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1mickylyons
January 31, 2018, 11:13am
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WTF are they dithering about at? If he retains RS to and beyond Saturday another chance for 3 points will have gone. I honestly believe he will sack him after the deadline has passed just so he doesn't have to buy any players.were going down with a whimper AGAIN
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What is going on just sack him
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January 31, 2018, 11:17am
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Not going to happen today!!
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Works clock stuck at 3.50 for over a year. More chance of gettIng a new battery for it than sacking slade.
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January 31, 2018, 11:29am

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Not going to happen today!!


you've said that several times dogsbollox ,.any particular reason for your confidence? If not today then when?
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I too dont think Slade will be sacked today or anytime soon.

The board think they are strong when in effect I think they have lost all sense of reality. If we stay up they think they will be vindicated.

If they get rid of Slade where do we go from here. We still have a non chairman who isnt a leader, just a control freak.

Leaders inspire others, engage with their customers open and honestly and ensure others within their teams are driven to deliver.

Head in the sand and bully boy tactics that it is the fans fault for not getting behind the team
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It can only be he has some ridiculous clause in his contract saying we have to give him a small fortune to sack him. If that's the case it's a stupid thing to give someone as it's in their interest to fail  


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January 31, 2018, 12:04pm

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The board will not be bullied by the Fishy or any fans

Slade will be still be in charge next season.

BUT

How many fans will be watching ?


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January 31, 2018, 12:06pm

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A small fortune to sack him, a small fortune lost ifvwe go down


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Whilst I agree he should have been sacked it just doesnt make sense to do it on deadline day , it’s too late. I really can’t see us going down this season and I guess JF must think the same, wing it till the end of the season I guess . I’m not condoning it , just how I read the situation
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I too dont think Slade will be sacked today or anytime soon.

The board think they are strong when in effect I think they have lost all sense of reality. If we stay up they think they will be vindicated.

If they get rid of Slade where do we go from here. We still have a non chairman who isnt a leader, just a control freak.

Leaders inspire others, engage with their customers open and honestly and ensure others within their teams are driven to deliver.

Head in the sand and bully boy tactics that it is the fans fault for not getting behind the team


Given it`s now dinner time I think you are right and it`s not strong leadership it`s pish weak leadership I know because I have seen it for 15 years
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It can only be he has some ridiculous clause in his contract saying we have to give him a small fortune to sack him. If that's the case it's a stupid thing to give someone as it's in their interest to fail  


It will be the cost and the terror of making a change. A new manager will be unable to make any changes to the squad and is not guaranteed to produce a swift upturn in results.

So far it looks like we have had a shocking window and the board have clearly not put their money in to follow up the statement of backing they made.
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It's all hot air as usual. Still waiting for the signings that make the hairs on the back of the neck stand up.
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January 31, 2018, 12:32pm
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you've said that several times dogsbollox ,.any particular reason for your confidence? If not today then when?


I have no inside information whatsoever. I am an exile that doesn’t get to the games very much as I’m often in crap places like the Middle East. I am however, obsessed with GTFC so I read the blogs, the Fishy and other Social Media platforms which does actually provide an ‘informed’ opinion if you decipher all the crap.

I have had formed my very own conspiracy theory since the departure of Bogle. Due to JF not spending money on a player, I think he thought that coffins up big bucks on a Manager would save him on player wages etc. I think it’s part of his plan to recover as much of his losses/benign loans as he can before he makes a sharp exit, knowing that Public opinion is now firmly against him. I suspect he feels that there is no way back. That is why I suspect that RS will remain, as to release him would cost a fortune, and sell your prized assets before you can leave, having recovered as much as possible.

I fear that they have both lost it, the fans, the players and the Club and that an ‘exit strategy’ is the only option. Also consolidated by the fact that, at the forum, he is only 7/10 of the new stadium going ahead.

I feel that his is firmly on the canvas and ‘Operation self preservation’ is kicking in.

Hope I’m wrong with it all as I am purely speculating.
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Cannot see the club making an announcement today, it's deadline day and they will be pre-occupied with shifting some fringe players (hopefully) and re-buffing interest of our only two glimmer's of hope (Jones and Dembele). If i'm being level headed it will be the Monday after the forthcoming lacklustre performance on Saturday to Cheltenham. But ideally I want him to go now, and partly lift the toxic atmosphere lingering over the fans.


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January 31, 2018, 12:41pm
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Quoted from ginnywings
It's all hot air as usual. Still waiting for the signings that make the hairs on the back of the neck stand up.


Also worrying that last year Bignut had indentified the players he wanted to target in the window and Slade doesn`t seem to have got anyone lined up on the last day?
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Surely if  Fenty is owed £2 million and is wanting it back, any board discussions involving an outlay of finance places him in a situation of  conflict of interest any therefore he should recuse himself from any part of the discussion or decision making.


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Whilst I agree he should have been sacked it just doesnt make sense to do it on deadline day , it’s too late. I really can’t see us going down this season and I guess JF must think the same, wing it till the end of the season I guess . I’m not condoning it , just how I read the situation

Tend to agree.Both Forest Green and Barnet have less resources than us along with a smaller fan base and can see these going down.

However football is a funny old game and anything can happen.


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best thing we could do today is sack him
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January 31, 2018, 1:17pm
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With no announcements as yet I was wondering what it takes for Fenty to remove a manager from post for not being up to the job. The club announcement immediately following Marcus Bignot's departure, below, is par for the course....

FOLLOWING Grimsby Town Football Club’s return to The EFL, there remains a strong ambition to build on last season’s promotion.

Therefore, it is with regret that today the Club has decided to release the current Management Team from their first team duties.

The Board would like to put on record their thanks to Marcus Bignot, Michael Moore and Gary Whild for all their hard work and efforts during the last 6 months and wish them the best for their futures.


What it doesn't do is to quote the playing record prior to his sacking. In just over a month Town had played six games, winning two, drawing three, and losing just the one. He was sacked following a quite brilliant 3-0 away win at that season's league champions Plymouth Argyle, in a game where Argyle fans said that Town were the best team they'd seen at Home Park by a country mile that season.

Fast forward to the present day, and with a similar timeline Town have played seven games, secured one point, scoring just two goals and conceding fourteen. If Mr. Fenty had been making business decisions as wildly inconsistent as these his firm would have gone down the Swannie many moons before he sold it. The facts are there for all to see, and yet again the silence from BP about this woeful mismanagement is absolutely deafening. What about it, John?


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January 31, 2018, 1:22pm

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Apart from the amount of Money it will cost us to get rid of Slade because of the excellent contract gave him,

Fenty will not sack him as he is taking a lot of flax off himself,

Although most fans want both of them gone.


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Can't understand them rearranging last night game on the eve of the window should think it would be 4am by the time they got home, so therefore nothing is going to start to happen till lunchtime onwards
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Can't understand them rearranging last night game on the eve of the window should think it would be 4am by the time they got home, so therefore nothing is going to start to happen till lunchtime onwards


I've a feeling something will be sorted by teatime


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Board meeting at 3pm...


"Falls to Arnold... Arnold! That's it! Thats it! He's sealed it! Grimsby Town are back in the football league!!! Just a minute to go and Nathan Arnold makes it 3-1! Look at the scenes behind the goal! Look at the relief! The agony is finally over!!!"

John Tondeur - Wembley Stadium Sunday 15th May 2016
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Board meeting at 3pm...


Source ?
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Source ?


Someone you might say is “in the know”, there’s a few on Twitter that seem to have heard the same. The general consensus is that Slade will be sacked.

I bloody hope so!!!


"Falls to Arnold... Arnold! That's it! Thats it! He's sealed it! Grimsby Town are back in the football league!!! Just a minute to go and Nathan Arnold makes it 3-1! Look at the scenes behind the goal! Look at the relief! The agony is finally over!!!"

John Tondeur - Wembley Stadium Sunday 15th May 2016
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Someone you might say is “in the know”, there’s a few on Twitter that seem to have heard the same. The general consensus is that Slade will be sacked.

I bloody hope so!!!


Please let it be true then the Club need to push the boat out and reduce ticket prices for Saturday to get 5k in the ground and let Cheltenham have to run the gauntlet of a fired up BP crowd.
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Someone you might say is “in the know”, there’s a few on Twitter that seem to have heard the same. The general consensus is that Slade will be sacked.

I bloody hope so!!!


Cheers
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With no announcements as yet I was wondering what it takes for Fenty to remove a manager from post for not being up to the job. The club announcement immediately following Marcus Bignot's departure, below, is par for the course....

FOLLOWING Grimsby Town Football Club’s return to The EFL, there remains a strong ambition to build on last season’s promotion.

Therefore, it is with regret that today the Club has decided to release the current Management Team from their first team duties.

The Board would like to put on record their thanks to Marcus Bignot, Michael Moore and Gary Whild for all their hard work and efforts during the last 6 months and wish them the best for their futures.


What it doesn't do is to quote the playing record prior to his sacking. In just over a month Town had played six games, winning two, drawing three, and losing just the one. He was sacked following a quite brilliant 3-0 away win at that season's league champions Plymouth Argyle, in a game where Argyle fans said that Town were the best team they'd seen at Home Park by a country mile that season.

Fast forward to the present day, and with a similar timeline Town have played seven games, secured one point, scoring just two goals and conceding fourteen. If Mr. Fenty had been making business decisions as wildly inconsistent as these his firm would have gone down the Swannie many moons before he sold it. The facts are there for all to see, and yet again the silence from BP about this woeful mismanagement is absolutely deafening. What about it, John?


Good points Jock, but wasn't he sacked after the Blackpool away win.


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heard similar  - source is apparently an ex mascot
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