibble and SMFC will likely more often than not be pulling in the same direction so it's a very low risk. 

Well, I haven’t read all the posts on this thread (that would have killed me), but I have read enough to have got the jist of the major issues and concerns that have been raised.

I have now voted.

Doubt we'll hear the end of it.

No it doesn't, as with practically everything you've spouted about BTB over the last close to four years, it shows it's down to a negative agenda against GLS/ SMISA. 
Was apprehensive about pandering to your bias take but glad I did now. Good to have it in black and white.