Thetownend.com

Looks like hes saying that when the deal is ratified by the FL he is going to talk to PDC and try and get him back, also says that he has been given no official news of him resigning

Bit fucking late isn't it?

I don't believe a word of what that bloke says to be honest.

hes being very open with fans even with the NDA, what more could we ask for

I'm sorry, but I wouldn't believe a word this Jed character says.

He can go fuck himself and the rest of his potless cronies and keep well away from our club

Why would McCoy have known of PDC'd resignation? He's not PDC's boss

What is his twitter? Just for a peak

I like him :)

He's just saying what he thinks we want to hear.

He's wetter than an otter's pocket

Yep that will help the long term future of the club  :doh:

So he won't talk to Paolo until the deal is done but still expects to be the 1st to know everything that happens. Are Banbury playing tonight.

just trying to give some hope haha it will get me through tomorrow at least

DMR.....we get it....you dont/didn't like Paolo.

And you honestly think Jedward will?

Why has he become the fall guy in all this? He seems a nice guy to me, you lot are a bunch of wankers.

Hes the best we have at the moment, i for one like the look of this guy, looking forward to him

 :eek: :eek:

It might, if the stories linking him to the people who fucked over Port Vale have any substance.

i think you've misunderstood

Cos he's the only halfwit that has put his fat head above the parapet

Exactly.....I want to hear that he's been in constant communiction with Paolo since the announcement of the takeover and that he's fully informed Paolo of everything that has been going on, and that, since 5 o'clock tonight he's been on the blower begging him to stay.

Alternatively I'd like to hear that he's got several billion pounds to fritter away and Mancini will shortly be available.....

That wasnt the point at all. Christ you are thick!

Fair play to him for even speaking to the fans.

 :nod:

I've tweeted him twice and not got a reply  :hmmm: only asked if he felt like having a beer or 5  :pint:

He used to be a DJ.  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

With the greatest respect, a few words saying the right things on twitter don't mean anything.

That's not to say he shouldn't be given time to show his wherewithal, but twitter chat is just that.

Most of the comments in this thread are fucking woeful. I'll put it down to emotions.

this forum is making me want to bang my head against the wall

Off you go then.

This forum is making me want to bang other people's heads against the wall.

Sorry

That's OK, its not my wall you are twatting with your head.

Sam's signed in , whaddaya know sammy boy ?

edit :And he's gone again

I've had 3 messages on twitter today from Jed, seems a nice guy fwiw.

I know there's nothing quite like this club.
Also don't get the McCrory haters tonight. Only feasible option to prevent big financial problems who went out of his way to achieve the sale of the club at a ridiculously quick speed is getting slated for not renegotiating a deadline imposed by a manager who isn't yet under his employ before he's able to do anything as he has no power within the club. Seems a bit daft. At least let the guy speak openly (to everyone not just nuggets of info on Twitter) and then make an educated judgement.
That's all I know.
Obviously time to call me a...

You speak sense sam.

cunt

I agreed with Sam, until I saw Jed tweeting 'You're' when he meant 'Your'.

We have to uphold some standards

No that's fair enough Sam, I won't sing his praises because of a few tweets, nor label him the devil incarnate.

But there are a few things that I'd like him to answer when he can. Bear in mind as a normal fan with no sources to ask we really know very little of the facts, whereas I'd expect the local journo to have a few more sources - so take these accordingly:)

- PDC says he has had no contact with the potential new investors. If it were me I'd be in contact with him daily - even if to say there is no news.

I note you answered somebody by saying that it would have been strange and pointless to do this. To my mind it is common courtesy that while it may not have made a difference, would have at least shown as much commitment as possible under the circumstances to keeping him at the club and keep the lines of communication open.

- I still don't understand the way Ritchie was sold. I fully appreciate it had to happen to keep the club afloat in the short/medium term. I find it strange nobody contacted PDC to let him know. The perspective new owners did allegedly agree to it after all.

These aren't questions to you, more to Jed when/if we get the opportunity...We have only heard part of PDCs side of things.

I'll suck it and see other than that.

The big question for me is that PdC or his representatives met with the new owners last week and they were quite happy to talk to him then. If he clearly signposted a deadline and it wasn't going to be hit - and they would know this - then why didn't they try and talk to him to say the deadline would not be hit instead of putting their heads in the sand. Its not difficult, is it. thats if you wanted to keep him. If you're happy for him to go then you don't contact him. Given that Jed has been on Twitter to talk to but not say anything to the fans, then you've got to go for the don't give a fuck if he walks option.
This is hardly a good start.

Sweet merciful Jesus if you really believe that then you are a plank.

I have already said I don't see why Paolo would have been obligated to keep McCoy informed but surely from the other side McCoy and co should have seen the importance of keeping PDC informed and keeping him sweet.

If you had a new editor coming in and he didn't mutter 2 words to you presumably you would be worried about your future too?

Well looking at Jed's twitter he seems to imply he did indeed try and speak to Di Canio before 5pm which makes much more sense:

To Jed: @JedMcCoy with an agreed Monday 5pm deadline conditional takeover completion - just sayin u shud've extended deadline if u want him to stay

From Jed: @TheTownEnd don't you think we tried ..??.

Apparently he (or the new owners collectively) had the power to accept the new terms that Paolo proposed (going by Paolo's statement) and he, presumably, was well aware that Paolo had set a deadline of 5 o'clock tonight. Surely, if he has any sense about him, he would have been in contact with Paolo at some point when it became clear that the takeover wasn't going to be approved by the FL in order to persuade him to prolong the deadline...? It seems a bit daft to me to let the situation that we now have happen. His response that he hasn't been officially informed of Paolo's resignation is a silly remark to make too and doesn't endear himself to the fans - it's like he couldn't give a toss.

So if I was buying your company and signed an NDA but the whole deal depended upon the say so of a third party regulator you would be happy for me to be having cosy little chats with your staff before it was agreed and signed off.

We have no ideas what has and hasn't been said, except one statement from an emotional former manager who tried to apparently resign last week, didn't roll in for 3 days them issued an ultimatum that was actually outside the control of the club!

They don't seem to have minded the "prospective new owners" negotiating the signing of new loan players with the manager so why would they mind them trying to persuade someone who's handed his notice in to change his mind?

Agree and it sort of blows Sam Morshead's post out of the water. 

Jed has just arranged for a one off pink Swindon kit to be made for a fan's daughter. I kid you not.

Well I'm glad that's seen as a top priority.  Anyway how can he be making any arrangements, he's nothing to do with the club at this moment in time.

If only I still had Pinky Swindons log in details

Really don't know if Jed and co could've done more or not to keep PDC, maybe Paolo just wanted out and he's taken his chance? Can't see how anyone can make a judgement yet?
I think Jed offered to buy me a beer on Twitter.....so for now, I like him :-D

If you were buying my company, we'd both signed an NDA and we were waiting on a third party regulator to sign things off, I'd be fucking amazed if you weren't trying to keep my key employees on-side, even in secret.

I think PDC's +£600k salary scared the shit out of Jedward and the Garbage sifters and that's why they've let his self imposed deadline pass without challenge.

If anyone honestly thinks PDC was anything other than an expense they could do without, feel free to inhale the aroma of the coffee anytime you like and then make your way towards the top of the slippery slope.

I bet they're having a fucking party over in Banbury tonight.

If they can spin it properly, they'll have everyone blaming PDC for the clubs financial troubles in no time. Next will be the reluctant-but-neccessary sale of more players as we move towards a period of sustainability (cheapskate management on the lookout for a quick buck and a very convenient escape route when the going gets tough).

None of this will be Jeds fault though, coz he's a nice bloke who buys people beers and sends out a few personal tweets.

And he can't break the fucking NDA to comment on anything fucking meaningful, can he? How fucking convinient for him and his small-time, low-rent worn out fucking consortium.

We're getting fucking mugged. Again.

Given some of the stuff Paolo comes up with and that we need someone to translate his interviews, I find it a bit strange that everyone is taking his statements as gospel and dismissing Jed as a liar.

Really think we need to give the new owners a chance to take over and explain things properly.

He was on how much? Who the **** was in charge, Tony Fernandes?

The Mirror reckon he was on £250k a year, which is a lot more believable.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/west-ham-alert-after-paolo-1716928?

This is what gets to me, and I agree mostly with what Deltaincline has said. After the outstanding show of support for Paolo on Saturday which The new consortium couldnt of failed to notice let alone our league position you'd of thought that everything possible would of been done to prevent Paolo from resigning. having read a few times tonight, once from Jed himself that he had not officially been informed about Paolo's resignation but not holding an official postition within the club seems to of been over looked by him. You'd of thought Paolo has had enough time to do his own research on the proposed board and having met with them and still decided to stick by his original statement to consider his postition as manager he may be of the same opinion as a fair few others who have Swindons interest at heart. Making plans for having a few beers with fans in the LL in the future comes across as very matey but a bit unprofessional after what's happened today. Paolo hasn't resigned because the FL are taking 24hrs to long so I'm looking forward to knowing the real reasons. And yes I do think as a fan im being mugged off.

This. X 10

The longer this has gone on the more likely this seems to be exactly what will happen....

In terms of gravitas, you can't help but feel that we were spoilt by Andrew Fitton and Jeremy Wray.

There's a hell of a lot of awfully big gaps being filled in by people who know absolutely fuck all and are making massive suppositions - none of us have a clue what's being going on behind the scenes. Let's at least wait for the new owners to actually take over before we start to character assassinate them.

 :nod:

Its going to take months before the new owners can be judged either way, not days or weeks. There are as many deluded people proclaiming the second coming thanks to a few tweets on twitter as there are deluded people forecasting the end of the world.

Both positions, of which which most of us belong to one , are ethereal. Actions made over time will give the true picture.

Look at Jeds twitter?

More like look at Swindon Town FC, laughing stock.

My major gripe at the moment is this Jed's unprofessional approach to it all. Not the most serious short coming, but I like my board members to have an aura about them, a reassurance that the chap at the top knows what he's doing and the club's in safe hands.

At the moment it feels that we have a mate of a mate at the top, and he has not convinced me he's got what it takes to do the job. The FL chairman's equivalent of Martin Allen if you will.

Careful now OST.

Reason and logic have not place here.

Basically what I was trying to say yesterday.

1. He 'tweets'
2. He appears to wear shiny shirts with no tie
3...what else you got?? Oh yea, he apparently likes a drink....what else??

When did i bookmark thisis

If it looks like a turd, smells like a turd and acts like a turd, the chances are

It is a turd

Probably when you were on Twitter all night noshing Jed off

Hmmmmm...I don't really think we can take this debate any further ::)

This last month has been a real eye opener hasn't it, so many 'facts' that have no evidence to support have become gospel on here it has actually at times made Thisis seem sane.

We know next to nothing about the incoming board, but apparently its fact that they have no money, are asset strippers, wanted paolo out, are unprofessional and these points appear to have become fact for many on here?

As for last night I support Swindon Town Football club, managers come and go for various reasons. However it appeared for many that they supported Paolo's own view that he was actually bigger than the club and if his demands were not met then we suffer the consequences, sorry but if thats the case let him go. We only at this stage have his side of the story so hey lets wait for the boards side, Paolo was great at motivating us, illustrating his loyalty and getting a sound bite. I will pay for players myself (never happened), I will get a Swindon tatoo (AFAIK never happened), he was great at saying what was best to puit him in a good light, and I loved him for it, but end of day he has gone for his own reasons and we only have his spin for it.

Lets wait and see what happens, ultimately the new board are taking over (like it or not) and without them we would not have a club to support and thus would have had no Paolo anyway, we have no idea who any of the other bidders were so how anyone can comment that they would have rather waited for more 'fit and proper persons' is rubbish?

Lets pull ourselves together and move on, we did when Macari left, we did when we were demoted, we did when Hoddle left - its called being a Swindon Town Fan!

It takes a while to move on, and bitching about things is part of the process.  Give it a few days to let things settle, if you were expecting an instant getting over it you are going to be disappointed.

Agree with this sentiment completely.

I may be wrong but do the "top" clubs Chairmen tweet their fans? All very well trying to be all things to all men but does not hide the shambles that exists at the moment.

As usual only time will tell and I just hope that when the dust settles we are still in a promotion chasing position no matter who is in charge.

not so long ago this forum was full of posts bemoaning the lack of communication from the previous chairman (who also tweets) and the lack of communication from the new consortium.

never.

happy.

Exactly.

I don’t think Jed can win at the moment. He’s limited to a few tweets which are hardly going to be reflective of a business plan. On the flip side, if he doesn’t make the tweets then people will moan he is ignoring the fans completely.

The strict NDA and rapid exit strategy of Andrew Black has really been the cause of our recent problems, not the fact Jed McCrory doesn’t wear a tie.

It’s funny how the last couple of times the club has been up for sale some fans mention Jamie Cullum as a potential investor (for example). What’s the difference between he and Jed? ’Oh but I know who he is, he plays piano and sings and stuff’.

Likewise, thanking the bloke for a few broken messages on Twitter is equally silly. If and when the takeover is completed, the new owners and management will have to learn that keeping fans properly informed really matters.

We need to know who the new owners are (the money men, not the directors) and what their motives are. At the moment it has a BEST Holdings feel about it, simply because of the lack of information and details which are extremely sketchy and contradictory.

Basically as soon as the takeover is confirmed I’d expect a swiftly released statement (the consortium has had plenty of time to prepare) with at least some basic details, hopefully addressing the Trust’s initial questions.