Holloway on the local Bristol newspaper

he probably only wanted to invest with a fraudster an easy 100 grand each could make millions ripping people off with his property developments

Quoted from aldi_01

I’ve met people across football and many a player, not many say a lot when you mention Fenty...some will use a few words, others just roll their eyes.

Thankfully he has gone; alarms should’ve rang for fans when Holloway said Fenty was a good man and the club was well run. He never ever really understood us and it’s obvious it was all just hyperbole. His reason for being here was monetary, a deal with Fenty, the crook and whoever else wanted to soil their reputations...

There’s more to the whole situation and as someone on Twitter pointed out; normally that boring Scottish twit on talk sport, Colin Murray and the likes would normally be all over the shenanigans that have gone on at town...they haven’t. Perhaps they’re worried about their mate?

He did make me laugh a few weeks ago when he said "we need the fans back" looking at the crap that was being served up in the last couple of months I'd suggest that was the last thing he needed, BP is a small ground and we're not usually short of an opinion.

I don't think it is a coincidence that once May's million pounds had gone and with that any chance of making money from his so called regeneration company, Mr Holloway disappeared as well.

Quoted from chipsandgravy

Yep unfortunately agree. As a fan of, shall we say, mature years I am slightly  ashamed to say I fell for it.
I have to say the whole sorry episode left me feeling as deflated as I ever felt. Thought we were so lucky to have got him in the first place but I think charlatan is now a very apt description.
It has only been the great news of a new regime and the appointment of a pragmatic safe pair of hands that has brought me round. A few days ago I felt like I was lost on a mountain top in sub zero temperatures only to be found and placed against a warm fire!!

You're are not the only one. Many others, including myself, thought it was a new start and it was confirmed when we started to get some points. The way it has turned out Is shocking. A successful football club would do wonders for the town and bring some joy to fans who have suffered terribly for many years. Wishing Paul Hurst all the best in the job and I hope we all give him a fair crack of the whip. He has a tough job on his hands.

Quoted from EY Mariner

I have some sympathy with the view that the season should be suspended. After all, three-quarters of England is now effectively in lockdown again.

It has to be a possibility, but with the Euro's scheduled for the summer it seems unlikely that we could end the season late like we did in 2020. I think it's also possible that the season might be terminated early again.

When the L1 ans L2 season was terminated last season there were only 8 games left and so, harsh though it was on some teams, it was argued that the points per game basis was a valid way of determining promotion and relegation. But I don't think you can run that argument if, say, only half a season has been played.

So if the season is terminated it will probably be null and void with no promotion and relegation.  

Quoted from Civvy at last

Absolute cockwomble.
Still sticking up for JF. Claiming he was ‘hounded out’.

Come come my fellow Mariners, you have to accept that John Fenty has indeed been hounded out.

The majority of you have revelled in that belief since the statement confirming we’ve got heads of agreement in place for the sale of his shares. The volume of congratulatory back slapping over the notion of your achievements is immense. So come now, stop criticising that horrible little Holloway bloke for saying it as it is on that score.

In terms of the rest of it, well I agree that Holloway is deluded. He was failing. No, more than that, he failed.

I’m still firm in the belief that he was sacked, that he paved the way to cleverly orchestrate his own sacking. That he did so in a manner that gave him a get out. That the board agreed to announce that he’d resigned, rather than lose face by being publicly sacked. I also believe there to be financial benefits to the club in terms of his contract in allowing this.

One thing which I think is Holloway rubbish in that news column, is the bit where he says he’s buying a house up here and will remain up north. I do not believe that for a minute. I believe it just suits him to say that for now.

Edit: John hasn’t gone yet though and won’t do for three years

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

Edit: John hasn’t gone yet though and won’t do for three years

What do you mean?

The little bit that caught my eye was that Fenty selling "made his mind up".....that indicates to me he was already well down the path towards quitting anyway.

I have not seen him make any reference yet to Mr. Mays existence ......which given this was a significant factor in the whole affair means to me he knew and fully was on board with it all.

One of his early Bristol columns after he first arrived here said he was investing as a commitment to the project and as he thought he could improve our position he could make some money on the investment.

All joining up to paint not a pretty picture overall.

Quoted from heppy88

What do you mean?

Wind up 😕

Quoted from heppy88

What do you mean?

Well first and foremost, the consortium have reached agreement to pay off his loans over three instalments over three seasons haven’t they? That makes him still a significant, if not the most significant, stakeholder in the business. Don’t confuse the term stakeholder with shareholder.

For all we know, and we don’t yet, he could as part of the deal, remain a director of the business until such a time that his loans are paid off. You need to remember that you don’t have to own shares in a business in order to be an executive director or none executive director of it. It may well be in his interest to remain on the board whilst the business still owes him money.