Not entirely sure it was relevant to match Scally with a Prime Minister who has barely had five minutes to try and tidy up the mess that the clowns of the last 14 years have left. If you have a gripe with the incumbent government you can take it up at the next election. We only have ONE opportunity to remove Mr Scally as a Director however.
Of course it wasn't relevant to connect Scally with Starmer.... I was being mischievous -although I guess you'd have seen the similarity of snouts in troughs etc. ... AND - whilst I can't wait for the next General Election - I'm not sure that getting rid of Scally will be as simple as removing him from the Board. Whilst I expect that Scally won't be at the 'top table' - all the time he remains a significant shareholder, he will continue to take our cash ( by dividends ), even if not through consultancy fees...... and, moving forward - if the Club flourishes under Brad, the more it increases in value, the greater Scally's shares will be worth. Realistically, the Club needs to find a way of buying Scally's shares and paying him off - once-and-for-good !
Are you all pleased with yourselves ?............ So - you think that Scally is gone ! I am happy that Scally is no longer on the Board - and that (( as I understand )), he no longer receives 'consultancy' fees - BUT - with his 30% share he will still receive dividends - and benefit from any increase in the value of GFC........ and, as I will sit in my Gordon Road Stand seat, I will look across to the 'splendid' Main Stand and think to myself , that with his 30% shareholding, Scally owns that ! (basically)
Ok I'll tell you where I am at with this... As you all know I've never been a Scally Out supporter, in fact I use to try and defend his ways...but over the years what I saw, whether accurate or not, was him continually stirring sections of the fans up. Now let's get something straight before I go any further...it's not right to abuse him or his family, it's never been right nor to send malicious messages to him, nor do any criminal damage at the club, no matter how minor. However, PS way of responding to social media in my eyes, was that of a dinosaur...I'm a dinosaur so that allows me to call him one, because he's older than me. I've said countless times, get yourself a PA or an advisor that knows how to handle social media, and more importantly any trolls. Btw I think Brad and Shannon handle it superbly, a lesson in how it should be handled, you can't please all the people all the time, but at the very least know when to shut up, and when to drop a subject....something I felt our previous chairman struggled to deal with many a time, and often left me with my head in my hands muttering please shut the &^*£ up. It's advice it's guidance from me nowt more. Now when the new owners bought the club, to which I was delighted and very much still am - I was somewhat surprised to see a certain person still held a stake in the club. Now as much as I can understand all the reasons behind that, and although I accepted it, it didn't sit comfortably with me, simply because it said to me, trouble ahead, we all know what he's like....and here we are. I was even more shocked to read in that recent article it was as much as 30% YOU WHAT...30% - now we have a problem. My hope when we kept him on is that he would be a sleeping partner....how foolish of me, he don't know how to sleep, it's who he is. So now we got to go through the lawyers. So yes @alwaysright he owns the equivalent of the Medway Stand, that you get to look at, week in, week out...somehow that's kind of funny lol when actually it's not.....So sorry, brb will stop laughing. Oh well that's life, if that is how the deal was done we are going to have to suck it up and blow bubbles like a little kid on the naughty step....or these lawyers will all have to come to some sort of agreement that Mr Scally goes to sleep, goes away, but will be rewarded with the terms of the sale as agreed, but only IF he abides by the conditions. He's earned himself a lifetime wage, am I happy with that, no, but after 30 years we have to face fact you can't always have what you might like. Am I glad he's no longer a director, you bet I am, as I said I think the new owners are brilliant and have invested well in the club I love....ask me the same question in another 30 years, although unless by some sort of miracle I start knocking a hundred I'll never know....one Scallywag in a lifetime is enough....thank god!
brb - it's absolutely useless to expect that Scally can understand anything relating to human relationships ( I'll contain myself to only business matters.) We all know that Scally has had numerous PR disasters - Pulis, Mc Cammon (( with a side issue of racism )), Evans --- among others ! He, or rather, the Club, has desperately needed proper PR....Scally is indeed a 'dinosaur' with skin very thick - so thick that he cannot understand the extent and multiple reasons why he is HATED by the fans...... ....and yet (( although you can laugh at me as much as you like - and I won't hate you for it )), it will be Scally who will have the last laugh... He will drag the Club through the court - in a vain hope to be 're-instated' to the Board....it will cost thousands in legal fees - and he will still have ownership of what amounts to the Medway Stand.
You are right mate, but sadly that's business. If I owned 30% of something, I wouldn't care what anyone thought of me, I still own 30% of it. Now IF the club does well under the Galinsons which we all expect it to, it will be 30% of something more valuable, like investing in gold. So Scally could be the grim reaper for all I care, he placed his stake which was accepted at the time of the deal and regardless of any behaviours since, he still owns 30%. I see two options here. 1. The Garlinsons buy out his remaining 30% at what will no doubt be an inflated price. 2. He keeps his 30% and just sleeps and happily resides in Dubai or whatever other location he fancies. I'd prefer the first option but can the new owners afford it and would he sell.
Having your cake, eating 70% of it and still wanting the icing ! Shall I p you off even further....... We all know that Scally has ownership of 30% of the shares ( value ) of GFC..... I hope that nobody is forgetting that - for the privilege of owning a majority share in GFC, the Galinsons have had to give Scally cash to the equivalent of 70% of the value of the Club..... Hence the title in this post.
The saga continues...... Expect this to be on the BBC South East today at 18:30 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74lqqp24ljo