Had plenty to say for himself in the Arch on Saturday night apparently.

The cynic in me thinks we have a sniff of success again (if you can call winning the Irn Bru Cup a success?) and he crawls out the woodwork.

He very much liked doing interviews afterall when we were doing well under Levein/Houstie/Jackie (initially).

I am intrigued though and will try and listen in.

Tangerine'n'Black wrote:

Had plenty to say for himself in the Arch on Saturday night apparently.

please do tell... 
 

Tangerine'n'Black wrote:

Had plenty to say for himself in the Arch on Saturday night apparently.

 


You cant leave it at that....

Tek wrote:

Shit i totally forgot about it.

Anyone listen in?

 
Missed too - probably a re-hash of the Courier interview - maybe on the Sportsmen podcast later/tomorrow?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04ybgvn

Canadian Arab wrote:

Glad I logged on in order to get an update on the interview from all you local lads 🙄

Probably not heard much on here as most folk will be at the match.  Incase you had forgotten we were at home to ayr tonight.
 

Just listened to a pile of keech

First observation - what a difference in Thompson's spoken demeanor - his previous self confidence of 3/4 years ago has been completely eroded and he is now a nervous gibbering wreck whom no-one (Graham Spiers apart) is likely to believe anything  he says. This transformation Thompson is the price you pay for betraying your fans.

He claims credit for finishing in the top 6, 8 times on his watch - any credit for this surely has to go to Levein/Houstie. Thompsons role was merely to bask in the glory of the inherited successful team before replacing  a good manager with a collection of numpties, selling the assets and replacing them with a set of duds.He is apparently disappointed that United got relegated on his watch - relegation didn't just happen - his mis-management was the reason a successful United side got relegated

He claims United are a family club but went silent on why Justine left the board stating that all families have squabbles and disgracefully went on to say that Justine had problems in her life rather than her probable unhappiness with the direction of the club under Steven.

He claims to speak to Ray before most games but didn't say anything about speaking to him afterwards to query why results were bad and performances were rotten

Apparently he's only made 1 or 2 bad decisions - he's probably right (1) taking up the chairmanship and (2) not resigning

Apparently only certain people want him gone - for his info they are called United fans. It was apparently difficult to win United fans over as he had sold 1 or 2 players. I see arithmetic is not another of his strong points.

The real cracker is "the best way is to engage" or "we should be talking" - words failed me at this point

He wants to see United fans happy - someone tell him quick where the exit door is

He also claims that his dad put £4M into the club without adding  that it was a high interest bearing loan which has since been repaid. His latest arithmetic was we had debts of £7M sold players for £11.5M and now only have debts of £2M. Obviously didn't receive a Stoabbie education like me

I got the impression that (a) he is desperate to get out if only someone would buy and (b) the club is probably heading towards administration in which case it would be the end of the gravy train for him.  
 

 

annanarab wrote:

Just listened to a pile of keech

First observation - what a difference in Thompson's spoken demeanor - his previous self confidence of 3/4 years ago has been completely eroded and he is now a nervous gibbering wreck whom no-one (Graham Spiers apart) is likely to believe anything  he says. This transformation Thompson is the price you pay for betraying your fans.

He claims credit for finishing in the top 6, 8 times on his watch - any credit for this surely has to go to Levein/Houstie. Thompsons role was merely to bask in the glory of the inherited successful team before replacing  a good manager with a collection of numpties, selling the assets and replacing them with a set of duds.He is apparently disappointed that United got relegated on his watch - relegation didn't just happen - his mis-management was the reason a successful United side got relegated

He claims United are a family club but went silent on why Justine left the board stating that all families have squabbles and disgracefully went on to say that Justine had problems in her life rather than her probable unhappiness with the direction of the club under Steven.

He claims to speak to Ray before most games but didn't say anything about speaking to him afterwards to query why results were bad and performances were rotten

Apparently he's only made 1 or 2 bad decisions - he's probably right (1) taking up the chairmanship and (2) not resigning

Apparently only certain people want him gone - for his info they are called United fans. It was apparently difficult to win United fans over as he had sold 1 or 2 players. I see arithmetic is not another of his strong points.

The real cracker is "the best way is to engage" or "we should be talking" - words failed me at this point

He wants to see United fans happy - someone tell him quick where the exit door is

He also claims that his dad put £4M into the club without adding  that it was a high interest bearing loan which has since been repaid. His latest arithmetic was we had debts of £7M sold players for £11.5M and now only have debts of £2M. Obviously didn't receive a Stoabbie education like me

I got the impression that (a) he is desperate to get out if only someone would buy and (b) the club is probably heading towards administration in which case it would be the end of the gravy train for him.  
 

 

Good summary, hes a cock i listened to it, the man is a cock. 

Listened to his interview this morning.

He's just planted the ball in FU/Fed/FoDS court I think.
Told them that if they want to talk, he'll talk but only to appointed representatives. Not an angry mob.
I think that's reasonable and probably sensible.
There's no choice but to play by his rules. Going to have to just stay professional and do it all by the book.
If he wants the questions in advance, give them in advance. Once we have answers, ask more questions. It will take longer than what some want but its the only way I think. He's never going to sit there and talk to us without researching his answers first.

I actually think he's willing to sell but crucially he wont sell unless the person has the backing to run the club.

He says there's nobody out there. I've been told by some fans that there is someone out there but nobody knows who he is.
I start to wonder if its wishful thinking. Its not Deuchars. Its not Jamieson. Its not Lorraine. Its not Hugh Duncan Drummond. Its not the US banker. So who is it?

Here's a question - If Thompson cant leave (i.e if there's never a buyer) what would the above mentioned organisations do? Would they be willing to work with Thompson? Or is it simply Thompson out?

 

bowers wrote:

Weedude..
FODS made ST an offer of the foundation set up and he knocked them back saying it would never work.
FU met with Colin Stewart as a 5 strong group and seeked a meeting with ST whih was refused as far as i am led to believe the FU door is still open to a meeting with ST to talk.
FED have played by his rules as have others. Questions got submitted as requested by him accepted by him but then the fed ask if follow up questions will be allowed on the answers given. Now i dont know what more the fed and any others can do now? Its his ball he decides who he wants to play with it. Hence why arabtrust the ladies and dubc got the q&a. These 3 groups all lap up freebies from the club.

Fed wanted to ask the questions in advance, get the answers then retort there and then, during the meeting, or at least that's what I understand to be the case? 
All I'm meaning is that it will have to be like tennis, back and forward. Will take an age but probably the only way it will work?

What did FoDS offer?
What did he say wouldn't work?

WeeDude_83 wrote:

bowers wrote:

Weedude..
FODS made ST an offer of the foundation set up and he knocked them back saying it would never work.
FU met with Colin Stewart as a 5 strong group and seeked a meeting with ST whih was refused as far as i am led to believe the FU door is still open to a meeting with ST to talk.
FED have played by his rules as have others. Questions got submitted as requested by him accepted by him but then the fed ask if follow up questions will be allowed on the answers given. Now i dont know what more the fed and any others can do now? Its his ball he decides who he wants to play with it. Hence why arabtrust the ladies and dubc got the q&a. These 3 groups all lap up freebies from the club.

Fed wanted to ask the questions in advance, get the answers then retort there and then, during the meeting, or at least that's what I understand to be the case? 
All I'm meaning is that it will have to be like tennis, back and forward. Will take an age but probably the only way it will work?

What did FoDS offer?
What did he say wouldn't work?

 

He federation wanted a q&a with ST as it had been a request of member clubs. St wouldnt have an open one but would meet committee if pre sent questions had been submitted.
The date was set and the club asked the fed to submit questions that members wanted to ask..  The fed sent them in and the club accepted them.. The fed then asked if follow up questions to his answers would be allowed thats why and when it was cancelled. IMO he wanted an excuse not to meet the fed.

Im not entirely sure of the ins and outs of the FODS offer but along the lines of X amount of fans putting £10/£20/£50 etc a month into them like hearts have.
Thompson said it would never work.

Now surely even having some sort of income this way would have been a start?