Phil Parsons

[Scally42]

18 minutes ago, Fitzhugh Fella said:

But my point is that back before the first Boro game it was considered to be a storm in a teacup by everyone, worthy of a genuine apology. Boro/Gibson chose the escalation route. I don't think PP was blabbing, just offered a sincere apology. Wrong call in hindsight but as we all know that is a wonderful thing. Not many have never made a wrong call in their lives. I have made plenty.

If what we did is rife and goes on all the time it's not such a big deal. It's only when Steve Gibbson and all his media buddies pile on it then becomes the crime of the century.

[sadoldgit]

3 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

PP and TE had an opportunity to explain what actually happened when the charges were bought and concluded that admitting guilt was their only course of action. They also had an opportunity to stop events being blown out of all proportion but decided against any attempt to control the narrative. They’ve also sent proven batshit conspiracy theorists to bat for the club afterwards. It’s been piss poor and guilty decision making at every opportunity so let’s not pretend it’s a media hatchet job.

People should be thrown under the bus for what has ultimately led to being kicked out of an opportunity to get to the PL. Who that is might be up for debate pending the outcome of an internal review and FA action but let’s not try and spin the idea the fans are wrongly jumping the gun ffs. 😂

I hope that you never get picked for jury service. You are supposed to listen to all of the evidence before coming to a conclusion. Before throwing anybody under the bus you should at least hear what they have to say.

[Convict Colony]

Honestly in this whole mess i do not think Phil Parsons has any blame to share.

Aside the poster whose been after his job since he got here i thought he's done ok and growing into the role.

You guys are still feeling the short term pain, our redemption arc next season and getting promoted with a 100pts and 2 6-0 drubbings of boro will be a sweet sweet delight.

[beatlesaint]

41 minutes ago, Fitzhugh Fella said:

But my point is that back before the first Boro game it was considered to be a storm in a teacup by everyone, worthy of a genuine apology. Boro/Gibson chose the escalation route. I don't think PP was blabbing, just offered a sincere apology. Wrong call in hindsight but as we all know that is a wonderful thing. Not many have never made a wrong call in their lives. I have made plenty.

Not many have made a wrong call that’s cost potentially £200 million though.

[Football Special]

31 minutes ago, macca155 said:

Good posts from @Fitzhugh Fella, and I'd concur the more heat that can be taken out of this situation the better. However  fans will want someone to pay for this shit show.

Tonda is getting support as most recognise his worth to us. Few will know of Parson's worth, but that's the deal with senior management. It doesn't hurt to remind us. 

Go on holiday by all means, but take your bloody phone and stay ahead of this fiasco, at the very least. 

Just a few settling statements is all that is needed. It's the silence that is annoying.

 

Has he definitely gone on "holiday" ? 

St Mary's stadium has been out of action all week anyway as has been taken over by TakeThat who have been rehearsing there for their forthcoming tour and shows there tonight and tomorrow so he'd probably not have been at the stadium anyway,  could be working remotely 

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[LegalEagle]

19 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Honestly in this whole mess i do not think Phil Parsons has any blame to share.

Aside the poster whose been after his job since he got here i thought he's done ok and growing into the role.

You guys are still feeling the short term pain, our redemption arc next season and getting promoted with a 100pts and 2 6-0 drubbings of boro will be a sweet sweet delight.

You don’t think PP has any blame to share? Really? That’s very generous. I think it would be hard to argue against the proposition that what he said and how he acted to Gibson was entirely misplaced. Who knows but the outcome might have been different if he’d said nothing and got the lawyers in very early on. He read it wrongly when throwing himself at Gibson’s mercy. Gibson was and is known for being a bit of a bastard. And I mean that in a good way if you support Boro and want the best for your club. I wish he was calling the shots at Southampton. Gibson takes no prisoners and I’m surprised that PP didn’t know that. In his position he should have done. An apology like that from PP was just manna from heaven for Gibson and by god did he exploit it. He saw that as weakness on our part. That’s because it was. No blame on PP? Have to strongly disagree.

Edited just now by LegalEagle