Pavis wants an end to the heartbreak

Last updated : 12 August 2003 By Rob Davies
Pavis told the Nottingham Evening Post:

"The last 14 months have been terribly painful for me, to watch the club struggle so badly," he said.

"For 15 years we had to run a tight ship, because of the budget that was available to us.

"I am not saying I was always a great chairman, I made mistakes.

"But the one thing that didn't happen was the club going into administration.

"We never got into financial trouble that badly.

"But I had to sit and watch it happen and that was very frustrating.

"I regret selling the club to them to be honest, but we all make mistakes. I thought they were the right people to take the club forwards.

"But I thought that about Bhatia and Strang too and they failed to come up with the finance at the end."

Pavis' honesty is comendable and he should be treated with a great amount of respect.

He also says that the identities of the consortium must remain secret for a while yet.

"These people have twice said that, if their names are made public, they will walk away," he said.

"We can't risk that happening. They will be happy to go public when they are ready.

"Once they have got a little closer to completing things, I am sure they will be ready for that to happen.

"But they are very aware that some of their predecessors have made a lot of promises, which haven't always come through.

"Once they have delivered, they will be happy to become known and talk to anyone."