Mr Fenty

Quoted from forza ivano

It's been a wonderful,glorious 20 years, just cast your mind back to all those awesome memories.
Did I get this right John?

Ah so you are the tyre kicker

Personally I think this will just be a rerun of other threads before.
There are those that see John as the saviour of the club, those that see him as the villain and various
views in between.  The same old debate will continue with no real change or nothing new until the takeover is decided one way or the other.

Makes you wonder why nobody talked about ITV Digital in 05/06 when we were 90 mins (and a few bent decisions) away from returning to League 1? Fair enough dropping out the Championship and the 2nd successive relegation has been seen before, despite us being in a decent enough position when Law took over.

But after a mid-table consolidation in 04/05, we would’ve been back in League 1 if us and Oxford had seen out the last 120 seconds of the season. We’re we not being run sensibly and within our means then?

What’s happened since that day then? We’ve not been higher in the last 13 years and spent 6 of those out of the league altogether. Unless I missed another ITV Digital collapse, it looks possible that a series of poor decisions somewhere around the boardroom may have contributed slightly?

Quoted from fleabag1970

In light of the goings on in the EFL this week has the tide of opinion changed towards him? . Let's be honest without him there would be no GTFC (based on this week's events) . Have we been guilty of living in the past and mid table league two is our natural position based on a club that is being run in a correct and proper manner ?

Yes, thanks must go to Fenty for not being the worst possible chairman in football league history.

That is your comparison. Perhaps, not the greatest yardstick to measure Fenty's time in charge.

I'm sure John will be patting himself on the back about it though.  

Quoted from gtfc98

It's certainly made me want to know the answer to "what's in it for Shutes?"

I hope Fenty takes time out to watch the vid of the Luton takeover which someone posted on here yesterday.

Quoted from Ipswin

I hope Fenty takes time out to watch the vid of the Luton takeover which someone posted on here yesterday.

Which takeover are we on about Swin ?  I can’t be @rsed to watch the video. Is it the disastrous one where they ended up in the conference (God forbid that should happen to us), or the latest one where they got back to back promotions and are going full steam ahead with a much needed new Stadium???

Just wondering which yardstick we should use ?? !!!!!!!

'kin hell!!!

So Fenty is ok now because he's not Steve Dale or Ken Anderson?

The likes of Dale, Anderson and all the other leaches in the game are the absolute worst of the worst, scum. No-one has ever accused Fenty of trying to take us to the wall.  That's not his agenda and I doubt it ever would be.

But poor is poor, even if you're stood next to someone like Anderson or Dale.  

Let's throw another name into the mix, Andy Holt.  If we can highlight that Fenty isn't so bad by putting him up against people who will kill a club for their own gain, let's also put him up against someone who's done a really good job.

Under Holt, Accrington have achieved promotion to League One and retained their place.  They've posted profits that exceed ours, despite having far smaller attendances and achieving higher league placings.  He interacts with the fans, engages with his customers and gives them what they want (an experience).  Whilst he is (in my opinion) a bit over the top at times on his Twitter, he recognises the value of engagement and that the customer is what matters most.

Under Fenty, Town dropped into the Conference for six years, still bleat on about ITV Digital even though it was 18 years ago, managed to be stable financially but hardly capitalising on a few episodes of footballing fortune,  Under his watch staff have called the fans bullies, hooligans and one of his mates on the board told fans to shut up.  He orchestrated a hatchet job on a well liked local journalist, bragged to fans about the value of his car, lied about the reason a former manager left, voted for the Checkatrade farce despite not understanding the implications and then tried to justify it.....need I go on?

So, no.  The tide of opinion hasn't changed in my eyes.  
I don't buy into this there wouldn't be a GTFC without him either.  Other clubs survived the ITV Digital collapse, far more than went under.  I'm pleased we never went into administration, it shouldn't be an easy get-out.   But his failings since then far outweigh anything else.  

Quoted from Civvy at last

Which takeover are we on about Swin ?  I can’t be @rsed to watch the video.

Perhaps you should, then you wouldn't try to be such a clever fornicator.

The bit at the end where the deposed head of the failed takeover group smirks at the camera and says he'll fight the trust all the way and if it comes to it he'll make sure there is nothing left (of the club) to fight for (mind you they had just appointed Mike Newell!)

Please let no one knock Fenty for making sure whoever buys the club is not a rip off merchant. We must not let our club pass into the wrong hands.

Be careful what you wish for, the criticisms and faults of Fenty could look insignificant if the wrong man / men get their hands on GTFC

Quoted from diehardmariner

'kin hell!!!

So Fenty is ok now because he's not Steve Dale or Ken Anderson?

The likes of Dale, Anderson and all the other leaches in the game are the absolute worst of the worst, scum. No-one has ever accused Fenty of trying to take us to the wall.  That's not his agenda and I doubt it ever would be.

But poor is poor, even if you're stood next to someone like Anderson or Dale.  

Let's throw another name into the mix, Andy Holt.  If we can highlight that Fenty isn't so bad by putting him up against people who will kill a club for their own gain, let's also put him up against someone who's done a really good job.

Under Holt, Accrington have achieved promotion to League One and retained their place.  They've posted profits that exceed ours, despite having far smaller attendances and achieving higher league placings.  He interacts with the fans, engages with his customers and gives them what they want (an experience).  Whilst he is (in my opinion) a bit over the top at times on his Twitter, he recognises the value of engagement and that the customer is what matters most.

Under Fenty, Town dropped into the Conference for six years, still bleat on about ITV Digital even though it was 18 years ago, managed to be stable financially but hardly capitalising on a few episodes of footballing fortune,  Under his watch staff have called the fans bullies, hooligans and one of his mates on the board told fans to shut up.  He orchestrated a hatchet job on a well liked local journalist, bragged to fans about the value of his car, lied about the reason a former manager left, voted for the Checkatrade farce despite not understanding the implications and then tried to justify it.....need I go on?

So, no.  The tide of opinion hasn't changed in my eyes.  
I don't buy into this there wouldn't be a GTFC without him either.  Other clubs survived the ITV Digital collapse, far more than went under.  I'm pleased we never went into administration, it shouldn't be an easy get-out.   But his failings since then far outweigh anything else.  

That’s a good summary.

There are few highlights for me so far under Fenty's tenure;  

1. When he snapped that kids flag, sorry John deconstructed the flag so it could no longer be used as WMD.
2. Arguing with fans on the fishy.
3. Fans forum where he got his revenge on Matt Dean, and played his woe is me card, and if it wasn't for yours truly.

Fenty has done what he has wanted since he became the major share holder, we could be worse off but we could also be better off, one thing is for sure his tenure at the club feels like a strangle hold, and one of rot.