CLUB STATEMENT

[flammableBen]

I just tried reading the club statement again. I don't think I have the mental strength to do it. Can someone record a spoken word version for me?

I'm going to bed now. Goodnight everybody.

[millom red]

It's designed to do that to you Ben........Dont you see!! It's the love of Swindon Town......It will never leave you!

[pauld]

Whilst I can see some people are annoyed, you should still get behind the team, thats why we all support the club to see it doing well on the pitch. Boycotting games etc would have a detrimental effect on the players etc on the pitch.

Bollocks.

Absolute fucking bullshit.

How is not being at a game going to have a detrimental effect on what happens on the pitch?

Well, it does in that by not being there, it's one less voice singing out for the lads. But I'm certainly not going to dictate to anyone about their personal choices as to whether they attend games - that said, I'd be opposed to an "official" boycott (and I know you weren't suggesting a boycott, sonic). That really would split the fans and could harm the team.

[cavpete]

:shock:  So it looks like the statement has worked then by starting to get everyone arguing amongst each other. The stfc board are like a cornered rat and the trust/consortium are the people have cornered them. So by issuing a statement knowing that we will start bitching at each others posts they are winning. But to say that not turning up to games wont effect the players is total tripe. If the players start noticing that the attendances are going from say 6,500 to 3,500 are they not going to want to find out why.
   
If we don't get promotion and stay in league 2. Will the board blame the trust/consortium by saying we upset the mechanics of the club.

If we do get promotion to league1 will the board expect us all to praise them for such a wonderfull achievement.


I have signed up for the trust ages ago and think the trust is the future. I just don't want to wake up and find that stfc is no longer.

[Sippo]

My Head hurts reading all this. I just wish it was all sorted now.

Is it me or is getting a little Tedious (sp?) now with all this bickering?!

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

My Head hurts reading all this. I just wish it was all sorted now.

Is it me or is getting a little Tedious (sp?) now with all this bickering?!

Yep, I'm behind the consortium 100% but I don't want to hear any more about it now until it's sorted. I certainly do not want to read any more lengthy, tedious, trying-to-stir-the-shit statements from the club - FACT!

[Barry Scott]

My Head hurts reading all this. I just wish it was all sorted now.

Is it me or is getting a little Tedious (sp?) now with all this bickering?!

Yep, I'm behind the consortium 100% but I don't want to hear any more about it now until it's sorted. I certainly do not want to read any more lengthy, tedious, trying-to-stir-the-shit statements from the club - FACT!

That's now my attitude. I used to bury my head in the sand and always state how shit like this ruins your appetite for the club.

It's true, people are now staying away.

Me? I'll go regardless. I'm now going to ignore everything pumped out of this club and the consortium, including anything within this forum that effects my feelings towards the club.

Propaganda and speculation, en masse, is not conductive to a heathly club. I know the board are champions of this discordant shit, but it is in no way good for fans and people within and around the club to constantly stoke the fires. The long term effect is one of disillusion and apathy.

I watch football; i love town. I don't give a fuck who runs the club, what our finances are like, or what division we're in (within reason). None of this i consider fundamental to my love for the club. All i care about is enjoying my football.

I couldn't give a shit if we were to never reach the championship, or to never sign expensive players. Obviously i'd  love to watch a successful club, and see a new board in place. I'd like to see us challenging and i'd like to see us winning, but the bottom line is the club, the rest is merely window dressing.

[Dazzza]

I just tried reading the club statement again. I don't think I have the mental strength to do it. Can someone record a spoken word version for me?

I'm going to bed now. Goodnight everybody.

Terry Wogan in the style points of view please.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

My Head hurts reading all this. I just wish it was all sorted now.

Is it me or is getting a little Tedious (sp?) now with all this bickering?!

Yep, I'm behind the consortium 100% but I don't want to hear any more about it now until it's sorted. I certainly do not want to read any more lengthy, tedious, trying-to-stir-the-shit statements from the club - FACT!

That's now my attitude. I used to bury my head in the sand and always state how shit like this ruins your appetite for the club.

It's true, people are now staying away.

Me? I'll go regardless. I'm now going to ignore everything pumped out of this club and the consortium, including anything within this forum that effects my feelings towards the club.

Propaganda and speculation, en masse, is not conductive to a heathly club. I know the board are champions of this discordant shit, but it is in no way good for fans and people within and around the club to constantly stoke the fires. The long term effect is one of disillusion and apathy.

I watch football; i love town. I don't give a fuck who runs the club, what our finances are like, or what division we're in (within reason). None of this i consider fundamental to my love for the club. All i care about is enjoying my football.

I couldn't give a shit if we were to never reach the championship, or to never sign expensive players. Obviously i'd  love to watch a successful club, and see a new board in place. I'd like to see us challenging and i'd like to see us winning, but the bottom line is the club, the rest is merely window dressing.

I agree with all that wholeheartedly apart from the bit about not giving a f**** who is running the club. The fact is that ulimately, however sick of the mud slinging, derogatory comments and rehtoric that many of us are,you have to care because with these clowns in charge there will be no club left as we know it and not too far down the line we will be looking forward to local derbies with Fairford Town and Supermarine.

[Dazzza]

Oh for the days of discussing new players and departures.  Ignorance truly is bliss when it comes to the affairs upstairs at Swindon Town FC.

Unfortunately once that Pandora ’s Box has been opened could you ever go back to purely supporting the side on a Saturday knowing the club could be on the road to hell.  Or worse, Chippenham.

I wonder if hypnotism would work.

[STFC_Gazza]

My Head hurts reading all this. I just wish it was all sorted now.

Is it me or is getting a little Tedious (sp?) now with all this bickering?!

Yep, I'm behind the consortium 100% but I don't want to hear any more about it now until it's sorted. I certainly do not want to read any more lengthy, tedious, trying-to-stir-the-shit statements from the club - FACT!

I applaud you, The Trust has not responded which is good, This tit for tat arguements would turn people against the Consortium and have some people saying they are as bad as each other. Well said.     Lets hope it all gets resolved and in 7 days time the new statement comes out saying that the parties are all sat down discussing the conditions of a buyout.

[Sippo]

If both parties have the clubs interests at heart then they should sit down and talk it through like adults. Not slag each other off in public. I'm 100% behind the consortium, but at the end of the day its the future of the club at stake and I like others, want this whole fiasco sorted one way or another.

[Bogus Dave]

Im not an expert at business matters, but after (trying) to read all this, and understand it, it does seem to me that the board are making it as difficult as possible for any progress to be made. This is despite someone (holt i think) saying that they would have to listenh to any offers made.

Like i said, i have very little understanding of how businesses work, and tend to follow the crowd. However, heres ny two penny-worth

- The board are constantly going on about how the trust are making these descisions public. Yet, from what i've seen, all trust statements are in response to those made from the board. From what i've seen, it is the board releasing details of the offers made, and proposed changes.

- The CVA has been paid apperantly.  :-))(  In any other walk of life, to lie about something so serious to its shareholders woulkd hold serios consequences. So why not in this instance??

- They wanted bill powers money. He was involved in a plane crash, and then they suddenly wanted nothing to do with him. Now the want to know why he's jumped ship with the trust, and not with them. I WONDER, YOU IGNORANT CNUTS.

- In 5 years, they've taken us to the bottom division, and near to extinction twice. Surely someone else deserves a turn now.

I dont fully agree with the stay-away protests, as no matter what you say, this will affect the players. An idea i have had though, is that everyone turns up to this open meeting, wearing as much orange as is physically possible.

Those are my views. They may be total bullshit, but dont bite my head off about it.

[Summerof69]

If both parties have the clubs interests at heart then they should sit down and talk it through like adults. Not slag each other off in public. I'm 100% behind the consortium, but at the end of the day its the future of the club at stake and I like others, want this whole fiasco sorted one way or another.

So does every other Town fan, but unfortunately the board (!) likes making their statements to try and split the fan base. The fact is, that they seemingly do not want to show the consortium the books for some reason. Why, I'll leave it to your imagination !!

[Foggy]

- In 5 years, they've taken us to the bottom division, and near to extinction twice. Surely someone else deserves a turn now.



With all due respect we were relegated last year because we had players who werent good enough and a Manager that was clueless .