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The gist of this thread has been don’t let anyone who supported Hilton to get involved with the takeover.
Do I hear the sound of tunes being changed!
Not at all. No changed tune. No hypocrisy.
You’re conflating support of the club itself with support of Hilton.
Michelle supported SUFC, in her customary quiet and professional manner behind the scenes, as she has done through the tenures of several Chairmen.
The others mentioned in this thread were public and highly vocal in their support of Hilton – and that makes it an entirely different thing.
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It’s good news.
As well as everything else, what this club needs now is a quiet, hardworking and really considered stewardship.
People who have no desire for raising their profile and no need for ego to be stroked. People who come up with the cash and put the money where their mouth is. People who work hard to make it work, not just sit on the throne.
It was quite clever of the club to give Hilton a generous mention in the statement, probably the right political thing to do. Also smart to acknowledge Elliott but good that it seemed to be a bit of a farewell too (that’s how I read it). Time for a fresh start away from all that nonsense of the last several months, and the very public figures who were involved in it.
I also applaud Jimmy. He seems to appreciate how precious (if unstable) a job in professional football is. Far too many in his position regard it as ‘having made it’ so no further effort required. I still think a few shifts at the steelworks (or similar depending on location) would show those lucky enough to be paid, for what many of us did for nothing, how fortunate they are and how they should work to protect what they have.
I’m hoping the club plugs back into the community. I seem to remember things like steelworks visits.
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I get what you’re talking about. The fact that “sorry” in the spotlight is just a politically expedient necessity, a tool to move the narrative on in your favour, rather than genuine regret.
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Honestly guys you want to look at yourselves. The lengths of some of the posts are crazy.
What has the length of posts got to do with anything?
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Christ does Hilton live in a caravan or something ?(not that I have got anything against people residing in one ,as I did myself for a brief spell in my latter teenage years)
I heard he had recently upgraded to Humberston Fitties but was still using a chemical toilet.
Lives in a shoe box by the side of the road with 150 of his other names.
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Hello Iron Fans.. I am a Grimsby Town supporter. I amongst other Grimsby Supporters, have donated to the GoFundMe Page.
It is a sad time for your club, and despite our rivalry, its heartbreaking to see.
I have been thinking for a few days, on ways I could help. And I have come up with an idea which I hope you’ll come On board with.
My idea is to organise a charity football match between Scunthorpe United fans against Grimsby Town fans. I would also have Supporters going around with buckets to raise money.
Currently I am unsure off a venue, but if your on board with my idea, I can make this happen.
I look forward to hearing from you all.
Great idea, and thank you for your support!
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Here’s me thinking we all wanted unity and to move forward with no division
As I said earlier I’m with 64 on this. Unity is of course the ideal and I’d hope that the supporters can more or less get there. But you cannot just ‘move on’ – that effectively hands people who shouldn’t have one a ‘get out’ from accountability. Things have gone on from a couple of people which were serious and actually affected the atmosphere and the situation, and they need looking at and dealing with rather than brushing under the carpet.
As for Herbert, he shows no sign of contrition, the club should have distanced from his antics as unofficial spokesman and I have no faith he’d change his ways.
Totally agree with this. There has been aggressively provocative behaviour (spreading lies, doxxing, throwing insults, general shit-stirring and piss-taking, and throwing a journalist’s phone onto a football pitch). It has even inspired death threats. All of it hugely and directly contributed to the nasty atmosphere around the Hilton reign. There really does have to be accountability, imho. Lifetime ban.
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Yes, I agree Mark you’re right , so people can pretend they care about unity in order justify past actions that they encouraged and to justify people being rewarded for extreme reckless and disgusting behaviour that led to death threats ,doxxing and journalists being physically attacked I’ll take back what I said above
I’ve thought about this a lot, and I’m with 64 on it. There’s a bit of a psychological mess to clear up. The wider calls for peace and unity going forward I agree with – supporters need to stand together as best they can. But this ‘new unity’ absolutely should not mean a free pass or a shield to hide behind for people like the phone-thrower or those berating and browbeating on Hilton’s behalf. There was some serious stuff going on as a consequence of that.
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Jason Herbert needs binning off for starters. I saw the video of him throwing Aiden Mccartney’s phone and then wonders why he was pissed off.
I’d rather it all wasn’t constantly raked over though in all fairness. I’d rather get everybody united.
The phone thing is reason enough for him to get banned forever, imho.
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