https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport...county-3086902
At the moment i'll welcome him with open arms especially him saying he won't give Hardy a penny. I like him already
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https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport...county-3086902
At the moment i'll welcome him with open arms especially him saying he won't give Hardy a penny. I like him already
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Think I'd prefer the Danes, but, any port in a storm............
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Originally Posted by countygump
No denying it turned very sour for him at Port Vale. Their supporters will justifiably have strong opinions on the man, but if the internet had existed in 1967, Brentford fans would have been all over our forums telling us that we should not let Jack Dunnett anywhere near our club. That's not to say we should welcome Smurf with open arms but you just don't know how it's going to turn out. A manager or a player can be brilliant at one club and a total disaster at another, or vice-versa. It is possible to learn from your mistakes and it can make you more determined to make a success of things elsewhere.
In short, could be bad news but not necessarily so.
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I'd take him right now. When he was first mentioned I was totally against it but I'd rather a local bloke who's interested in football own the club.....what could go wrong!?
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For me he's another chancer who thinks he has the resources to run a football club and with a little gamble and a lot of luck he'll be aiming for a couple of promotions and sell up for a profit, i would put money on us being right back where we are now in two years time if he takes the reigns.
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58 minutes ago
Notts ITK Retweeted NottsCountyLive
Simply untrue. #Notts according to NottsITK, who some people still believe isn't Alan Hardy.
https://twitter.com/NottsITK/status/1149712926787473408
I presume he means it's untrue that he wouldn't pay a penny, not that he wouldn't take Notts over.
Last edited by Bohinen; 12-07-2019 at 05:16 PM.
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Presumably he wouldn't want the Danes to believe that Smurf will only step in if the club goes into admin, hence the swift denial. Who else is he going to play them off against now that Mr "May" and the SA's have walked away?
Mysterious Chinese interest over the coming weekend wouldn't be a surprise now.
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The old cliche: "Out of the frying pan into the fire", fits this scenario very well.
Norman Smurthwaite is a fullblown shyster - perhaps marginally better than the convicted criminal May but we are basically comparing thoroughly unscrupulous individuals who have NOTHING to offer Notts County except misery and terminal decline.
If the Danes are a figment of Hardy's psychosis then i'd rather the club went bust and reform at some later stage as AFC Notts County.
# shysters out
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We must accept that the Danish interest is genuine as I doubt the judge in the recent tax case would just take Alan Hardy's word for it.
Few people, even some Mansfield fans, are ecstatic about the Radfords reign but they're putting on a very good show of financing Mansfield Town and after all isn't finance, or lack of it, the root of our own problem? Perhaps this Smurthwaite chappie is looking to kick-start our season from scratch when he says he wouldn't pay AH a penny. If so, money saved by not paying out to AH is money towards rebuilding Notts County. With proper management and an owner with experience, who knows, the points deduction might not be such a mountain to climb.
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The problem with Smurf is he is another Hardy only more spiteful, the only thing i see happening from him taking over is another nasty piece of work being chewed up and spat out by the black hole that is NCFC leaving him hated and bankrupt and the club back where we are now.
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