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KingstonMariner
February 4, 2018, 10:07pm
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As FI said, well prepared statement for once. Hope we can take it at face value but so soon after the revelations of his feelings yesterday I'm remaining sceptical.

When the game kicks off on Saturday I'll support the team as usual.

Actions speak louder than words regarding Mr Fenty. Leopards and spots spring to mind. We'll see.


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He has put his name to it but I doubt he has actually written it , it’s not in his ‘style’ at all
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It's a good statement but I suspect until he gets rid of Slade the pressure is going to keep up. Somewhere within our vast squad there probably lie the players who a good manager could get the best out of, but I can see nothing but turmoil for the remainder of the season and then a vast clearout in the summer. They really need to rethink the whole approach to recruitment over the summer. We sign players too late and always seem to start slowly. Even under PH we rarely started well - as soon as he goes elsewhere he starts like an express train.


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He has put his name to it but I doubt he has actually written it , it’s not in his ‘style’ at all


He's probably written the rough draft and someone else has taken it and made it more professional. That's exactly what should be happening, his sentiments but better content. He gets criticised if he does write it and also if he doesn't!


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Main and only point for me is, it has only been written because of what he was recorded saying yesterday. Its deflection and distraction, he's been told to do it to appease the protesters and paying fans, which are reducing week on week. They only react to a reduction in cash flow and anything that affects it negatively.
It changes nothing tbf.


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Maybe it’s an olive branch? I am taking it at face value, we can grind axes forever but it ain’t gonna get us the 15 points we need for survival.


"Crombie you would have got to that if you weren't such a fat ba%$@rd" - George Kerr, inspiration from the dug out 70s style  
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He made his feelings perfectly clear, from his own mouth yesterday, most of it from the hip (a bit like me to be fair). This will be part of the news cycle locally for the next few days and will portray him in a very bad light indeed. I imagine the local press will have a field day with it.

Today we get a carefully constructed message in an attempt to diffuse the worsening situation, without of course addressing any of the underlying causes of the problem.

I think we can take our own observations from that, but it has gone beyond a clever statement. The fans will continue to be unhappy unless major changes are made including his own position, or we see concrete steps being taken for some proper and sustained investment in the football club and its infrastructure before we slide straight back to non league.    

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I agree that he's 100% a fan. I don't dispute his passion and his will to do well - or that he wants out. I appreciate the press release, I think its standard is an improvement and I get this 'damned if he does, damned if he doesn't' situation.

However, if he's getting PR advice he should be told to stop talking to fans privately. If he has something to say, say it to us all. If he's got nothing to hide, then bear all.

I know a lot of fans appreciate the fact that he's willing to talk to them privately, and honestly, one-to-one. I know that he wants to keep doing that - but it's not earning him brownie points (like he thinks) because: if he's only honest in private, does that mean he's not honest in public?

That statement had the potential to do more damage than good, but I think (on the whole) it's bought him a bit more time. However, results on the pitch will determine whether the tide turns again, and how soon that happens.


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I agree that he's 100% a fan. I don't dispute his passion and his will to do well - or that he wants out. I appreciate the press release, I think its standard is an improvement and I get this 'damned if he does, damned if he doesn't' situation.

However, if he's getting PR advice he should be told to stop talking to fans privately. If he has something to say, say it to us all. If he's got nothing to hide, then bear all.

I know a lot of fans appreciate the fact that he's willing to talk to them privately, and honestly, one-to-one. I know that he wants to keep doing that - but it's not earning him brownie points (like he thinks) because: if he's only honest in private, does that mean he's not honest in public?

That statement had the potential to do more damage than good, but I think (on the whole) it's bought him a bit more time. However, results on the pitch will determine whether the tide turns again, and how soon that happens.


Is it not universally accepted that figures of public interest from all walks of life sometimes have to frame things differently and perhaps more professionally in public versus private life?

Look at Brown ‘bigot’ gate for example.
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Fenty deserves praise for meeting this with a statement he didn`t have to he could have kept silent and hid like plenty of others do. Not his style though and after being a victim of entrapment the day before and saying a few controversial things it took courage (some would say brass neck) to put any kind of statement out knowing full well people would dissect and use it to beat him with further. All that said for me it papers over the cracks of the real problem with JF and that is listening to others.The only thing JF needs to do and should have done weeks ago is sack RS this will buy him valuable time and quieten down the supporter unrest.The statement makes all the right noises and appears an olive branch but with us now locked in a relegation battle I have grave doubts over taking it? Please John sack Slade today and the fans will unite and get behind the Club to stay in League 2 and rebuild.Keep him and you may well still keep in League 2 but at what cost?
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