Tekel Towers » jets deal close

bowers · 16/6/2015 7:31 am

So should find out more this week..

http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/sport/dundee-united/dundee-united-chairman-s-deal-for-aussie-club-newcastle-jets-close-1.884190

Affshore · 16/6/2015 7:41 am

No wanting to start a melt down on here but does anyone think he can honestly continue to be 100% focused and committed to Dundee United FC ?

bowers · 16/6/2015 8:00 am

I dont think he has been 100% focused and committed to dundee united football club for a while.

Macho Man · 16/6/2015 8:09 am

I don't think ST is interested in United anymore. It appears that his sister is going to be taking over from ST and maybe changing the direction the club had been going in.

I don't know how close she has been to the club, if she went to the games regularly or not, etc. But if she thinks she's going to be able to run this business like her Spa, then she doesn't get football and how the game should be and needs to be run.

ST and the other director will remain on the board at United, probably so they can assist in the running of the club and take a wage, but my understanding is that ST can't be chairman of a Scottish club and be the owner of any other professional football team. (I could be completely wrong here).

There's going to be change happening soon if ST does buy this Aussie club and I can't see it being for the better based on the lack of presence of the board since the end of January.

I'm worried.

Last edited by Macho Man (16/6/2015 8:10 am)

bowers · 16/6/2015 8:11 am

Macho Man wrote:
I don't think ST is interested in United anymore. It appears that his sister is going to be taking over from ST and maybe changing the direction the club had been going in.

I don't know how close she has been to the club, if she went to the games regularly or not, etc. But if she thinks she's going to be able to run this business like her Spa, then she doesn't get football and how the game should be and needs to be run.

ST and the other director will remain on the board at United, probably so they can assist in the running of the club and take a wage, but my understanding is that ST can't be chairman of a Scottish club and be the owner of any other professional football team. (I could be completely wrong here).

There's going to be change happening soon if ST does buy this Aussie club and I can't see it being for the better based on the lack of presence of the board since the end of January.

I'm worried.

Been worried for a while now as has many others.

But too many fail to see there is problems.

Last edited by bowers (16/6/2015 8:12 am)

Macho Man · 16/6/2015 8:17 am

bowers wrote:
Macho Man wrote:
I don't think ST is interested in United anymore. It appears that his sister is going to be taking over from ST and maybe changing the direction the club had been going in.

I don't know how close she has been to the club, if she went to the games regularly or not, etc. But if she thinks she's going to be able to run this business like her Spa, then she doesn't get football and how the game should be and needs to be run.

ST and the other director will remain on the board at United, probably so they can assist in the running of the club and take a wage, but my understanding is that ST can't be chairman of a Scottish club and be the owner of any other professional football team. (I could be completely wrong here).

There's going to be change happening soon if ST does buy this Aussie club and I can't see it being for the better based on the lack of presence of the board since the end of January.

I'm worried.

Been worried for a while now as has many others.

But too many fail to see there is problems.

LIkewise. There are so many stories out there as to what is happening/going to happen.

If the board came out and advised on what direction teh club is taking and who is going to be leading the club then that would put a stop to all the rumours, would take the fans uncertainty away and would allow the opportunity for us all to pull in the same direction.

I want my club back.

Affshore · 16/6/2015 8:20 am

Is he's sister no based in OZ already Randy ???

bowers · 16/6/2015 8:28 am

Affshore wrote:
Is he's sister no based in OZ already Randy ???

His daughter is sister is here

Affshore · 16/6/2015 8:41 am

bowers wrote:
Affshore wrote:
Is he's sister no based in OZ already Randy ???

His daughter is sister is here

Cheers Bowers, thought it was the sister !

bowers · 16/6/2015 8:52 am

Affshore wrote:
bowers wrote:
Affshore wrote:
Is he's sister no based in OZ already Randy ???

His daughter is sister is here
Cheers Bowers, thought it was the sister !

Maybe has another one over there mate.

His sister justine is the one that has been in the media a bit recently.

Affshore · 16/6/2015 9:55 am

Is that the lassie who lost her husband mate ? Sure thats who I was thinking of, had it in my mind she moved there, maybe em up the wrang dreel though...

Tek · 16/6/2015 10:08 am

Affshore wrote:
Is that the lassie who lost her husband mate ? Sure thats who I was thinking of, had it in my mind she moved there, maybe em up the wrang dreel though...

No that's Justine mate.

She was set to take over as Chairwoman but tragically her husband was involved in a fatal bike accident.Was just a few days before Eddie passed too.

Affshore · 16/6/2015 10:09 am

I remember that Tek, horrific !!!

blackandtangerine · 16/6/2015 12:13 pm

Ach well, he goes we should save 150 grand on his wages .........or will we

Tangy · 16/6/2015 12:40 pm

Presumably, whoever is chairperson would get his wage and if he goes back to being an ordinary director (not a full time position) he would take the package for that. I can't see the cost of the board going up - can you?

The longer this goes on though, the more i think we need to NUJ deal to be concluded before we hear of anything happening at our club... Fingers crossed they can get things concluded soon - having fingers in too many pies doesn't appear to be doing our club any good at the moment.

bowers · 16/6/2015 12:58 pm

But then this was his intention to head over there as part of a consortium for the jets whilst still being chairman of dundee utd with david southern in charge of the day to day things with his sister watching over him perhaps

Thompson at the other side of the world a fonecall or email away picking up his 150k making an appearance at tannadice x amount of times a season to tey justify his pay packet and picking a wage up from the jets also.

baldyeagle · 16/6/2015 1:56 pm

Affshore wrote:
No wanting to start a melt down on here but does anyone think he can honestly continue to be 100% focused and committed to Dundee United FC ?

Impossible.

Exit strategy coming together.

Thank phuck!

baldyeagle · 16/6/2015 1:58 pm

blackandtangerine wrote:
Ach well, he goes we should save 150 grand on his wages .........or will we

Guaranteed that'll be his annual dividend.

Affshore · 16/6/2015 2:11 pm

Better watch bowers, did someone not have to take a picture down off facebook due to ST / DUFC lawyers not too long ago? a picture that had ST with a txt box underneath saying 'have you seen this man, last spotted at Tannadice street in January'

bowers · 16/6/2015 3:35 pm

Faf.. someone posted a pic of him of missing people australia facebook. He had to take it down as it was shared from several i believe.

Good banter but was obviously taken far to serious

Foo Kin Twat · 26/6/2015 6:37 pm

This was just on the STV News there...

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/06/26/dundee-united-chief-inching-closer-newcastle-jets-takeover

geegee · 26/6/2015 9:20 pm

bowers wrote:
Faf.. someone posted a pic of him of missing people australia facebook. He had to take it down as it was shared from several i believe.

Good banter but was obviously taken far to serious

no being funny or anything and separating it from any pro / anti sentiment...I'm no sure its really "good banter" TBH...sounds pretty fucking irresponsible to me...missing persons are no exactly a laughing matter are they?

GUNBOAT · 26/6/2015 10:00 pm

In my honest opinion Jackie and the boys have only held onto the cash cow that is DUFC because our chairman has spent most of 2015 down under.If ST was not forever on the other side of the world i think he would have sacked them if he had watched every game from February till May.

bowers · 26/6/2015 10:40 pm

geegee wrote:
bowers wrote:
Faf.. someone posted a pic of him of missing people australia facebook. He had to take it down as it was shared from several i believe.

Good banter but was obviously taken far to serious
no being funny or anything and separating it from any pro / anti sentiment...I'm no sure its really "good banter" TBH...sounds pretty fucking irresponsible to me...missing persons are no exactly a laughing matter are they?

Didnt say missing people was a laughing matter.

However the guy that posted it done so for a laugh obviously not thinking it wouldo have spread like an australian bush fire.

Differant people differant sense of humours.

geegee · 26/6/2015 10:55 pm

bowers wrote:
geegee wrote:
bowers wrote:
Faf.. someone posted a pic of him of missing people australia facebook. He had to take it down as it was shared from several i believe.

Good banter but was obviously taken far to serious
no being funny or anything and separating it from any pro / anti sentiment...I'm no sure its really "good banter" TBH...sounds pretty fucking irresponsible to me...missing persons are no exactly a laughing matter are they?

Didnt say missing people was a laughing matter.

However the guy that posted it done so for a laugh obviously not thinking it wouldo have spread like an australian bush fire.

Differant people differant sense of humours.

not having a go at you mate...but just saying maybe the boy should have just even spent 10 seconds thinking about it and how desparate the people who use those types of sites are to find people, kids, wifes, husbands etc.. who they are not sure whether they are even alive or dead...its not really a sense of humour issue is it...its just spending a few seconds thinking about what you are doing and basic decency...
anyway, moving on, will be interesting how things pan out here...one thing is for sure the uncertainty and silence from the club on virtually everything is not doing anybody any favours