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« Reply #45 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:39:46 » |
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I've never seen him and PDC in the same room...
That's a good shout. Maybe Wray is actually just PDC in one of those joke shop baldy head wigs. |
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« Reply #46 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:40:50 » |
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Also, large Thank You Jeremy banner required at the next home game. Can't overestimate how impressive his short chairmanship has been.
I'd rather go negative. Can we start chants of "Who the fuck is William Patey?"  |
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« Reply #47 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:43:41 » |
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Well that was an interesting first 5 minutes at my desk. Happy Monday, everyone!
Jeremy Wray - thank you, Sir. You are very well thought of, and will be very well remembered.
No point in making any further comment until the details emerge. This could be very bad, or it could be very good. Little point in speculating.
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« Reply #48 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:44:26 » |
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This could be replaced by the existing backers, angered by overspending and failure to anticipate the tribunal costs. It could be replaced by an entirely new group of backers wanting their own man at the helm.
Something doesn't add up. We know very little about the new chairman, except that he doesn't appear to have a sporting background or any obvious link to the existing board.
If it was a new investor group, why announce this first, rather than a more positive story of investment?
Today could be interesting. If it's new money, great. If it's not and we are belt tightening, it is a shame and spells the end of pdc, but I’ll take conservative spending over boom and bust any day.
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« Reply #49 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:47:57 » |
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Something doesn't add up. We know very little about the new chairman, bexcept that he doesn't appear to have a sporting background or any obvious link to the existing board.
His Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_PateyCut past all the detail about his diplomatic career and the Knighthood, and you get to... Personal Life
He married Vanessa Morrell in 1978. They have two sons. Patey is an avid cinema goer. He is also a football fan and supports Queens Park Rangers in England together with Hibernian in Scotland. |
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« Reply #50 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:51:05 » |
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His Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_PateyCut past all the detail about his diplomatic career and the Knighthood, and you get to... Personal Life
He married Vanessa Morrell in 1978. They have two sons. Patey is an avid cinema goer. He is also a football fan and supports Queens Park Rangers in England together with Hibernian in Scotland.Citation Needed. CITATION NEEDED!!!!! |
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« Reply #51 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:51:51 » |
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I still reckon it's a Middle East link. A tonne of money coming in from Dubai.
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« Reply #52 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:52:23 » |
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but I’ll take conservative spending over boom and bust any day.
Clearly we'd all rather not have STFC go bust. What is dissapointing, if as hinted on radio Wray has been removed, is its another boardroom/investor disagreement in essence and probably a complete change in drection. Really thought we were on our way to a shot at the Championship this time. Suppose we'd better wait and see before commenting further. |
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« Reply #53 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:58:16 » |
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He is also a football fan and supports Queens Park Rangers in England together with Hibernian in Scotland.[/i]
Has he got a favourite Premiership team and a team he supports in Europe as well? Sounds like my kids' mates. |
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« Reply #54 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 07:59:20 » |
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Watkins is a former CEO of QPR right? They may well know eachother if Patey was a regular in Loftus Road hospitality.
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« Reply #55 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 08:00:11 » |
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Clearly we'd all rather not have STFC go bust. What is dissapointing, if as hinted on radio Wray has been removed, is its another boardroom/investor disagreement in essence and probably a complete change in drection. Really thought we were on our way to a shot at the Championship this time.
Suppose we'd better wait and see before commenting further.
But if it is just a case of the boardroom saying "we agreed a generous budget so stick to it" it isn't really a change of direction. As you say, all idle speculation until we get more info later. |
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« Reply #56 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 08:01:19 » |
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« Reply #57 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 08:01:42 » |
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I can't believe that no one has wildly speculated about Bill Power yet.
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« Reply #58 on: Monday, October 15, 2012, 08:03:01 » |
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This could be the best thing to happen to us in years with further financial backing making the club even stronger.
It could be a absolute disaster. Paolo storms out, the Ritchie & Ferry's of the world slap in transfer requests and our season collapses.
It could be business as usual just with a change of figurehead as the public face of the board
I love wild speculation
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