Sports Republics response to “Spygate”

[Sheaf Saint]

They're doing themselves no favours with this continued radio silence.

I get that there is an awful lot to unpick and sort out to find a way forward, but FFS the fans deserve better than this. Even just a holding statement, with a massive apology to everyone who spent money on following the team this season and an acknowledgement that we have been badly let down.

They are still allowing all the narrative to be controlled by outside forces. Yet another total PR disasterclass from SR.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

5 hours ago, SteveGc said:

So many bedwetters on this subject. The club I have no doubt have acted and been guided and continue to be by their lawyers 

Shitty lawyers by looks of it. 

[Toussaint]

57 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Bottles 😉

I was was fixated on the pepper grinder?!?

[Toussaint]

6 hours ago, SteveGc said:

So many bedwetters on this subject. The club I have no doubt have acted and been guided and continue to be by their lawyers 

Bedwetters, really, that’s the best you have, insult nearly everyone here because you somehow think they have it handled, based on… ?  The layers that have guided them, was it legal aid lawyers or first year law students? 

[Turkish]

32 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

They're doing themselves no favours with this continued radio silence.

I get that there is an awful lot to unpick and sort out to find a way forward, but FFS the fans deserve better than this. Even just a holding statement, with a massive apology to everyone who spent money on following the team this season and an acknowledgement that we have been badly let down.

They are still allowing all the narrative to be controlled by outside forces. Yet another total PR disasterclass from SR.

Even just a statement saying they are conducting an internal view. The club seem to excel in silence whenever there are bad times and publicly slap themselves on the back in good times.

i suspect they’re currently waiting on the FA investigations but even so something is better than silence, that just makes them look like they’re burying their head in the sand. Perception is everything 

[benjii]

8 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Bedwetters, really, that’s the best you have, insult nearly everyone here because you somehow think they have it handled, based on… ?  The layers that have guided them, was it legal aid lawyers or first year law students? 

In fairness, they instructed good lawyers but I think the damage was done by Saturday lunchtime (i.e. pretty much immediately) by Parsons' apparent boardroom confession and our instant cooperation with the EFL.

He should have just said, "Sorry you feel aggrieved. I don't know anything about this. We will look into it."

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, benjii said:

In fairness, they instructed good lawyers but I think the damage was done by Saturday lunchtime (i.e. pretty much immediately) by Parsons' apparent boardroom confession and our instant cooperation with the EFL.

He should have just said, "Sorry you feel aggrieved. I don't know anything about this. We will look into it."

I can imagine Parsons did it with that ridiculous smirk as well. 

[EssEffCee]

2 minutes ago, benjii said:

In fairness, they instructed good lawyers but I think the damage was done by Saturday lunchtime (i.e. pretty much immediately) by Parsons' apparent boardroom confession and our instant cooperation with the EFL.

He should have just said, "Sorry you feel aggrieved. I don't know anything about this. We will look into it."

Didn't help that we sent a response to the EFL the day before the first leg which contained a lie either.

[Saint86]

11 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

Just out of interest, how do you infer how THB is feeling about the situation from him posting a photo of a pint of Guinness?

3 bottles by Boro this season? Surely?

[benjii]

2 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Didn't help that we sent a response to the EFL the day before the first leg which contained a lie either.

Yeah. Again, why are we responding so quickly? Stupid.

[sadoldgit]

They released a statement in 20th May and sounded confident that they would overturn the sanction on appeal. We all know how that went! Nothing since but given that there is an internal investigation going on, decisions are being made about how to deal with it and move on and that the FA are also involved, it is crucial that the next club statement is spot on. Every is gutted and deflated. Put out the wrong system and things will only get worse, if that is possible. 
The last statement a few days ago said that there would be another in due course. I would prefer full chapter and verse rather than another holding statement and now that the final is over and out of the way l’m sure we will see something soon.

[EssEffCee]

1 minute ago, benjii said:

Yeah. Again, why are we responding so quickly? Stupid.

Properly daft mate. Clearly won't have had time to look it properly by that point, and Parsons then compounds that with his confession to Gibson the following day.

[Saint86]

10 hours ago, revolution saint said:

I'd assume the lack of a proper response is probably because something fairly big is in the offing and they're sorting it all out.  It doesn't really bother me too much but I can see why there's frustration and it's not unjustified.  

50/50 coin toss for me... Either something big is in the offing, or they're back to being paralysed by indecision and being inept again. After the whole Parsons Seppuku board room incident, it takes a leap of faith to think the club definitely make good calls this summer.

[Toussaint]

7 minutes ago, benjii said:

In fairness, they instructed good lawyers but I think the damage was done by Saturday lunchtime (i.e. pretty much immediately) by Parsons' apparent boardroom confession and our instant cooperation with the EFL.

He should have just said, "Sorry you feel aggrieved. I don't know anything about this. We will look into it."

The lawyer bit was just a throwaway line really, it’s the “bedwetter” bit I found inflammatory. I think we can all agree this is pretty serious and therefore highly emotionally charged. 

[ChristopheVAFC]

I wouldn't want to be in the offices at St. Mary's or the Staplewood Campus.

I think that right now, before the club publicly communicates with the fans about how this whole situation ends, the goal is to find answers to certain questions, make the right decisions (even if they haven't always made the right choices, I agree), and above all, to put out the fire internally.

Dragan must be furious, and it seems he intends to work on the matter personally in the coming days (I understand Dragan will be there in the next few days). Things are likely to get very heated, and I think some things will happen.

The club must first regain the trust of its sponsors, its players, and its fans.

This whole affair must be a lesson for the years to come.

I expect the club to make a statement towards the end of next week.

[macca155]

They'll have to break their silence soon. An email on season tickets must be on hold at the moment, and financially that can't wait much longer.

Nevertheless I don't think we should be too impatient. Probably sensible to let the whole playoff saga quieten down a bit. I'd rather they took their time and make the right decision.

Problem is I don't trust them one bit.