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Yeah it’s a minority that don’t like him but most think he’s done a good job really – i think quite a few didn’t get over when we shipped about 20 goals in 4 games last season losing 4,5,4 and 6 in pretty quick time ; many wouldn’t have survived that but the board kept a coold head fortunately .
Completely agree about Blundell Park , it’s not fit for purpose but no one has 40 million quid to build a new one so it’s 300k a seasonish just to keep it going and keep the SAG group happy which seems increasingly difficult .
I think we will make league 1 in the next 2 or 3 years but it will be very hard to stay there without massive losses which most clubs show year on year .
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6 points from the last 6 games cost us including 3 games were we threw away leads in the last 5 minutes 1 in the 95th minute .Not a bad season though and crucially 16 under contract next time who are all relatively decent . Another close to 2 million loss on top which was at the lower end of league 2 losses which shows how silly even division 4 is now .
Good luck in the play-offs I think you have done your time down there now .
I listened to that string of local clubs fans forums on Humberside . I was pretty impressed with all of them in truth ; Butler might have been the cheaper option but seems a good level headed guy . The board seem sensible and putting the club on a safer financial footing ,which I’m sure will translate to promotion this season .
You are in far better place than under Swann & Hilton that’s for sure so the future wiĺl be brighter for the Iron and most importantly you will have a safe and sustainable club .
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He had money alright just spent it really poorly on the wrong players , he was so much better working with a smaller budget – he will probably do better with Shrewsbury as they are skint .
The playing budget last season was 4.1 million so I shudder at the thought of what it is this season with the ‘extra ‘ cup money , no doubt a good bit more . Luckily the owners are relatively wealthy and willing to write it off but the game’s gone mad as we are seemingly one of the better run league 2 clubs but still losing 1-1.5 million each season .
Bonkers
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You would suggest that the abuse of Swann should at least be paused for the time being , maybe even a slight bit of ego stroking would not be a bad idea .
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Good mate- just want the club to survive , all of us do. Even both of our owners donated. Maybe Swann can help actually save the club ?
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I think the worst of it is that they both don’t seemingly care about a community asset , with 1000’s of fans who are far more valuable ,and have far more care for their team than they would have/had /will ever have .
Both care about themselves and it’s fairly apparent not much else .I don’t understand both there lack of accountability and care through varying times of this whole episode.
It’s not the way I would choose to operate, I have made mistakes both in business and my personal life , but my main thought has always been move forward and never make the same mistake twice ; I think it’s safe to say those 2 chancers definitely don’t share those values or even care , which I find strange and confusing.
Mess something up , and anyone normal wants to make it right ,right ?
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It’s worth a listen to ‘The Hard Truth’ podcast , it’s quite good and they touch on the Scunny and Southend situations near the end .
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With you on the train thing , where I live the gates are always open and people rarely check ; I have made it good hour journeys for free without a ticket – I take a different view than you though : that I see it as repayment for lack of reliabilty and overpricing .
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The main hope I have is the outpouring of support for your club from fans outside of the Town .
Seems like everyone from clubs ,pundits and media alike want Scunthorpe Utd to survive (ironically the very people Hilton & Herbert shelled out the most abuse to ) .
The hope would be that it will all pull on someone’s heartstrings who is well meaning and has the deep pockets to fund the club out of this situation .
Or if the worst came and a phoenix club was required I feel there would be goodwill from far and wide to support it .
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The most pressing question for the short term is- will he pay the staff and players at the end of the month ?
Worried things are now past the point of no return for the club .
Hoping not and feel for the iron fans, it’s been a hell of a ride .
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If you go through the timeline of events since January people can make their own mind up really , like 64 says to post what at best is speculation would not be great , don’t want the lads on here getting any problems.
I have seen how much abuse Matt has got on social media , especially on Twitter and that facebook group and it’s been out of order imo . The Iron Bru is a good football forum for me .
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The shares were gifted to the trust by Mike Parker who’s a very good guy and big Town fan , to give them a place on the board effectively and more of a voice – Fenty threw his toys out the pram and threatened to stop financing the club unless the trust ‘gifted ‘ him the shares , they did and he had a few more years of full control with just his mates around him in the boardroom.
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There were many with Fenty as there are with Hilton effectively saying he saved the club and were happy with their lot .
He left the club in a much healthier state than Swann has Scunthorpe , whichever way you look at it – he did not strip it of it’s one major asset (we will put the state of disrepair it was left in to one side ).
But he did effectively rip the trust off of 500k with the threat of stopping funding the club (sound familiar ) . And then tried to bring a convicted fraudster onto the board (deja vu ) with a promise of a million pound investment . Which a local journalist picked up on and then the domino effect which led to our eventual takeover.
Any of our fans who take any sort of satisfaction out of your current scenario , should remember we were days ,and literally one step away from more than likely being in exactly the same position you find yourselfs in now .
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Somebody did make a good point on that Fishy thread actually that I had not really thought of – how many people actually do back Hilton ?
We only know a good few on Facebook , but the wider consensus is unknwown really , we know people had/have major doubts on here but a fair amount of people either don’t do social media or just care about what’s going on,on the pitch so for people to say the fans deserve what they are getting or the like is unfair really .
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The HMRC thing isn’t a big issue they accept anything over a period of time .
Aslong as they get their money , that’s from a small /medium size business as I had .
The problem is Hilton has gone daft on the playing budget and then said he won’t pay people – you can’t just not pay people ,
I don’t get how some fans support that
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The ground situation seems even more up in the air though ,whether he has the money or not is irrelevant as he will not now even attempt to buy the ground as he has confirmed the club is up for sale .
If no other buyer for the club is found the club is effectively homeless , and no long term plan for anywhere to play (Hilton himself said the council pulled out of funding for the new stadium in one of his more recent statements )
So where does that leave the iron , playing at Gainsborough indefinitely ?
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