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Jasper
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I'm not really interested in anything they have to say tbh. I don't want to see interviews with that smarmy, preening cunt, I don't want to hear more bullshit plans from Ellis Short. I certainly don't blame the person who has to put together / cut and paste the responses to emails. I just want Short out asap.
But it's interesting that they are now trotting out the 'mistakes of the past' line in every interview and communication. Who is the common denominator there then Ellis? Who'd have thought that the f***ing ridiculous decisions you have made in the last few years would be bad ones? I can't be bothered to recite the f***ing list again.
In most jobs, if you were utterly f***ing incompetent in a job for 8 years, got every decision wrong, got nothing of any consequence right, your business lost hundreds of millions of pounds as a result, you would lose your job or be chucked out by shareholders. In the case of Ellis Short, he gets to make the business pay him back, no matter how much the product suffers as a result, and fuck the customers.
We get an arsehole owner with the competence of Peter Ridsdale and the scruples of Phillip Green.
But it's interesting that they are now trotting out the 'mistakes of the past' line in every interview and communication. Who is the common denominator there then Ellis? Who'd have thought that the f***ing ridiculous decisions you have made in the last few years would be bad ones? I can't be bothered to recite the f***ing list again.
In most jobs, if you were utterly f***ing incompetent in a job for 8 years, got every decision wrong, got nothing of any consequence right, your business lost hundreds of millions of pounds as a result, you would lose your job or be chucked out by shareholders. In the case of Ellis Short, he gets to make the business pay him back, no matter how much the product suffers as a result, and fuck the customers.
We get an arsehole owner with the competence of Peter Ridsdale and the scruples of Phillip Green.
molthemackem
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Pleased to see Short accept that he has always been the root problem since he took over SAFC.
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Now that is a very good question.
Exactly the buck has done and always will stop with him, and with that admission of guilt, is a result for fans who pointed this out for years
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DrewC
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It’s a PR letter from the club means nothing to me when I read it....
cluffy
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I get the impression he's scared of promotion because he'll be thinking he as to then go and spend more millions on shitty players again!
That also makes me wonder if going down became the plan so he could reduce the wage bill.
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I get the impression he's scared of promotion because he'll be thinking he as to then go and spend more millions on shitty players again!
That also makes me wonder if going down became the plan so he could reduce the wage bill.
I saw something similar posted on RR, suggesting maybe relegation was planned
G Force
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It's exactly this
cluffy
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I doubt it was the initial plan with Moyes but I reckon as Xmas approached Short decided fuck it let's go down this time
wrighty
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I think Short accepts he has made bad decisions(as he must).He said money was not spent wisely. It certainly wasn't.He might not have 'taken a penny from the club', however his fuck ups have cost the clubs tens of millions and left us in this state.
It's been his boardroom/staff appointments that have been an utter disaster. From Byrne to Congerton to Di Fanti to the jobs for his mates. @shepherd88 step forward
This is a bit like having an argument with the wife when it gets to the classic 'sorry isn't enough'. ie we are never going to draw a line under the fact you forgot to take the bins out and bang on about it for evermore.
We are where we are and we have to find a way of digging ourselves out of it. Absent a rich and gullible new owner I am not sure we have many options.
cluffy
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Perfect!
Guinness Guzzler
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I get the impression he's scared of promotion because he'll be thinking he as to then go and spend more millions on shitty players again!
That also makes me wonder if going down became the plan so he could reduce the wage bill.
I don't understand this argument mind. He'd f***ing love promotion, he'd simply take the masses of extra tv money, not shell out much at all on the squad and, financially, we'd end up in a much better position. We'd be relegated like but we'd then go back to the bumper first year of parachute payments, delaying the potential Armageddon when they run out, we'd have covered more of the historical payments due for previous purchases and we'd be in a position to really build the next season in the Championship. Burnley did similar and it worked out well for them, as long as you don't bow down to supporter pressure wanting millions of pounds spent in the prem promotion will always be wanted by the men at the top. He's obviously not going to gamble too much to get it but he'd love it if it happened
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I agree, it was clear when no budget for transfers was forthcoming, from that point they give up on premership survival
nessen
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There's tens of thousands of fans wanting the same. There's no vehicle to do that without people drowning them out with shouting. Also there's the brand to protect.......whatever is left of it.
Grumpy Old Man
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I'm now looking at the third club on my list. All three looked at so far have required financial support from their owners, either as loans or as increases in share capital. We're very far from unique.
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