The bit that got me was the new coaches wives know we're going to be OK?

What the fck has that got to do with anything. SIGN A STRIKER

How can she say in that bizarre video that loosing like that isn't us?  Of course it bloody well is and has been since October. And don't stand there blubbering about what a good squad we've got, because we sodding well haven't, have we?

Never mind all that rambling, an apology for a long series of poor performances wouldn't have gone a miss, along with a statement that no one finds those performances acceptable, but all that it showed, a rabbit lost in the headlights, notably without the presence of the chief puppet meister DF. 

She says that DM will take 3 games to see what he's got, well I'm  sure as he'll, he knows now 

WOW!

Edited February 24, 20242 yr by Old fort

1 hour ago, darren1810 said:

Tuesday? When there's 3200 there 

As many as that on Tues. They'll be chucking loads of scoff away in the RW Suite. Could be fun if we lose. I'm not confident.

1 hour ago, DaneValiant said:

What odds can we get that she’ll be on the pitch with a mic in her hand going “where aaarrre you? Let’s be havvving you” before the end of the season?

I think she'll be asking "Where are you?" on Tuesday night for sure. 

Alarm bells rang for me back in October when she was reportedly upset/angry at booing following the Cheltenham game. (.....actually, alarm bells completely deafened me back in May, when they gave the manager's job to an utter incompetent, who wouldn't have made the shortlist at any other League 1 club, but somehow "deserved" a go at the job)

Seemed to me then that she had lost sight that she was the owner of Port Vale FOOTBALL Club, and that the third word of that title is what it is all about - rather than whether "John" (Askey) or "Andy" (Crosby) or "Flicker" are nice guys, and shouldn't be subjected to any criticism.

It seems that her 'business' head, and concentrating on the £ savings from the bottom line, has overruled her 'supporter' head, meaning that she can't (or won't) see the complete car-crash that Flitcroft's transfer windows have caused.

Edited February 24, 20242 yr by The Kalamazoo Kid

25 minutes ago, Walka003 said:

The bit that got me was the new coaches wives know we're going to be OK?

What the fck has that got to do with anything. SIGN A STRIKER

Because the wives know how the coaches can perform. Unfortunately I fear we may be already in the same situation as those wives, after the coaches have performed. 

3 hours ago, Spunk Trumpet said:

I’ve zero sympathy for the woman. She’s been told for the best part of a year that Flitcroft is a cancer at the club. 
If that is true she surely is going through all the emotions of being gaslighted.

Anger and defence in an open letter. Now pleading with the people she obviously loves and cares about but is in way too deep.

Honestly, David Flitcroft needs to be removed from this club by force if necessary.

Spot on , mate 👍

Couldn't have put it better myself .

 

Those crocodile tears will probably have a few people feeling sorry for her, despite the fact that she's played the biggest part in getting into this mess.

Stop entertaining Flitcroft and his <ovf censored>. Stop typing out cringeworthy open letters just to try and save some face. Start running a football club like an owner who knows what the hell they are actually doing, or sell up.

5 minutes ago, Valiiant said:

 

Those crocodile tears will probably have a few people feeling sorry for her, despite the fact that she's played the biggest part in getting into this mess.

Stop entertaining Flitcroft and his <ovf censored>. Stop typing out cringeworthy open letters just to try and save some face. Start running a football club like an owner who knows what the hell they are actually doing, or sell up.

I didn’t want to mention it because some folk would take exception, but my wife said the same about the tears. 

3 minutes ago, Old fort said:

I didn’t want to mention it because some folk would take exception, but my wife said the same about the tears. 

 

She's a successful businesswoman. If those tears are actually genuine then she needs to grow a backbone. Less snivelling and more Flitcroft arse booting,

The tears and emotion she feels about the situation are real. Unfortunately so is the delusion about how things will turn out and who is responsible.

Ofcourse the emotion is real. She's done everything she thinks is right. Created an amazing community, a phenomenal team, a DoF hitting every target and the manager of her dreams, yet the results on the pitch don't match. 

1 hour ago, The Kalamazoo Kid said:

Alarm bells rang for me back in October when she was reportedly upset/angry at booing following the Cheltenham game. (.....actually, alarm bells completely deafened me back in May, when they gave the manager's job to an utter incompetent, who wouldn't have made the shortlist at any other League 1 club, but somehow "deserved" a go at the job)

Seemed to me then that she had lost sight that she was the owner of Port Vale FOOTBALL Club, and that the third word of that title is what it is all about - rather than whether "John" (Askey) or "Andy" (Crosby) or "Flicker" are nice guys, and shouldn't be subjected to any criticism.

It seems that her 'business' head, and concentrating on the £ savings from the bottom line, has overruled her 'supporter' head, meaning that she can't (or won't) see the complete car-crash that Flitcroft's transfer windows have caused.

It's insightful that she's never publicly said that the fans pay their money and are entitled to their view. I guess that criticizing her "football family" is taken as criticism of her judgement in employing those players.

Woolly thinking that has got us here.

Carol seems to spend a lot of time talking up incompetent people, like the DoF and the phenomenal players, but not a great deal of time talking up the fans who are paying to endure it.

The video today is quite sad as I’m in no doubt the emotion is real, but she only has herself to blame. Folk have been sounding the alarm bells for over a year and she has refused to listen. Tideswell told people I know that things weren’t right before the Robbie concert - that’s how long ago things have begun to slide.

The fact she is now taking more heed of the new goalkeeping coaches’ wife than she is her supporters is telling.

Just all very sad. What could have been.

Edited February 24, 20242 yr by JoeB2

Actually, let’s properly think about this:

The wife of new back room staff, who she has presumably met perhaps once or twice and knows nothing of the club, says we’ll be fine.

Carol: “this is correct and I will take heed of your words”

Fans, who have been here decades, have seen it all, and want what is best for PVFC, say that Flitcroft is a problem and the club is being run poorly.

Carol: “actually, you are all wrong, and I am right”

 

I think it’s very telling.