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The first of many hopefully :soapy tit wank:

EXODUS !!!!!!!!!


Best of a bad bunch, always kept his head above the parapet

I would have rather had seen others go before him

Good Luck to him, never had any issues with him. To me he has walked out with his head held high. He didn't bang on and take the fans for a ride. Genuinly a nice guy whenever I have spoken to him.

I suspect the dirty greek will laying explosives as we speak, fair play to Starnes he got out before he is pushed

"Andrew will no doubt want to bring in his own management team.  In his position, I would do the same and therefore now is the right time for me to move on"

I liked this bit I am not reading this as in most takeovers people bring in there own management team, I am reading this as Martyn saying with the cocks we have here behind the scenes I too would bring in my own management team.  Good luck Starnes!

Good luck to him. He was the best of a bad bunch and fair play for stepping down and leaving with some dignity.

:beers:  One down 7 to go.

Laying explosives :shock:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I wonder what "new position in League Football "he'll be taking up?

i think he was a bit of a cunt, the only difference being that he wasn't a newbury cunt

This confirms the rumour that was going around last Thursday when the shit hit the fan - the very same rumour that Comical Bob denied!! :oops:

He didn't actually deny it did he? Just refused to comment. I certainly remember him saying a lot of them were close to resigning.

Wouldn't read too much into his thinking the deals on. As we know by now, all Diamandis has to do is pick up the phone to kill the deal.

As for Starnes, in hindsight, I feel for him working with the muppets he's had to. But the bloke was part of one of the poorest accounts teams in British accouting history. To find yourself past 40 and still answerable to Sandy Gray must take a concerted effort to do fuck all in your career for the preceeding 20 years.

He must've been one of the longest 'acting' chief exec's in history...

Why are people saying "best of a bad bunch"?

What has he done that makes him so special?

He's a prick and good ridance

 One thing the board has always been good at is giving mediocre people ludicrous titles....like Chairman Designate.    Wasn't Bowden Acting Joint Chief Executive Designate or something.

Can't disagree with that comment.

Wasn't Starnes caught out telling lies along with Sandra Gray at the AGM? For that alone he should of walked ages ago.

Starnes was a puppet for a long time to Diamandis until he refused to do his dirty work any longer

Never really had a problem with the guy as has been said there is a lot worse there than him who need to go, probably getting out while he can.

At least it won't affect the day to day running at the club....Diamond Mike has got that well in hand

I suspect he will go back to Yeovil where he came from for a back office job...unless he is going to work on the next buisness Diamandis put's into liquidation..oh hold on a minute..... :shock:  :shock:  :D

I feel a sense of pride i hope my email helped make this decision :D

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Correct - he is indeed going back to Yeovil, in readiness for our visit on Boxing Day.

I think you will find that his experiences of SN1 have ensured that this job was the first and last time that he will ever work with MD!!

That statement above is absolutely fucking ludicrous!

I mean, how the fucking hell do you know this, or is it just more hopeful guess work to just add more fuel to the fires? Jesus that made my the veins on my neck and face stick out and go red.  :roll:

And yes, i dislike Diamandis as well, but guessing about relationships and his super-power like manipulation abilities are getting fucking comical and that, to me, is just a step to far.

Fair point Barry

Although the impression I get is that Starnes was the least powerful chief exec in history, through no fault of his own

Slight over reaction Barry it was well documented in past interviews that Mike Diamandis does overseee everything at the club and that he is the decision maker thus almost making him the chief executive of the football club so to suggest that he was using Starnes as a puppet is not ludicrous at all.

Yeah barry

Well who has had final say on STFC over the last 5 years? The chief execs or Mike Diamandis?

Surely the fact that Mike Diamandis has held no actual position at STFC for 5 years, yet has final say on everything is more ludicrous?

May have been an over reaction, i'm prone to them. 8)

I'm not trying to get anyones back up, just trying to illustrate how far fetced some of this speculation feels to me.

The point is that he doesn't know and that statement is absurd based on what we know. There's just too many holes being filled in. The way some of this factual guessing is going, MD seems like a fictional baddie conceived as part of the Marvel Comics empire.

He is worse than that barry .He is to swindon town what shipman was to a old peoples home

I feel you red macca.

This was always my worry in opening my gob.

Just to clarify. I want the board out as much as any of you.

I see him more as a James Bond villian,im not sure if he has 3 nipples or a cat though.

I think the cat has 3 nipples

I had it on good authority that Starnes was the main linkman with Sturrock within the Board.  He fell out of favour somewhat when Bowden appeared and was a little marginalised - as anyone who attended the Fans Forum back in Feb would pay testament too, a very public actions speak louder than words night in terms of the Board inner relationships.

Never struck me as Cheif Exec material to be honest, but also never struck me as being a puposefully nasty as others in the set-up.

fucking good analogy.

Umm no I do actually know how it was run there, now let me think...CEO (or acting) has control of the company and is able to make decisions...who run's STFC ?

Starnes has just turned up at Yeovil....

As posted by Maverick this morning!  Well done Mav, any predictions on the takeover?

  So Mav was working for Smarmes, when all along we thought it was Bowden.

That posting was not a prediction ..... so it was kind of easy!

The takeover would have to be a prediction ... and as such I predict it goes through ... the Wills cannot afford to lose all the money they have in the club and it is too late (IMO) for them to find another option. Raising extra money would cost them even more and increase the losses they incur.

I also think that it will mark the beginning of a cooling between them and MD as they will (IMO) be getting less than they would have done earlier in the year before they were truly in the last chance saloon.

With that in mind I would think that the Wills may well retain a small shareholding in the club, both because of the hope that there may be something better later (redevelopment?) and also because I think that SSW at least would find it hard to completely walk away on STFC.

 :shock:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Anyone know what role he is taking on ?

Plain old Chef Exec.
Not acting Chief Exec
Not joint anything with special attention to  ladies
Not chief exec designate
just plain old chief exec

http://www.ytfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10673~1189011,00.html

Chief Exec. He'll largely be in charge of Acting, apparently they have quite a burgeoning drama department at Yeovil.

Cant say it was hard to see he would go to Yeovil, as he still lives in Sherborne and has very strong local ties in Yeovil with the board, Sherborne have always had a good working relationship with the Wurzels as they are only about 5 miles apart.

Diamandis is 60 next year.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if he went in to retirement of sorts before long.  It's conceivable that he has viewed this transaction as a last opportunity to boost his pension fund before clearing off for good.  Speculation, I know, but maybe the reason he's been as obstructive as he has.

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 but maybe the reason he's been as obstructive as he has.[/quote]

or it could be he's just a total vagina

or it could be he's just a total vagina[/quote]He is just a total one!!!  A failed kebab seller is how I view him!!

don't ever try and apply logic and reason to mike diamandis, it's simply not possible.

he's an awkward and greedy cunt, that is all

He's gone to Yeovil, where he came from.

Here's a conspriracy for you - they realise Starnes is off, spin it as an indicator the current board are starting to disperse, when actually, bugger all has happened this week.