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Deereyme66 wrote:

Great to see the 1,000 membership surpassed recently and this notable new member:

https://x.com/KieranMaguire/status/1802658737347322121?s=19

Excellent stuff.

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64 wrote:

I don’t watch much football and a high level and must say that Harry Kane never makes me think a centerback would be glad to see the back of him. He may score goals but if he doesn’t help the team out the team won’t win trophies in my opinion .The ball just comes straight back even if he stays up like Shearer advocated he just doesn’t make like hard

One of those players who will nothing his way to everything.

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ironking wrote:

… worked closely behind the scenes with Simon and others long long before WHAM, was publicly exposed and derided.

The work that was undertaken then paved the way for a relatively quick takeover…

Simon acted like a twat (publicly going out to bat for Hilton, publicly decrying supporters in heinous terms) – and you seem to be saying his position was deliberate, an effort to keep Hilton onside while things were put in place for the club to be saved? Having observed Elliott’s ego in action on various occasions, I just don’t buy this I’m afraid.

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I hope the matchday catering points are also improved. Although the food was better when Smoking Goat was doing it, the service was ridiculously bad (slow, and often clueless).

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cassidystash wrote:

Don’t know Simon, never met him, never spoken to him but there is substance in ironking’s post above IMO.

Tend to agree with this. He did add value in terms of sponsorships he brought in and events like the Kevin Keegan evening he organised. Was it enough to warrant a seat on the board? Well that’s Michelle’s decision but I personally don’t see why he gets so much stick. He’s contributed with his money and his time, to the survival of our club, let’s not forget that!

Other than a bit of training kit, HIS money!?

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For the record Simon built up a relationship with WHAM to try to limit the damage inflicted on our beloved club.

The more I think about this revisionist nonsense the more I feel annoyed that someone would post it. It’s whitewashing.

Elliott stood up at a forum with Hilton and personally vouched for him when he was being questioned by anxious fans, and then later went online and berated and insulted anxious fans for questioning Hilton.

However hard you try to spin them, those things were not damage limitation, they exacerbated the problem.

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That was first impression when i read the post Apollo.

That ‘For the record’ is a tell.
As is the egotistical ‘major player’ later on.

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ironking wrote:

I have no idea what if anything has gone on behind the scenes, but the club is in good hands with the four shareholding directors whom I fully support.

For the record Simon built up a relationship with WHAM to try to limit the damage inflicted on our beloved club.

He worked behind the scenes with a lot of other people to resurrect our club and spent a lot of time and effort doing so.

I hope that Simon has not left the board on bad terms and is still a major player in the fortunes of Scunthorpe United FC in the future.

The club is in a totally better place than it was under Ernest or WHAM but there is still a long way to go before the club can return to League football and we need people like Simon around to make that happen.

I will point to the global companies who have sponsored us due to Simon’s connections primarily in the motor industry as one positive example.

This whole post reads like a statement from Simon.

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cassidystash wrote:

Don’t know Simon, never met him, never spoken to him but there is substance in ironking’s post above IMO.

Certainly the bit about sponsorship from car dealerships etc.

Some of the rest is rewriting history, and offensive for it.

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ironking wrote:

For the record Simon built up a relationship with WHAM to try to limit the damage inflicted on our beloved club.

Wow.

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Absolutely nothing SUFC of any real note to say for months. Sulking?

You’d think the man who, because he cared so much, drove 200 miles to get a hospital photo with JD and then publicly post it would have something to say in public when JD was relieved of his duties.

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Awaywego wrote:

He didn’t say anything when he left the Swanny board, so hold your breath, though he is more into X nowadays where more seems to be said off thee cuff.

He’s been unusually quiet on X. Absolutely nothing SUFC of any real note to say for months. Sulking?

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Awaywego wrote:

3 times he’s being a board member now, and of course got his 15 minutes of fame at being an owner. Lets hope that’s the last we see of him.

I don’t think he wanted his 15 minutes of fame. I think he wanted you and everybody else ordinary to realise just how popular and just how jolly important he is!

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seems pretty fair to me though im sure having played a blinder to get into pole position Mr Elliot isnt too happy at being nudged into resigning.

One man’s ‘nudged into resigning’ is another man’s ‘exposed as inadequate’.

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It’s been surprisingly good viewing so far, this series.

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cassidystash wrote:

Happy with the 4 owners but still think there’s room for directors that can offer others skills, knowledge and experience but don’t have cash to invest.
(Not referring specifically to SE)

What would make (say) someone like Simon Elliott more deserving of a place on the Board than anyone else who volunteers, or can offer others skills, knowledge and experience?

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No.

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Iron Age wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/05/manchester-citys-trumpian-tactics-spotlight-autocratic-creep-in-football

Money, the root of all evil.

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ironfromafar wrote:

This issue well cleared up by Michelle in her latest interview.

I’ve not been able to listen to it all, yet, but I did catch the first couple of minutes. She also cleared up what Elliott has put into the club, financially. He paid for some training kit.

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Sanfran49 wrote:

Where they do the interviews is an echo chamber, the interview rambled.

Every interview with Butler I’ve heard has been the same – sometimes unintelligible muttering. But I do agree the location for this one (and the most recent Bru podcast) didn’t help. They need a media room which has been set up to deaden the sound.

It’s no big deal, I suppose – his team will hopefully do his talking for him next season.

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Steve wrote:

Also.. I heard every single word on my phone for the interview

Seems like it’s a you problem

No, it’s a not especially good at speaking clearly problem.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

He’s unusually quiet about it all on X. How strange.

Not a surprise. Like many of his ilk, he hasn’t quite measured up to his (own) hype. I’d imagine he thought he’d be in a very strong position as ‘Mr Scunthorpe United’ around a timid Michelle and she’d put him in the Chair to front the whole operation up.

If he’s not actually put money in – and there are zero signs that he has – then why is he even on the board, other than by his own manoeuvring and an arrogant sense of self-belief that he should be there? He may be ‘doing stuff’ to help the club – but, then, so was Staffy, so was Matt Bru, so was Maw – and so was the lass in the office who donated 20k…

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ironfromafar wrote:

im sure as time goes AB will gain media confidence

He seems confident enough to me, and has things to say. He’s just not very good at speaking clearly.

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Awaywego wrote:

Apollo lol, as if you’d believe a word he said. Nobody believed Swanny, Hilton or Mrs B for that matter.

Not talking about whether there’d be any substance to what he’d say, more that it’s a surprise he’s not said anything at all, bearing in mind his previous verbal badge-kissing.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

It was a constant effort not to switch the volume off when Dean was being interviewed.

It’s notable that Dean has had absolutely nothing to say since leaving Scunthorpe United – at the least you’d have thought he’d be offering a word to the fans.

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backofthenet18 wrote:

Heard every word easily

I disagree, it’s not easy. It takes a constant effort.

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There isn’t really a way to achieve fair competition.

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Ferrite wrote:

Not a fan of 3-5-2, puts an awful lot of focus on usually one player in midfield to provide all of the creative spark. Robins tried it with Luke Williams or Gary McSheffrey in there with very limited results.

The kind of system you might build around someone like Butterfield, perhaps!?

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CMC wrote:

Now i wonder if Ian Sharp can use his contacts and get a “This is Wrexham” type documentary on the go.

Christ, I hope not.

When the actors get bored of Wrexham, I wonder how deep a hole they’ll be in. At least they’re making some improvements to the ground but will they really be that much better off?

One of the things that is clear in the programme is that they work within a budget (big as it may be) and are trying to work towards some sort of sustainability.

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