I can't take it anymore...

[Spencer_White]

Burying your head in the sand is not a reason to keep that half witted bowl head.

[DV]

the cost of getting rid of King would be neglible, one of Devlin's final acts as chief exec was negotiating a rolling contract with King, so that if neccesary we wouldn't have to give King a large pay-off if he was sacked.

Does the fact he is on a rolling contract not mean, he always has 12 months. So no matter when we get rid of him, he will still have 12 months to run, therefore we will always have to pay him a years worth of wages if we sack him, which we wont.....not even if we get relegated

[sonicyouth]

no, I think a rolling contract means we can sack him at any point without paying up the remainder of his contract. Presumably there will be some cost because King wouldn't have agreed to it otherwise.

[Ben Wah Balls]

It wasn't one of Devlin's last acts, he's been on a rolling contract since  October 2003.

[sonicyouth]

...and he left the following summer, did he not?

[Ben Wah Balls]

What so he did nothing for 9 months.  :jaw1:

[sonicyouth]

Clearly.

[McLovin]

King won't walk because he's such an arrogant cunt.

he won't go because he needs money to provide for his family, just like a normal bloke. he doesn't earn, and never has earned, enough to allow him to leave. he's not an idiot.


Adje, i agree re: Gurney. That bloke pisses me off something chronic.

[Dazzza]

I recall an interview with Mark Devlin around the time King's contract was expiring, which I believe was around Nov/Dec 2003.

Devlin spoke initially about King getting a full time scout and possibly a 2nd on a part time basis and his contract.

He mentioned the rolling contract but he also stated that there would be a clause inserted into any contract that allowed the board a cheap release option.

I doubt that it was ever put into place much like the scout it was more than likely hot air.

[STFCere]

my new king song,

andy king ooooh laaa laaa. andy king is fuckin ming, like takin it up the ass. where for art thou andy? up someone's ass. up he fukin ass! up the fukin ass! shove that fukin crutch up ur ass dooo da dooo da shove the fukin crutch up ur ass dooo da doo da day

[Spud]

my new king song,

andy king ooooh laaa laaa. andy king is fuckin ming, like takin it up the ass. where for art thou andy? up someone's ass. up he fukin ass! up the fukin ass! shove that fukin crutch up ur ass dooo da dooo da shove the fukin crutch up ur ass dooo da doo da day

I cant see it catching on.

[sonicyouth]

my new king song,

andy king ooooh laaa laaa. andy king is fuckin ming, like takin it up the ass. where for art thou andy? up someone's ass. up he fukin ass! up the fukin ass! shove that fukin crutch up ur ass dooo da dooo da shove the fukin crutch up ur ass dooo da doo da day

are you drummer boy in disguise?

[pauld]

 Then Gray started to seem to be the sole occupant of the role....hence why she appeared in the team photo.....even though an announcement had never been made to my knowledge

The announcement was made, albeit somewhat quietly at the AGM, it's just it was overshadowed by Diamandis' astonishing rant at the Trust, in the guise of a letter supposedly from SSW. I think it was also confirmed in the first programme of the season as well, but she is definitely "official" Chief Exec - as others have pointed out though, it really matters very little who formally holds the title as it is still Mike Diamandis running the club, insofar as anyone is actually running the club at the moment.

[Dazzza]

What is Diamandis' interest?

Clearly there is an undeniable link, aside from the fact he turns up at every point both Mark Devlin and now Sandy Gray have or still do occupy seats on the board of several of his other companies.

Clearly he can see green at the end of the tunnel but with the Stadium development but what eludes me is how he personally would actually legitimately cash in on any profits.

[pauld]

What is Diamandis' interest?

Clearly there is an undeniable link, aside from the fact he turns up at every point both Mark Devlin and now Sandy Gray have or still do occupy seats on the board of several of his other companies.

Clearly he can see green at the end of the tunnel but with the Stadium development but what eludes me is how he personally would actually legitimately cash in on any profits.

Diamandis is the Wills' family's adviser - what financial arrangement they may have made with him in regards to the stadium redevelopment (or indeed any other means he manages to recoup some of the cash they've invested over the years) is something that I would guess only he and they would know. And FWIW, personally I'd say the Wills family are more than entitled to recoup some of the money they've invested which is all that has kept the club afloat for years. Whether they're going the right way about it with the current regime is, of course, another matter.