Priti priti priti Patel

It won't cost the BOD a penny. Directors are employees, same as the bar staff, or any other employee.

Let's discuss the elements that go into managing Queens and how he has done. I live out of country so mainly just see highlights, so others will be better placed to complete these than me. Quality of Football Negative, uninspired, players collapse at the first sign of adversity. Results Worst season for decades. Signings 26 man squad but players out of position because, in his words, most of his signings aren't good enough. Youth Development Loan players over home grown, deliberately reducing Gibson's game time, no young players have emerged (loan or otherwise). Player Man Management Playstation gate, randomly dropping players, fallings out with various squad members, obsessive focus on individual errors, etc Upward Management (BOD) Well he's still in a job, so.... Public Relations Repetitive interviews, shirking responsibility, Playstation gate, Arsenal, etc.

Minimum three directors to transact business per the articles. Also, "one man board of director"

30/1 on an acca for Queens to lose and Annan to win.

FTFMB

There is an inherent contradiction in your post. See bold above. I see no reason to believe that Bartley remaining in post is a function of the board's imminent departure, rather than just the application of their usual poor judgment and passivity. @Otis Blue see above - no need for me to repeat this on two separate threads!

Disagree with most of this. It is good news the board are stepping down. I think it has come too late. I hardly think the fact that we are in such a shit state under their leadership is grounds for them to grant themselves a reprieve from the axe. Their stewardship after our relegation from the Championship has been piss poor. There is no reason to think it would be better after our relegation from League One. You are applying the same logic Bartley has applied in his most recent post-match interview, suggesting he should stick around to "drag this club" out of the very mess he created. In any event, we are not a rudderless ship, notwithstanding the board have announced they are stepping down. They can and are still exercising their powers as directors. They can still make decisions, including the decision to sack Bartley. There is no reason to believe that the fact they are stepping down at the end of the season has influenced their decision to retain him. Correlation does not equal causation.

This is just factually incorrect. We do have a board in place. You can check Companies House. They are still required to hold board meetings and perform all the functions of a board. It's almost certain they are doing so, since there will be various expenses they will have to authorise are paid, e.g. HMRC bills, suppliers, players' wages, etc. They also have no clear incentive not to sack him by reason of the fact they are stepping down: again, directors do not spend their own money. They are effectively employees, just the highest pay grade within the company. The only reason they would have for not sacking him is that they judge it is not in the club's best interests to do so, for example because they think he is doing a good job, or he will salvage it, or it would cost too much, or relegation is a justifiable risk to let the next board have the decision. You can question that judgment, I think everyone questions it. However, it's just factually incorrect to suggest that either (a) they have already stepped down, or (b) it is in their own interests not to sack him: they have nothing of their own interests on the line.

It's the wee bit at the end where he goes "I will drag this team where it needs to be at the end of the season" that gives me the fear. He obviously won't. He says it with total conviction whilst having no clue how to be a manager. It's just a deluded, self-soothing ramble. It really brought home to me that we probably are about to get relegated. There needs to be a protest by the Lochfield Road entrance or something at the Kelty game because Bartley remaining in post is vandalism.

Looks to me like a man who didn't realise it would be this hard and is gutted he can't do it. But, if that's the case, just walk away. It's a year of salary for him but it's our whole fucking football club.

Twenty years ago with the drummer and a middle aged man shouting Blue Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmy. Better days.

Not sure if I've missed something, what announcement? Beggars belief his sacking hasn't been announced this evening.

Time for Bartley to say his

On a completely different subject, I see Dan Pybus has been called up by England (sort of): England C squad named for game with Wales | England Football