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Featured in a few articles (they've managed 4 separate stories from one chat) but it seems like he's saying all the right things to me.

To summarise:

1. He doesn't want any mud-slinging with the current board

2. He'd like SSW and Wee Willie to stay on in some capacity

3. The reaction of the Town fans after the crash made him not want to let us down

4. He's happy with Sturrock

5. Wants at least one fan on the board

6. Doesn't want to risk the club

7. And he's now mellowed out since his near death experience. Totally like chilling, dude.


Saying all the right things for me. Get this guy in soon please.

Is one of the trust bods able to put a rough timescale on things if all ran smoothly? Is there any way in hell he could be involved before the January transfer window?

If not, are welooking at the end of the season??

Read those articles with great interest. Apparently it was cards and emails from well wishers that convinced him to "not turn his back on the fans"

What a guy!

Indeed, he's said all the right things there.

i nearly wet myself a little reading that. i remain clinging to the hope that this will help to persuade those who are still doubters of the consortium!

No idea about his business skills, but as an exercise in positive PR and persuading the fans to support you, the guy is spot on, he couldn't be more opposite from the current regime.  If everything he says is true then good times might be just around the corner.

"Power to the People"!!!!!

Bring on the revolution!!

Mr. Power get's sexier by the minute.

ok slight over reaction.

you been drinking???

I think the prospect of you wetting yourself is only likely to put people off, tbh.

IMHO I think that is a bit optimistic, judgeing by the noises that have come out of SN1 the last couple of weeks and I think we have got some hard work to do before it actually "happens".

Dont forget, we still need to get agreement from SSW that he is prepared to start negotiations yet.

Once those are underway then a period of due dilligence will be entered into. Now this is an intricate process even with the most simplest of buyouts/purchases, but judgeing by the legacy issues that could well be left for the consortium to deal with, coupled with the historic trading of the business, this process would need to go down to macro level (all of which will not happen over night).

This is even before Heads of Agreement are negotiated, drawn up and signed.

Of course I for one would love it to happen before January for the obvious reasons, but realistically I cant see it.

Sorry to piss on the bonfire so to speak

What with you and Sonic, we're going to be flooded out if this carries on.

Fair point Fred. A heavy dose of realism is needed, much as we all want things to progress - and move quickly - the likelihood of any takeover being sealed in January is a mere pipe dream IMHO.

Not pessimistic mush


Just realistic

FWIW Id rather wait and ensure that we achieve what we need to

It was the peeing on bonfires I was referring to - it's like an incontinent's convention on here

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

You know that doesn't apply to me !!!!   :soapy tit wank:

From reading the articles, it's written almost as if it's a foregone conclusion the deal will happen. I just pray it's not going to be an article we look back on in 2, 3 or 4 years time thinking, 'if we'd taken that up we might just be pushing towards the Championship rather than mid-table in the Conference'. Is that intentional? Is it a foregone conclusion? I doubt it.

That aside, he says everything right. Reading between the lines it's quite clear than any gripe he had was with Diremandis, and he holds Carson and Seton in high regard.

Also, that the purse strings will be loosened to an extent - in this league thats all thats required - enough to get in the loanee you want, 50k or 60k here and there should a decent player turn up, and enough to extend key contracts - Ifil, Weston, Jack Smith, Evans, perhaps Zaaboub et al.

If this goes ahead I'm taking a day off and spending it in the pub draped in a big red flag.

This is still gonna get nasty i reckon

Lots more to come from this still imo

It's bound to get nasty imo you have to remember it is Diamandis that is running the show and he likes to have his finger in every pie - what will it do to his Dunwoody business if he was not involved with stfc ?

You have to remember SSW seems to rate the Greek highly so trusts what he tells him, and the greek does not want to give up his throne easily.

I think that Power was rather nice and restrained in his interview, there must have been things that went on between him and Diamandis that have not been revealed.

 :scribe:

You dont say !

 :wink:

Its interesting that BP would keep  Carson on board.....and it has to be said that it was only Carson who had the simple common decency to go and visit BP in hospital.

    We know Willie is nothing more than a figurehead who  has nothing to do with decision making......but he's still tainted by association with the present regime.

I can't help feeling that the role for Carson, depending on the future of SSW is as president, we've not had one since stalwart Cecil Green died, and it'd suit Carson, a figurehead role, no responbility except shaking hands etc, whilst maintaiing a role in the club.

 Effectively that is what he does now....a classic was on the appointment of Sturrock, he said he heard  who it was on the radio on his way over to the Press Conference.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest - fact is, the bloke's probably not bad to talk to round a dinner table...roll him out pre-match so the few who actually go 'Corporate' (is there such thing at the CG, they probably give them a free bag of Monster Munch) can at least say they saw someone recognsable at the match.

We better club together and get him one of these then !

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/FredElliot_2006/navmanf20m.jpg

i like what he says too. id love him to be here in Jan but i think thats too soon. do you think Mark D will be part of the board if SSw and Carson remain?

Definately

It's not going to do any harm keeping little Willy around is it? Let's face it, he is not where the problem lies. I think he's basically harmless and could do some good in terms of getting a bit of sponsorship in with his horse racing and general sports contacts - Even if it is just a few Corporate matchday packages every season or something like that.

Oh yes, and fair play to him for visiting Billy boy in hospital!

 I can't forgive Carson for failing to get the Maktoums to buy STFC instead of the Scousers.

 PS They're also buying the Plastic Scousers of Tranmere.

Just playing Devils Advocate here (I personally do not have anything against him)

BUT

Is there any evidence at all of him organising corporate sponsorship and matchday packages in the past when we are in the shit ?

Why should that all change now ?

Just wondering !

 :shrug:

I think you'll find that is a big fat NO  OST

 :shake:  floghorse

Meeeeh! Kick him out then.

I'm not bothered either way 8)

he needs to invest in a glue factory really

Sorry to ask if it HAS already been established - but I can't be arsed to read around every site for the info and this one is usually reasonably well-informed (sycophancy over now!) .......

Do we know the identity of any of the OTHER prospective investors yet and whether that will mean that Bill will or will not be the largest single investor?

Also out of curiosity, do we know if ANY of the prospective investors are american?

Hey mav, did anyone ever tell you that curiosity killed the cat?
Give it time, and i'm sure all will be revealed soon.

Iceman millom

Sure did millom - people also told me that ignorance is bliss .... they lied!!

Come to that they also said that patience is a virtue but then who the hell wants to be virtuous?!

A nun? :|

ITV teletext has the headline:

SWINDON CHAIRMAN: STURROCK IS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB

and then goes on to name Bill Power as chairman. I got a bit excited thinking the deal had already been done in private without my knowledge, alas no.

Pah. ITV. Pay peanuts for writers ...

They pay peanuts for programming too, judging by some of the quality shows they have on... Up next: Vanessa's Real Lives. Oh Joy! :roll:

When has ITV ever been good?

Unless you are Jed Pitman who was apparently named the media personality of the west in the RTS awards last night. Bizarre.

Bitterness is never an attractive trait Chris .....

Hahaha ... I used to work with Jed. Funny bloke.

The last time I saw him, though, was about 30 seconds before Adam Virgo scored in the play off semi so I reckon he's like a huge bad omen now ... avoid.

I hate pitman with a vengence, what an absolute clown, he thinks he is on Soccer AM, so rude to people.  That show could be good but instead hes just a prick

Reminds me of the yeovil game in the pub with DMR's lot singing 'Pitman is a Wanker'....

I hate him...

What happened to soccer night? Thought it was getting better last year (like with the above "wanker" piece)  but alas no, back to bad.

Pitman was at his usual arrogant self last night.

Pitman is a cunt. Seriously hate the bloke, he's up there with John Prescott, Tony Blair and George Bush. Cunt, cunt, cunt.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/12/08/stfc_081206_feature.shtml

BP talking to Ed Hadwin.

It'll beinteresting to see who else Mike has got coming on board - BP says he hasn't got millions upon millions - but enough to a player here and there

getting greedy now...

I still find him more bearable than old Roger "Bristol City" Malone who used to do ITV soccer.  Now there WAS a wanker.

I recall roger malone breaking a finger in the early 90s commentating from the top tier of the old shrivvy stand, trying to catch a ball or something similar.  What a plank.

Is Malone still alive?

Was he ever???

Ho! ho!

Seriously. Is he?

the new article on the adver site worries me.

i just have a nasty feeling the current board will find someone else to "take over" the club but they will still have control with diamandis behind it in the background

i hope im wrong

The only people that are destined to take over the club are the Administrators.

 As a big fan of Rog.....I'm sure I'd have noticed his demise, so I think he's happily still with us.

  Roger's series late on a Friday night......Flashback for the Fans, was without doubt the finest thing HTV ever did.....absolute gold.