PDC Considering Future

[joteddyred]

...And ratify the three loan signings.

This is key.  However pissed off he was at Ritchie's departure, if the 3 players had come in, this latest installment tonight wouldn't have happened.

[welshred]

1) It's a very public advertisement of his availability to other clubs without quite having to burn his bridges
2) He's letting the new guys know who's in charge by holding their feet to the fire right from day one. They'd better have the money to meet his demands

This way he gets to see what the new guys can offer while he weighs up if there any other offers and if there are, if they look like a better bet. It's called having the whip-hand

Lets hope the new guys learn how this works quickly!

[pauld]

Lets hope the new guys learn how this works quickly!

Let's hope they can pay for it

[Stegenfreud]

This is key.  However pissed off he was at Ritchie's departure, if the 3 players had come in, this latest installment tonight wouldn't have happened.

I tend to agree

[welshred]

I tend to agree

Me too.

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

Where the fuck is our chairman in all this??? If that dour bastard is getting a penny for his tenure he should be shopped in for fraud.

Patey? Who the fuck is Patey?

A diplomat

A person who can deal with people in a sensitive and effective way.

tactful


Is he fuck!!!

[leftside]

1) It's a very public advertisement of his availability to other clubs without quite having to burn his bridges
2) He's letting the new guys know who's in charge by holding their feet to the fire right from day one. They'd better have the money to meet his demands

This way he gets to see what the new guys can offer while he weighs up if there any other offers and if there are, if they look like a better bet. It's called having the whip-hand

He's worked his bollocks off from day one.

He feels he has been deceived by people who have not got the same attitude/work ethics as him.

[Christy]

1) It's a very public advertisement of his availability to other clubs without quite having to burn his bridges
2) He's letting the new guys know who's in charge by holding their feet to the fire right from day one. They'd better have the money to meet his demands

This way he gets to see what the new guys can offer while he weighs up if there any other offers and if there are, if they look like a better bet. It's called having the whip-hand

Oh agreed.

I'll be positive.

This galvanises the players and fans even more.  There are clear reminders of the Macari crisis...and that didn't work out too shabbily.

Galvanise, that's where I'm hanging my hat: from thinking Crawley unlikely, to Crawley well why the hell would any Town fan capable of getting there not be there?

[Flashheart]

We have all seen his cheeky smile when he was asked if he had met the knew lot. It is not the first time PDC has played this game.

If this is a genuine reaction to the 3 loans not going through then Paolo is being a complete and utter tool. However, He is smart enough to know how such a petulant act will make him look to future employers. If he has spat his dummy out because he couldn't get his way he will soon realise that is not the best way to go about getting a new job.

[pumbaa]

Think I need to teach the club about stakeholder engagement. Contact me for my day rate....

[pauld]

We have all seen his cheeky smile when he was asked if he had met the knew lot. It is not the first time PDC has played this game.

If this is a genuine reaction to the 3 loans not going through then Paolo is being a complete and utter tool. However, He is smart enough to know how such a petulant act will make him look to future employers. If he has spat his dummy out because he couldn't get his way he will soon realise that is not the best way to go about getting a new job.

It's not just about the 3 loans - the statement is about the whole way the old and new owners have conducted themselves over the past week and he's right they've behaved very shabbily. However, you're right it's not the first time he's played this game. In fact, in part that's why this week happened in the first place.

[thedarkprince]

A mate's just text saying PDC's bookies favourite for 'Udders.

[pauld]

A mate's just text saying PDC's bookies favourite for 'Udders.

Well that's one club we can rule off the list then. Bookies are usually fucking shit at calling these things

[AldbourneRed]

<outrageous straw clutching>
Paolo has a history of taking the attention off of the players and the club and onto himself before a big game (such as a televised one).
</outrageous straw clutching>

[Nomoreheroes]

I really wish we knew all that was going on behind the scenes:

- I was talking to someone who knows Patey today. He said that he was a good bloke, but not really a football fan.
- Really disappointed at the PDC statement. How can you go from a brilliant interview yesterday to this statement today?
- Don't want PDC to go, because he has breathed life and passion into both the players, fans and beautiful club that is Swindon
- I don't like to see Swindon Town descending into a shambles
- I didn't like the fact that a 'local' consortium backed by someone who the league said didnt have enough cash to buy Luton was taking over
- I couldn't believe that Mr Black would pull the finances completely
- I don't like that we have sold one of our most prized assets for nowt. It was bad enough when I thought that it would help to finance 3 (fairly) exciting signings. But to see that it has now cost us our reputation, possibly our chance of promotion, our manager, possibly the take over and the energy at the club is crazy
- I also don't like the fact that I have spent all this time honing my 'Paolo Whispering' skills only to find that I may never need them again!

I have been a Swindon fan since before many on this site were born. I've seen good times and bad times. I will always be a Town fan, but the last few days have burst my bubble and sapped my enthusiasm for football.