Yeah, that they wanted Parkinson out mate
That would've been a fair statement and to demand that or significant investment before January makes sense. What they did didn't and has only deepened the crisis and divided people further.
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That would've been a fair statement and to demand that or significant investment before January makes sense. What they did didn't and has only deepened the crisis and divided people further.
I don’t think there’s a crisis at all. We’re winning games again which is all anyone ultimately cares about. The Donald stuff has been going on in the background since the summer. And I’m not convinced he would have spent this month anyway.Yeah, that they wanted Parkinson out mate
That would've been a fair statement and to demand that or significant investment before January makes sense. What they did didn't and has only deepened the crisis and divided people further.
This. If the right offer came along I'd hope he sells but I wasn't at the protesting in the ground stage. If he invested well this window (I know he hasn't previously but still) and we went up then, although I'd still be concerned about the lack of structure, I'd be happy enough tbh. Tell him we expect a massive improvement from January onwards including some ambitious signings, but a "get out" when it's too late to sell before the window seems ill judged. Equally if we knew FPP weren't just waiting to take over even less would be keen to push him out now, we've no idea who might buy us and that's got to be a concern, especially if things with Donald get adversarial.
This last bit has to be the main concern, I feel. At the moment, all sides can climb down from their positions and Donald's enthusiasm can be reignited. If there is any more animosity, he could decide that he doesn't care anymore and that would make things much worse.
Stuart Donald aligned himself with social media from day 1 at SAFC, so he naively put himself in that firing line.
I genuinely want to believe him when he speaks, but there is too much evidence to the contrary now. I don't trust his ability to find a suitable replacement for Parkinson, and I don't trust his mates in recruitment to transform our season in this transfer window.
It is a sad end to something that promised so much, and promotion last season wasn't too much to deliver
I genuinely want to believe him when he speaks, but there is too much evidence to the contrary now. I don't trust his ability to find a suitable replacement for Parkinson, and I don't trust his mates in recruitment to transform our season in this transfer window.
It is a sad end to something that promised so much, and promotion last season wasn't too much to deliver
We're looking slightly better but we're not out of the woods yet mate.
Tell you what, for hard football fans we arent half easily offended by words, generally misread too.
The majority wanted him gone when we were licking our lips in anticipation at the prospect of an American takeover. Now those are wanting him gone either in hope that that will reignite the American takeover or are angry and blaming him for the 'takeover' fiasco. If not for the way the takeover was handled by club, media and supporters he wouldn't have been under half as much pressure at the moment.
You know that for certain do you or is it just an opinion - much like mine? You have no idea how many proper supporters want them out and how many back or how many, like me,, are completely apathetic to all of it.
I'm not bothered who's running our club, only thing that matters to me is how things are going on the pitch. The side is playing much better the last few games so that's all that matters to me. I'm not bothered whether dDonald stays or not as I know nothing about what is actually true and what isn't. Unlike the never sarcastic @FulwellBri who simply knows EVERYTHING going on at the club as fact and not opinion
Grow up man! You’re embarrassing yourself and generally looking like a spoilt brat
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The whole situation is embarrassing, from both sides of the argument
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Venal upstart, so you consider Donald has been open to bribery and corruption in his running of the club?
What a load of bollocks you talk as usual, you are absolutely loving being as negative as you possibly can.
I have a gut feeling things will be rocking from now on the players have learnt how not to get booed wasn’t to hard was it.
I get your point, “better the devil you know” etc etc, but the bit I don’t agree with is his enthusiasm? It’s not about that imho, it’s his ability that’s the issue. He’s way way out of his depth, and just blusters along, says first thing that comes into his head and hasn’t the resources to move us forward.
Under his stewardship this club hasn’t just stagnated it’s dying, our academy gave us Liverpool and England captains, England’s keeper and many decent players. We’re now on the longest worst run in the clubs history at the reserve and youth level, with nothing coming through of any note. Our first team is struggling to make an impact in the third division and he has the audacity to turn this on the fans, he should hang his head in shame.
If he simply said this was a bigger job than I thought, I haven’t the skill or resources to get it done, most fans would welcome him back any time, but to now throw this pr bullshit up, he needs to just **** off, before he does us any more damage.
What I was getting at is that it's better to have a crap owner who cares about the club than any owner who actively dislikes the fan base.
The groups demanding he sell the club, rather than demanding decent recruitment and investment in January, were at best ill-advised and at worst plain stupid. For SD to respond in the way he has is either childish or disingenuous