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#1 User is offline   marlons curtains 

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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:28 PM

After 33 years of service to the club, working with some of the poorest equipment possible, Antony Haywood, our award winning groundsman, was made redundant today. This as part of a cost cutting exercise. Absolutely stunned.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:31 PM

View Postmarlons curtains, on 14 June 2016 - 04:28 PM, said:

After 33 years of service to the club, working with some of the poorest equipment possible, Antony Haywood, our award winning groundsman, was made redundant today. This as part of a cost cutting exercise. Absolutely stunned.

Also staggered by that. Makes one (even more) seriously concerned about the state of the finances.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:32 PM

should have been the root vegetable and his buddy comical Ali Carson...
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:39 PM

View Postmarlons curtains, on 14 June 2016 - 04:28 PM, said:

After 33 years of service to the club, working with some of the poorest equipment possible, Antony Haywood, our award winning groundsman, was made redundant today. This as part of a cost cutting exercise. Absolutely stunned.

Thought it strange when I saw the main site reporting the relaying of the pitch this close season and it giving a name check to the outside contractors, not Ant.

Sad to hear, thank you for all your hard work Ant.

However, you are probably best out of it.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:42 PM

Absolutely ridiculous.
No chief scout, no goal keeping coach, no grounds man and 2 x non league signings.

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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:44 PM

View Postmarlons curtains, on 14 June 2016 - 04:28 PM, said:

After 33 years of service to the club, working with some of the poorest equipment possible, Antony Haywood, our award winning groundsman, was made redundant today. This as part of a cost cutting exercise. Absolutely stunned.

Are we sub contracting the pitch maintainable or what.


This is a stunning dexision considering the state of the pitch.

You really have to ask how much they are saving in the long run.

Things must be getting pretty desperate I'd say. Would the club like to comment.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:44 PM

View Postmarlons curtains, on 14 June 2016 - 04:28 PM, said:

After 33 years of service to the club, working with some of the poorest equipment possible, Antony Haywood, our award winning groundsman, was made redundant today. This as part of a cost cutting exercise. Absolutely stunned.

I'm sorry to hear that, Simon.

What a shower we have running our club when they've resorted to making good, solid operational staff redundant.

When you consider some of the waste employed by the club on the football & coaching side over the past few years, your news is absolutely mind blowing.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:46 PM

View PostSomerset Spireite, on 14 June 2016 - 04:31 PM, said:

Also staggered by that. Makes one (even more) seriously concerned about the state of the finances.

:rolleyes: Job going to outside contractors.Will be interesting how that will work.Managers now want pitch cutting on morning of the game and i don't believe such flexibility will be given by an outside company.Then when the lunatics are running the asylum anything can happen. :angry:
And who is going to water the pitch at halftime? :blush:

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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:46 PM

View Postmarlons curtains, on 14 June 2016 - 04:28 PM, said:

After 33 years of service to the club, working with some of the poorest equipment possible, Antony Haywood, our award winning groundsman, was made redundant today. This as part of a cost cutting exercise. Absolutely stunned.

Redundant? So I'm guessing we don't need a decent pitch to play on anymore.

Cost cutting? I can think of at least two directors who should resign to free up a few bob.

What an absolute shambles this club has become.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:46 PM

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should have been the root vegetable and his buddy comical Ali Carson...

By the looks of it we can't afford to but we could put the vegetable on gardening leave 🚴
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:52 PM

I don't understand why we are relaying the pitch. Our team haven't turned up for home matches for the past 12 months anyway.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:53 PM

I don't recognize my club anymore.. it's become almost alien to me.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:56 PM

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I don't recognize my club anymore.. it's become almost alien to me.

:rolleyes: Thats because it's not our club anymore.It's on cloud 9.Deedah land. :angry:
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:59 PM

After 33 years he should have been awarded a testimonial and gratitude, not a P45
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 05:00 PM

View Postmarlons curtains, on 14 June 2016 - 04:53 PM, said:

I don't recognize my club anymore.. it's become almost alien to me.

Amen to that.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 05:01 PM

Scandalous ! Hang your head in shame Turnipe! You should have been sacked ages ago! I wonder if he has the guts to comment??
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 05:03 PM

Given the length of time it took him to comment on the PPP fiasco, I wouldn't hold your breath.
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 05:03 PM

View Postmarlons curtains, on 14 June 2016 - 04:59 PM, said:

After 33 years he should have been awarded a testimonial and gratitude, not a P45

Second that Simon. I'm not one for venting online, however Ashley Carson just got 4 tweets back to back of a few thoughts! It's messing with my renewed mellow character ha!
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 05:04 PM

View Postmarlons curtains, on 14 June 2016 - 04:59 PM, said:

After 33 years he should have been awarded a testimonial and gratitude, not a P45


Exactly, memory migbt be playing tricks but I seem to recall his predecessor Jim Smallwood had one
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Posted 14 June 2016 - 05:06 PM

Someone has to fund his bar bill in Portugal and of course his place on the training camp to Budapest or wherever it is
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