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« Reply #30 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 19:42:49 » |
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I don't like the colour of the seats in the Arkells. I hope the investors are going to change them all to red. I don't think they will though. Grrrrrr!!! :x FFS. Sturrock must be leaving then. |
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« Reply #31 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:04:43 » |
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the prozac is on the door.
each dose has a free pack of 100 paracetamol, please ignore directions and swallow them all at once.
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« Reply #32 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:10:29 » |
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In the stadium bit, to break the soil this year has to mean an out of town site which really narrows it down if within the Borough still. Any of the plots by the M4 I suppose.
If the GM has a say in the team selection, then clearly he'll win any vote over Sturrock as he's higher up the food chain.
It's a right mixed bag, possibly a sign of the nature of the investment. Some of it sounds good, other bits sound at the least worrying.
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« Reply #33 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:14:53 » |
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FFS. So what if Sturrock resigns/is sacked/poached by Leicester (delete as appropiate). As long as the powers that be replace him with a proven quality manager (and there are lots out there) it would not be the end of the world. As long as the club progress's on the pitch as well as off it I couldn't give a monkey's who is the manager. Time for a reality check for some of you. The new owners have spent £10M clearing debts and making plans for the future and i'm willing to give them the benifit of the doubt. You dont put that sort of money into a business without having some say in who your key members of staff are. Now I know I will get slaughtered for saying this but i'm 99% certain that in the eyes of the New Board they probably already have a Team manager lined up to relace Luggy and are just waiting for the right time to do so. I'd also bet that it will not be Rufus Brevitt either but someone who is of higher caliber, probably foreign too. Bottom line is: -debts to be cleared in days -new stadium to relace the aging CG -money available for new players -STFC to be ran as a profitable company All the above failed by the current board. So why can't we once just try and look forward to the future without slating everything. Sure we don't know all the facts ( and I guess a lot of it will remain in a cloud of mystery) but when the info becomes available then we can debate! Onwards and upwards, see you all at Hartlepool!  |
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« Reply #34 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:24:42 » |
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FFS. So what if Sturrock resigns/is sacked/poached by Leicester (delete as appropiate). As long as the powers that be replace him with a proven quality manager (and there are lots out there) it would not be the end of the world. As long as the club progress's on the pitch as well as off it I couldn't give a monkey's who is the manager. Time for a reality check for some of you. The new owners have spent £10M clearing debts and making plans for the future and i'm willing to give them the benifit of the doubt. You dont put that sort of money into a business without having some say in who your key members of staff are. Now I know I will get slaughtered for saying this but i'm 99% certain that in the eyes of the New Board they probably already have a Team manager lined up to relace Luggy and are just waiting for the right time to do so. I'd also bet that it will not be Rufus Brevitt either but someone who is of higher caliber, probably foreign too. Bottom line is: -debts to be cleared in days -new stadium to relace the aging CG -money available for new players -STFC to be ran as a profitable company All the above failed by the current board. So why can't we once just try and look forward to the future without slating everything. Sure we don't know all the facts ( and I guess a lot of it will remain in a cloud of mystery) but when the info becomes available then we can debate! Onwards and upwards, see you all at Hartlepool! Exactly!! |
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« Reply #35 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:35:01 » |
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It would seem they wouldn't want a proven Manager though, if they want to be involved in team decisions and player recruitment. It would suggest they want a 1st Team Coach who will simply run training and allow involvement in team selection and possibly tactics.
It's not necessarily a bad thing provided the club is set-up properly to that way of working and the GM is experienced in football. It's rare, almost unheard of, to run that way in this country though which means either a new coach or a foreign coach used to that system would be needed.
It does all seem a bit similar to Hearts to me.
The other stuff all sounds good so far, I'm just holding back a bit as it seems the strategy keeps changing.
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« Reply #36 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:38:24 » |
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I think caution is very much order of the day. Building a new stadium is all well and good, but unless there are safeguards regarding ownership of the stadium and revenue streams then we could still be in Oxfords position in a few years time.
And I do care what happens to Sturrock because as a fan I don't think there is better man for the job.
And I also care about most of the other issues raised.
The takeover may be a good thing, I'll jump up and down after seeing their actions rather than reading their words. If you don't agree, I really don't give a fuck.
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« Reply #37 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:49:44 » |
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The main jhist of it...the investment the ground etc I am very happy about, the Sturrock thing with him not being allowed to pick the team himself I think stinks, yes it does remind me very much of the Hearts shenanigans with the Chairman running the team over the managers head.
I agree that I think they have their own man ready and willing to replace Sturrock, probably a Portuguese man with experience in Portugal but not so much in how the English lower leagues work which Sturrock does have.
It was stated that there are many proven managers out there, point 1...name a few...point 2...would they be willing to come to a club like Swindon in their position......point 3....will they be willing to not have full control of the team...I think the answer is we have the best man available right now and it is Paul Sturrock.
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« Reply #38 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 21:08:33 » |
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Willie Carson will stay in an unofficial capacity and all the current board must re-sign is that re sign or resign? |
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« Reply #39 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 21:21:47 » |
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FFS. So what if Sturrock resigns/is sacked/poached by Leicester (delete as appropiate). As long as the powers that be replace him with a proven quality manager (and there are lots out there) it would not be the end of the world. As long as the club progress's on the pitch as well as off it I couldn't give a monkey's who is the manager. Time for a reality check for some of you. The new owners have spent £10M clearing debts and making plans for the future and i'm willing to give them the benifit of the doubt. You dont put that sort of money into a business without having some say in who your key members of staff are. Now I know I will get slaughtered for saying this but i'm 99% certain that in the eyes of the New Board they probably already have a Team manager lined up to relace Luggy and are just waiting for the right time to do so. I'd also bet that it will not be Rufus Brevitt either but someone who is of higher caliber, probably foreign too. Bottom line is: -debts to be cleared in days -new stadium to relace the aging CG -money available for new players -STFC to be ran as a profitable company All the above failed by the current board. So why can't we once just try and look forward to the future without slating everything. Sure we don't know all the facts ( and I guess a lot of it will remain in a cloud of mystery) but when the info becomes available then we can debate! Onwards and upwards, see you all at Hartlepool! To be fair, following almost an hour of trudging through crap speculative post after crap speculative post with the all too frequent crap speculative post throw inbetween, the above is a refreshing blast of fresh air. Why do people have to batter the new owners before they have had the chance to say or do anything with the club. |
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« Reply #40 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 21:53:12 » |
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What I would like to know is...... If, for the sake of argument, I was to be able able to say for sure that next season, we will be in the Championship and possibly even challenging for promotion to the premiership, hypothetically speaking of course. And that the long term security of our beloved STFC is assured. Would any of us on here really give a flying fuck who is in charge?Not me  |
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« Reply #41 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 23:20:25 » |
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I think we will have a new foreign coach in place very soon who is used to this sort of continental set up with sporting directors and general managers. Will cost to get one though but I think the owners will want to show us 'the fans ' they mean business.He wont be a huge profile coach but one we have heard of.
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« Reply #42 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 23:22:32 » |
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What's that Argentian chap who had a stint up the A420 doing?
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« Reply #43 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 23:27:14 » |
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What's that Argentian chap who had a stint up the A420 doing? Oh fuck. The Brevett connection. There's our next manager then. Great  |
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« Reply #44 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 23:32:52 » |
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As much as I think PS is an absolute legend, if he did go and we brought a first team coach in I wouldnt be devastated, as Jose Veaga has an awesome pedigree and reputation in Portugal, and has worked alongside some of the best coaches going. If he can do half as well here as he did in his post at Estoril, and the town become solvent and financially competitive, then we could be going places!
Naive or confident, I don't know, but I'm certainly not going to shit a brick about the new set up before they've had any chance to fulfill their promises.
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