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FSG - Saviours or Lizards

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Could they have done anything else?

I don't know, you could argue we've handled it relatively well and kept exposure to a minimum, it could have gone to the big rags as back page news, but it's stayed quite low key and if we can usher him out the door now, then the damage has been kept to a bare minimum. I hope they learn from this though. I understand it being a learning curve for them, but they need to learn fast.
 
I really hope he hasn't got a payoff out of this either, he should have been sacked, so why do I get the feeling we've probably still given him something?
 
I really hope he hasn't got a payoff out of this either, he should have been sacked, so why do I get the feeling we've probably still given him something?

Cos thats the way it works. It's called a compromise to make people go quietly. It works if you can be pragmatic. Plus if we sacked, he could try and sue and that drags us through the gutter. Easy to do it, even though it may not sit too well with some of us.

It's employment law unfortunately.
 
Yeah, but employment law surely has something covering an employee using underhand tactics and threatening someone (and their family) within the means of their role.
 
A dog turd in his satchel would be my bet.

Knowing us, we're probably paying someone to provide the turd too.

Oh.

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I really hope he hasn't got a payoff out of this either, he should have been sacked, so why do I get the feeling we've probably still given him something?

To make the whole thing go away quickly and quietly without compounding any PR damage which might already have been done. I don't particularly like the idea myself, but I wouldn't quarrel with it from a pragmatic point of view.
 
Thanks for that Sean - ( 162 games really ? ) but if they made massive purchases in 2011 which appeared to be delivering, would it not have been the manager who was deserving of the fans ire. Sounds like they royally fucked up with this Valentine chap - he came across as a complete knob in the documentary.

The fact that they are reining in their spending now is a bit of a worry, would it be a fair assessment that they are good on the commercial side of the club but hopeless as far as strategy is concerned on the playing side?
Trust me. The big buys did not deliver. They were the Carroll, Downing, Cole and Henderson of baseball.
 
That's not true, Sean - Those comparisons are very unfair. But I'll not get into a baseball argument with you here... The Sox were shite last season, absolutely. But there were several reasons behind that - yes, the biggest one being the fuckwit that was manager - and it's not just that big name signings didn't produce. That's one year over the past decade, in fairness, and immediate and appropriate changes have been been made to rectify this.

Sadly, now that Toronto have turned into Man City overnight, that may not matter next season!
 
Lizards is the right term for them. They will look to sell as soon as is possible. Years of unsettlement ahead. I wish they would just fuck off.
 
Lizards is the right term for them. They will look to sell as soon as is possible. Years of unsettlement ahead. I wish they would just fuck off.

Have you heard something from your SOS pals?
 
Lizards is the right term for them. They will look to sell as soon as is possible. Years of unsettlement ahead. I wish they would just fuck off.

Define "possible". I don't think they'll do it unless/until they reckon they'll make decent money on the deal, and incidentally there's zero guarantee that any new owners coming in will be any better than they are, or any more likely to stick around.
 
I think until a new stadium is built there will always be questions about commitment.

They've also spent little on transfers given the transfer fees in and the wages saved to date.

I expect the two go hand in hand but the real sea change won't happen until match day revenue increases.
 
It never looked anything other than opportunistic alien lizard scum. And if I've learned anything in this life, if it walks like opportunistic alien lizard scum and talks like opportunistic alien lizard scum there's a fucking good chance it's a pedophile dinosaur from another star system.
 
It never looked anything other than opportunistic alien lizard scum. And if I've learned anything in this life, if it walks like opportunistic alien lizard scum and talks like opportunistic alien lizard scum there's a fucking good chance it's a pedophile dinosaur from another star system.
Come on... Give them a chance!
 
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