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Priti priti priti Patel

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  1. 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!
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Twenty years ago with the drummer and a middle aged man shouting Blue Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmy. Better days.
  7. Not sure if I've missed something, what announcement? Beggars belief his sacking hasn't been announced this evening.
  8. 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
  9. I don't personally understand the logic that the board have dodged the issue by announcing they're leaving. Legally, they still have responsibilities to the club. Of more consequence to them, you would think, is their own legacy and whether they want to be the directors that see us relegated to the fourth tier for the first ever time. Edit: Ah, @bod has just posted this while I was typing: That would make sense if it was their own money, but it's not.
  10. A lesson in how meaningless tv punditry is.
  11. Neither your nor I (nor any other shareholder) gets a vote on who anyone else sells shares to. In any event, there's no need to buy a controlling interest to be appointed to the board. Being a director and being an owner are completely separate roles. Directors are appointed by owners. The line just tends to get blurred because often at football clubs the owners will appoint themselves or their relatives.
  12. Find it mad that people on social media (less so on here) are bemoaning the board's resignation. There can be little doubt that their tenure has been a failure. When they came in we were challenging at the top of the second tier. They're leaving with us struggling at the bottom of the third tier, our crowds between 1/3 and a 1/4 of what they were and should be, the stadium a wreck, and the relationship with fans in tatters. Yes, there is a risk the new board won't be great, only time will tell, but it's not as if the outgoing board has been very good itself.
  13. On the half time feature last night he described the bad run as "6 or 7 games".
  14. The line from Bartley will be "three set pieces. Three individual errors".
  15. I will get pelters for mentioning this. It's not a question anyone really wants to ask, but I think it every time I see how well our community work is doing. Is there any evidence this actually benefits the club? Dan's clearly v hard working, talented, and enthusiastic about the community stuff. He's also the commercial manager but that side of the club doesn't seem to be doing anywhere near as well, and I only ever hear of his work in the context of non-profit bearing activities.
  16. Funnily enough he's played four times in the English Premier League! Obviously high hopes for the boy but not worked out. Wonder if we'll bill this like that time Morton signed a player with "Champions League pedigree".
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