Its highly unlikely that there were not ongoing discussions between the Board & tjf over a period of time and up to now the Board have been cut a Great deal of slack by tjf & its well known that I viewed the relationship as far too cosy - between the majority shareholder & the Board
tjf have therefore a duty to express the concerns of there members & wider fan base in public- if they are not getting the responses in private - otherwise they will be accused of not taking action
The response from the Club bearing in mind multiple issues was - shall we say surprising - this is the first time since Fan Ownership tjf have rebuked the Club in public - they ( on behalf of the Fans ) own the Club - the Directors are voted in by tjf - they are not there beyond running the Club for the Shareholder & when the Shareholder raises issues - you listen
It should have never have gotten to this - the issues raised had nothing to do with the Sporting Directors Accident & a lot to do on the direction of travel of the Club - so the two are not related ( the SD accident should not be used to deflect away from the issues raised by tjf )
As for tjf Board Member - he was stepping down next week - his resignation was insignificant to the large picture