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Awaywego wrote:

He bowed to the board on his 5 at the back. And yes we don’t know for sure but Michelle did say words would be had if results continued like they were, they did and low and behold 5 at the back ended.

Integrity now where did I here that, was it Keith Hill and fans on here saying he’d stand up to Swann because he had integrity, that worked well in the end he showed what he was about wouldn’t even take a payoff to go, just wanted his monthly salary which finally ended last year.

A concerned word / bollocking is different to someone micro-managing and doing your job for you.

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Board could select a weaker unbalanced team for the manager to play. They could also select a less favourable formation.

Do you seriously think the Board have that sort of input? Do you seriously think someone with Butler’s integrity would suffer this, mortgage to pay or no mortgage to pay?

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Rene Artois wrote:

Will ‘we’ (the club) throw promotion. This league is cheaper to operate in than the one above?
Gates wouldn’t be much higher.
Manager would want more & better players.
Players would want more money.
Cheaper to throw it!

Say all of that is true, in what world could a group of suits actually stop a team of professionals with professional pride going out to win the necessary games..?

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Rene Artois wrote:

Implosion ahead?
These monthly shortfalls of £65k… are they being plugged by donations from the directors or are they loans?
Sponsors withdrawing.
Goat gone.
What next?

Promotion gone.
Fans gone.

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Rene Artois wrote:

Apollo11 wrote:

He may well be justified in feeling snubbed / professionally overlooked, but he’s not doing himself too many PR favours with profane outbursts directly at Director Sharp and CEO Roberts on X (Twitter) – in my opinion.

Regardless, it leaves the Club in a panic situation for this coming Saturday’s catering points. Maybe the vans and stalls again?

Sorry… ah, on X

That’s right, yes. A few different Tweets (Xs ?) telling Sharp and Roberts to get the fuck out of the club, and that they’ve fucked plenty of people over behind the scenes but he’s surprised they’d do it to the fans. Putting vomit emojis next to Sharp’s name, etc etc.

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64 wrote:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1X2ssShXJX/
They spend far too much time making little barbs about Bru who allowed them to tag onto our coat tails with the fund raiser.

Every time I see then making out what heroes they are,I just see slime trying to wash away and brush aside past misdeeds.
Blanchard and Ellis who are clearly less chippy than me should never have entertained them.No doubt they’ll be attending a paper bag opening with their camera soon enough and be on the wrong side of history again

This has aged well.

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He may well be justified in feeling snubbed / professionally overlooked, but he’s not doing himself too many PR favours with profane outbursts directly at Director Sharp and CEO Roberts on X (Twitter) – in my opinion.

Regardless, it leaves the Club in a panic situation for this coming Saturday’s catering points. Maybe the vans and stalls again?

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Rene Artois wrote:

Squad/staff/office/cost cutting.
Do you really need analysts, S&C coach, more than one physio (medical) at this level.
Do we really need an over paid CEO? Pre Swann, the lad Beeby did the job on a normalised salary.
Close the restaurant if it’s making a loss. On match days order in a couple of platters of sarnies from Greggs for the opposition directors to munch on.
Feeding the players breakfast & lunch would obviously go too… as we’d have no restaurant and no staff. They are big lads and can feed themselves.
What does the weekly wastage amount to?
What is the cost of a seat upgrade on match days – hopefully it covers the paid for bar, stated to be open throughout the match day. Drink & be merry!
A skeleton playing staff. In the 60s & 70s, first division teams had very small first team squads.
Players wages & contracts need reviewing. Insane to be paying the bozo Banjo £1500 plus bonuses a week! I’m sure there are others on similar over inflated wages too.
Has anyone ever looked at outsourcing the washing of match day kit. That’ll save a wage and overtime.
Players will have more than one training kit – make them responsible for washing/cleaning their own kit.
Do all office staff need to be full time; are they all really needed four days & a match day?
Do we really need as many stewards?
Remember the days when stewards were volunteers, happy to just be involved and to watch the game for free.
Free seats & cheap seats – research has proven that it has to have value to be desired / wanted / valued. In charged v free studies, gates have being higher at venues with true pricing.
Staff IT equipment, do staff need the latest all singing all dancing computers? MacRodwell had an iMac as big as his desk… was that necessary at a lower league club. All image and no substance.
Equipment audit – if it’s not used or over duplicated and not on a lease then sell it.
Company cars & fuel cards – both being abused since the invention of… private use & mileage. Get the bus, cycle, motorbike, train, tram or own vehicle.
Something that we probably can’t currently afford but would work out cheaper in the long term is a ‘plastic pitch’. We’d need fewer groundsmen so saving money.
Social Media overkill – is it necessary at our level. Paying someone a good wage to tweet (how do they refer to posting on X now?), text, FB, Instagram, TikTok etc.
Post news, info, match previews & reviews on the OWS. Just because it’s there, doesn’t mean we have to.
I’m sure there are other savings to be made and can be made if we put some thought in to it.

There’s some sense here. There’s also some nonsense too.

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Sanfran49 wrote:

The fans suss out those that will damage the club very quickly.

That’s not quite true, though, is it? Hence 18 months of post-Hilton division between those who immediately or very quickly suspected, discovered or knew he was a wrong ‘un and those who licked his little round head.

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CMC wrote:

According to a Chester fan a “guy in a suit” was encouraging this Zanetti character. Is this the mystery man in the Directors Box

He’s probably talking about Glynn Sparks, who was on the pitch close to Zanetti and clearly trying to get him to stay ‘on message’. Or, rather, to find the message in the first place.

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CMC

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Dragoniron wrote:

What is this Zanetti?

It’s a pile of white powder with a microphone.

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Siderite wrote:

Swann was many things, but he didn’t raid company’s money and put it in his own bank account like some spiv. There was some money at the club in Jan 23 so far as I am aware.

He did put the Club’s stadium in his back pocket, though.

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64 wrote:

Merch labs were shite though,

Not a decent designer among ’em! Tat merchants.

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backofthenet18 wrote:

Apollo11 wrote:

Does Goat really have the capacity and experience to cope, and adequately service that number?

He himself has admitted in a thread on Facebook that the ground doesn’t have the catering point facilities to cope with that number of supporters.

Yes but he could have put his vans there

Of course, yes.

But would he have stumped up the additional catering pitch rental revenue that yesterday generated? Also, was yesterday’s circus part of the Zanetti deal and therefore down to him?

Whichever way, lack of professional courtesy shown to the Goat. However, rumours have long circulated about his own lack of professional conduct – though they refer to things during the Hilton era, when anything was on the table. Or chopped out in lines on the table.

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How many times can you be on the wrong side of history?

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Does Goat really have the capacity and experience to cope, and adequately service that number?

He himself has admitted in a thread on Facebook that the ground doesn’t have the catering point facilities to cope with that number of supporters.

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Rene Artois

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This is the Sharp end of ownership.

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It’s been good to be able to focus on events on the pitch for the last 18 months. But it looks like that’s not going to be possible anymore and we’re heading for yet another shitshow.

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Awaywego wrote:

And no more than Danny. Apollo.

Your wrong they well and truly shafted him yesterday.

Seeing his updated post from yesterday catered for for all the away fans only to find out that they’d put a burger van outside the away end which he obviously didn’t even see coming, then to make matters worse they opened the doors at half time for the away fans to use said burger van.

By helping the club and showing support when on its arse should work both ways but unfortunately it doesn’t as seen yesterday and probably never will.

There was a crowd there over twice the usual size. It strikes me yesterday was partly a matter of logistics. Does Goat really have the capacity and experience to cope, and adequately service that number? I’d wager not. However, the apparent way he was treated doesn’t seem courteous.

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Isle Of Wight (Powder) Festival

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another fed up fan wrote:

Spoiled a great day for the club.
This event should be cancelled now apparently tickets not going well anyway but after that exhibition is it something the club wants to be associated with?

Snifftonbury

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Rene Artois wrote:

We have an uncanny ability to unearth these turds.

The lower down the League pan you go, the higher they float.

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Rene Artois

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Love Island and football don’t mix.

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Bishops Finger wrote:

He was shouting Darlington are wankers a few weeks ago from the directors box.

Not the class of c**t one wants at the Club?

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It’s to do with DJ Tom Zanetti, who was given the mic at half-time today to promote the 3-day festival. He made a complete arsehole of himself – clearly off his tits, screaming into the mic, telling Chester to “f-off” and so on. James Moody said, over the mic after Zanetti had vanished in a cloud of powder, that he was an embarrassment. He was not wrong.

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Awaywego wrote:

Lots of small businesses have helped the club out in many ways often being talked into work for free or cost, just not a good luck, once bitten twice shy.

Perhaps, when the Club was visibly on its arse, they wanted to do something to help and to show support.

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Today’s the day – 2-0 – Mark Beck and Michael Clunan

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…he should have been the first to be asked if he wanted to do something outside too.

So should Henry’s Bar, to be honest – although not food as they are simply crap at it.

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Awaywego wrote:

‘If’ ffs

The club have shafted him, nowt new there then.

They haven’t gone out of their way to shaft him, I’d say. They’re simply exercising their right to ‘extend the offer’ to supporters on a big matchday. But – a big but – he should have been the first to be asked if he wanted to do something outside too.

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Gareth seems harmless enough to me, and I have sometimes enjoyed his video reports despite the fact that they’re a bit thin on actual insightful content and very repetitive. The others involved in the podcast, I don’t know them personally but I’m sure they’re probably all alright. Other than Max Bell, of course. However, there’s definitely a smugness about it all that I don’t particularly like.

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