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Yet another club statement released on the Official Site:

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10341~909169,00.html

Christ on a bike, are the club incapable of communicating with people without airing their dirty linen in public?

Christ it's like a fucking dictatorship.

Will I get a statement for that?

This is getting like managing the club via Football Manager.

"The board has indicated it is delighted by the manner of your latest win ... "

Fucking hell. Is Sega running our club or what? Give it a rest!

The club would like to state that Tails' comments that the club is a dictatorship is a direct attack on its backers.

shakes head and leaves discussions around this subject.

and yes, the board did say the bit right at the end, don't think anyone ever though the board were trying to harm the club so it goes without saying.  Not sure what this is being released for really as it seemed to me everything ended quite well at the end and the Trust et al have made it quite clear they don't currently have £3m sitting in a bank, they are merely trying to raise the funds.

Anyway, enough has been said.

These 'statements' are just becoming totally meaningless. I think the Board should have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up.

Oh dear, I expect SSW will read this and pull out of the club :shock:

Batch would like to indicate that continual statements from the club regarding critisism of how the club is run shall from hereon be met with the rather childish but apt smiley

 :fu:

Any attempt to double stamp my triple stamp will be deemed a personal attack on myself and my advisor, the one that lives in my head and tells me what to do.

I appeal to the club  to do one decent thing and shut the fuck up.

Batch. 9/10/06

To be honest and personally speaking I think the criticism has been fairly restrained considering what has gone on. They deserved criticism and they have taken some. But they still dont see anything at all wrong with the way the club is being run at the moment.

I can understand the Wills not having anymore money to put into the club. Therefore, we do need to find some sort of buyer. I think a fans consortium could provide little investment but better running of the club. Whereas at the moment we have little investment and a very poor running of the club under Dunwoody.

I dont believe it !

 :boohoo:

I really dont !

fans reps :piemonte: Board rep.

 Classic tactics, get them in for beer and sandwiches, see the colour of their money then shaft them.
 
  I like.

 If we want rid, then it will need something altogether more serious.

 If we accept the status quo, Confernce here we come and don't complain.

Absolute bunch of clowns, cant believe they came out with that statement after the trust, Rob T and the supporters club saying it was a positive meeting.  What can they possibly gain from attacking the fans trust, supporters clubs and fans in general.  As crazy as it sounds the only way this might get better is if they go...really think it may of come to this now  :x

What!? You people would moan if they didnt produce club statements!
Everyone moaned about the board/club not communicating with the fans, but when they do, you all moan! They cant win.

Is it harming anyone by releasing club statements? No.

 :roll:

I can’t understand why the club have waited until now to release that statement if they were not happy with the comments on the 28th.

Seems ludicrous to have gone to the trouble of mobilising Cliff ‘Peace Pipe’ Puffet following the Trust organised fan’s meeting on the 28th, had a ‘clear the air’ meeting on Friday, released a joint statement to work together and then go and release that statement today.

I know the club are behind a bit on the accounts but are they a few weeks behind on GMT than the rest of us?

 Absolutely.....yes....Wise said on Sat he's had enough oof this stuff, the fans groups try to take out the sting and now this.....it may of course be calculated to get DW to walk and so save money.

They are only letting us lot, the fans, know whats going on, and the players, if they ever read the site....I'd much prefer to know whats going on, even the slightest bit of information, than not....

This bit really really pisses me off 'We appeal for the local press to contact the club for information regarding the club'.

Why the fuck would they want to do that after the stuff they put out after Bill Powers exit?

but the statement itself serves no new purpose.  The meeting seemed to end well, everyone agreed to leave a short and simple statement for now and Paul has answered with a bit more, still positive in tone, when people suggested it wasn't enough.  It's certainly not what I would have expected when everyone shook hands at the end and I fail to see what real purpose it serves that is positive for the club.

I'd agree that hearing a bit more details about things can be helpful, but I just don't get this one and I think I must have left early or something.

What makes me laugh is the fans reps  have been really carefull in what they have said about Fridays meeting because it was agreed to "move on in a positive manor" which is frankly bollocks but understandable considering the Wills toy chucking tactics now they come out with this "please say we are doing a good job " statement.Its completely laughable .

 This isn't info though, but rather  an attempt at a character assassination on Paul D and Mike Wilks.

Not big and not clever.

nods in agreement

Thats just more mud slinging. The siege mentality again.

Again, some of the stuff they have put out has been totally false. They
even admitted in a later statement that some of the stuff slinging mud at Devlin was not true. Id rather have no information, that blatant propoganda.

And as regards to the image of the club. Better english in the statements would help. They look like a right bunch of fuckwits releasing statements like that. Even a microsoft word checker would pick that up.

Im afraid in spite of the fact that we have no other backers and in spite of the fact that it may affect the team .. WE really cant have anymore of this rubbish being spouted from the stupid people running the club.

I have one statement to make and I think someone should set up a poll ... SACK THE BOARD!

I really give up with this board.  Fuck it im not reading anymore tonight, they really want to lose teh fans, and have a bigger overspend!!!!  ABSOLUTLEY FUCKED OFF

FOR FUCKS SAKE!This smiley sums it up  :wall:

the saga goes on. its getting a little tiresome now just like an EastEnders story line. how many times do the board have to pubicly slate the Trust and other fans groups for trying to come up with a positive future for the club. the statement was unessasary and also leads me to believe that the Wills family and Co are just looking for their money back. its as clear as daylight

Rich, a good point was made on another website. The meeting on friday was positive. But who wasnt there?

Mike Diamandis. Im not being funny, but this bloke is a total nightmare for us. A complete shit stirer and I just want to see him nowhere near Swindon Town.

Im fed up with this bloke. He's got his own agenda and it isnt in with STFC. I dont care if the Wills have to go too anymore, they have set their stall out with this bloke and if they end up looking like a bunch of idiots because of Diamandis its up to them.

Mike Diamandis  :fu:

i agree totally about Diamandis. in fact i didn't even know this bloke was part of the all the backroom staff until all this nonsence began. TBH if things carry on the way they are i can see the Wills family pulling out and selling on to the fans for next to nothing

Nice dream, sadly not a reality. The Wils' and Carson have put quite a few million in over the years and they won't go without receiving a good chunk of this back - you can see their point on this one.

They'll run us into the ground at this rate, so if I were them I'd probably cut my losses and sell up now to someone who might actually take the club somewhere.

The only way for that to happen would be for the ground redevelopment to be the spearhead.

In order to do that they need to work closley with SBC.

Also it would be much easier to attract investors if the redevelopment was agreed, even some form of letter of intent etc.

Can you see that happening in the current climate ?

My god, my reply just above was assuming this thread was about one of the other 'another statements', if you know what i mean.

They really are taking the mick now. They know that the fans weren't happy with the lack of communication so they've thrown out 4 9or is it 3) 'statements' over the last 3 weeks, all of which has been terribly drafted, none of which seem to forward any clear or certain path, all of which have been contradicted by one of the other statements, all of which have had the defensive tone and vieled threat that if we don't shut up they're gone.

SACK THE BOARD - I was ready to leave all this rubbish and start thinking about getting back to enjoying the footie, but this statement is so amateurish, so unbelievably provacative and unecessary that i'm going to sing my heart out on saturday to get rid of these losers. had enough.

hear hear !! sing it !

Where's the backstabber emoticon?

How can the club have that meeting on Friday after which all seemed happy as larry, and then come out and accuse PaulD of slagging them off?

This saga's got more twists than a turkey twizzler. Bunch of fucking cunts, the lot of 'em.

saturday is going to be an interesting one .. on and off the pitch i sense

Agreed.

If nothing else I think this statement proves how headbangingly difficult this board are to deal with. Wills agree a statement on monday. Diamandis comes in tuesday and rips the things to shreds, declares war on the media, the fans and potential investors.

You can draw a few comparisons with the budget. That was ripped to shreds when someone got their hands on it.

Its about time we saw the FACE of Diamandis isnt it .. nothing worse than someone who wont show their face yet is so obviously slagging off the fans!

You've hit on something interesting there - the only thing we know about Diamandis is that he's a loose cannon. This statement isn't written by someone thinking of the effect of what he is saying, onlly ruled by an anger that he's been questioned.  

Suddenly the confusion at the club, be it regarding finance, transfers, marketing...you name it...is a shade clearer. Someone does the job and then Diamandis comes in and re-does the job for them. Why? because he has a general run over the whole club - absolutely unaccountable.

Or....he does know the reaction this will stir up, and he cites the criticism we're now typing as a 'personal attack' by 'small-minded fans'...difference being that he gets his words in the Adver, under nobodys name but 'the Clubs', whereas we're restricted to the message baords.

At least I've got a username Mike, you petulent child.

  The cynic in me feels this deliberate act of provocation is a last roll of the dice for the Board......meaning put up or shut up.

 It will backfire though, as progress can only be made with SBC on board and they could never work with a board that has alienated key elements amongst its club's  support.

I can see a few people getting a little frustrated but still think anti board stuff at a game is not the way to go.  Wise has made it clear he could do without all this and we are doing well on the pitch, so lets at least show what it is we do bring to this club.

Kim Jong-Il - good one  :-))(

The latest statement makes the board seem like a broken record. Again it's as if we're to take what the club have to say as gospel.

I think if the latest statement was a post on a forum it may even grace Spacey's pointless post thread.

Of course it does you thick cunt, especially when they're slagging off particular fans!

Once again, the club have done their utmost to bollocks things up again - since Friday, everything has seemed to have calmed down a bit and then this happens.

 SY although passions are running high, reverting to abuse of a regular poster isn't the way forward....the Board want to see a divided fan base, we need solidarirty.

To be honest guys doesnt this ring true of many of the other goings on.

Budget meeting with Power/Wills- things get agreed- Diamandis comes along and it gets ripped up- hence the rift with Power and Devlin.

Power requests to meet with the Wills family alone - wonder why?

Now meeting with supporters group and Wills- Diamandis not present a positive meeting.  Again Diamandis gets involved and we have tonights statement

It aint a co-incidence chaps

This is becoming fucking farcical.

Fred, Paul, Rob etc I hope you stick two fingers up at any more meetings because it'a clearly going in one ear and out the fucking other.

What an odd statement to put out in the clubs name. Attacking a couple of our fans in public seems childish to me and others, clearly. Is this the same Paul Davies who is leading the ground redevelopment with the council and the trust? I hope not, otherwise the work done on the plans could be all undone by this nasty and personal statement.  Mike Wilkes seems a very capable and articulate charachter from what I have heard and read. Maybe the board dont want that sort of charcter in the boardroom and are trying to discredit them both?

It is only my opinion, but I agree with the line of thought that Mike D can be childish when he is questioned or called to account.  Looking back on some of the other unfathomable contradictions from the football club over the years  it is all looking like one person screams and everyone else jumps. It is very sad if the club is being run like this in all departments and something surely must be done to end it.

I laughed at the joint statement put out by the fans and the Wills family at the weekend as it was so obviously a polite climb down on all sides. It was at least a building brick on which to climb though. I did not see this comming and can only assume that the author of the statement is trying to stir things up personally for reasons known only to him or herself, is stupid, or both.

I hope fans just laugh at the dopey twats in the boardroom who call themselves directors as they dont desreve our attention. I am going to get vocal behind Gus and Dennis and the players as they are the key to this season.

By the way, if Dennis and Gus do walk away because of all this crap, I know which direction my finger of blame will be pointing in.

I am afraid it is

In the direction of Diamandis

I think part of the motivation for this it to get Dennis and Gus to walk because they cannot afford them.

You have already stated that on another thread

 :roll:

this is a fucking joke....

a total fucking joke....if the board want to piss off the fans to the point of no return then they are doing a fine job of it.

I went all the way to Accrington fucking Stanley on saturday to support this team and this is the thanks we get a clueless board who are running us into the ground.

I am wondering why I bother....

As for the slagging off of the trust, jez....I've spoken with Paul and Andrew many a times and they amount of hard work they put in (im sure others do to) for the good of this club and then the board shit on them.

The trust, and others helped put together new stadium plans....and they club have done nothing on the subject in months.

We have a discount ticket game against Blackpool, who spends their own time printing leaflets and then who spends thier ownthursday evening in town handing out leaflets...James Wills, Mike Diamandis....was it fuck

this club is a fucking joke.

I hope your wrong Reg..

smacks of an exit stratagy to me !

Millom

what really baffles me, even this morning, is the bit about the media.  everyone knows you don't try and tell the media what to do unless you can afford to buy them.  i can almost see Ritson and Hadwin having a few beers today as they consider how best to come up with stories in a negative light.

Could it be they are upset that the whole sorry affair has been picked up by the national press now?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,437-2395202,00.html

BBC RS reported the truce only lasting 72 hours before another staement. Laughed when they said the club invited the media to contact them for more information yet "several attempts to interview the major shareholder Sir Seaton Wills, his son James and advisor Mike Diamandis have been rejected by the club".

:-))(  Shambles, the only word that springs to mind on this occasion.

Thank you Reg

SY is a cunt

 :wink:

Oh and my first post was mainly aimed at people who were slating the amount of club statements, being released, not the information provided in the latest one, as i had not read it at the time.

So therefore i meant is releasing aload of statements harming anyone....no, but after reading the statement i can see why they are harming people, in terms of whats written (if that makes any sense...)

Fuckin hell! The boardroom is quickly turning into Bellend Central at the moment, it's like the clubs being run by schoolkids texting bollocks to the media every 5 minutes!

"My Dadz gunna spark u out if u dnt shut the fck up lolllzzzz - James Wills"

Plot of recent film "The Queen"

There was once a very important personage who lived within a wall of secrecy and half -truths and spin. This was to maintain a privileged lifestyle, and continue a tradition of avoiding direct communication with the general public, except at Christmas.

This personage thrived on negativity and getting away from it all, while advisers carried out wishes to maintain the status quo. One day there was a popular uprising, when a very well regarded representative of the people was snubbed after her death by this personage, and the advisers panicked a bit because the shops were running out of flowers and the mood was ugly.

Many statements were issued, until eventually the Personage recognised the will of the people, and spoke on TV  " A PERSONAL STATEMENT" which was not really meant,  but the lips moved.  Having seen the personage emerge frim the shadows, saying nice things, the populace were easily moved to it's former affection, believing  that the Personage had been deeply misunderstood.
All was then well, and life continued as before.






 :king:

Short quote from the Puffster in today's WDP...



Appears as mystified as the rest of us.    :shrug:

http://www.westpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=150309&command=displayContent&sourceNode=150308&contentPK=15639811

Oh and an update from the Beeb, strange that the interview requests have been turned down after the club's statement....



http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/10/10/stfc_101006_feature.shtml

It's like the club are playing some crazy game of chess but witih different rules to everyone else.

prawn to king prawn chow mein nineteen - no huffing allowed

But are they playing all you can eat buffet rules?

On the WDP.......


pete rowe, sydney

Rowe was sacked by this lot having been CEO under Donegan and Blatchley, so personally I take no notice of what he has to say.

I'll always remember him trying to sign Stan Collywobble (first time round) when he was with Bradford in the Premiership.  

Always seemed a decent enough bloke though.

Yes Reg but who's word are you taking that Blatchely and Donegan were so bad, Diamandis?

Diamandis will take this club nowhere. We will continue in intensive care, be drip fed on a life suppot machine, basically stuck going nowhere.

We wont move forward as no investors will com in with them in charge, they MUST go

what a life suppot machine. 8)  8)

  I don't need anyone's word on the matter, I just observed the way the club was being run at the time.....if you think this lot are bad, then the previous regime were infinitely worse.

I agree with you there reg.

There is no comparison between this board and those in the past. It is quite clear that we have atleast made small steps forwards in terms of marketing and communication with fans.

I tend to stay quiet in these sorts of issues as I know very little about what goes on behind the scenes of the club. I am however sick and tired of this board spouting crap at us and expecting us to smaile and agree - the latest statement just takes the piss.

Everybody agreed that last week's meeting was constructive and positive, then they come out and personally attack one of the figure heads of our fan base and expect us to hush?! They are taking us for a ride and it annoys me that the club I love to support ios being held back by chilidish, immature behaviour on top of the problems already encountered with SBC. We moan that we can't work with the council.....we can't even work with ourselves at the moment and considering stadiums take 3-4 years minimum to plan and build, I can see our club falling into a black hole before it ever happens.

And you take the piss out of Bart's speling !

meh !

If they won't go without recouping their investment, then their thinly veiled threats look even more ridiculous.

Somes fans say they should grow up.

Others say they should go.

I say: Can't we all love each other?

I do hope that's some genius irony. Unfortunately I think it's just a typo.

Reeves SBC will NEVER work ith this current regime in charge.

Only hope we have is of them leaving and someone else coming in cause the council dont trust them and neither do i

Its fucking meant to be sarcasm !

but we cant get rid of the current lot untill we get new investors....

sadly, we cant just get rid without any sort of replacement

I do agree DV85, if we have no-one waiting in the wings we are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

However- i cannot honestly see anyone cominng in and working with these people, therefore the only option available is a full takeover of the club. I also cannot see SBC working with them either

In summary the 2 vital ingredients we need to move forward, fresh investment and the redevelopment will not happen withh the current regime, therefore thereis no alternative than for new ownership

The problem is solved! Today I purchased a Euro million lottery ticket (£1.50)
I am positive I will win the estimated 56,000,000 pound jackpot and then I will take over the club.

You read it here first.

Nearly a nice sig, hertha

Anybody seen that old Chief Exec Peter Rowe (aka redexile2) has popped up on MyOnlySwindon (and the WDP) giving his views - if I were Ritson or Hadwin I'd go in for an exclusive of what its like working day to day with Diamandis

Donnegan was an OK bloke. And he was suprisingly interested in team matters for a property man. But he was recklessly wracking up debts on behalf on STFC with no long term strategy whatsoever.

Thats why Devlin was so good, because he seemed to make a little money go so much further than the others could. But James Wills says he isnt comming back. We'll see.

As for Peter Rowe, hes posted as Redexile2 on here http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=1019&p=16&style=2&forumId=3486&action=1&replytoid=530990804

Can somebody remind me of when Rowe was CE? Was he a Donnegan/Blatchley man? Or was he brought in by SSW et al?

He managed to span both teams, because SSW never sold his shares, just gave over the full running of the club (as I understand it).  So Rowe stayed on during the transition period before being ousted with Bob Holt I think taking the role at first (I might be wrong, maybe Devlin went straight into it).

I don't think he has a very high opinion of Diamandis, certainly has an axe to grind.

You find me one person he has worked with him that has a high opinion of him

If he remains in charge we will decline, and go out of the league. We wont get the ground because SBC wont work with him, neither will any investors

bart time to come out, have you worked with him before?

Karlsruhe_Red, Did it off a translation program. Where did I go wrong?

herthab: I ran it back through babelfish, it's quite good:

If you build a joy fire, build a joy fire, you place the Oxford on upper section, place you the city into the center, and burning you the "fickende" mixes!

That's exactly what I wanted to say!

 :mrgreen: thats ace

Bau ein Freundenfeuer, Bau ein Freundenfeuer, Leg den Oxford ganz oben, Steck die City in der Mitte, und Brenn den verfickten Haufen

is how I'd translate it, I'm no Jerry mind

City is a personal noun and wouldn't change.

Oh yeah, never use a translator to translate sentences if it's important, they never work or make much sense. Made me laugh though

Fucking rip off. £1.50 down the drain..........

I'm just pissed that I didn't think of youtube.com

£870 Million quid  :shock: