Kopfaithful Statement

[navbasi]

Job well done.. A cracking effort from all concerned. Thank You.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Bravo gents, glad to see you have taken the opportunity to step back, but still be together, just in case.

 

Hopefully you won't ever have to come back with the same force you originally came about.

 

The only fan group I will show support to. Only one intention.

[GJM]

An immense contribution when it really mattered, and an attitude now that further demonstrates the integrity of those involved.

 

Great work that will be appreciated for a long time to come.

[Chinandeler Bong]

Forever grateful to all involved. Best wishes for the future.

YNWA.

[Jim MM]

Thanks lads, take a bit of rep for the road.

(I presume a fully audited set of accounts will be forthcoming to explain the 475 vCash shortfall?)

[loadsoftrophies]

Well done lads and congrats on all your work.

[Dred]

Brilliant stuff, who knows where we'd be now without all KFs hard work, an example to us all.

[llego]

Im tearing up here

[melons]

Thanks lads. Monumental work done by an intelligent bunch of people who only ever had, and still have, the best interests of Liverpool Football Club at heart.

 

Spot on.

 

Cheers lads. x

[llego]

Im tearing up here

 

This was not meant to sound so fucking sarcastic

[stringvest]

Well done lads - we're in your debt. My favourite terrorist movement.

[Pidge]

Thanks lads. Monumental work done by an intelligent bunch of people who only ever had, and still have, the best interests of Liverpool Football Club at heart.

 

Ding!

[JimmyConway]

As has already been said,thanks to all involved,a true example of the work that can be achieved when so many share the same goal.

 

Forever grateful

[mypost]

Mission completed, well done and thanks for all your efforts in our fight against the former owners.

 

They should be congratulated for their part in the removal of the owners, but I don't believe it's mission completed.

 

I believe that the only way for football clubs to run themselves prudently, is to run the club themselves. Therefore, the ultimate goal for Kopfaithful, SOS and other groups, should not stop at the removal of G&H, it should be to eventually gain control of the club, as in several other countries, so that the club can't be used as any individual's plaything, and to put the fans at the heart of club decision making, not as an afterthought. When that's done, whichever group succeeds in that goal, it will then be mission completed imo.

[The Party Boy]

Yes well done fellas. Out of interest who writes your statements because that's really really good.

[Barrington Womble]

 

They should be congratulated for their part in the removal of the owners, but I don't believe it's mission completed.

 

I believe that the only way for football clubs to run themselves prudently, is to run the club themselves. Therefore, the ultimate goal for Kopfaithful, SOS and other groups, should not stop at the removal of G&H, it should be to eventually gain control of the club, as in several other countries, so that the club can't be used as any individual's plaything, and to put the fans at the heart of club decision making, not as an afterthought. When that's done, whichever group succeeds in that goal, it will then be mission completed imo.

 

The OP spoke for the kopfaithful. The following comes from myself, I am not speaking for the group.

 

We don't really need you to set our goals. As laid out in the statement, we were only ever going to be a 1 issue organisation. That issue has gone.

 

Again, as highlighted in the statement, organisations such as SoS are more equipped and have wider agendas more suited to what is required from here. We don't need 50 protest groups, in fact we need to show we can have some unity, both as fans and a club. If we ever want fan ownership it will be achieved as a single body. If we need countless groups to get it, we'll never have a common enough goal to run the club. If we want FSG to get on with running the club today, talking to countless organisations on an almost weekly basis is only going to get in the way of that.

 

Our view is it's time for us to step down and allow others to get on with the job their constitutions have equipped them to deal with and allow the new owners the space they need to turn the club around. Our job, at least for now, is over.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

As Barry Wom said, and I speak for myself and not Kop Faithful.

 

KF were set up to do one thing - get rid of Hicks and Gillett. We played a huge part in doing so. That's us done. If we need to get into our gear again, we'll get our Superman costume out. For now, we should be Clark Kent. It's time for us to be fans again. I am perfectly happy that we've done all we can. We can do nothing more now until we're needed.

[Arl arse]

Good riddance, Terrorists!

[Soup]

If it wasnt for those pesky terrorist......

 

Good work.

[Trucker Paddy]

 

They should be congratulated for their part in the removal of the owners, but I don't believe it's mission completed.

 

I believe that the only way for football clubs to run themselves prudently, is to run the club themselves. Therefore, the ultimate goal for Kopfaithful, SOS and other groups, should not stop at the removal of G&H, it should be to eventually gain control of the club, as in several other countries, so that the club can't be used as any individual's plaything, and to put the fans at the heart of club decision making, not as an afterthought. When that's done, whichever group succeeds in that goal, it will then be mission completed imo.

 

We had one goal, we believe we achieved it, if that's your opinion fine your intiteled to it, but we achieved our objective obviously backed up by every fan that took time to send an email, hopefully we'll never be called on again.

Fan ownership is a dream a nice dream but our objective wasn't that, we had an objective it was gained, time to go back to been a fan and hope the bat phone never rings.

[mypost]

As Barry Wom said, and I speak for myself and not Kop Faithful.

 

KF were set up to do one thing - get rid of Hicks and Gillett. We played a huge part in doing so. That's us done. If we need to get into our gear again, we'll get our Superman costume out. For now, we should be Clark Kent. It's time for us to be fans again. I am perfectly happy that we've done all we can. We can do nothing more now until we're needed.

 

G&H may be gone, but there still is a massive long term clean up job ahead. We're all happy we have new owners, but it's too early to state whether the new owners are what's best for the club going forward. Ultimately, every club in the league is currently run by privateers. They have the capability to create or destroy the club on a whim, and if it's the latter, well we've seen with the last owners just how much damage they can do if left to their own devices. I accept that KF was set up for one issue which is fair enough, but the long term goal for LFC fans has to be fan ownership, to guarantee 100% that we don't get into the same shit again.

[Jim MM]

Fan ownership doesn't guarantee stability or success though. Would we have been better off with fan ownership in the 70's and 80's? Fans are amateurs and make emotional decisions, they and their representatives are subject to whims too. I'd prefer a benevolent dictatorship to set a logical and reasoned agenda.

[coachpotato]

Sleep with one eye open all the time.

 

It was my privilege to assist you.

 

Thanks.

[mypost]

Fan ownership doesn't guarantee stability or success though. Would we have been better off with fan ownership in the 70's and 80's? Fans are amateurs and make emotional decisions, they and their representatives are subject to whims too. I'd prefer a benevolent dictatorship to set a logical and reasoned agenda.

 

Other fan groups have a large membership. They're not full of binmen and postmen, some of them are highly qualified directors and managers in their chosen career. If they were elected to the board, they can put that experience to good use. They're not going to do a G&H, it's not merely a business, an investment, or "a franchise" to them, Liverpool FC is their life and livelihood. Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and other leading clubs around the world are all run by a President and board, elected by their members, i.e. fans. It's a very successful model.

 

We on the other hand were sold to the highest dollar by privateers, then faced bankruptcy from other privateers, or "a benevolent dictatorship" as you put it. Fans that run clubs run themselves prudently, as they have no alternative. Stability is instant, the board run the club, the members support the team, and success eventually comes. That has to be the long term goal. Getting G&H out is the easy part, getting responsible and prudent owners here is the next challenge. To that extent, the jury is still out on NESV.

[waiting game]

Thanks for all you have done. I'm

No good at stuff like this so I'll just say what I think,

 

You did a fucking spot on job and we all owe you a debt of gratitude.

 

Best regards on all your future endeavours.