Anyone else think that Don and Methven…


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Not many can hand on heart say they weren’t a little bit impressed at their initial tenure. They got a lot of praise for galvanising the club after our almighty fall from grace.

However after they failed to gain promotion first time of asking which they would have gambled on their shortcomings were exposed, they were cagey over finances and they lost the trust of most supporters.

I don’t hate them, they gave it a go but should have come clean that they gambled on promotion to make a quick buck and then sold up as soon as they could. Donald got upset about being called a chancer but really that is precisely what they were. They were 90mins from being heroes if we had beaten Charlton but instead they will leave the club as failures and liars.
 
Let me guess, the OP is the sort who would clap the players off after we lost to shit like Cheltenham.
Quite the opposite , I’ve been well known on here for wanted to protest against Short since 2012 until he left. I also get very frustrated with the happy clappers
 
I think in their heads their intentions were good and at the start the did things that needed to be done (and would have needed to be done by anyone) to stop full collapse. They are business men however and misjudged massively the volume of investment required and also the emotional attachment the club has to the area. Some of the things methven has said haven’t been well thought out but I do think at times people have looked for a reason to be outraged. I think the fan group announcement to get out was badly timed and thought out by the fans groups (my opinion obviously). I also think people seem to forget that there wasn’t a queue of buyers for Ellis short to choose from.

I can understand why they want to leave with their investment back though. Nobody would buy a house and sell it at a loss just because the locals thought they were dicks.

They are skint (in terms of football ownership), they will have been very difficult to work for/under due to lack of finance and resource and I’d imagine most employees of SAFC will be glad their reign is over (🤞).

Pretty sure my opinion will be slated though by the masses 😂. So it’s a good job I’m irrelevant
 
On the other hand, they didn’t have to replace all the seats and it certainly brought fans together. In the round it was a good thing.
It had everyone licking their arses ooo we got a hot dog and a drink too woo,

Whilst the club went down the pan people were happy because the owners were all about the fans and cared (first mistake)

People lapped them in! Too many people here just sat back and watched until it crumbled those who said otherwise got shite on here.
 
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Good business strategy though there was free labour who enjoyed feeling involved. I don’t understand this attitude that the club saving money is a bad thing why would we want the club paying a fortune for things they don’t need to pay for
Aye. Good tory boy policies. Laugh at the plebs.
 
On the other hand, they didn’t have to replace all the seats and it certainly brought fans together. In the round it was a good thing.
Ray both you and I know what a small vocal section of our fans are like . I’m convinced a lot of them just look for anything to twist about as they decided they hated the fact Methven was an old Etonian.
I don’t think they were great owners just think they were nowhere near as bad as some have made out
 
Weren’t that bad at all?

-Got the club sustaining itself after was haemorrhaging it’s way to liquidation.
-Got rid of the problem staff and players
-Eventually got us promotion after a few unlucky misses

I’m not saying they were great and think their time is up now as we have moved up to the championship just saying that I never understood what was meant to be so bad about them. For me the Short reign was far worse and could have easily liquidated the club
Yes, they weren't that bad..... They were f***ing awful
 
Hugely underestimated the size of the task.

Out of their depth after Plan A went south.

What seemed like a relatively rich man’s ego trip turned into an absolute nightmare for all concerned.

I bet they are as pleased as us that the whole sorry saga is drawing to a close.
 
didn’t the OP claim you could live on a £1 a day or some sort on a thread before not sure I can take him serious after that.
 
See above , Southerners and tories seems to be the root of the hatred
Agreed. If you ignore all the other reasons people have given them these 2 reasons are the root of everything. The fact they decimated the academy, scouting was scrapped and placed in the hands of a couple of their mates. Slagged fans off and told lies about our actions pales into insignificance to them being Southern tories.
 
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