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Rene likes his lists.
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Give them chance Rene !. Michelle only acquired the club on Wednesday.
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And thank God. Plus ‘Michelle’ definitely sounds better than ‘Dave’. Though I’ll miss saying ‘Dodgy Dave’. Someone could write a book on him, and probably is doing.
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Absolute and total nonsense.
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Or he didn’t have the money so set up the 1899 in a clumsy ill thought attempt to get it? which most if not all who thought he didn’t have the cash thought. Which most think
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All is well – provided MH doesn’t promise us a new ground.
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The turning point was the banning of the 3 supporters, although I’m reasonably confident that this was orchestrated between Hilton and Herbert to hasten his exit.
Football supporters are almost cult like in their devotion to players/managers and perhaps more worryingly, owners. Despite not one traceable of source of income, unpaid wages, an open Ponzi scheme, Wham still had a majority of support across
The fanbase.Astonishingly, he still had a ‘thank you Dave’ thread on Facebook active last week. People will choose what they want to believe, casting aside logic and objectivity.
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I think the leaked text message allegedly from Hilton following the banning was the turning point personally. It was Hilton’s Morongate. Start referring to fans like he allegedly did and they’ll turn on you faster than you can say boo to a goose. I also suspect that through the choppy waters ahead and financial mess to manage, there may be many who claim Hilton being pushed was a mistake. Hope I’m wrong because Michelle and the Board need all the support they can get.
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I’m very interested in public perception and what is required to change opinions en masse. How much truth does it require, and how little doubt does it take to undermine it?
There’s probably a state of disbelief, for some – that this kind of thing just doesn’t happen in ‘little old Scunthorpe’ or to Scunthorpe United – and therefore cannot be true. In other words, for some people it’s too outlandish to believe.
There will also be plenty of people who simply don’t understand the finances. This is where a timeline and a clear and thorough explanation of what happened would help. Hopefully that is what is coming soon.
It doesn’t help that when the new owner took over, the club issued a statement which gave him a face-saving ‘out’. It was obviously politics to do this, but once again some people simply won’t understand.
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A proper reply to the question of when the turning point occurred would probably get someone a masters in psychology.
I think people wanted someone to take over from Swann, and Hilton turned up saying all the right things, everything they wanted to hear. Then the steady stream of bad information starts, people dig into their positions, and basically people don’t like to admit they were wrong. Scammers rely on that, many victims of scams won’t ever say anything because they don’t want to admit they were duped. I won’t pretend to know what Hilton’s plan was last week, I can’t decide whether he wanted the bans and the leaked text comment to force the issue and accelerate him leaving or if wanted to isolate the 2 Matt’s and Greeny and it totally backfired. But I think a lot of fans had known for a long time they were backing the wrong horse and needed something bad enough to happen from Hilton for them to say they couldn’t accept it and jump off that horse. Even then I think a lot of people didn’t care enough until the club statement that Brackley was the last game at GP, the confusion with Gainsborough and the actual reality that Hilton was pulling the plug and, if he ever had any money at all, he wasn’t going to spend another penny on their club.2 users thanked author for this post.
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