SD on Radio Newcastle on Thursday evening

[Botchie]

The whole thing is an absolute clusterfuck. Not one person, including Donald, knows what is going on.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

This is one of the big problems they have or had, often contradict each other.

Donald is an incredibly bad interviewee. I think he actually contradicted himself in a single sentence in one of the podcasts. It's because he fails to prepare, doesn't have any noted, and purely extemporises. It's a recipe for cocking it up.

 

[Sleepy]

Because we've found him out

nah. Witch-hunt imo!

feel sorry for the bloke. He would have got it right eventually.

Nobody gets time at SAFC though..

 

[Deleted User 18963]

Never heard so much garbage in my life.

He isn't fit to be here. See ya later stew lad. It's not a bad run. It's nearly 2 year of sheer incompetence.

 

[Sleepy]

Just finished listening and this was my first thought as well. Although he does himself no favours like.

Really think given time he’d get it right. He was absolutely devastated you could tell.

He does shoot himself in the foot, but not a bad Person at all.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

The whole thing is an absolute clusterfuck. Not one person, including Donald, knows what is going on.

I think he does. He's simply incapable of explaining it coherently, because he's forgotten the beginning of a sentence before he's reached the end of it.

 

[Roker Mackem]

nah. Witch-hunt imo!

feel sorry for the bloke. He would have got it right eventually.

Nobody gets time at SAFC though..

Believe all his obvious lies and contradictions then?

Blokes a fraud.

 

[Confucius]

Steve McLarens consortium incoming

 

[Butters]

I should be angry at that interview but I burst out laughing. The man is living in cloud cuckoo land if he expects people to believe the shit he comes out with.

 

[samaistonsrightfoot]

Donald is an incredibly bad interviewee. I think he actually contradicted himself in a single sentence in one of the podcasts. It's because he fails to prepare, doesn't have any noted, and purely extemporises. It's a recipe for cocking it up.

He contradicted himself in a single sentence today.

 

[Bears Beets]

nah. Witch-hunt imo!

feel sorry for the bloke. He would have got it right eventually.

Nobody gets time at SAFC though..

he’s had plenty of time, he’s tried to flog us since the moment he got here. He’s run us like Eastleigh, he’s too busy being infatuated with Richard Hill and his other mates to realise what a mess the club is.

The under 23’s and 18’s haven’t won a game all season, he reckons Parkinson wasnt the cheapest choice and that he was the best Choice.

It’s the fans fault though for realising that he is a chancer though.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

He contradicted himself in a single sentence today.

I rest my case, m'lud.

 

[Sleepy]

Believe all his obvious lies and contradictions then?

Blokes a fraud.

I believe he tries to explain in too much detail and waffles too much. He also contradicts himself constantly by trying not to reveal too much, but then shoots himself in the foot by doing so.

I also believe he is absolutely NOT a fraud.

 

[KittenMittens]

That’s not how Donald described it last time he was on total sport.

It is, GOM is correct.

Of that:

£5m was paid up front by Donald as a deposit.

£25m to SBC was paid in August of 2018 (or by that date, I believe it was spread over two financial years just to complicate matters) from parachute payments

and around £6-7m was paid to Ellis Short in April 2019 via a loan that was advancing parachute payments.

Assuming the latter hasn't been paid back (which we haven't heard and it's a source of great interest to me), effectively £32m was used of the club's money to fund the deal and he should owe it back.

 

[Confucius]

I believe he tries to explain in too much detail and waffles too much. He also contradicts himself constantly by trying not to reveal too much, but then shoots himself in the foot by doing so.

I also believe he is absolutely NOT a fraud.

I don’t think he’s a fraud, f***ing useless but not a fraud

 

[samaistonsrightfoot]

I rest my case, m'lud.

Having worked for most of my career to date in fraud investigation, its usually the people contradicting themselves in interviews, who are the ones proven to be acting in an inappropriate manner.

 

[Botchie]

I think he does. He's simply incapable of explaining it coherently, because he's forgotten the beginning of a sentence before he's reached the end of it.

His comments about FPP would mean that your gut feeling is wrong. It's very difficult to tell where his motives are now which is pretty scary.

 

[jubblies]

Listening to that crap ruined my tea

 

[cluffy]

I believe he tries to explain in too much detail and waffles too much. He also contradicts himself constantly by trying not to reveal too much, but then shoots himself in the foot by doing so.

I also believe he is absolutely NOT a fraud.

It's irrelevant whether he s a fraud or not or a "good person" or a bad person.
all that matters is whether he's good or bad at his job.

 

[rubberface]

I think he does. He's simply incapable of explaining it coherently, because he's forgotten the beginning of a sentence before he's reached the end of it.

Sounded pissed.