More Holt jibber-jabber...

[Samdy Gray]

BOB Holt has hailed the "Dunkirk spirit" of the County Ground staff over an uncertain last few months - admitting without their loyalty they could already have gone out of existence.

As the Swindon Town takeover inched closer to completion last night, with lawyers attempting to tie up some final loose ends, the Town director insists the contribution of everyone at SN1 can not be overplayed.

Holt is expected to resign from the board the moment the deal is sealed, as fellow member Martyn Starnes has already done, but was quick to recognise the efforts of everyone on the club's payroll.

He said: "I am thrilled this is progressing because it will bring to an end the stress everyone has been feeling.

"The staff, the players - absolutely everyone.

"Everyone has been unsure of their future and working in those conditions is very difficult.

"Everyone at the club has kept at the helm to keep the club running, the whole man Jack.

"People have made sacrifices to keep this club running. Everyone has been paid now. There is still some balance to be paid to Paul Sturrock, we have agreed what he is owed.

"I will repeat we can't thank the staff enough.

"It is great we have such a great spirit in adversity.

"Certain sections of our fan base have been negative towards us, to put it mildly, but without us being here perhaps it would not have lasted so long.

"It has been like the Alamo at times at the club but everyone has shown a real Dunkirk spirit."

Fitton's expected arrival in the hot seat will clear crippling debts at the club, to the tune of £5million, but Holt insists they are far from the only club in financial strife.

He said: "In short our incomes in three and a half and our expenditure is four and half.

"We lost a bit more last year when we got promoted because more money spent on the squad.

"Some football clubs are different to us because they own their own ground and have low over heads.

"We have substantial overhead here, our player budget is £3m and that only leaves us half a million for the rest.

"A thick of end of a quarter of a million is spent on rent and rates for the year so you can quite easily see where the money goes.

"If we cut back on the playing squad, like we did a couple of years back, then you are not competitive any more.

"So you drop down to the second Division which no one wants.

"It gets even harder in the championship because the average losses there are five to six million pounds."

The frustration of an uncertain last few months have led to Holt & Co being the subject of abuse from the terraces but he believes much of that towards the staff was unwarranted.

He said: "It would be easy for us to say right we are off home to the supporters but it does not work that way because there would just not be a club left.

"We will stay here until no chance of survival or someone comes in to rescue the club. Mr Fitton is now in talks and we are very very close to that position.

"We have been working under a cloud for quite a long time now and I take my hat off to everyone who turned up diligently every game, never questioned the position and stuck to their guns."

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/swindontown/headlines/display.var.1897855.0.theyve_done_us_proud.php

[sheepshagger]

If it goes through and he goes then it will prove that there IS a Father Christmas !!!!

3,2,1 - On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me, 12 of the board resigning, 11 of the board resigning, 10 of the board resigning, 9 board resigning, 8 board resigning, 7 board resigning, 6 board resigning, 5 board rings, 4 board resigning 3 boards resigning 2 board resigning and a Holt kicked up a Pear Tree !

[sonic youth]

quit ya jibba jabba foo

[wheretherealredsare]

The truth is in there, somewhere ...

""Certain sections of our fan base have been negative towards us, to put it mildly, but without us being here perhaps it would not have lasted so long."

... it being the shambles of course.

[Sippo]

There is still some balance to be paid to Paul Sturrock, we have agreed what he is owed.

WTF?!!

[wheretherealredsare]

Outstanding salary I think.

[tans]

The fat prick left us!!

[red macca]

I cant believe sturrock is holding out for his cash it is fucking disgusting

[pauld]

Did you not see the martyr piece he did in the G&H when he left? Said he'd foregone two months wages so the players could get paid ahead of him. Holt appears to be claiming that "foregone" is a bit more temporary than that would usually imply. But then it is Holt. Don't trust either of them personally, neither have been straight with us.

[wheretherealredsare]

Wasn't it reported/alleged that he went unpaid for four months, and IIRC he received two months just before he left? He is owed any outstanding salary, but should not be getting any severance pay or golden handshake!

[suttonred]

Its back salary that he wasn't paid for 4 months and he's fully entitled to it

[wheretherealredsare]

Aaaah, like Barry Corr gets?

[Spencer_White]

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!

YOU MAKE ME SO ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get this deal done so we can fuck these pricks off back to horse racing. FUCK OFF!

Yes the club has been dragged through the gutter. BY YOU NOB BOLT! A club that has been cared for and looked after for 120 years. People of past generations have put their entire lives into the club. AND YOU LEFT IT OUT TO DIE! You could have quite easily paid the CVA from the Lukas J money, but you didnt because you penny pinched to squeeze every last cent until the club either died or someone took its limping corpse off you. you bastards.

If you hadnt have produced unbelievable bullshit like this I guarantee 100% of town fans would have kicked your doors down and forced you out.

AND AS FOR THIS BIT

"so you can quite easily see where the money goes."

NO WE CANT FUCKWIT! WHERE THE FUCK IS IT???!!!!

Just fuck off.

[red macca]

 

[Colin Todd]

Good rant Spencer  :toppost: