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Pongo
November 8, 2011, 8:10pm
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What is the cunning financial plan for next season then.

Well done BIG
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Well done and thanks for sharing that with us, and to Mr Fenty for taking the time to explain it. Hopefully it will quash the story for once and for all.


'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.  
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Personally, I feel that reads like someone who has been threathened with the law and has been told 'take it back, act as my mouthpiece or be sued'.  

I, like the vast majority, never believed for one minute that Fenty was about to sell off BP, sodomist off with a big wedge in his pocket and a smile on his face.  

Still, Fenty has made doubly sure that none of us are in any doubt in only the way he could and hopefully this is the end of the whole embarrassing affair.

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So the GET are next on the banned list then?
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During my meeting with Mr Fenty it was very clear that the underlying distrust and abuse directed at him is causing him some very real distress and concern, particularly as it is now becoming extremely vitriolic and is now extending beyond the message boards to public abuse at matches. .
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During our conversation Mr Fenty asked me several times what I would do if I were in his situation – quite candidly, as things stand I wouldn’t touch it with a bargepole.


Public abuse of football club chairmen and boards is nothing new and is commonplace when clubs are doing badly and the board are to blame for a clubs plight. It comes with the territory I'm afraid and many have had a much harder time than John Fenty. Given the disasterous fall from grace of Grimsby Town FC under his leadership he has had it comparatively easy

When you were asked what you would do in his position I hope you suggested he should not stand for re-election as a director at the AGM


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Personally, I feel that reads like someone who has been threathened with the law and has been told 'take it back, act as my mouthpiece or be sued'.  

I, like the vast majority, never believed for one minute that Fenty was about to sell off BP, sodomist off with a big wedge in his pocket and a smile on his face.  

Still, Fenty has made doubly sure that none of us are in any doubt in only the way he could and hopefully this is the end of the whole embarrassing affair.



And maybe you have replied in only the way you could!!! you must be a member. Has he ever complained about criticism?? but when the facts are distorted can you blame him.

good on THE BIG

Fenty Out and off to the yacht.
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I met with Mr Fenty who kindly took a great deal of time to detail the events and the facts that have been a part of his time at the club.


I hope that as well as detailing them he a) tried to explain his actions and b) apologised profusely



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What a strange thread.


Former lover of all things GTFC . . .
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What a strange thread.


It's a very strange scenario all round. Our club has slipped from the Championship to the lower reaches of the BSP, is losing money hand over fist, continues to employ poor managers and even poorer players and Fenty is shocked surprised and upset that people are p!ssed off with it in general and him in particular


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I guess not but as they say history is history.

The way I read it was JF is struggling to handle the criticism.
I sympathise with any "abuse" but I'm afraid you can't expect zero complaints.
If it's getting him down maybe avoiding the messageboards might be a healthy start...




Several times now you appear to have confused criticism with abuse. I cannot recall anyone saying that John Fenty hasn't been worthy of constructive criticism or even unconstructive criticism. Abuse at the level that it has been directed at him over a period of time is unacceptable towards any fellow human being.
I might think better of you if you actually came out and condemned abuse outright instead of sympathising with it whatever that means. However I'm not holding my breath....


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Joseph Joubert.
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