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  1. Jim Smith
    [quote user="nutty nigel"][quote user="Indy"][quote user="nutty nigel"]Sorry Beardo. I meant to add that Neil''s contract was given in 2015. I expect the deal you refer to is the severence pay reported in the sun. The question that I''d like answered is how long was the contract McNally gave to Neil. The answer to that would give a bit more perspective to the reported 2m quid pay out.[/quote] I think it''ll only be a years rolling contract as that would be the standard years severance pay, I bet AN is on 40k a week. That would be the 2 million.[/quote]That''s what he was on originally Indy. The contract he was awarded in 2015 was described as an improved long term contract with a vastly enhanced salary.I''ve made this same point over and over but without knowing the details of that contract the reported 2m severance deal a year later doesn''t have any context. It could be more than he would have got or it could be less. [/quote] The key point about the media reports was not that it was £2m severance but that it was two YEARS pay. I suspect the £2m figure was a media guess at what two years pay might be but the point was his contract was changed so that the severance package was worse from the clubs perspective.
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    Tofollo even! Quite an amusing autocorrect that one!
  3. Jim Smith
    Any Olsson sale should not have been allowed to happen til we can adequate cover/a replacement. Tomfoolery should not have been sent back on loan til the position was clear given that we presumably knew we might sell Olson and Brady. This is incredibly basic, common sense stuff but obviously not for Alex "Thicko" Neil or our idiotic board.
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    In any event he should not have taken the money, given his is an unpaid role which I would take to naturally include being part of the recruitment process for a new CEO. What a joke that must have been by the way seeing as we ended up with Jez.
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    [quote user="nutty nigel"]No Jim. I can''t remember the exact words but it was something along the lines of the club being short handed earlier in the year. He certainly didn''t say it was for being interim CE.[/quote] Both Davitt and Butler reported it as acting CEO on the night.
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    [quote user="king canary"]I was half expecting it to have been paid to nephew Tom tbh- if that had been the case I think that might have been the end for me.[/quote] i think many of us suspected that and they knew the question would come up at the AGM.
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    [quote user="nutty nigel"]It''s all very well keep posting articles that way Steve Stone stood in for McNally. I don''t think anyone disputes that. We even had a supporters forum with Steve Stone where he talked about how he came to be doing it. I just don''t remember anyone from the club saying the 90 was for standing in as CE. And further to that the 2016 book closed at the end of June but Moxey didn''t start til the second week of August. So if it wasn''t a post balance sheet event then there''s either more to come or it wasn''t for being interim CE.[/quote] Nutty - is that not exactly what MWJ said when they were asked the question at the AGM - that the payment was made to Balls for standing in as CEO after McNally left (or words to that effect). It was not a post balance sheet event. The contradiction with the public statements from the club throughout the relevant 3 month period that Steve Stone was interim CEO was why several of us raised our eyebrows when it was reported that MWJ had said that.
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    I don''t think that is acceptable Morty. He shouldn''t have been paid the money and he should not have accepted it even if that is how it transpired. To be honest I''m dubious about the whole episode.
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    [quote user="morty"][quote user="Indy"][quote user="morty"][quote user="Indy"]Not having that, it was touted as a non payment role, it wasn''t regardless how you paint it. Had he actually done something to contribute to earning that that''s fine, but really struggling to see what he''s actually done to earn 90k.[/quote]He stood in, in the role of CEO. The money was given to him by the club, in recognition of the long hours he put in doing so. He didn''t ask to be paid, but the club insisted he was paid the going rate. Which was actually less than they would have paid McNally to do it.[/quote] Which is totally contradicting the press at the time on the city web Stone was appointed interim CEO, funny that at the AGM it changed to suite the 90k payment. We can all read into things what we want to see, my view is different to yours on this one Morty.[/quote]But thats what happened, it was stated at the AGM.Facts, not views.Are you saying the club has lied to us?[/quote] It is not a fact because he was NOT the interim CEO. Stone was. It may or may not be a fact that he did some CEO type work and that is why they paid him but frankly I don''t believe a word they say at the moment. He of course claims he tried to turn it down but the others were insistent he take it. Laughable.
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    Can he come back and make himself useful playing for us then whilst he''s on strike?
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    I will respond with a letter saying I won''t be renewing until they listen to their supporters and remove this failing manager.
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    See he got his usual "I''ve spoken to Delia and Jez" line into the post match interview as well. I don''t blame the players if they really don''t like Neil and want him gone. He comes across as massively arrogant, unwilling to accept responsibility for any of our failings yet happy to drop people or hang them out to dry publically when things go wrong and take credit for anything good. We should have seen that when he blatantly gazumped Phelan to take all the credit for that win at Bournemouth in his first game. I have never thought he is "likeable" as others seem to feel. Quite the opposite.
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    Does he not live in Yorkshire somewhere near Leeds? If so makes the tweet even more disingenuous. Ill advised.
  14. Jim Smith
    [quote user="ricardo"][quote user="Jim Smith"] The thing is Ricardo we have a lot of good players so occasionally we are going to beat teams in the way we did Derby. Wes was on fire and in the team and that makes us tick. Even in that game though they had two one on ones despite being very poor and not really threatening that much so the fallibility at the back was still there. Neil then made that result all about him and I think saw it as proof that there was nothing wrong with his methods hence the same old defensive cr*p today.[/quote]Jim, eventually we will come to a must win game that he doesn''t win.[/quote] Yes but I think where you and I differ is that you are happy to wait for that point whereas I would prefer them to be proactive and foresee things not wait until that point because waiting and waiting for that moment has already damaged us.
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    [quote user="ricardo"][quote user="nutty nigel"][quote user="ricardo"]AN, safe as houses for the season by my reckoning. I didn''t expect it but the little man has pulled it out of the fire.[/quote][quote user="ricardo"]Sorry but AN is not going to equal even our minimum expectation this season.Enough is enough.[/quote]Rickyyyy buddy you change your tune week after week. Is it for good this time or will a win next week see another about turn?You can''t help but feel for Neil. He hasn''t lost the players but everything else goes against him. I think he will survive today but I still believe that if the home crowd turn he will be gone the next day. It could be next week because we know what happens when Lambert comes to town. But of course we are well capable of beating Wolves....[/quote]After the Derby game it looked like he had pulled it out of the fire. Now he''s straight back in it and of all things it was against the divisions whipping boys. Any other manager in any other season in my entire supporting lifetime would have gone well before now. Yes we may be only one more game away from another Derbyesque revival but its difficult to argue that we are not equally one game away from another Rotherham.Anyone else would have run out of road by now but AN is now long past doing Wile e Coyote out of a job.[/quote] The thing is Ricardo we have a lot of good players so occasionally we are going to beat teams in the way we did Derby. Wes was on fire and in the team and that makes us tick. Even in that game though they had two one on ones despite being very poor and not really threatening that much so the fallibility at the back was still there. Neil then made that result all about him and I think saw it as proof that there was nothing wrong with his methods hence the same old defensive cr*p today.
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    He needs removing right now before he can do any more damage. He must not be allowed to sell or bring in any more players. I fear he will move players out to try and save his own skin when the reality is they are good enough if managed properly. I really feel this is the case with Olsson. We are selling so Neil can raise cash to try and make a couple of desperation signings.
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    Sack this clown and cancel the Olsson deal til a new manager has a chance to assess the squad.
  18. Jim Smith
    Can we still call this off if we sack this useless manager. I feel sure a competent manager would not want to sell Olsson for such a poor fee.
  19. Jim Smith
    Cheerio Neil. On a similar level to Gunn and Adams in terms of managerial ability.
  20. Jim Smith
    Until we learn to defend crosses and long throws into our box everything good we do will be undermined. Costs us a goal a game at least. The fact this has not been adequately addressed for the best part of two years is ridiculous.
  21. Jim Smith
    get in there. Lets get a winner now.
  22. Jim Smith
    [quote user="morty"]Making plenty of chances.We can win this.[/quote] We can indeed still get something from this.
  23. Jim Smith
    If Tettey gets a yellow here then we really are in sh*t creek. If Howson is injured then we will have no senior central midfielders available at all next week.
  24. Jim Smith
    Everything is undermined by the fact we still cannot defend properly. Both Olsson and Howson''s reds flowed from shambolic defending and today''s from frustration and a lack of composure because we are one down away against a sh*t team having again shown we can''t defend properly. Its not bad luck and Neil does not get any sympathy from me for the red cards, They are happening far too often and it flows from his awful leadership and coaching.
  25. Jim Smith
    Think we will still win this but it is clear that the issues with our defence are far from resolved. Free header just before the goal and then poor defending for the goal too by all accounts. Just as it was obvious these flaws would start costing us when we were top but not playing convincingly, if someone does not get a grip of the defence it will undermine any revival over the next few weeks (if indeed there is to be one).
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