Message from Fenty

Quoted from 1mickylyons

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?

Clearly you think that Slade is the issue here and sacking him will buy time for the board.

You are 100% entitled to your opinion but for me, and i can only speak for myself, I cannot 'unite behind the club' whilst JF is running things. It makes me sad and angry but thats just the way I feel and no carefully worded statement will change my view

A panic measure that shouldn't fool anyone. All the reasons for the discontent and protests are still valid. The board is actively discouraging new investment and are making a feeble attempt to cling to power. Go no you rotten lot.

After careful thought John has tried to defuse the situation ,

Well it seems to have worked to a certain degree,

The big problem though is still there SLADE who has no idea how many loan players we have or how to use them,

We have lop sided playing squad of older slow but experienced players and untried younger ones still to learn what league football is all about,

I hope from now on players are played in their best position and told to pass the ball and not just hoof it,

Most posters on here will know who should be in the team better than me but I will give my verdict after the Cambridge game if I am not in Hospital then,

So for now I will stop calling for Fenty out but will wait and see if Slade has listened to the fans and try to get the team to play proper football.

Another 2 defeats in the next 2 games must be the end for Slade otherwise it will be too late for anybody to turn things round if it has gone on longer than that.

John you could defuse the situation by sacking Slade.

Quoted from Cloudy

Clearly you think that Slade is the issue here and sacking him will buy time for the board.

You are 100% entitled to your opinion but for me, and i can only speak for myself, I cannot 'unite behind the club' whilst JF is running things. It makes me sad and angry but thats just the way I feel and no carefully worded statement will change my view

No I just think Slade is the most urgent problem issue to address and a quick fix to stave off relegation would be to sack him. Regarding JF I think he has gone past the point of no return with many of the fans myself included and the breaking point was arguably the fans forum. On the entrapment and yesterday`s statement it hasn`t altered my view at all of John or what I think he should do but I can`t help but grudgingly respect him for toughing it out.Sacking Slade is the right thing to do not because I want it to happen but because it will give the club the best chance of surviving and building for the future.

Three things emerged from the fentygate tapes in my opinion.

1.  As has been pointed out, the use of the word 'I' instead of 'we' clearly indicates that as far as John is concerned 'he' makes the decisions.  Something  which most of us already knew.

2.  By the way he has spoken about the Trust, he seems of the opinion that everybody on the board works for him as some sort of employee. I think he sees the trust as his link with the fans.  ie: A one way link.  So when the trust don't agree (or the SLO) he sees that as some kind of betrayal to the company (G.T.F.C.). so therefore should no longer be employed.

3. Possibly the most worrying for me.  When it was mentioned how many fans we take away, his reply was something along the lines of 'but that doesn't contribute to the club'.  Clearly JF now just sees the fans as £ signs and nothing else.

I guess the reason he wants unity is to fill the stands and help the cash flow.  

I genuinely think the only way that Slade will go is when fans actively stay away.  It hurts me to say it, but I do believe that is true.  We can protest and wave banners as much as we like. But money talks fellas.  Money talks.


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Quoted from 1mickylyons

No I just think Slade is the most urgent problem issue to address and a quick fix to stave off relegation would be to sack him. Regarding JF I think he has gone past the point of no return with many of the fans myself included and the breaking point was arguably the fans forum. On the entrapment and yesterday`s statement it hasn`t altered my view at all of John or what I think he should do but I can`t help but grudgingly respect him for toughing it out.Sacking Slade is the right thing to do not because I want it to happen but because it will give the club the best chance of surviving and building for the future.

Will it give the club the best chance of staying up? We aren't getting hammered and the players are clearly trying. Big gamble to take, who would you get in? Nicky Law?

Most of us don't want Slade here. If he had been on a 6 months rolling contract it would have been easy and he would surely have been gone by now. But the guys been around a bit and there is no way he would have signed on those terms-he makes a living out of being sacked so it seems he has used his experience to stitch J.S.F. up. He most likely wants to sack him but can't afford to and he can't admit this because Slade would have him up for constructive dismissal or whatever. Our only hope is that he knows how much he is hated and decides to go for a percentage of his contract.  Go on J.S.F. make him an offer.

Give him a taste of his own medicine get him training the Youth Team,it would be quite legitimte to demote him on performance grounds.

Quoted from 32550[b

]Maggy Thatcher would be proud of his Tory logic[/b].  Deflect the real problem by buttering up the fans and paying compliments, while avoiding the real problem, which is a manager who has not got a clue how to get the best from his players.  I DO believe the current bunch CAN avoid the drop, but only if managed properly..  And get rid of the bloody hoofball

FFS why drag politics into this. I suspect your dislike of JF is more down to his politics, which has no place on a FOOTBALL message board.