Tonda Eckert

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

2 hours ago, mss636 said:

I get people are angry right now, and I'm pretty angry and embarrassed too but I really do think they didn't know the rule (Dressing a scout in an Eastleigh kit can easily be explained as Ipswich wont do any routines if he was in Saints kit would they??).  When this first broke Saints released a statement saying that they would review internal processes and then I thought "Oh cr*p there's a process for doing this, that means it's company policy".  I genuinely don't think the intent was to cheat but they got caught out not knowing the rules.  But in a way this is just as bad as SURELY if you appoint someone that has never been a manager before (especially from another country or league you'd make sure they or someone involved knew and read the rule book??  To not do that it utter stupidity / incompitant

But if you sack people every time a mistake occurs (OK its a pretty big and stupid one), then you never move forward.  This is a pretty hard lesson to learn but if we replace Tonda it will be with someone who doesn't know the team, or players.  We will need to lose players over the winter due to reduced parachute payments / new FFP rules and bringing in a new coaching team would only compound our difficulties over the winter.

You can be absolutely sure that this wouldn't happen again under Tonda and he's still turned this team around once.  If we get rid there's every chance Sports Republic may appoint another Will Still and we'll be in an even worse situation?

I am afraid his position is completely untenable. He should already of walked and now that he has not the club should sack him. The EFL panel would have looked at us a lot more favourably if we had acted immediately.

[kitch]

Just now, Sergei Gotsmanov said:

I am afraid his position is completely untenable. He should already of walked 

I don't think he's a man of integrity, to be fair!

Edited 1 hour ago by kitch

[maysie]

If people higher up in the club knew it was going on and didn't challenge him, he'd have a case for unfair dismissal. Might be as simple as this that we haven't sacked him immediately, as need to follow due process.

[Britannia]

50 minutes ago, maysie said:

If people higher up in the club knew it was going on and didn't challenge him, he'd have a case for unfair dismissal. Might be as simple as this that we haven't sacked him immediately, as need to follow due process.

Does 'unfair dismissal' apply?  They would be freelance no?  So provided they pay the remainder of the contract.

[Wade Garrett]

59 minutes ago, maysie said:

If people higher up in the club knew it was going on and didn't challenge him, he'd have a case for unfair dismissal. Might be as simple as this that we haven't sacked him immediately, as need to follow due process.

I would imagine anyone higher with knowledge of what he was doing would be out in their ear as well.

[Give it to Ron]

Lose his 3 managers of the month awards?