MacDonald preferred to wait on signings (From Swindon Advertiser)

Piccareta going public after 5 days leaves a bitter taste.

I had a dream last night that PDC was brought back. Although the fans were singing his name I stood in silence thinking that it was a bad move given the way events have been played out.

Kev Mac is saying and doing all the right things.

Piccareta going public after 5 days leaves a bitter taste.

I had a dream last night that PDC was brought back. Although the fans were singing his name I stood in silence thinking that it was a bad move given the way events have been played out.

Kev Mac is saying and doing all the right things.

Sorted out today? Just like the take over?
Don't this bloke write some rubbish?
O&u

Another reason why the italians walked..

As the takeover was pushed through so that the club could not go in2 administration there was still plenty off paper work to sort out..
So there4 NO NEW PLAYERS..

BUT the italian being what he was had a tantrum and cried we need more player this is a breach off my contract...

This is how much they thought of STFC. They still wonted to SPEND SPEND SPEND

Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

What a difference eh...... as much as I respected PDC and loved some of his ways he appeared to lack the necessary with buying players. Appeared to work on the theory buy 6 and hopefully 2 will be okay, and one of those 2 I'll fall out with.

Swindon1984 wrote:
Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

So we do have a scouting set up in place, I thought it had been disbanded in favour of Phil Spencer.

Think Kevin might have more luck on the phone to people he knows than going to matches, unless of course he does have a specific target he's looking at..

Perhaps those to dodgy looking blokes that have been tailing me all week are scouts then?
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Although I've not kicked a ball in anger..

*two* doh

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote:
Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."[
Sam is a sports journalist not an investigative journalist. Get a grip; it's hardly Watergate is it?

If we get promoted this season full praise will need to go to the players after all the goings on at our club this year you couldnt make it up.
Embargo's - players falling out with management-threat of administration-manag
er walking out- new takeover- another embargo blimey it goes on.

I have to say this embargo situation should be sorted and lets hope as reported it's today or Monday as any more injuries and we will be vulnerable especially in midfield.

Tomorrow will be a very tough game as Walsall are playing very well and it may suit us if Walsall play an open game unlikr most teams who look to get everyone behind the ball and counter attack.
We need to get our home form back on track and if results go our way we could go back to the top.
Good luck KM in your first home game and lets give him a great reception.

peatmoor pirate wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote: Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."

Thank you for the thoughts on Hugo De Burgh peatmore. Very enlightening. I'll send a copy to that nice Mr Murdoch!

I can't agree though that Sam's reporting output has been good of late. I think it has been poor. You don't have to even be an 'investigative' reporter to ask some pertinent questions around the patch about the 'E' word

This is from a reporter who castigated some Fans in a column when we raised the alarm when suddenly and out of the blue the 'A' word was thrown in by Patey. We had lost our grip over that apparently - but it turned out to be a very close call.

No, it's not Watergate. You may be happy with the scraps of information coming from SN1 over this latest transfer embargo.

Does anyone actually know if this is a continuation of the one in place when the outgoing board were in place or is this a new one since the new board took over. We dont even get that level of information. I actually thing it is of great importance.

Really warming to Kevin Mac. He's calm and the players seem to have warmed to him too. Our previous leader would have bought half the football league by now.

old town robin wrote:
So we do have a scouting set up in place, I thought it had been disbanded in favour of Phil Spencer.

Think Kevin might have more luck on the phone to people he knows than going to matches, unless of course he does have a specific target he's looking at..

can you see players down the phone then

peatmoor pirate wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote:
Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."

Top post,
It's about time Sam was given some credit for his considerable efforts.

He works some pretty long hours to ensure we have interesting and informative articles to read.

There is always something to read on this site from 6am, often with updates and/or breaking news stories as the day goes on.

In addition he is often found to be tweeting snippets or having discussions with others about STFC til gone midnight.

Thats an 18 hour day!

I'll wager there aren't too many posters on here that are that committed to their jobs.

Show some respect!!!

Kevs first test and Jeds is now apparant, Will Jed support Kev? We are in desperate need of players if the new board and manager are serious about promotion then it has to be done as soon as the embargo is lifted!

I thought the scouting network consisted of 5 former lower league managers including Nicky Forster
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They were meant to be the ones responsible for identifying Devera, Connell and Smith - there was an article about it on here once
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I don't agree we are in desperate need of players as we are able to name the full 18
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Players like Devera coming back from injury and L.Rooney not being banished to the youths are like new signings
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If we go the same starting XI as Coventry we have A.Rooney and RDV covering the forward postions
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RDV and L.Rooney covering the wings
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Navarro and Louis Thompson covering the centre of midfield
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Devera covering the entire back line with Bedwell covering Wes
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I say Louis - as if he is to be offered a deal in the summer we should not be scared to use him as a sub now!
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So you could also add Oakley in there too
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As I said the other day would much prefer him assess the current lads and give them every opportunity to show what they can do so when he does sign someone they will make an impact

we need at least 3 more player for the run in playing kids at this stage wont work

London Red wrote:
I thought the scouting network consisted of 5 former lower league managers including Nicky Forster . They were meant to be the ones responsible for identifying Devera, Connell and Smith - there was an article about it on here once . I don't agree we are in desperate need of players as we are able to name the full 18 . Players like Devera coming back from injury and L.Rooney not being banished to the youths are like new signings . If we go the same starting XI as Coventry we have A.Rooney and RDV covering the forward postions . RDV and L.Rooney covering the wings . Navarro and Louis Thompson covering the centre of midfield . Devera covering the entire back line with Bedwell covering Wes . I say Louis - as if he is to be offered a deal in the summer we should not be scared to use him as a sub now! . So you could also add Oakley in there too . As I said the other day would much prefer him assess the current lads and give them every opportunity to show what they can do so when he does sign someone they will make an impact

Agree numbers are good although Oakley now injured

GK - Wes / Bedwell
DF - Devera, Thompson, Flint, Ward, McEveley, C Smith
CM - Navarro, Miller, Ferry, Macca, L Thompson
LM / RM / ST - RDV, Roberts, L Rooney, Collins, Williams, A Rooney

L Rooney, Devera and CM Macca
give us a bit more depth.

What about Cox - still here?

As it stands I would like a little more cover and a little more quality in certain areas. There's one or two not in good form at the moment.

Winger, striker then CM in that order for me.

But KMac quite right to give the squad 3 games to assess it all properly. 3 tough games as well.

The biggest disappointment for me concerning the embargo is the fact that the club has given us no explanation of how it has arisent or how it is going to be lifted, while being quite happy to talk of new signings, as if they can happen at the drop of a hat. Whether MacDonald actually wants any new players is a separate matter. I find the lack of communication very unsettling. There are now 3 stories of unpaid football debts doing the rounds. Isn't it in McCrory's and the club's best interests to tell us what's going on?

"arisen"

It was said on here 2 weeks ago that we owe Shrews 20k and was acknowledged by Jed. How will the embargo be lifted ? well I guess we'll just pay the bill.

Im impressed with what Kev has had to say so far. Regardless of the fiasco that happened (thats not meant dismiss it) Paolo did a good job in building a decent team and getting us to be probably the fittest I've ever seen us whilst generally playing v good style. Now with Kev in charge I hope he can continue whilst giving the youngsters a chance, something both Paolo and Wilson were slightly relucant with. However I do believe we need a couple more experienced bodies in there as maybe a promotion chase from March is not the time to be blooding youngsters if we do get more injuries. The current players deserve huge credit for getting us into this position despite everything thats happened but I do think they may need a little help to get us over the line...

Stilloyal wrote:
It was said on here 2 weeks ago that we owe Shrews 20k and was acknowledged by Jed. How will the embargo be lifted ? well I guess we'll just pay the bill.

After all 20k is hardly a fortune in football terms when compared to players and managers wages.
Are there any more skeletons in the cupboard?

Stilloyal wrote:
It was said on here 2 weeks ago that we owe Shrews 20k and was acknowledged by Jed. How will the embargo be lifted ? well I guess we'll just pay the bill.

OK loyal, but wouldn't it be useful to know a bit more about it? Do we even know for sure that the embargo is related to the Shrewsbury payment? Is it true that we have failed to pay wages to the former coaching staff and a former player? You obviously have a more relaxed view of all this than some of us. Let's hope our concern is unfounded.

Cox is at Plymouth. Can't be doing that badly as he played most of their recent win over relegation rivals Barnet. Shame also that Benson was loaned out before Big Mac arrived; he and Pack are the star performers in Cheltenham's promotion push. Luke Rooney seems to be taking this opportunity with both hands and set up the winner for Ward on Saturday. I think the players we have are quality and have prove their commitment week in, week out. I would like to see Louis & Miles spend more time on the pitch more rather than a stop-gap mercenary. Bring back Billy Bodin if we need a winger; we need to build from our youth system and give our young players the opportunity to show us what they can do. How many more tickets would we sell if we had more local lads in the team?

As far as I can see a whole new atmosphere has taken over the club, a better calmer but more constructive one where people can relax and do their job better without the fear of recriminations.

One volunteer has always been better than ten pressed men.

I'm looking forward to tomorrows game re assured that the team will come out looking to repeat that winning performance of last week, and also resting easier in my mind that we have an experienced manager who will address what he sees as an issue and not somebody who is going to rant and rave and have a knee jerk reaction to the slightest indiscretion.
He may not provide extra entertainment in the dug out, but it seems his eyes miss very little and that he looks to improve rather than criticise players.

So there is a small hitch preventing new players coming in, well compared to the major problem of administration it is not that important as we are 3rd in the league with Devera coming back from injury and Luke Rooney back in the team. Anyone who went to Coventry can see the difference the 2 Rooneys made to the overall performance. McCormack back in midfield is obviously a radical new approach in that we are going to put players in their best postitions, midfielders in midfield, wideplayers out wide, left footed players on the left etc! The new manager is calm and obviously knows what he is doing and I can actually understand his post match interviews. Even if he did bring new players in how long would it take them to get their fitness levels up and get into the team? Personally I am not bothered 3 points on Saturday and a point against Brentford will do me, less then he brings players in more then he can wait. Storey will be here next season, so will the 2 Thompsons and if he brings other youth team players through so much the better and of course there is always Caddis. Season ticket prices are the same price, what passes for coffee will probably be £2.50 next season so good news there and if we are promoted then the ticket will be a bargain. So all in all life if rosy if not even red. COYRs.

what a difference it makes having a MAN as a manager and not a spoilt CHILD!

When under the transfer embargo during PDC's reign it was all 'disaster',
'me,me,me and how can I win games unless I have 4 or 5 new players'.

KM just says 'ah well it gives me a chance to have a longer look at what I need'

Love it!...bring on tomorrow cant wait to cheer on our boys!!

Oi Den! wrote:
The biggest disappointment for me concerning the embargo is the fact that the club has given us no explanation of how it has arisent or how it is going to be lifted, while being quite happy to talk of new signings, as if they can happen at the drop of a hat. Whether MacDonald actually wants any new players is a separate matter. I find the lack of communication very unsettling. There are now 3 stories of unpaid football debts doing the rounds. Isn't it in McCrory's and the club's best interests to tell us what's going on?

Completely agree with your post Den.

Whatever new atmosphere has been created within the dressing room, an atmosphere of secrecy has been created without it!

Why stories of unpaid bills and wages already? Why the (new?) embargo? Who are the two mystery investors? Are there actually any? Do they actually have real money to pay these debts or is the 'A' word not far from our lips again? Was the (ongoing?) embargo the real reason for the abrupt departure of Di Canio?

Nothing has come from the club as you rightly say Den.I still have worries about this whole thing and it about time that a statement was made on the embargo situation at least by the club

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:
Another reason why the italians walked..

As the takeover was pushed through so that the club could not go in2 administration there was still plenty off paper work to sort out..
So there4 NO NEW PLAYERS..

BUT the italian being what he was had a tantrum and cried we need more player this is a breach off my contract...

This is how much they thought of STFC. They still wonted to SPEND SPEND SPEND

You should meet my Mrs Dazza. No different.
SPEND SPEND SPEND......although she ain't walked after 10 years.

Fernham Red wrote:
Cox is at Plymouth. Can't be doing that badly as he played most of their recent win over relegation rivals Barnet. Shame also that Benson was loaned out before Big Mac arrived; he and Pack are the star performers in Cheltenham's promotion push. Luke Rooney seems to be taking this opportunity with both hands and set up the winner for Ward on Saturday. I think the players we have are quality and have prove their commitment week in, week out. I would like to see Louis & Miles spend more time on the pitch more rather than a stop-gap mercenary. Bring back Billy Bodin if we need a winger; we need to build from our youth system and give our young players the opportunity to show us what they can do. How many more tickets would we sell if we had more local lads in the team?

You would bring back Billy Bodin as a winger in a promotion battle in Div 1 ?

The gulf in class from Div 2 to 1 is big.

I watched Leicester v Leeds this week and again the gulf in class is even bigger Championship to Div 1.
If we did (massive task) get up this season with our current squad and set up we would be immediately be in a relegation struggle next season unless we strengthened fairly significantly. Sad to say it but I am being realistic.

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:
Another reason why the italians walked..

As the takeover was pushed through so that the club could not go in2 administration there was still plenty off paper work to sort out..
So there4 NO NEW PLAYERS..

BUT the italian being what he was had a tantrum and cried we need more player this is a breach off my contract...

This is how much they thought of STFC. They still wonted to SPEND SPEND SPEND

You should meet my Mrs Dazza. No different.
SPEND SPEND SPEND......although she ain't walked after 10 years.

That's cause you let her Spend,Spend,Spend!Du
key cut off the Money just like Black did to Paolo and it might be a different story!LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Fernham Red - didnt we sell Billy Bodin and not loan him out or did i miss something?

Typical if its not he we do not mention its one of his back room boys , 18 months they were in the papers on a Friday , Saturday and Sunday , now the spotlight has moved away so each week they have to drag something up . Fair play Kevin you do it your way , those that saw you at work at Coventry and a lot that did'nt are right behind you . You will be a bit closer to the Fans at the Theatre of Shattered Dreams though so no hiding tomorrow Kevin , be Loud and Proud .

Kevin Mac he has a team
Ess Tee , Ess Tee , Eff Cee
In that team a Goaaalieeee
Wes Lieee , Wesliee, Weslieee

Cider time Nurese . COYR

STFCSteve1980 wrote:
Fernham Red - didnt we sell Billy Bodin and not loan him out or did i miss something?

sold him for around 75k if I remeber rightly.

peatmoor pirate wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote: Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."

Thanks, was going to point that out myself - investigative journalism isn't anything to do with sports journalism, which is essentially reporting on what the club says at press conferences, interviewing post match, etc. It's not like they're going undercover exposing corruption within the club is it?

Have to make this point again as well, you're getting news about the town for free, no-one's in that strong a position to complain.

If the reporting's that bad, people are free to go and find out what's going on at the club themselves. They can't and won't though. It's far easier to criticise from behind a screen (and then slag me off for commenting that perhaps the reporting of the adver isn't so bad after all).

On a lighter note, bring on Walsall tomorrow, will great to welcome Mr McDonald to the county ground, and even better to do so with a win.

HOOKEY wrote:

old town robin wrote:
So we do have a scouting set up in place, I thought it had been disbanded in favour of Phil Spencer.

Think Kevin might have more luck on the phone to people he knows than going to matches, unless of course he does have a specific target he's looking at..

can you see players down the phone then

Is Friday the day you put your dippy hat on and ask stupid questions like why do we have a stand called the Arkells.

Kev has been in the game a long time, he should have a pretty good idea what players he thinks might slot in nicely with what he has, if he has an interest in someone most people with common sense would pick up the phone and ask the players manager if that player is available.

Now stop asking silly questions and being a clever dick and get on with your homework there's a good boy.

hertz wrote:
Typical if its not he we do not mention its one of his back room boys , 18 months they were in the papers on a Friday , Saturday and Sunday , now the spotlight has moved away so each week they have to drag something up . Fair play Kevin you do it your way , those that saw you at work at Coventry and a lot that did'nt are right behind you . You will be a bit closer to the Fans at the Theatre of Shattered Dreams though so no hiding tomorrow Kevin , be Loud and Proud .

Kevin Mac he has a team
Ess Tee , Ess Tee , Eff Cee
In that team a Goaaalieeee
Wes Lieee , Wesliee, Weslieee

Cider time Nurese . COYR

really

London Red wrote:
I thought the scouting network consisted of 5 former lower league managers including Nicky Forster
.
They were meant to be the ones responsible for identifying Devera, Connell and Smith - there was an article about it on here once
.
I don't agree we are in desperate need of players as we are able to name the full 18
.
Players like Devera coming back from injury and L.Rooney not being banished to the youths are like new signings
.
If we go the same starting XI as Coventry we have A.Rooney and RDV covering the forward postions
.
RDV and L.Rooney covering the wings
.
Navarro and Louis Thompson covering the centre of midfield
.
Devera covering the entire back line with Bedwell covering Wes
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I say Louis - as if he is to be offered a deal in the summer we should not be scared to use him as a sub now!
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So you could also add Oakley in there too
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As I said the other day would much prefer him assess the current lads and give them every opportunity to show what they can do so when he does sign someone they will make an impact

LR, I think Oakley was reported to be out for the rest of the season with a foot injury

The Q&A with the board tomorrow is the perfect opportunity to raise these questions
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SM was named by FP - and as he is going to be there he would be the perfect person to clarify what is going on there
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He hopefully will also be able to clarify what is going on in relation to the embargo - is it related to FP? JC/Shrewsbury? or anything else to do with the takeover?
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I'm sure someone who is a regualr on here will be able to attend/planning to attend or knows someone who is and can raise some questions
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Or better still hopefully Sam and Andrew will be there (as they are paid to cover the matches) and will record the whole thing - then in the 2 hours between it ending and Kick Off they could write it up an add it to the matchday live thread to allow people unable to get there to see what was asked and what the responses were (or if not then on Monday)
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Also a good idea would be for them to put up a thread - Ask the board so people can post questions there which could be given to the board to answer
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All Q&As should have a section of questions from people unable to attend - so maybe Sam could give a list of the top 5 posted to them and get a response for them?
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As for the backers I don't think we will ever get an answer so people will probably just need to live with not knowing who they are
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Businesses up and down the country have investors who are not in the public domain for whatever reason
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As I said before we knew Arbib's name but never heard a single word from him - did knowing his name really make the slightest difference???

hertz wrote:
Typical if its not he we do not mention its one of his back room boys , 18 months they were in the papers on a Friday , Saturday and Sunday , now the spotlight has moved away so each week they have to drag something up . Fair play Kevin you do it your way , those that saw you at work at Coventry and a lot that did'nt are right behind you . You will be a bit closer to the Fans at the Theatre of Shattered Dreams though so no hiding tomorrow Kevin , be Loud and Proud .

Kevin Mac he has a team
Ess Tee , Ess Tee , Eff Cee
In that team a Goaaalieeee
Wes Lieee , Wesliee, Weslieee

Cider time Nurese . COYR

hertz, wouldn't you want to "drag it up" if you believed somebody had reneged on a promise to pay what they owed you, whether you were an employee, another football creditor or anyone else?

Some of the U turns on here lately (not aiming this at you hertz) have to be seen to be believed. "In Paolo we trust", "Paolo is an honourable man", "Paolo is committed to the club", "If you criticise Paolo, you'll drive him away; be careful what you wish for because you'll end up with Wilson/Hart/Malpas".

And now he's gone, there's barely a decent word said of the bloke. Wouldn't it be better not to indulge in grovelling hero-worship in the first place?

OTR - I agree he might be better off on the phone
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Surely he could call up Martin O'Neil (or any other manager he knows) and say - I'm looking for a attack minded CM - have you got one available you would loan to me?
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Knowing these people personally he must judge their opinion of players!
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Maybe he has already done this and he (or the scouts) have gone to watch the reserve / U21 games in order to see them in action and will now make a decision based on that????
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Did Oakley get the knock in the Armed forces Game then?

LR, a football club is not like any other business. It's at the heart of the community it represents. If you are customer of Tesco or ICI you don't expect to know who is running the show. If you are a football fan, you want to know who is looking after YOUR club. McCrory has already said he is only the front man. In other words, he is someone else's mouthpiece. I would like to know who that someone else is and what he/she/they are actually doing for our club - because so far there's precious little evidence of anything.

Den - I don't think anyone has an issue with the item being raised by FP and Co
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Its just why were they talking to Gary Rose in Manchester about it?
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As others have said do they not know the clubs number to speak to them directly? - or even have their lawyers contact the clubs?

Den - So what were Black and Arbib actually doing for our club? What were their long term aims? Why did they invest?
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We never had a single answer from them! In fact until Twitter rant we never even had heard from either of them!
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Otherwise we would not have comments like Black has been poorly portrayed or questions by yourself as why did he invest in the first place!
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We know who is looking after the club anyway - Jed, Steve Murrell, Gary Hooper and Callum Rice - that is our board of directors and who will make the decisions
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I guess we will never agree on this but if X was named what would you do with that information?
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You would be in exactly the same position now as knowing nothing about X or what X's motivation or objectives
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The only thing you could do is a quick wiki search to see if they exist on there
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Jed has clearly said we have a model and X and Y are on board and hopefully more will join in order to assist us in pushing the club forward
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I still insist finding out what Jed's model and vision is is far more important than knowing who X, Y and Z are
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That would give us the answers we actually wanted - a name just adds another question - why?

sadgit wrote:

Stilloyal wrote:
It was said on here 2 weeks ago that we owe Shrews 20k and was acknowledged by Jed. How will the embargo be lifted ? well I guess we'll just pay the bill.

After all 20k is hardly a fortune in football terms when compared to players and managers wages.
Are there any more skeletons in the cupboard?

I suspect the embargo has not been removed quickly because it's about who pays any outstanding bills. If Jed bought the club 'debt free' then the old regime will be responsible up to the point of takeover. Getting this sorted inevitably takes a little bit of time and may include some wages to the Italian 'mob'. Hope it gets straightened out very soon and that's the last of the skeletons.

London Red wrote:
OTR - I agree he might be better off on the phone
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Surely he could call up Martin O'Neil (or any other manager he knows) and say - I'm looking for a attack minded CM - have you got one available you would loan to me?
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Knowing these people personally he must judge their opinion of players!
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Maybe he has already done this and he (or the scouts) have gone to watch the reserve / U21 games in order to see them in action and will now make a decision based on that????
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Did Oakley get the knock in the Armed forces Game then?

Re ; Oakley, I think he got injured in the combined services game or training, because just before that he was all up for showing the new manager what he could do to win a new contract.Don't think this will go against him though.

The new owners surely now pay all the bills from when they take over the club.

Finances - especially wages and the Troy / Collins embargo outcome were surely top items for discussion in the takeover.

If after writing off millions of debt I doubt Jed will be playing 'Oliver' and going back to Black asking for £25k for Collins and prob £5k for the Italians.

Agree Wilesy. The club is legally responsible for its liabilities, no matter who is in control of it. I imagine that there are warranties in the agreement to cover liabilities arising from any negligence by the previous owners but I doubt that "obvious" debts like wages and transfer fees would be covered - unless the old owners did not disclose the those liabilities, which seems unthinkable and nigh on impossible.
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LR, I'm going to shut up about the owners / "investors", as I think I'm just repeating myself now. Time to wait and see.

Since 1950 wrote:

peatmoor pirate wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote: Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."

Thank you for the thoughts on Hugo De Burgh peatmore. Very enlightening. I'll send a copy to that nice Mr Murdoch!

I can't agree though that Sam's reporting output has been good of late. I think it has been poor. You don't have to even be an 'investigative' reporter to ask some pertinent questions around the patch about the 'E' word

This is from a reporter who castigated some Fans in a column when we raised the alarm when suddenly and out of the blue the 'A' word was thrown in by Patey. We had lost our grip over that apparently - but it turned out to be a very close call.

No, it's not Watergate. You may be happy with the scraps of information coming from SN1 over this latest transfer embargo.

Does anyone actually know if this is a continuation of the one in place when the outgoing board were in place or is this a new one since the new board took over. We dont even get that level of information. I actually thing it is of great importance.

I reckon that Sam knows much more than anyone. The reality is that in order to get the inside he has built up the trust and respect of the club and individuals not to spill beans at the wrong time. Paolo trusted Sam more than anyone. The adver has to protect its long term interest in stfc unlike the Daily Mail for eg who don't have any responsibility. we usually hear things first on here but only when the time is right not to prejudice situations

Oi Den! wrote:
Agree Wilesy. The club is legally responsible for its liabilities, no matter who is in control of it. I imagine that there are warranties in the agreement to cover liabilities arising from any negligence by the previous owners but I doubt that "obvious" debts like wages and transfer fees would be covered - unless the old owners did not disclose the those liabilities, which seems unthinkable and nigh on impossible.
.
LR, I'm going to shut up about the owners / "investors", as I think I'm just repeating myself now. Time to wait and see.

I'm not into this sort of thing but wouldn't a search at Companies House reveal the names of all the parties who have a stake in the club company which owns the club, Den, LR, anyone ???

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:
Another reason why the italians walked..

As the takeover was pushed through so that the club could not go in2 administration there was still plenty off paper work to sort out..
So there4 NO NEW PLAYERS..

BUT the italian being what he was had a tantrum and cried we need more player this is a breach off my contract...

This is how much they thought of STFC. They still wonted to SPEND SPEND SPEND

You should meet my Mrs Dazza. No different.
SPEND SPEND SPEND......although she ain't walked after 10 years.

Haha just read this as mine got off the phone to tell me she is off shopping and that doesn't happen when she is off food shopping and another scary thing happened when she asked "anything you need picking up honey" now believe me that`s not normal i think she is off on a spend spend spend and my bank account is trembling.I`m watching on-line with a face only a mother could love:O) it was easier when my sons were young because they kept her occupied.


Love the optimism of a lot posters lately lets hope that doesn't change to drastically if we slip up over the next week or so,fingers crossed we don't.
Enjoy the day tomorrow Dukey.

Wiz - think thar would only work if they are directors of Seebeck 87
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If they are just shareholders in that they will again remain unnamed
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Same way you won't find me listed in any of the public info on STFC

Steve. Brentford wrote:

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:
Another reason why the italians walked..

As the takeover was pushed through so that the club could not go in2 administration there was still plenty off paper work to sort out..
So there4 NO NEW PLAYERS..

BUT the italian being what he was had a tantrum and cried we need more player this is a breach off my contract...

This is how much they thought of STFC. They still wonted to SPEND SPEND SPEND

You should meet my Mrs Dazza. No different.
SPEND SPEND SPEND......although she ain't walked after 10 years.

Haha just read this as mine got off the phone to tell me she is off shopping and that doesn't happen when she is off food shopping and another scary thing happened when she asked "anything you need picking up honey" now believe me that`s not normal i think she is off on a spend spend spend and my bank account is trembling.I`m watching on-line with a face only a mother could love:O) it was easier when my sons were young because they kept her occupied.


Love the optimism of a lot posters lately lets hope that doesn't change to drastically if we slip up over the next week or so,fingers crossed we don't.
Enjoy the day tomorrow Dukey.

Top Man Stevo.....Early start tomorrow. Train out of Banbury at 9.00am.
Jolly Boys outing all Swindon fans.

We have one from Preston, one from London, and another from Surrey.
Only 2 from Swindon.....poor show.
The other 7 are all from Oxfordshire :)

.....Stop her from spending kid :) ....Single accounts is the remedy and give her a "wad" for the food shopping.

If she goes into the tackle shop and brings back your bait she gets a bonus.

Easy..............Mi
nd you she can rant like PDC.

Steve. Brentford wrote:

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote: Another reason why the italians walked.. As the takeover was pushed through so that the club could not go in2 administration there was still plenty off paper work to sort out.. So there4 NO NEW PLAYERS.. BUT the italian being what he was had a tantrum and cried we need more player this is a breach off my contract... This is how much they thought of STFC. They still wonted to SPEND SPEND SPEND

You should meet my Mrs Dazza. No different. SPEND SPEND SPEND......although she ain't walked after 10 years.

Haha just read this as mine got off the phone to tell me she is off shopping and that doesn't happen when she is off food shopping and another scary thing happened when she asked "anything you need picking up honey" now believe me that`s not normal i think she is off on a spend spend spend and my bank account is trembling.I`m watching on-line with a face only a mother could love:O) it was easier when my sons were young because they kept her occupied. Love the optimism of a lot posters lately lets hope that doesn't change to drastically if we slip up over the next week or so,fingers crossed we don't. Enjoy the day tomorrow Dukey.

Steve, can you recommend any streets to park in around Brentford? Is it restricted I know some of the parking closer to say Acton town tube is unrestricted after 1730 weekdays and is a decent area to park in but it's a good 30 minute walk...

Oldhamred wrote:

peatmoor pirate wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote:
Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."

Top post,
It's about time Sam was given some credit for his considerable efforts.

He works some pretty long hours to ensure we have interesting and informative articles to read.

There is always something to read on this site from 6am, often with updates and/or breaking news stories as the day goes on.

In addition he is often found to be tweeting snippets or having discussions with others about STFC til gone midnight.

Thats an 18 hour day!

I'll wager there aren't too many posters on here that are that committed to their jobs.

Show some respect!!!

Tweet tweet he needs to go to bed more early then
Onwards and upwards
Tweet tweet

London Red wrote:
Wiz - think thar would only work if they are directors of Seebeck 87
.
If they are just shareholders in that they will again remain unnamed
.
Same way you won't find me listed in any of the public info on STFC

Ah well, worth a thought. Not doubting your word for one minute but surely they have to be named somewhere, never mind, the fullness of time may reveal them.
Are you in the LL tomorrow ?

Wilesy wrote:

Steve. Brentford wrote:

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote: Another reason why the italians walked.. As the takeover was pushed through so that the club could not go in2 administration there was still plenty off paper work to sort out.. So there4 NO NEW PLAYERS.. BUT the italian being what he was had a tantrum and cried we need more player this is a breach off my contract... This is how much they thought of STFC. They still wonted to SPEND SPEND SPEND

You should meet my Mrs Dazza. No different. SPEND SPEND SPEND......although she ain't walked after 10 years.

Haha just read this as mine got off the phone to tell me she is off shopping and that doesn't happen when she is off food shopping and another scary thing happened when she asked "anything you need picking up honey" now believe me that`s not normal i think she is off on a spend spend spend and my bank account is trembling.I`m watching on-line with a face only a mother could love:O) it was easier when my sons were young because they kept her occupied. Love the optimism of a lot posters lately lets hope that doesn't change to drastically if we slip up over the next week or so,fingers crossed we don't. Enjoy the day tomorrow Dukey.

Steve, can you recommend any streets to park in around Brentford? Is it restricted I know some of the parking closer to say Acton town tube is unrestricted after 1730 weekdays and is a decent area to park in but it's a good 30 minute walk...

Green Dragon Lane in brentford mate its the road where them big tower blocks sre free parking and camera`s to t deter any light fingered feckers.

smirg kcab wrote:

Oldhamred wrote:

peatmoor pirate wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote:
Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."

Top post,
It's about time Sam was given some credit for his considerable efforts.

He works some pretty long hours to ensure we have interesting and informative articles to read.

There is always something to read on this site from 6am, often with updates and/or breaking news stories as the day goes on.

In addition he is often found to be tweeting snippets or having discussions with others about STFC til gone midnight.

Thats an 18 hour day!

I'll wager there aren't too many posters on here that are that committed to their jobs.

Show some respect!!!

Tweet tweet he needs to go to bed more early then
Onwards and upwards
Tweet tweet

I find it quite remarkable that 2 or 3 posters can make positive comments about the standard of this FREE site, then you get comlpete PR1CKS like "grim the dim" trying to be smart.

He really does need to get laid!!!

Tomorrow will tell us a lot about Kevin MacDonald and the players if it remains a tight affair. Three recent home performances have resulted in dropped points. Will we remain patient or revert to long, floated, aimless balls into the front pair? Will we have the quality in wide arrears to deliver?

Kevin Mac comes across as a very measured and shrewd guy. Great reassurance for the players and accentuating the positives. Let's see what tomorrow brings - can't be any worse than the last couple of home games! Actually I think it's going to be a cracking game. COYMR

Steve. Brentford wrote:

Wilesy wrote:

Steve. Brentford wrote:

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote: Another reason why the italians walked.. As the takeover was pushed through so that the club could not go in2 administration there was still plenty off paper work to sort out.. So there4 NO NEW PLAYERS.. BUT the italian being what he was had a tantrum and cried we need more player this is a breach off my contract... This is how much they thought of STFC. They still wonted to SPEND SPEND SPEND

You should meet my Mrs Dazza. No different. SPEND SPEND SPEND......although she ain't walked after 10 years.

Haha just read this as mine got off the phone to tell me she is off shopping and that doesn't happen when she is off food shopping and another scary thing happened when she asked "anything you need picking up honey" now believe me that`s not normal i think she is off on a spend spend spend and my bank account is trembling.I`m watching on-line with a face only a mother could love:O) it was easier when my sons were young because they kept her occupied. Love the optimism of a lot posters lately lets hope that doesn't change to drastically if we slip up over the next week or so,fingers crossed we don't. Enjoy the day tomorrow Dukey.

Steve, can you recommend any streets to park in around Brentford? Is it restricted I know some of the parking closer to say Acton town tube is unrestricted after 1730 weekdays and is a decent area to park in but it's a good 30 minute walk...

Green Dragon Lane in brentford mate its the road where them big tower blocks sre free parking and camera`s to t deter any light fingered feckers.

They only put them in to stop you and lion king slashing the tyres on the mobility scooters..

Hows things mate

Wiz - not sure yet.
.
May be in before the game but can't make for the Q&A at 12 as have my 2 yr old son with me tomorrow - so will be going to my parents house first as Grandma is babysitting him for the game
.
Will be at Brentford on Tuesday and will head to the Griffin before as I know a fair few going there

Haha,How you Daz,don't do the scooters no more,i decided if i can get enough people to park down one road i will have plenty of catalytic converters away :O)

Only joking Wilesy.
LR will you be carrying your book of stats so we recognize you and can say hello :)

I'm more concerned about how thing pan out with the home game with Walsall than I am Brentford and Yeovil, the away games we are not favourites to win and as was the case with Coventry, a big bonus if we get someting out of it. But more points dropped at home will for me at least put a big damper on the weekend, (rain or shine). Yet to see a team I would consider better than us, just need to deploy the right tactics to break them down.

COYR

Swindon1984 wrote:

peatmoor pirate wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote: Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."

Thanks, was going to point that out myself - investigative journalism isn't anything to do with sports journalism, which is essentially reporting on what the club says at press conferences, interviewing post match, etc. It's not like they're going undercover exposing corruption within the club is it? Have to make this point again as well, you're getting news about the town for free, no-one's in that strong a position to complain. If the reporting's that bad, people are free to go and find out what's going on at the club themselves. They can't and won't though. It's far easier to criticise from behind a screen (and then slag me off for commenting that perhaps the reporting of the adver isn't so bad after all).

Thanks Sam.

By the way. Could you tell me why you haven't reported today that the game with Oldham has been brought forward by 24 hrs? This was on the O.S at 1030 this morning.

I know this is a free site but that would hardly be 'investagive Journalism!

Maybe 'tomorrow' with news of the embargo?

the wizard wrote:

Oi Den! wrote:
Agree Wilesy. The club is legally responsible for its liabilities, no matter who is in control of it. I imagine that there are warranties in the agreement to cover liabilities arising from any negligence by the previous owners but I doubt that "obvious" debts like wages and transfer fees would be covered - unless the old owners did not disclose the those liabilities, which seems unthinkable and nigh on impossible.
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LR, I'm going to shut up about the owners / "investors", as I think I'm just repeating myself now. Time to wait and see.

I'm not into this sort of thing but wouldn't a search at Companies House reveal the names of all the parties who have a stake in the club company which owns the club, Den, LR, anyone ???

It might once registered but that can take time and often real owners are disguised within holding companies.

The best way to get this information is to be part of the consortium. I'd personally like to see the Trust use the £10k it has got to buy shares in the Club. And if the new consortium are really interested in making this a 'community' club as they say, why not make the value of the Trust's shares worth 2 or 3 times more than everyone else's? And why not help pay for the Trust to employ a member of staff? Indeed, now Paolo has gone why doesn't GMB re-sponsor the club along community lines by helping pay for the Trust to employ someone.

If the new CX is going to be on the Board, why can't our man at the Trust be on too?

The benefits of twitter lol

Paolo Di Canio managed 'by hand grenade', says ex-Swindon chief
Ex-Swindon chief executive Nick Watkins has called former boss Paolo Di Canio's tenure "management by hand grenade" but remains disappointed he quit.

Di Canio resigned as Town manager last month, citing "broken promises" from the board after the sale of talisman winger Matt Ritchie.

"Paolo Di Canio was a challenge - no question," Watkins told BBC Wiltshire.

Di Canio has refuted Watkins's comments, saying: "I think they are for revenge."

Watkins, who left his post last Friday following a takeover of the League One club by a consortium, added: "He was demanding to work alongside and had his own style. He spoke very much from the heart and along the way created a bit of collateral damage that I had to repair.

"Often I refer to it as management by hand grenade. Paolo would chuck a hand grenade and I would do the repair work at the end, like the Red Cross."


“I am not surprised by these comments because I think they are revenge”

Paolo Di Canio reponds to Nick Watkins's comments

Speaking to BBC Sport, Di Canio feels Watkins's comments were made with regards to a disagreement the two had about the backroom staff at the club after he was appointed in May 2011.

He said: "I am not surprised by these comments because I think they are for revenge.

"Right at the beginning he introduced three people he wanted to be part of the coaching staff, but in one hour I discovered these people were very average - not good enough even for the Conference never mind League Two.

"He talks about repairing damage but it was me who had to repair the damage done from the previous season, when the players had poor attitude and discipline."

During his 21 months at the County Ground, Di Canio led the side to the League Two title and they are in play-off contention again this term in League One, sitting third in the table.

But the Italian also attracted headlines for his exuberant off-field behaviour and, on a number of occasions, publically criticised the board of directors and his own players.

Di Canio, 44, left the club on 18 February after becoming frustrated with boardroom issues, and is thought to be considering suing the club for alleged breach of contract.

The former West Ham forward added: "I want to move on, my time at Swindon is in the past, but when people make comments about me I have to defend myself.

"I brought success to the club, winning promotion and going close to a second promotion. What we did was a success."

Although Di Canio left in negative circumstances, Watkins was quick to point out: "For all that people may think of Paolo, he did achieve the objective.

" Jeremy Wray identified the need to bring someone into the club who was going to rejuvenate after the sense of despair we got when we were relegated.

"Paolo re-energised the town, re-energised the football club and got us promoted. It's just disappointing he didn't stay to see the job done."

Tomorrow is another day and - as luck would have it YET ANOTHER BIG day for STFC - Backs to the wall and against a better team should suit us tomorrow - better than playing Bury at home at least.
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Can't go tomorrow due to son's recovery - both gutted - but hoping for a good game and 3pts for STFC....
.
...I still think this league is there for the taking and still very much believe we have the players to do it....provided they don't get injured in the next 2 games - after that we have 7 days to release the transfer embargo, secure a non-legal separation with those that quit (not sacked but quit), and for Maccy-D to decide, talk-to and tempt those should he decide we need cover....which of course we do - but where!?
...
If you had 2 available signings which 2 positions would you back-up... or even replace?.....you have to sign them until the end of season!! :-)
...
I'm struggling here as any addition to this squad could unbalance one hell of a crew!...Macca can cover in defence and plays midfield, wide men...we have a few....forwards....m
aybe a forward as back up for Storey?....having said that 1 sending off and 2 injuries and we'd be in the mire.....but who knows where that may be?
....
Interested to know what you'd do!

More benefits of this twitter nonsense: -


'Youth team duo Alex Ferguson and Connor Waldon have been named in the matchday squad for tomorrow's home game '

..and ...

'John Bostock has joined Major League Soccer side Toronto on loan until the end of June.

The midfielder has previously spent time on loan with Swindon Town, Brentford and Hull City and will now link up with former player Ryan Nelsen who was recently appointed the new Head Coach at Toronto.'

SAPFanSTFC wrote:
Tomorrow is another day and - as luck would have it YET ANOTHER BIG day for STFC - Backs to the wall and against a better team should suit us tomorrow - better than playing Bury at home at least.
---
Can't go tomorrow due to son's recovery - both gutted - but hoping for a good game and 3pts for STFC....
.
...I still think this league is there for the taking and still very much believe we have the players to do it....provided they don't get injured in the next 2 games - after that we have 7 days to release the transfer embargo, secure a non-legal separation with those that quit (not sacked but quit), and for Maccy-D to decide, talk-to and tempt those should he decide we need cover....which of course we do - but where!?
...
If you had 2 available signings which 2 positions would you back-up... or even replace?.....you have to sign them until the end of season!! :-)
...
I'm struggling here as any addition to this squad could unbalance one hell of a crew!...Macca can cover in defence and plays midfield, wide men...we have a few....forwards....m

aybe a forward as back up for Storey?....having said that 1 sending off and 2 injuries and we'd be in the mire.....but who knows where that may be?
....
Interested to know what you'd do!

Ian, rarely have I read such a heart felt post on here. Well done, great stuff. I don't know the ins and outs of your sons ill's but I wish him a full and total recovery, and hope to see you at CG enjoying yourself soon.

sp1dersw3b wrote:
More benefits of this twitter nonsense: -


'Youth team duo Alex Ferguson and Connor Waldon have been named in the matchday squad for tomorrow's home game '

..and ...

'John Bostock has joined Major League Soccer side Toronto on loan until the end of June.

The midfielder has previously spent time on loan with Swindon Town, Brentford and Hull City and will now link up with former player Ryan Nelsen who was recently appointed the new Head Coach at Toronto.'

spider,
Thanks for the info, much as I liked Bostock I think he came at a price too much. We spent a fortune getting him fit and then trying to change him, big shame, but somebody had eyes bigger than their budget allowed, pity really.

Town win tomorrow, and lets start taking each game as they come, along with the inevitable twists and turns with results and fortune.

sp1dersw3b wrote:
More benefits of this twitter nonsense: -


'Youth team duo Alex Ferguson and Connor Waldon have been named in the matchday squad for tomorrow's home game '

..and ...

'John Bostock has joined Major League Soccer side Toronto on loan until the end of June.

The midfielder has previously spent time on loan with Swindon Town, Brentford and Hull City and will now link up with former player Ryan Nelsen who was recently appointed the new Head Coach at Toronto.'

think the US would be a good move for the Italians, hard to imagine where they might get their next job in Europe.

Steve. Brentford wrote:
Haha,How you Daz,don't do the scooters no more,i decided if i can get enough people to park down one road i will have plenty of catalytic converters away :O)

Only joking Wilesy.
LR will you be carrying your book of stats so we recognize you and can say hello :)

Thanks Steve, I think :-)

Will try and get to the Griffin!

Steve - won't be too hard to find me if anyone really wanted too!
.
I'm sure if you ask by my more renowned name someone will point you in the right direction
.
Hoping to get there between 1830-1900 and with 24 hour buses home pretty much door to door will have one after too

London Red wrote:
Steve - won't be too hard to find me if anyone really wanted too!
.
I'm sure if you ask by my more renowned name someone will point you in the right direction
.
Hoping to get there between 1830-1900 and with 24 hour buses home pretty much door to door will have one after too

I`ll be the one shouting your name to everyone who comes into the small garden :) i plan to get in the pub around 6ish.

Steve. Brentford wrote:

London Red wrote:
Steve - won't be too hard to find me if anyone really wanted too!
.
I'm sure if you ask by my more renowned name someone will point you in the right direction
.
Hoping to get there between 1830-1900 and with 24 hour buses home pretty much door to door will have one after too

I`ll be the one shouting your name to everyone who comes into the small garden :) i plan to get in the pub around 6ish.

Don't big his part up Steve!.

See you both there.

Yooouuu Reds!

Oldhamred wrote:

peatmoor pirate wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

Swindon1984 wrote:
Positive as always I see. The adver are reporting what they've been told and that's it. They're not making predictions - just reitterating what the club have said. Can you really blame them for that? Apparently so.

Yeah Swindon 1984, actually you can blame 'them'. Ever heard of investigative journalism? Obviously not, nor Sam apparently.

Leave the lad alone; a lot of what the adver prints is a bit iffy if the truth be told but Sam's output of late has been very good. Precisely what "Investigative journalism" do you expect him to undertake? Do you even understand the term? British media theorist Hugo de Burgh (2000) states that: "An investigative journalist is a man or woman whose profession it is to discover the truth and to identify lapses from it in whatever media may be available. The act of doing this generally is called investigative journalism and is distinct from apparently similar work done by police, lawyers, auditors, and regulatory bodies in that it is not limited as to target, not legally founded and closely connected to publicity."

Top post,
It's about time Sam was given some credit for his considerable efforts.

He works some pretty long hours to ensure we have interesting and informative articles to read.

There is always something to read on this site from 6am, often with updates and/or breaking news stories as the day goes on.

In addition he is often found to be tweeting snippets or having discussions with others about STFC til gone midnight.

Thats an 18 hour day!

I'll wager there aren't too many posters on here that are that committed to their jobs.

Show some respect!!!

Great post...I follow Sams comments on a number of different platforms and he does not deserve some of the stick he gets on here....