Dave O'Neil statement

Mr. Khan stated in his interview that it would take a devoted Accrington Stanley supporter to give to the fund unconditionally and he has given £ 25k as a direct result of his withdrawal. With hindsight should the approach to the issue of the clubs debts been better dealt with by a simple substantial donation first. I am ungrateful to Mr. Khan or his efforts, but the net result is confusion and regret across all of Stanlydom.

Mr Khan irrespective of the current outcome Accrington Stanley still needs your support whether the club agrees or not. My understanding is that the ASSF approach was a great part of the issue surrounding the rejection as was the requirement to give up ownership on Mr. O’Neil’s part. Is there no other way you feel you could work with the current board?
 
******, just caught the very end of this.

the £25k written off by Ilyas is a big help and we now all need to get back to where we were four weeks ago before all this kicked off
 
After listening to D'ON we are screwed. Not one concrete idea emerged as to how he intends to avoid the winding up. Just drivel and hot air. Reminded me of Eric Whalley. We need a revolution to wrest power from the current regime.
 
Presumably the interviewer did not press him on this. What's wrong with these media people? We needed a Paxman or a Humphrys to really have a go at him.
 
My heart really goes out to all you lads and lasses who have clung onto the hope that the club was on the way to being rescued. All your support is to be applauded and it is to be hoped that a solution is found before D-Day for the club. Your despair can be felt just reading the posts and must say that I got just a small taste of the love Stanley generates the other week when I was travelling down Whalley Road and saw all the fans and supporters who had come to watch a Friday night match. The excitement was palpable and not only does the club benefit but local bussinesses were doing a roaring trade. Really hoping a solution is found and fast!!!!
 
O'Neill needs to put his money where his mouth is. Still no donation from directors into the fund; only one less director.

Of the people appointed by O'Neill, who has done what exactly? Marcelle has done nothing for the club except have a night out at the dogs and appear in a couple of specialist media outlets. Granville, as far as we know, got lost somewhere.

Ilyas Khan could've wiped the club's debts clean and recapitalised the club. That was deemed as 'too conditional' and 'not in the best interests of Accrington Stanley Football Club'. ON WHAT ****ING PLANET is that not in the best interests of ASFC? O'Neill would've lost a holding majority in a debt-ridden, North West Counties bound wasted club and gained a position within a debt-free club with potential to prosper. He would've made his money back in a few seasons if he so wished. But no. He didn't even have the courtesy to meet with Mr Khan and discuss the offer.

David 'don't blame me, it's not my problem' O'Neill is only looking out for number one. He knew well before the winding-up order that HMRC were on the hunt and that football clubs were being targeted primarily. He knew that he did not have the funds to wipe the debt clean and move the club forward. He knows that he can't support a football league club financially. David O'Neill can't cope and is too stubborn to see that.

Despite what anyone says, Accrington deserves a football league team. Of course we will all watch Stanley whoever we play in whatever league, but that feeling of hammering goals past ex-Premier League big boys pretending to be massive and actually competing in the league is what it's all about. Constantly proving people wrong. It'll be tragic to see this club resign and fall.

What we face now is a question of the lesser of two evils. Do we let this club fall unfairly into the pits of non-league football or do we fight to clear this immediate debt, putting up with the total idiot that currently owns the club? I'd rather not raise money to keep O'Neill in his ignorant bliss, but now Mr Khan has been told to **** off for the last time there's no way to save the club without backing O'Neill. As has been said elsewhere (think it was WM) and should perhaps be used as a new slogan for fans; we can't let Coley & the boys down. They deserve this club to be in the football league just as much as the faithful do, if not moreso.
 
Pathetic from the interviewer:-
"Did you expect all this when you took over?"
"Has it been a stressful time for you?"
"How confident are you that the debt will be cleared?"
"Thank you for coming on - I know you don't like interviews"
W.T.F.?
Complete absence of probing of O'Neil's wishy-washy platitudes, like " Lets all get together and get this thing sorted out".
Words fail me.
 
Willie Miller said:
You got a plan for who takes over?

John Batchelor? An Arab businessman? That bird off Corrie? Jim Bowen?
Winstanley the mascot?

:D
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PMSL :D nice one.

At the moment I believe any of those would do a better job than DON, my personal favourite from that list would be Mr Bowen, smashing.:)
 
Revived Red said:
Presumably the interviewer did not press him on this. What's wrong with these media people? We needed a Paxman or a Humphrys to really have a go at him.
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"And I assure you that I will not let Accrington Stanley fold again".

He was pressed on this statement Red...and honesty he sounded more Hopeful than Assured !!...However.as he admitted the man finds it difficult to find what to say when interviewed..so perhaps he was a little bit 'lost'...or did he just sound that way!!.

Still, there's Ms Lazarus' declarations to come ...so who knows??

'ON MARCELLE....ON!!!'
 
Redraine said:
Pathetic from the interviewer:-
"Did you expect all this when you took over?"
"Has it been a stressful time for you?"
"How confident are you that the debt will be cleared?"
"Thank you for coming on - I know you don't like interviews"
W.T.F.?
Complete absence of probing of O'Neil's wishy-washy platitudes, like " Lets all get together and get this thing sorted out".
Words fail me.
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Just as I thought.:( Are there no real budding investigative reporters out there?:confused::confused:
 
Bagpuss said:
PMSL :D nice one.

At the moment I believe any of those would do a better job than DON, my personal favourite from that list would be Mr Bowen, smashing.:)
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I was banking on winstanley with those puppy dog eyes money will roll in. That bird out of corrie always finds solutions to problems ours a piece of cake to her. As for wishful thinking - well thats me :)
 
yonmon said:
"And I assure you that I will not let Accrington Stanley fold again".

He was pressed on this statement Red...and honesty he sounded more Hopeful than Assured !!...However.as he admitted the man finds it difficult to find what to say when interviewed..so perhaps he was a little bit 'lost'...or did he just sound that way!!.

Still, there's Ms Lazarus' declarations to come ...so who knows??

'ON MARCELLE....ON!!!'
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Stop kidding yourself, Yonmon! O'Neill had a golden opportunity to allay our fears and came up with jack s**t. No way can this lot keep us in the football league.
 
yonmon said:
"And I assure you that I will not let Accrington Stanley fold again".

He was pressed on this statement Red...and honesty he sounded more Hopeful than Assured !!...However.as he admitted the man finds it difficult to find what to say when interviewed..so perhaps he was a little bit 'lost'...or did he just sound that way!!.

Still, there's Ms Lazarus' declarations to come ...so who knows??

'ON MARCELLE....ON!!!'
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A good interviewer should make it easy for him to know what to say.
  • "Will you personally be putting any more more money into the SOS Fund, Mr O'Neill?" (To help him, the answer would be YES or NO)
  • "Will any of your fellow board members be putting more more into the SOS Fund, Mr O'Neill?" (Again YES or NO)
......and now for a really difficult one because it requires a full sentence :
  • "What fund raising plans do you have, Mr O'Neill?"
But the real reason for his reticence could well be that he did not want to steal Marcelle's thunder when she reveals all (about fundraising, of course) on her radio programme.
 
shakermaker said:
O'Neill needs to put his money where his mouth is. Still no donation from directors into the fund; only one less director.

Of the people appointed by O'Neill, who has done what exactly? Marcelle has done nothing for the club except have a night out at the dogs and appear in a couple of specialist media outlets. Granville, as far as we know, got lost somewhere.

Ilyas Khan could've wiped the club's debts clean and recapitalised the club. That was deemed as 'too conditional' and 'not in the best interests of Accrington Stanley Football Club'. ON WHAT ****ING PLANET is that not in the best interests of ASFC? O'Neill would've lost a holding majority in a debt-ridden, North West Counties bound wasted club and gained a position within a debt-free club with potential to prosper. He would've made his money back in a few seasons if he so wished. But no. He didn't even have the courtesy to meet with Mr Khan and discuss the offer.

David 'don't blame me, it's not my problem' O'Neill is only looking out for number one. He knew well before the winding-up order that HMRC were on the hunt and that football clubs were being targeted primarily. He knew that he did not have the funds to wipe the debt clean and move the club forward. He knows that he can't support a football league club financially. David O'Neill can't cope and is too stubborn to see that.

Despite what anyone says, Accrington deserves a football league team. Of course we will all watch Stanley whoever we play in whatever league, but that feeling of hammering goals past ex-Premier League big boys pretending to be massive and actually competing in the league is what it's all about. Constantly proving people wrong. It'll be tragic to see this club resign and fall.

What we face now is a question of the lesser of two evils. Do we let this club fall unfairly into the pits of non-league football or do we fight to clear this immediate debt, putting up with the total idiot that currently owns the club? I'd rather not raise money to keep O'Neill in his ignorant bliss, but now Mr Khan has been told to **** off for the last time there's no way to save the club without backing O'Neill. As has been said elsewhere (think it was WM) and should perhaps be used as a new slogan for fans; we can't let Coley & the boys down. They deserve this club to be in the football league just as much as the faithful do, if not moreso.
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Great post, Shaker, but;-
"there's no way to save the club without backing O'Neill" seems to be a non-starter unless he grovels at Ilyas's door, and as Ilyas says, that's not going to happen. O'Neill will go down with his ship like the captain of the Titanic.
 
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