Quote Ave It!="Ave It!"Same old bullsh*t from 'Sir John', did I expect anything more? No and to the the club lauders you're doing more harm than anyone, no wonder the club can't see the error in their ways if you're happy to accept it!!!
Wilky slagging Tarry off was a highlight for me, the Chairman has kept him on for nearly 30 years, but knew he couldn't do his job deep down. Also he gives Simms loads of credit for organising flights to Catalan and coaches to London, then goes on to say how he also does this and that for the club including getting visas and player medicals....Ahhhh just like the medical he didn't give Phil Bailey, Luke Patten and Vinnie Anderson before they signed???
I'm all for getting helping the club believe me, no Salford = no Scholesy family, but what I heard today angered me greatly, yet again we were compared to Warrington and Hull....arrrgggghhhhhhhhhh I'm sorry Me chairman we're not Warrington or Hull and the 8000 attendance was never going to happen, you and Mr Tarry were told numerous times in meetings with myself yet still chose to ignore it.
Fuming is not the word...Salford as a top flight club is dead.
P.s - Wilky Lauders do one I'm not in the mood!'"
If the Chairman had not started the meeting with the opening statement as he did some people would have been unhappy and as you were there you would have noticed that the statement had actually covered many of the questions that people had emailed in.
He then was asked and to my knowledge answered 40/45 questions that had been previously submitted including I presume many from members of your family plus a few from the floor.
On David Tarry the Chairman was asked a specific question regarding the former Chief Executive and his answer was as I heard it something on the lines of " I am am very disappointed over the David Tarry affair" which was not a slagging off to my mind.
On the Steve Simms section the chairman has explained many times just what Steve Simms job is and has been for 10 years or so and he obviously felt that he needed to say it again and he also clearly stated that the coaches have always been the ones who see the list of players available and as such some responsibility should be laid at their door for any errors or mistakes.
The comparison with Warrington (I missed any mention of Hull apart from Mcrae convincing Houldsworth that he should leave us for them)was as I understand it in response to a question about their chairman and his role in moving the club from Wilderspool and how the crowds increased since then.
The meeting was well run and the people who attended were clearly there to listen to what had gone on and they listened and conducted themselves very well and yes they would have come away with differing views and opinions but we are all different and have differing views on what has happened over the last few years and as was pointed out last night we should look on what is in the future and not what has gone on in the past.
The Chairman has accepted that the buck stops with him and not many people nowadays step up and do that, the club have made mistakes and these mistakes appear to have cost a couple of individuals a huge amount of money and several years of their and their families lives and I for one and judging by many at last nights meeting others are grateful for what has been put into the club over a long period of time.
Off what I heard from various people last night there is a good chance the one way or another the club can survive with the help of fans who are committed to the club whoever is in charge and it will be interesting to see if any fund materializes to assist in the survival.
