So in the last year on here, BOTH threads relating to Indie United fans getting answers to questions from inside Tannadice, that don't fit into the view held by The Usual Suspects, get locked by the actions of The Usual Suspects?  Foo Kin guid ane.

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To answer a couple of questions in your Post 42.  David Southern is employed as the General Manager of the Football Club, by the Board of Directors who make all the key decisions as regards the running of the Football Club.  His job is merely to implement what the BoD want done. I'd suggest that is why he is not featured on the Website.  Whilst he will sit in on Board Meetings, he is NOT on the Board, therefore, I'm sure he will have little or no clout on major financial issues, but he will undoubtedly be left to get on with day to day stuff, eg contracts, liaising with the football authorities, Council, logistics, other team's etc.  His employment, is presumably coz the Chairman and/or the BoD neither have the nous or the time to do this task; or they think it is below them?  But it's a job that needs done and it's a job that would need a decent skill set to do.  It's ridiculous to try to equate whatever he is paid with whether we could get another player or not.

Colin Stewart is an Associate Director and whilst sitting in on the Board, he will not be making any major financial decisions either.

I'd have thought that re the Yogi situation (and he was one of the two Managers I'd have gone for post Sackie, Billy Davies being the other) he was contracted to ICT and they had just won the Scottish Cup.  The figure quoted would have been the compensation figure ICT were looking for if Yogi walked out on his contract.  Our Board obviously decided they could not afford that, so they could not speak to him.  The BoD chose Mixup, the rest is history.  Unfortunately, in backing their new Manager, the BoD probably paid that out in his choice of dud players that made no difference.  We got relegated and budgets got slashed and we are where we are!

Recruitment Recruitment Recruitment as I keep saying!!!  We've all backed the wrang horse in our lives.  I thought I was marrying the right girl on Marriage number one, but it turned out she was a Pschotic Charlatan.  I

We'd need Freddy Krueger!

This Charming Man

Same for me.

Currently on Chapter 26 of the Johnny Marr autobiography on audiobook, actually read by him, so in the middle of the whole meltdown surrounding the recording and aftermath of TQID.  Totally surreal thing, it's like having him in the car with me and he's baring his soul to me.  I just want to keep driving and keep listening.

8 and 16 - assuming I have got it correct this time!!!

Access to the graveyard please.

There's always someone somewhere, with a big nose, who knows, who'll trip you up and laugh when you fall.

WDDIM

blackandtangerine wrote:

Foo Kin Twat wrote:

Thanks.  So nothing to see here - move on?

 
Aye, a complete waste of time. Brainchild of spence to make things look better but in reality a load of waffle.

So at that "The Fed" had a seat at the table with ST?  Along with other United fan groups?

If so, then in my humble opinion The Fed have missed a trick, as instead of asking the infamous questions in the manner in which they were asked; if they'd asked them instead in the abbreviated manner I suggested, then surely the Fed would have some answers by now.  And if the rest of the group did not want the answers to those questions, then your assessment of "a load of waffle" would be spot on.


 

Can someone tell me:

(1)  when was the group started and how many meetings of the group have taken place?

(2)  who represents/represented who?

(3)  what has been discussed?

(4)  are their minutes; or are they top secret?

Arab_plumber wrote:

Thompson has brought all the abuse and criticism on himself with his many catastrophically bad decisions,his sulking and lack of communication with the fans.
If you act like that how can you expect to be popular?

He came out with the statement in the summer about repairing the damage he'd caused.....still waiting for this happening


All that's happened since we've been relegated is the fans have poured money in but nothing from him personally or the fabled investment he went looking for after the Derby defeat

His time is well and truly up

And your solution being (once you've stuck your pitchfork in him and razed his crumbling Empire to the ground)?

Coz that's the real issue that many of us want to know the answer to and what the OP is asking?
 

B_Bombscare wrote:

I want him and the hangers out of the club as much as the next person.   However it has to be done in the proper way.    The team right now need us in the stands, ok we haven't been great this season but we are still in with a right good chance of getting back up at first attempt.     I don't think doing things like boycotts, throwing season tickets on the park etc is the way.    What the answer is I do not know.  

Well said Mr Bombscare.  My sentiments exactly.  This is what it is like to live within your means.  What goes on in the stands affects what goes on on the park. 
 

Hoping for a winger and a target man and that we adopt a more positive way of playing from now; as being 2nd in this league this season was the only realistic goal that any sane person could have had for us all along.  I'm realistic enough to understand that as we are out of the Scottish, we've ZERO unbudgeted income coming our way for the rest of this financial year/season; AND we don't yet know what the state of our finances were due to us leaving the Premier League as they are not out yet.  So it is probably true we need Andy Robertson to be sold early today, or we need to manage to lose one or two from the current squad early in the day to avoid spinning the bottle in the last few hours.

Regardless of what happens, we need to stop bitching and moaning and seeking division.  Stabilise the ship.  And find a positive way of playing that means we go into April and May with form and momentum.  As that's how you get out of a play off situation.