Sturrock Not Worried About CVA Payment

[Samdy Gray]

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/swindontown/headlines/display.var.1507006.0.sturrock_not_worried_about_cva_payment.php

WITH Town fans sweating on the eve of the CVA deadline, Paul Sturrock remains unflustered.

As the Swindon Advetiser went to print there had still been no official word from the club or Company Voluntary Arrangement supervisor Andrew Andronikou about how the outstanding £900,000 owed to creditors will be settled.

But Sturrock's faith in the board has not wavered and he remains confident there will still be a club for him to manage come the new season.

"Put it this way - I'm not worrying," he said.

"I'm happy to work for the people I'm working for.

"And they've given me a vision and a plan the way they see the club is going to go.

"I wouldn't have signed if I'd been disappointed with that side of it.

"I try not to think about the financial side of it because at the end of the day Swindon have been in administration twice.

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that money has been a hardship to this club over the years.

"But any time there has been a problem, the owners of this football club have come to the fore - I don't see that changing."

Supporters writing letters to the Adver are unconvinced a mystery investor' will ride to the rescue.

But Sturrock is urging the club's followers to concentrate on the positives at the County Ground as he prepares to lead Town into League One.

He said: "I think the good news we want to hear is about the football side.

"If I could get a couple of signings it would definitely benefit the football club.

"I don't want to get involved in the other side of it.

"I've listened to a lot of things and read a lot of things from a lot of people this year and in the end politics can cause a lot of worry in a football club.

"We have got a rise in season tickets, we are trying to bring quality players to this football club - I think (Hasney) Aljofree proves that.

"We are trying to do things behind the scenes, modernise the stadium, the pitch is looking fantastic and the we're going into a new league. "These are the things we should be thinking about rather than the other worries."

What the fuck? How naive can he be? 'Oh it's all ok, they've said they're changing, we're bringing players in and we've got plans to redevelop the stadium'.

Get real Sturrock.

[fatbury]

as good a manager as Sturrock is .. why does he keep sticking up for this lot?

[Lash_sumthin]

uhh because they pay his wages?

[ghanimah]

He would be rather silly to publicly criticise those that employ him. Good to see that he's more worried about bringing quality players to the club rather than the CVA etc which is not really his job

[Sippo]

as good a manager as Sturrock is .. why does he keep sticking up for this lot?

Because hes 'in' with the board don't forget  :roll:

[stfctownenda]

Ahh I see so according to Mr Sturrock I should just concentrate on the great positives that we have signed Aljofree and just ignore the fact that the club could go out of business, absolute genius  :-))(  Personally as always said Mr Sturrock I would prefer if you just didn't make a fucking comment on this.  

The whole close your eyes everything will be okay because it has been in the past is a fucking shocking attitude, if he had bothered to read the important stuff he would have seen that we are either being run by the most incompetent spanners in history or a bunch of crooks its that simple Sturrock open your fricking eyes  :x

[stfctownenda]

uhh because they pay his wages?

Absolute garbage he doesn't have to comment its that simple, he says he doesn't like the politics but yet he chooses to comments its as bad as STFC Gazza  :|

[TalkTalk]

most incompetent spanners

 

Haven't heard "spanners" for ages

[herthab]

Tbf, Sturrock is a lot closer to what's going on at The CG than any of us and he doesn't appear to be an idiot.

I think he knows a bit more than he's saying (Or allowed to say).

Of course he's going to back his current employees, anyone who expects him to do differently is being a bit naive, imho.

The main thing is that he's concentrating on the on field activities.

[stfctownenda]

Tbf, Sturrock is a lot closer to what's going on at The CG than any of us and he doesn't appear to be an idiot.

I think he knows a bit more than he's saying (Or allowed to say).

Of course he's going to back his current employees, anyone who expects him to do differently is being a bit naive, imho.

The main thing is that he's concentrating on the on field activities.

Don't expect him to be different, I just don't expect him to comment if he doesn't like the politics just stay out of it.  Something along the lines of 'its not my place to comment, address your questions to the board room as I just manage the team'.

I don't think he knows shit he has been painted a rosey picture by Mikey D.  I am 90% sure that the only people in the know will be Mike D, Andronikou and the Wills family.

[janaage]

Whilst I don't agree with the close your eyes, put your foot down and just drive throught the shit kind of mentality, it'll be alright, I can see why Sturrck would say something like this.

In all honesty if he came out and said "fucking hell we're all doomed" don't really think that would help matters.

He is employed by STFC, so he will back STFC and the board, just as I would with my employers/company.

[pauld]

You can read this kind of piece any one of a number of ways:

Washing his hands of it - "I try not to think about the financial side of it because at the end of the day Swindon have been in administration twice."
"I don't want to get involved in the other side of it."

Backing the Wills family - "But any time there has been a problem, the owners of this football club have come to the fore - I don't see that changing."

Patronising (don't worry your pretty little heads about the finances, that's not for the likes of you) - "I think the good news we want to hear is about the football side."
"These are the things we should be thinking about rather than the other worries."

or probably half a dozen other ways if you want to read stuff into it and get yourself all areated by it.

He's been asked about financials and has answered the question largely by trying to put the focus back on the football, which as team manager is his area of expertise. Fair enough.

[yeo]

He says  "I don't want to get involved in the other side of it." which is fair enough ,so keep quiet you fucking mong.Its easy for him to say "stay foucused on football things and positives" blah fucking blah,we've had to think about the other things for 5 or 6 years, more in fact.
I'm pretty sure there isnt one supporter that wouldnt rather not have to think about all this crap and would rather concentrate on how wonderfull it is to sign lots of free Wednesday rejects but we've lived with the pending death of this football club for to long to be able to air on the optomistic side of things like I think he suggests we should.

Grrr he really fucks me off :x

[Batch]

Meh, Sturrock beleives in the current regime and if he has not yet been lied to then you can understand it. Let him get on with managing while leaving the politics alone, sounds fair enough.

[herthab]

I like him