We lose one of the best young managers in the country in a disgraceful manner.
We can debate this time and time again but whatever we do, protest or not, sit on our hands or not, any action you like or not, our club is in the hands of one man and his partner Sainsburys. How we go from here only God knows.
Ultimately i have detested ron's presence from day 1,it was apparent that he had asset stripped the club & paid next to nothing acquire a controlling stake in the club that meant he held all the cards. With him being a property developer it was very quick to see that southend would not remain on the rich [/COLOR][/SIZE]residential Roots Hall site for long........and so in my mind Ron's priorities were set.
His behaviour was further questionable when it took a fans & echo campaign to get tilly installed and ron give up his fantasy over stan (chasing the limelight rather than the fans wishes). Around the same time was when
like most on this forum i would follow southend regardless,so would gladly see the club go into admin and play in the senior league if it meant that it was run in the interests of the fans and not one man's pocket.i have no desire for a new souless plastic shell of a new stadium,miles from town,no decent transport links,void of any real pubs or atmosphere and to saddle the club with masses of debt it cannot maintain.Some small improvements at the Hall would freshen the place up but the most pressing priority should be the return of the fans to their natural home-the North Bank.
Is Tilly really one of the best young mangers in the country? The successful years were largely due to Eastwood and to be fair Tilly threw him in, in desperation. Tilly has taken the Club down twice. Is that a recommendation for keeping his job? Also, people talk about the disgraceful way he left the Club. What happened that was so disgraceful? I understand he will be paid for the rest of his contract which gives him plenty of time to find another job.
I have a big problem here with this, he's apparently owed a large 5 figure sum in unpaid wages and in my eyes, putting him on "gardening leave" is allowing him to look for work elsewhere, which, when found will undoubtedly allow the club to "release" him with the agreement that outstanding owed wages are wiped out - the "mutual consent" thing we hear about so often. This is only my opinion and based on what I've found to be the case with some of the players that left, but if it is true then that is what is disgraceful about the mishandling of his sacking.
I have a big problem here with this, he's apparently owed a large 5 figure sum in unpaid wages and in my eyes, putting him on "gardening leave" is allowing him to look for work elsewhere, which, when found will undoubtedly allow the club to "release" him with the agreement that outstanding owed wages are wiped out - the "mutual consent" thing we hear about so often. This is only my opinion and based on what I've found to be the case with some of the players that left, but if it is true then that is what is disgraceful about the mishandling of his sacking.
Tilly has taken the Club down twice. Is that a recommendation for keeping his job? Also, people talk about the disgraceful way he left the Club. What happened that was so disgraceful? I understand he will be paid for the rest of his contract which gives him plenty of time to find another job.
I have a big problem here with this, he's apparently owed a large 5 figure sum in unpaid wages and in my eyes, putting him on "gardening leave" is allowing him to look for work elsewhere, which, when found will undoubtedly allow the club to "release" him with the agreement that outstanding owed wages are wiped out - the "mutual consent" thing we hear about so often. This is only my opinion and based on what I've found to be the case with some of the players that left, but if it is true then that is what is disgraceful about the mishandling of his sacking.
I'm sorry but how can this bunch of mercenaries, who are all sturrocks ex players and want to play for HIM and not Southend, ever be compared or held above Barrett or McCormack?
Surely the point of gardening leave means he is not allowed to work elsewhere without permission?
As What I have heard its to stop Steve Tilson talking to the Echo and BBC Essex... also there are no footie Jobs about so expect to see Steve a Canvey..lol
If thats the case then there is some disgrace, but "apparently" would mean you are not 100% sure that this is the case.I have a big problem here with this, he's apparently owed a large 5 figure sum in unpaid wages .
Surely the point of gardening leave means he is not allowed to work elsewhere without permission?
Thats something we will never know for sure though Mick. At the end of 2009 we had won 8 and lost 11 and were decidedly mid table and not playing particularly well.To be fair, he took the club down ONCE. Ron Martin took the club down a second time by not paying the players..
But surely before McCormack signed he wasn't desperaet to play for Southend. He came to us on loan because he wanted first team football, I am sure if someone else higher up had offered him a chance he would have gone there and never played for us.
I have a big problem here with this, he's apparently owed a large 5 figure sum in unpaid wages and in my eyes, putting him on "gardening leave" is allowing him to look for work elsewhere, which, when found will undoubtedly allow the club to "release" him with the agreement that outstanding owed wages are wiped out - the "mutual consent" thing we hear about so often. This is only my opinion and based on what I've found to be the case with some of the players that left, but if it is true then that is what is disgraceful about the mishandling of his sacking.