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  • in reply to: Remuneration & Debt #275143
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    With a special emphasis on delivering the new stadium.

    That was money well spent.

    in reply to: Remuneration & Debt #275142
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    Was that not what Rodwell did for his £200k a year.

    in reply to: Simon Elliott #275109
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    Could we just leave the bickering and the search for a new bogeyman for a week or two?

    I don’t know Simon personally but it is blatantly obvious he cares about our club passionately. Unlike most of us anonymous experts he has got off his arse and tried to help. With Sharp he tried to put a better option on the table and was knocked back by Swann. He didn’t throw his toys out of the pram but tried hard to support what was the only option once Hilton took over. With hindsight we now have many who claim to have known Hilton was a wrongun from day 1. Shame none of them spoke up at the fans forum.

    Nothing is resolved until the ground is secured and Swann has nothing to do with the club. It would be good to keep the unity thing going until that is sorted at least.

    While I am at it I want to apologise to IB who was actually was giving out warnings about Hilton pretty much from the start. I questioned his motives a number of times but whatever his motives actually were his warnings were substantially correct.

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    in reply to: Andy Comfort getting abuse #275043
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    It was Swann who caused the issue that necessiatated Sharp having to stump up the money in the first place.

    Based on your logic, it was Wharton’s fault for selling to Swann.

    We could go back even further …..

    That’s nonsense. Wharton did not pull the financial plug. I don’t know this for sure as I was not party to the negotiations but I suspect Swann was still suggesting the Sharp consortium bid could be successful at the time the loan/donation was accepted by Swann.

    in reply to: Brackley – Home. #275037
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    Agree IA. Bennett won his fair share of headers yesterday and put 3 or 4 of them into good areas. If Elliott and Wilson had been switched on chances would have resulted.

    Biggest problem this team has is that none of our forwards look like they can score 20 goals a season from open play. Dean has the team favouring a pass back to the halfway line rather than hitting a hopeful cross. Not necessarily disagreeing with that tactic but for it to work we need the crosses to be high quality when they do come in. Neither Elliott or Wilson cross the ball well and Ogle/Denton/Kelly don’t either.

    Butterfield can deliver but is rarely in a crossing position in open play. We are comfortably the best football team in this league (based on the teams we have played so far) but we create a low number pf chances relative to the football we play.

    Fine if you have a Sharpe or Hooper up front but a problem if you don’t.

    Roberts might have the quality to make the difference if an when he finally plays but until then I would prefer getting the ball into the box more quickly and more often.

    Then we might see what Whitehall, Bennett and Elliott can do.

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    in reply to: Brackley – Home. #275032
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    We had 70 minutes of Bennett trying to win the ball followed by 20 minutes of Whitehall ignoring the ball and trying to win free kicks.

    Neither did a particularly good job of it and both would benefit from mixing their game up a bit.

    in reply to: Andy Comfort getting abuse #275031
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    It was Swann who caused the issue that necessiatated Sharp having to stump up the money in the first place.

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    in reply to: Brackley – Home. #274980
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    Surprised the lad from South Korea didn’t get a shout out and a walk on the pitch today.

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    in reply to: Brackley – Home. #274975
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    Ogle got into some fantastic forward positions today.

    If only his final ball matched everything else.

    Mind you if it did he would be playing 3 or 4 levels higher.

    in reply to: Remuneration & Debt #274973
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    Happy with the old ground.

    Perhaps if we had directors with contacts in the structural steel and fabrication businesses then in time we might be able to improve the tin can without breaking the bank.

    2 or 3 stands with pillarless roofs would make a massive difference.

    in reply to: Brackley – Home. #274970
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    If you are ever stuck again without wheels on a match day MM just let me know and I’ll happily give you a lift.

    Just up the road in Westwoodside.

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    in reply to: Brackley – Home. #274903
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    Start the new era with a 2-1 win in front of 5,036 (35 away and 1 from South Korea).

    Announcement about an interim agreement over GP?

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    in reply to: Michelle Harness #274751
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    Good post Sidy except the bit about losing the ground. We lost the ground 2 years ago. Hilton had a very poor plan to get it back but it wasn’t him that took it from the club.

    There are enough facts out there that any sane person will be relieved and delighted he is no longer involved without the need to embellish the story.

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    in reply to: Unity Walk #274744
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    Thanks for the kind offer Juryeff.

    Already have a ticket. Hopefully someone can use it. Would be surprised if DRE doesn’t come close to selling out on Saturday.

    in reply to: Unity Walk #274688
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    I’ll be there.

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    in reply to: This saga is unending but I hope it resolves like this #274644
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    I think Swann did a fair amount of club breaking and he wants £3m to dissappear.

    in reply to: Trust your trust and join in #274431
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    Takeover deal is off according to Aiden McCartney on Twitter due to a late change in terms.

    in reply to: Unity Walk #274359
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    Where does the value of £1.5M come from?

    If you are making up a random number, why not go lower?

    Yes that valuation is just my opinion of the top end value and certainly not what the opening offer would be if I was negotiating.

    There are suggestions on Twitter that Peter Swann is open to a rental agreement with people other than David Hilton. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true of course but if it is then it suggests Peter Swann has not got a queue of buyers for the land banging at his door.

    The real valuation is fairly hard to work out.

    Without planning consent the land only has any real value to SUFC as a going concern which probably puts the value at £1m or less.

    On the other side of the coin if the club is saved as a going concern Glanford Park is the only venue where the club can accommodate the 3k plus attendances it needs to thrive. Hence the seller probably thinks he can squeeze more than £1m.

    Throw into the mix how likely is the council to grant planning consent resulting in the demolition of the towns football stadium? Coupled with the popularity level nationally of the Tories right now that would leave Rob Waltham with a worrying day next time the local elections come around.

    in reply to: Unity Walk #274346
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    I agree a solution without Glanford Park is really not a solution at all.

    It would be a stay of execution which is better than we are facing currently but without debt free use of the stadium I cannot see any prospect of a return to the EFL.

    It would be ideal if the stadium was fan owned or at least 51% fan owned to guarantee this kind of situation cannot happen again.

    Owning and funding the football club is a much more attractive proposition if the ground is guaranteed available for running costs and a peppercorn rent.

    I would happily chuck in a grand or so towards the Iron Trust owning or part owning the ground providing Peter Swann is prepared to sell at a realistic price. There may be the appetite and the means amongst fans to raise the £1.5m that would seem to be about a fair price. Of course if Peter Swann has folks queuing up to pay the reported £3m for some relatively unattractive land with no planning consent and significant demolition costs then I fear the ground is gone forever.

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    in reply to: Unity Walk #274325
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    Be good if it ended with an Honest Owner.

    in reply to: Feeling good #274311
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    Both Hilton and Swann still have fingers in the pie.

    Not sure there will be much to feel good about until neither has any connection with the club, financial or otherwise. Interesting that both blame the fans of the club for their own failings.

    in reply to: Scunny Fans Facebook Group #274027
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    Given living rent free is going out of fashion it might be a good time to evict Herbert and his gang from your heads.

    Does anything actually happen on there that matters a toss right now?

    in reply to: Saturdays atmosphere #273902
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    You go and enjoy your holiday Awaywego. If the Brackley game even happens it’s not exactly going to be a joyous occasion.

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    in reply to: Saturdays atmosphere #273891
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    That would be interesting if they did Greenun.

    Probably wouldn’t be tennis balls.

    in reply to: He saved our club #273770
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    He has certainly not proved himself a saviour. He has given the club a stay of execution and has tried in his fairly unique way to start a recovery process.

    The tangible benefit he has brought to the club is that he has given us a team that doesn’t get beaten nearly every match. This is the fist time in 5 years that we have had that so credit where it is due.

    The club will be saved if and when it is back in the EFL, owns its own fit for purpose ground and trades at a fairly small loss.

    That is what Swann inherited 11 years ago and that is what success looks like for a club like ours.

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    in reply to: People taking notice #273581
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    Nothing to worry about Sidy. Nobody actually reads the Daily Mail surely.

    If Hilton or Herbert need my details for my banning order just let me know and I will send them over.

    in reply to: People taking notice #273572
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    Fame at last. My least favourite newspaper quoting my post in their online article.

    Didn’t get a strapline though.

    in reply to: Another new low #273495
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    I can only assume this is Hilton deliberately antagonising the fan base so he can self justify walking away without paying the tax bill and September wages.

    Should be gone by the weekend.

    Sadly taking the club down with him.

    in reply to: Another new low #273437
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    Has anyone contacted James Moody to verify the notice came from the club and is genuine?

    Looks like a spoof to me.

    in reply to: Rob Dancer SUFC Facebook page #273215
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    Thank goodness for Bru.

    How on earth would I know what shite was being posted on Facebook without it.