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Excellent news.We now have someone who adds that precious ingredient of credibility to the board.
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For me the problem is solely the chairman for 2 reasons.
1.He is incompetent-Not sure that there is a cure for this.
2.He lacks credibility.I cannot see this being restored in the short term.It would be better if he stood down and let someone else (presumably his wife) herald a new start.3 users thanked author for this post.
I can understand where you`re coming from Alcy.
If only Swann came in once a week to sign cheques and then cleared off the club would be in a much better position.1 user thanked author for this post.
I agree with Sanfran.There is no mention about who will own the land on which the apartments will be built or indeed the apartments themselves.Hopefully he will clarify that tomorrow.
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Wharton wasn`t duped.When he retired he explained that he had spent the last 3 years trying to find a SUITABLE buyer for the club without success.
His health status then meant that he had to sell to whoever was available at the time.3 users thanked author for this post.
Awaywego the difference between us and the other clubs you name is the owners not the league you are in.
If the owners do what they say they are going to do the fans will support them.
If the owners promise one false dawn after another they won`t.7 users thanked author for this post.
Cliff,Losing the ground was the final piece in the jigsaw.
The writing was on the wall from the moment Swann obtained enough shares to do whatever he wanted unopposed.4 users thanked author for this post.
UTI99 I wish you were Swann because if he had sold up years ago the club would not be in the mess it is now and would still own its own ground etc.
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UTI99 i along with most people were used to budgetary constraints at SUFC as they were used to good effect by our previous chairman.
Why has it taken so many years for our current chairman to grasp this?
If he had acted sooner we would still own our own ground etc.For me there have been no highs,just empty promises none of which have been realised.
When he came in Swann mocked the way the club was run under Wharton .
Yes Wharton did lack ambition but the club over achieved and i never once feared for its future.
After 3 years of trying to find a suitable buyer Wharton`s health forced him to sell and along came Swann .
Since then it has been a mixture of ego trip and incompetence.
Firstly running the club with the expenditure of a lower championship club and the income of a mid table league 2 club which was unsustainable.Sadly it took Swann 6 years to realise that by which time the club`s balance sheet was embarrasing.
Now he is blaming covid for everything and slashing the playing budget.
When he first came he said that if he left he would leave the club debt free.! actually believed that because i understand he did that at Gainsborough Trinity.
What he failed to tell us was that in exchange for that he would take ownership of the club`s fixed assets,an act which has signalled the end for me until he has gone assuming that there will still be a club in existence by then.8 users thanked author for this post.
I take it that you are happy how our club is run then Mick.
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Here here BT.
Unfortunately Ernest,the biggest underachiever of them all,is still with us.2 users thanked author for this post.
Yes but that was the year we did get relegated back to league 2 and he guaranteed it.
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Surely this cannot be true as our open and honest chairman would have mentioned it in his response to criticism of him selling the clubs assets to his own company.
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Wasn
t it the chairmans decision to make him captain?
Ernest has a lot to answer for.1 user thanked author for this post.
