New beginnings - 25% Truth, 80% Bollocks

[Leggett]

I don't think anyone 'downed tools' as such, players were in new positions and a previously concussed CB played his first game back and looked exactly like a concussed CB playing his first game back... we played fucking awfully and once they got ahead, 'the fear' looked to have set in... add in the players having been played into the ground by November and yesterday is what you get.

[Audrey]

There’s playing poorly - at MK the week before - and not playing at all - yesterday. Going 7 down at home to a non league team isn’t just playing poorly.

At MK we didn’t have Brewitt at all, no Kemp yet still looked like a team.

[Bob's Orange]

This thread is going to be pretty busy going forward now I reckon.

Surely this week (fully aware we have a game on Tuesday) we need comms from the club and the Trust with what is going on. I think it's fair to say whatever the club say will probably be difficult to separate truth from fiction and the Trust are in a really difficult situation after snuggling up to Clem so much.

Any takeover is going to be challenging given the mess behind the scenes. When the time comes, I'd really be interested to hear from Rob Angus and Greg Norman (who reading between the lines seems particularly miffed about things)

[Robinz]

Saturday's result has made Swindon the laughing stock of English football.
Total embarrassment. Even worse than that of the England's cricket team performance in India

[The Million Pound Man]

If a supporters Trust don't comment in a situation like this, even a holding statement saying we are asking the club, then frankly what is the point in the organisation?

[Audrey]

It’s the period between being for sale and actually being bought that’s dangerous. I presume there won’t be a Power-like threat of Admin as the club owes Clem a fair chunk so he’d lose that. Money, whatever there is, won’t be spent and if the wages are going to be a monthly problem hello points deductions.

Just hope the club isn’t just reformatted to include some of the present dodge pots taking over.

[BenTheRed]

I imagine, there's the same number of skeletons in the closet as there were in the power era.. plus you're dealing with the same people. The debt is basically the same, just moved around a bit and clem doesn't even own all the shares so it wont be a 100% new owner situation. It doesn't sound that attractive for a new owner imo

shocked to see the trust hasn't made a statement - even a placeholder one to acknowledge the claims, etc..

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

You never know - this might be exactly how it’s meant to be in Morfuni/Kiely/Z Austin’s eyes. Get the ground, up revenue, pocket some, sell. The non-payment of players speaks volumes about their integrity - I doubt Z Austin has extended the same principle to his own family - but did we really expect anything else from this lot?

Came in with no money, sell club and pocket money - simple.
Never trusted them from day one.

[Bob's Orange]

My concern is the ongoing court cases. How much of an impact is that going to have on interested parties? I'm sure there are seemingly quite a number of parasites in the STFC pie that are also going to require payment.

I'm certain there has been interest in the club this year, despite Clem stating the club isn't for sale, it very much has been. I'm just not sure the guys running the club are going to be particularly competent in making a sale happen. We'll see.

[Nomoreheroes]

Saturday's result has made Swindon the laughing stock of English football.
Total embarrassment. Even worse than that of the England's cricket team performance in India

It will pass - Yesterday’s news is tomorrow’s fish and chips paper.

Just have to wait and see what happens.

If all the things that have been said are true, then I just hope the present owners leave the club with some assets and we don’t have a repeat of the Power departure.

But, if they are all of the same I’ll as Power, there may be trouble ahead!

Nowt I can do about it, so just have to sit back and watch it play out.

[Audrey]

Do those who bought shares in exchange for £2m have exemption rights as Clem did when it comes to a sale?

Strange timing for Flynn’s contract extension.

If the players are as pissed off as FBT claims who’s going to want to sign an extension to their contract.

Is anybody worth a fee going to be sold in January?

[Bob's Orange]

Do those who bought shares in exchange for £2m have exemption rights as Clem did when it comes to a sale?

Strange timing for Flynn’s contract extension.

If the players are as pissed off as FBT claims who’s going to want to sign an extension to their contract.

Is anybody worth a fee going to be sold in January?

Given the money taps have been turned off, I reckon that's a fair assumption. Sadly I also think Kemp is unlikely to be with us come January which is going to be a huge loss.

[ThreeDrawsMentality]

My concern is the ongoing court cases. How much of an impact is that going to have on interested parties? I'm sure there are seemingly quite a number of parasites in the STFC pie that are also going to require payment.

I'm certain there has been interest in the club this year, despite Clem stating the club isn't for sale, it very much has been. I'm just not sure the guys running the club are going to be particularly competent in making a sale happen. We'll see.

I think the court cases are purely civil cases with individuals who no longer have official holdings in the club, so personally feel the club should be unaffected legally. Guess the possibility of a points deduction is the only looming issue. Unprecedented as well so don't really have much evidence to go on what the possible punishment would be

I'm also 99% sure there has been interest. I posted previously about the wild rumour that the Marc Bircham links started because the owner of Como was interested, and there was also the random rumour from Facebook in the summer that the StarSports betting owner was sniffing.

[ThreeDrawsMentality]

Do those who bought shares in exchange for £2m have exemption rights as Clem did when it comes to a sale?

Clem was asked in the last phone in and he said he didn't know 

[Robinz]

The Flynn extension contract was for a feel good statement. Just saying we are in control and nothing to worry about.
If correct surely trying to flog off football shirts at discounted prices is a problem and is trying to raise some petty cash for day to day expenses.
FBTs comments if true are really damming and would show MF has got problems in the dressing room as well.