I think with the above statement in mind we will now see players leave. It strikes me that the club are going head to head with the players, and many of them are clearly unhappy, and therefore will look elsewhere.

Granted these kind of statements are not helpful, but its obvious the players and management are losing patience and/or faith in the club and the promises they feel have not been kept.

-- Edited by Kevin on Monday 24th of January 2011 09:09:35 PM

I dont think the players were having a go, just saying that they didnt get the club into this mess, and they had been patient with regarding to wages, and had continued to perform over and above.

Over the last few weeks the fans knew the players had played unpaid and were behind, so who are we telling the statement now to... if not oppo clubs?

On the flip side the Club should have not made promises they couldnt keep or go into overdrive commercially.

Lets see how the players react. When the players issue a public statement, its going to provide reactions from the fans and the club. Maybe thats what they want so it embarrasses the club into shaping up?

The fact no one is mentioning is... IF the games v Eastleigh and Bromley Or maybe just bromley had been played the players would be upto date.

Lets just sort this money out and get the players doing what they do best, and lets get this embargo off.

If the club get them their money in the next 2 weeks then the clubs statement will look more on the mark than the players. If the players wait a couple of weeks then go still unpaid then they will look correct.

What a ******* mess






-- Edited by JgFc on Monday 24th of January 2011 09:31:52 PM

What good will that do ... why would someone forward it there ... it cant be from the club surely, they would want as little of this to be advertised as possible surely.

The bird that does the show is a chelmsford fan.

-- Edited by JgFc on Monday 24th of January 2011 09:40:15 PM

Have to agree with you Riverstown. A real shame, hope the players can put this to the back of there mind tommorow.

Priceless.

Is this the new transparency we were promised. The only time we get a comment form the club is when they are backed into a corner.....

I am afraid I don't believe a word that the club say anymore. If the officials at WUFC told me that Christmas Day was 25th December then I would still check my diary to make sure it was true............

The one time i believed welling could finaly make it to the playoffs...we had the deduction of 5 points...then the debt issue...now this! Very bad times.

So no word form Jamie?

morph wrote:

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Non league show finished - statement not read out or discussed on air

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 Thank f**k

"Come and get me please" would have been less obvious

haha, see you at the office tomorrow Stafford

statement was however posted on a twitter tweet from the non league show. Who have over 1,000 followers

would not worry about keeping it a secret - we have had nearly 4,000 hit on the manager and players statement thread already. - shame we could not have made it  a pay for view thread, would of made some money.









-- Edited by morph on Tuesday 25th of January 2011 08:25:32 AM

Nail on the head ^^^

Club Statement


The Club wishes to express its extreme disappointment with a statement posted on the fans forum over the weekend by the "management and players".

The Club like the supporters is hugely appreciative of the efforts of the players and management team who so far this season have produced a strong performance despite the off the field challenges. That said it is even more appreciative of the lenders without whom the club may have been wound up and it's employees made redundant and therefore it takes great issue with any comments made which may destabilise matters and put at risk their investments.

Whilst there are elements of truth within the statement the Club's view is that the facts have been presented in a way to make matters seem far worse than is actually the case. We will not go into details within the statement as it is our considered opinion that the Worldwide Web is not the place to be discussing the wages and personal circumstances of our employees. More importantly it does nothing but hinder the Club's ongoing attempts to resolve the financial challenges that it is faced with.

The Club, as previously stated, is in the midst of a crucial financial review. Real progress has been made, but matters are far from being concluded, and we are continuing to negotiate the support of our key creditors to ensure we have a viable business model moving forwards. Consequently the message released, in the midst of sensitive negotiations elsewhere, has only served to distract the Club and its advisors from doing all it can to help safeguard the Club's future and that of it's employees and indeed protect the investment of the supporters who lent such significant sums recently.

As already advised the Club will be holding a meeting with the elected representative of the Supporters Association as well as the soon to be appointed Lenders Representative. The Club's solicitors are currently dealing with that appointment. Full financial information will be made available at that meeting, as has always been intended - but it can not be expected or right that full information is played out via the public domain.

We hope that going forward a greater deal of professionalism and sensitivity will be shown by those concerned and that the Club and those whom have been entrusted to help remedy matters can be given the time needed to deal with the issues without any further unnecessary distraction in order that the future of our Great Club can be ensured.


Posted on Jan 24,2011

Good luck with resolving all your issues. Your board are letting down the fans, players and management and really should walk and let someone else take over.

Out of interest, has anyone approached the board just to find out how much it would take to get rid of them? They don't own the ground do they so I guess it really shouldn't be too high.

The Hobbins have lied throughout this embarasing episode PLEASE leave now with what little dignity you have left.

which is why people have to hang fire

Kevin wrote:

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Agreed, but some are clearly of the opinion "too little too late" ... including the players it appears.

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Some may be of that opinion Kevin but as I said in a previous post I do not believe that the management and players statement was a 'come and get me' scenario as you have suggested.

Nobody can deny that the players have remained committed to the Club and its supporters during the troubled times and there is no reason to suspect that this will not continue to be the case.

What has been said is that they have been and still are behind with payments and this cannot continue indefinitely, that they are not unsympathetic to the problems the Club is experiencing and they remain hopeful that the payment problem can be resolved as soon as possible.  Perhaps all that is needed to effect this is to sit down with them, give them all the facts and reach agreement on a realistic timescale for the payment of what is outstanding.

The players know their potential as a team under the management of Jamie, Ash and Frosty and want to be part of that and who wouldn't in their shoes (or perhaps more aptly boots.)