| This actually offers the club a way out. 17:55 - Mar 26 with 1564 views | Blueschev |
Immediately rid themselves of Ashton and make an unreserved apology to the fans and the wider community.
All hinges on Ashton being gone, however. |  | | |  |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 17:56 - Mar 26 with 1308 views | _CliveBaker_ |
From a club perspective, its the best play. Stick it all on him and come out with a strongly worded statement that puts it on an individual rather than the club. |  | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 17:56 - Mar 26 with 1301 views | bluelagos |
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Get rid, move on. Anything else is slow motion car crash... |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 17:58 - Mar 26 with 1229 views | muccletonjoe |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 17:56 - Mar 26 by bluelagos |
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Get rid, move on. Anything else is slow motion car crash... |
Agree , it has to be done quickly or this is going to get worse and worse |  | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:02 - Mar 26 with 1175 views | Swansea_Blue |
They might not want Ashton to go and could believe it would harm the club, so it’s not straightforward. Do we want to compromise promotion for the sake of Nigel Fkn Farage? That would be hard to swallow. There’s a good argument for not letting that w&nker of a man tear the club apart (even if trust between the fans and club is damaged; that can be repaired with success on the pitch).
We do need to hear from the ownership group(s) now though. This can’t be dealt with or smoothed over by Ashton himself. |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:03 - Mar 26 with 1145 views | TheMoralMajority |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:02 - Mar 26 by Swansea_Blue |
They might not want Ashton to go and could believe it would harm the club, so it’s not straightforward. Do we want to compromise promotion for the sake of Nigel Fkn Farage? That would be hard to swallow. There’s a good argument for not letting that w&nker of a man tear the club apart (even if trust between the fans and club is damaged; that can be repaired with success on the pitch).
We do need to hear from the ownership group(s) now though. This can’t be dealt with or smoothed over by Ashton himself. |
Mate. Promotion is already compromised. Damage is done! |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:04 - Mar 26 with 1113 views | gtsb1966 |
It might not be a sackable offence. The club have to be careful. |  | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:05 - Mar 26 with 1084 views | catch74 |
I’m wondering whether the silence is whilst due process is being carried out. |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:05 - Mar 26 with 1086 views | Wallingford_Boy |
Are you actually mental?!
Get rid of our savior, after all he has done for this club just for meeting a politician for lunch!
Give your head a wobble. |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:07 - Mar 26 with 1026 views | bartyg |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:05 - Mar 26 by Wallingford_Boy |
Are you actually mental?!
Get rid of our savior, after all he has done for this club just for meeting a politician for lunch!
Give your head a wobble. |
He and the club by extension have lied to you. They think we're all fools, believing their story where they downplay the club's and MA's involvement.
But you're too happy licking that boot to care. |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:07 - Mar 26 with 1022 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:04 - Mar 26 by gtsb1966 |
It might not be a sackable offence. The club have to be careful. |
How can it not be? Genuine question.
He’s literally put his ego over the clubs neutral position politically, then denied doing so, then outright lied through the use of the clubs media channels, hoodwinked Phil into his bullsh*t and taken the entire fanbase for mugs.
It has to be a sackable offence. Bringin the club into disrepute. |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:09 - Mar 26 with 950 views | Ewan_Oozami |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:05 - Mar 26 by Wallingford_Boy |
Are you actually mental?!
Get rid of our savior, after all he has done for this club just for meeting a politician for lunch!
Give your head a wobble. |
These C-suites always get away with stuff, even when they're bang to rights, it's one of the reasons Farage is so popular FFS - these people need to be held accountable, for once in their lives. |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:09 - Mar 26 with 943 views | Swansea_Blue |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:03 - Mar 26 by TheMoralMajority |
Mate. Promotion is already compromised. Damage is done! |
It could get a lot worse if Ashton’s booted out and that impacts Kieran.
To quote an old favourite phrase, we should be careful what we wish for, imo of course. | |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:11 - Mar 26 with 922 views | andyblue231 |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:05 - Mar 26 by Wallingford_Boy |
Are you actually mental?!
Get rid of our savior, after all he has done for this club just for meeting a politician for lunch!
Give your head a wobble. |
Then lied to the fans.
Also MA is not our saviour. The investment and KM are. Modern football - we can’t get promoted if our CEO leaves come off it. |  | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:11 - Mar 26 with 920 views | Blueschev |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:05 - Mar 26 by Wallingford_Boy |
Are you actually mental?!
Get rid of our savior, after all he has done for this club just for meeting a politician for lunch!
Give your head a wobble. |
I doubt even he believes he’s the saviour of the club, in spite of his ego.
He’s brought the club into disrepute by lying to the fan base, and has humiliated it nationally, for no reason whatsoever. | | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:11 - Mar 26 with 907 views | TheMoralMajority |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:09 - Mar 26 by Swansea_Blue |
It could get a lot worse if Ashton’s booted out and that impacts Kieran.
To quote an old favourite phrase, we should be careful what we wish for, imo of course. |
I don't know what goes on behind the scenes, I can only speculate based on what's reported... but I can't imagine he's over enamored with how our illustrious CEO and Chairman's actions have sowed unrest amongst the fanbase and the team at the most crucial time of the season. | |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:12 - Mar 26 with 892 views | bluelagos |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:05 - Mar 26 by Wallingford_Boy |
Are you actually mental?!
Get rid of our savior, after all he has done for this club just for meeting a politician for lunch!
Give your head a wobble. |
Saviour? Get your head out of his arse, it's full of sh1t and seems to be frazzling yer brain. | |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:12 - Mar 26 with 861 views | gtsb1966 |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:07 - Mar 26 by The_Romford_Blue |
How can it not be? Genuine question.
He’s literally put his ego over the clubs neutral position politically, then denied doing so, then outright lied through the use of the clubs media channels, hoodwinked Phil into his bullsh*t and taken the entire fanbase for mugs.
It has to be a sackable offence. Bringin the club into disrepute. |
To you , me , and every man and his dog it looks like that but we're not lawyers. In a court of law it's a different story. We have no idea what his contract involved in terms of what he could do or not do etc. | | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:13 - Mar 26 with 817 views | FrimleyBlue |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:09 - Mar 26 by Swansea_Blue |
It could get a lot worse if Ashton’s booted out and that impacts Kieran.
To quote an old favourite phrase, we should be careful what we wish for, imo of course. |
Ashton not leaving could impact Kieran anyway.. There could be some extremely pssed off players who we are asking to get the club promoted, a club they may well dislike right now. |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:14 - Mar 26 with 802 views | ChelmsfordBlue86 |
If handled correctly the club could come out of this really positively and as one. It could even help us for the remainder of the season, but for that to happen Ashton absolutely has to go. Will always be grateful for everything he done and certainly won’t forget the good bits, but unfortunately he really has shot himself in both feet. What a catastrophic misjudgment. | | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:15 - Mar 26 with 755 views | ITFCSG |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:13 - Mar 26 by FrimleyBlue |
Ashton not leaving could impact Kieran anyway.. There could be some extremely pssed off players who we are asking to get the club promoted, a club they may well dislike right now. |
If I was Kieran I would go right up to GC and give them an ultimatum. Either Ashton goes or I quit | | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:19 - Mar 26 with 695 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:12 - Mar 26 by gtsb1966 |
To you , me , and every man and his dog it looks like that but we're not lawyers. In a court of law it's a different story. We have no idea what his contract involved in terms of what he could do or not do etc. |
Legally, it’ll be done as a civil situation of employment law where ‘bringing the clubs image into disrepute’ is covered.
If I’d have done that at my firm (and we’ve enough celebrities who bet with us that we deal with every day to easily do so), it would be a sackable offence.
Ashton has tried to become pally with Farage and used ITFC as a device to do so. It’s absolutely 1000000000% gross misconduct and it’s not even close imo. Based purely from doing an A-Level in law. | |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:20 - Mar 26 with 666 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:07 - Mar 26 by The_Romford_Blue |
How can it not be? Genuine question.
He’s literally put his ego over the clubs neutral position politically, then denied doing so, then outright lied through the use of the clubs media channels, hoodwinked Phil into his bullsh*t and taken the entire fanbase for mugs.
It has to be a sackable offence. Bringin the club into disrepute. |
PHIL FOR CHAIRMAN |  |
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:23 - Mar 26 with 629 views | ITFCson |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:05 - Mar 26 by Wallingford_Boy |
Are you actually mental?!
Get rid of our savior, after all he has done for this club just for meeting a politician for lunch!
Give your head a wobble. |
It’s utterly absurd what people are suggesting isn’t it.
He’s the best chairman we’ve had for a long time. We drive him out then who knows maybe McKenna follows and then some of the players. And all driven because some of our fan base are angry that a politician they don’t support has had lunch with our chaorman. It’s almost impossible to fathom. | | | |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:27 - Mar 26 with 580 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:12 - Mar 26 by gtsb1966 |
To you , me , and every man and his dog it looks like that but we're not lawyers. In a court of law it's a different story. We have no idea what his contract involved in terms of what he could do or not do etc. |
When sacking someone, you have to take a step back, and ask what the person did that is not part of his role, or contravened some rule or policy in the business.
Having an ego is not.
Inviting someone who might at some point be able to influence our development plans is not.
Being secretive about things is not, if it's not illegal, and doesn't contravene the rules and policies of the business.
We also don't know who else is complicit, or made the 'club' statements.
Yes, his position is likely untenable, but it's far more likely that an 'accommodation' will be agreed rather than an out-and-out termination of contract. Those can get very messy, and drag the club through the courts, which is the last thing we need. This is why in the corporate world, senior executives often 'leave to pursue other interests'.
Could it involve a pay-off? For sure it could - and as unpalatable as that is, it keeps it cleaner for the club.
Let's wait and see - but I think it's unlikely we'll see an announcement saying he's been fired. [Post edited 27 Mar 9:13]
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| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:28 - Mar 26 with 576 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| This actually offers the club a way out. on 18:23 - Mar 26 by ITFCson |
It’s utterly absurd what people are suggesting isn’t it.
He’s the best chairman we’ve had for a long time. We drive him out then who knows maybe McKenna follows and then some of the players. And all driven because some of our fan base are angry that a politician they don’t support has had lunch with our chaorman. It’s almost impossible to fathom. |
It’s a personal thing isn’t it to way it up. The pros and the cons.
Pros - double promotion. McKenna. Football club is a far happier place than the Evans era. The foundation. The stadium improvements. The training ground developments.
Cons - he’s willingly sold the football club’s soul for his own benefit. And he had no right to sell something that is ours.
It’s Ashton Out for me. [Post edited 26 Mar 18:28]
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