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We’re going to get demands to know the background of that journalist, as if that matters, aren’t we?
Nobody has accused the journalist of lying, because he hasn’t.
It is in the public interest for the information to be available to us. That is what a journalists job is.
The facts are that DH has been lying to us all.
He told us he had bought the club, the land and the ground. He hadn’t .
He told us he had only 2 names and he had never been to prison. He was lying.
Why should we believe him?
Chasing the journalist is merely people trying to deflect from Hilton. Irregardless of Slater’s background, Hilton is a bad un.
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do you forgive Swann? He’s of good character too so should be easy
Of good character???? Don’t make me laugh! And no I don’t forgive Swann, Mr Hilton paid for his mistakes. What Swann has done to Scunthorpe United is no mistake, he knew what he was doing when he transferred the land to coolsilk and told you gullible lot you had nothing to worry about, it was normal business practise and would hand the ground back if and when he left.
Who’s ‘you gullible lot’? There were plenty of supporters up in arms about it but hands tied to actually stop it. Good to see you’re deflecting though. Hilton still not given you anything to worry about yet, past and present?
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I listened to the interview and read the article .
In truth the article was much of what I have read on here but was either supported or refuted by different sets of people.
I suppose the article backs up what had been panned as rumours by many now as clear facts , although nothing that was written particularly suprised me as I’m sure it didn’t many .
As for the Hilton interview – he did evoke some emotion from me and even a slight sympathy up until the character assasination of Matt Slater (who is a very goos investigative journalist IMO) and blaming of all and sundry barring himself in the end ; he can’t seem to help himself can he ?
There would have been 3 questions that are more pressing that still need answering –
Did he lie through the process of the ‘fit & proper’ person’s test ?
If so does that make his ownership valid ?
After shafting one council ,does he expect another local authority to stump up a significant amount of funding for the new stadium ?
If he does not get the stadium (or at least the right to play there ) will he walk away ?As for George Taft , he is getting abused for demanding what the club are contractually obliged to pay him – I find it bizarre fans are abusing him for that (however bad he was as a player).
Worrying times hopefully things work out and there is more clarity to the situation in the near future .
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The whole farce is so utterly demoralising. On the park the club looks capable of turning the corner after five and a half excruciatingly awful years since the dismissal of Graham Alexander.
Off the park the future looks very, very uncertain and it will be no surprise to see the team challenging for promotion whiolst desperately trying to stave off existential threats to our home and continuing existence.
The Taft stuff yesterday was the peanut on top of this pile of freshly laid shite. Personally, I would gladly trade a few years at this level for the chancers, shysters and dubious folks to GTF, and for the club to be an honest and respected business in the community again under some form of credible leadership.
As someone said above, however, no one has the money to buy out Swann or Hilton, and the more damaging headlines and poor business practices are highlighted, the more potential investors will stay away. No one has the money to burn on someone else’s binfire, unsurprisingly.
Somehow the chances of a re-formed “Scunthorpe AFC” wearing a Pendle or Stanno kit and playing the likes of Hall Road Rangers in a couple of years really felt real again yesterday. Bleak stuff. Then again, at least we’d be able to concentrate on the actual football in that situation rather than lost shouting at our own refelctions in the Swann-Hilton hall of mirrors / lies.
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It never was, and never will be, Swann or Hilton. There are alternatives – if we look for them
What you need to start realising is we need money to keep us going as a club until suitable person or persons are found. If Hilton resigns and takes his money with him and there won’t be the money “which there won’t be” in the coffers to keep the club going until anybody is found……then what ?
I understand there will be other people out there but the process takes time, time which we won’t have !
He’s a bad man, Deerey I get it. Thing is without him we wouldn’t have a club to even watch in NLN and when he resigns and nobody else stumps up the money required we then cease to exist as Scunthorpe United as we know it.
People can shout from the roof tops that Hilton should move on ASAP but I hope to god there’s a person or persons with the money needed to keep us going.
Well he didn’t have the money, did he? If he did, he would have paid the asking price and the whole place would be his.
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If we’re evicted in 6 months time, regardless of league position, we may well see the season out but I think it’s inevitable that the added rent costs of groundsharing with reduced income from lower gates will see the club fold due to unsustainabity at some point.
And you and your mates will be happy.Will you be there at the next game of course you wont
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Topics: 67It sounds increasingly as if there’s not a lot of funding going on right now as it is.
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