Update on Supporters Trust Questions and BFC Investigations re Hex.com

[SBRed48]

The investigation into who did the Hex deal and the amount of due diligence rumbles on into Day 13. BFC's "Further comment will be issued in due course" shows the matter to be complex and time consuming.

Perhaps AC12 from Line of Duty should be brought in----

Hastings: "Suspect K (purely random initial), were you the party at Barnsley Football Club who did the sponsorship deal with Hex.com ?"

Suspect K; "No."

(Research Officer places papers on table). Research Officer: "These are copies of Evidence Files 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E showing the e-mail exchanges between Suspect K and an Hex.com representative agreeing the details of the sponsorship.

Hastings: "Suspect K, I will ask you again. Were you the person who did the sponsorship deal with Hex.com ?"

Suspect K: "Yes".

Hastings: "We'll move on. Did any due diligence take place into the workings of Hex and the individuals working in it before you completed the deal ?"

Suspect K: "Yes"

Research Officer: "We can find no internet or phone history revealing any diligence."

Suspect K: "I looked at their adverts and website."

Hastings (agitated): " Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey, can we just move this along before it drives us all round the bloody bend. Did you examine the history and dealings of Hex and the kind of individuals involved before completing the deal."

Suspect K "No"

Hastings: " I will report my findings to BFC within the hour".

NB. The above is purely fictitious and played by actors. Any resemblance to any real life person or location is purely coincidental.

[Arblasterfromthepast]

The investigation into who did the Hex deal and the amount of due diligence rumbles on into Day 13. BFC's "Further comment will be issued in due course" shows the matter to be complex and time consuming.

Perhaps AC12 from Line of Duty should be brought in----

Hastings: "Suspect K (purely random initial), were you the party at Barnsley Football Club who did the sponsorship deal with Hex.com ?"

Suspect K; "No."

(Research Officer places papers on table). Research Officer: "These are copies of Evidence Files 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E showing the e-mail exchanges between Suspect K and an Hex.com representative agreeing the details of the sponsorship.

Hastings: "Suspect K, I will ask you again. Were you the person who did the sponsorship deal with Hex.com ?"

Suspect K: "Yes".

Hastings: "We'll move on. Did any due diligence take place into the workings of Hex and the individuals working in it before you completed the deal ?"

Suspect K: "Yes"

Research Officer: "We can find no internet or phone history revealing any diligence."

Suspect K: "I looked at their adverts and website."

Hastings (agitated): " Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey, can we just move this along before it drives us all round the bloody bend. Did you examine the history and dealings of Hex and the kind of individuals involved before completing the deal."

Suspect K "No"

Hastings: " I will report my findings to BFC within the hour".

NB. The above is purely fictitious and played by actors. Any resemblance to any real life person or location is purely coincidental.

I'm always amazed how you conjure up such works of fiction SB. The drama contained within your short stories could be based on real life such is the realism that you portray. I hope everyone appreciates the humour that runs through this particular spellbinding story.

[SBRed48]

I'm always amazed how you conjure up such works of fiction SB. The drama contained within your short stories could be based on real life such is the realism that you portray. I hope everyone appreciates the humour that runs through this particular spellbinding story.

Thank you Arbs.

Such events could never be true in real life, however.

[pass_and_move]

Suspect 'K' luv it

[pass_and_move]

Got to hand it to thi SB. Cheered mi reight up on the humour side but of course the underlying issue still remains.

[animallittle3]

A brilliant and humorous take on the situation from our resident wordsmith SB .

As with most satire there's always an element of truth in there .

These things cannot be conveniently just swept under carpet , there can be no moving on here , claims of " witch hunt " are way off the mark .

This is about making the decision maker(s) accountable on Grove Street , by choosing not to make people accountable for their poor work history tends to tell you they will carry on making poor decisions and damage the club both financially and by reputation .

For the past 15 months the club have done nothing but make poor decisions , catastrophic decisions , financial armageddon and a return to League One when championship stability was well within their grasp .

We've reached the point where there is very little road left in the poor decision making .

This sponsorship deal wasn't a mistake it was gross misconduct .

[SBRed48]

I fully agree Animal.

It seems the club and the Supporters Trust, who were very keen to get answers on this at first, are now using silence as a tactic to sweep the matter under the carpet. Only three or four posters on BBS have asked about any actions on this but are met with a wall of silence.

BFC seem to think the holding statement of "Further comment on this issue will be made in due course" can now be safely ignored and forgotten.

The Supporters Trust leader Loko has backed off and is keeping his head down.

A protective arm has been thrown around those responsible and accountable for the deal itself and the lack of due diligence. That only leads to speculation as to the level of those responsible. Was it a Board member who suggested the deal ? Was it solely the work of the CEO ? Were any below CEO level involved ? We will probably never know.

I will give it until next Friday for the club to carry out its promise to make further comment on the matter. After that I can only conclude the club have something to hide or are willing to accept incompetence.

Spectemur Agendo, as someone said some weeks ago.

[SBRed48]

Time to judge Barnsley FC by their actions.

It was on Monday 8th August that the Supporters Trust led the crusade to get answers about who at Barnsley FC did the deal with Hex and what, if any, due diligence was done into Hex before signing.

On a separate, but linked issue, Barnsley FC were looking into social media abuse, particularly homophobia, from Hexicans on the Club's Official Twitter Account, complaints raised by individual fans and the Rainbow Reds, on Saturday evening 6th August. After the displaying of the Hex logo and the headline "HEXcellent result" by BFC following the Cheltenham game the club, on the following Friday, responded to the fans complaints realising it's error and ended it's relationship with Hex with immediate effect but left the issues of who did the deal and what due diligence was done hanging in the air with a holding statement of, " Further comment will be issued in due course". (12th August0

Some 18 days later after the matters were raised by the Supporters Trust on the 8th August, no such comment, as promised by BFC, has been published.

Perhaps the club anticipated fans would forget the matter, perhaps they intend to push the matter into the long grass of "Q&A Sessions" where nodding heads respond to evasive answers, similar to the issue of the £750K taken from club funds to pay for the first instalment of buying the club, and the issue dies a slow death.

Maybe the issue of Hex has become too sensitive to reveal anything further. Did a Board member suggest it ? Was it Ahmad's work alone done in a rush before some members of the Board assembled for the first home game ? Who is being protected and why ?

My judgement (opinion) on these actions--Spectemur Agendo-- is that Barnsley Football Club has broken it's promise to communicate with fans in a reasonable time frame and this is not an acceptable way to treat it's fans.

[Ponty End]

My judgement is that you are missing the moaning glory days of the west stand, 750k & Conway & now have only got the meagre rations of the Hex sponsorship deal to milk. The Hex deal was a mistake and the club responded by cancelling it after fan protests & lessons were learnt. There is no need for BFC to communicate & respond to every 'who, what why & when enquiry" from fans as some have nothing better to do. 99.99% of fans are bothered about the club getting a striker who can bang in the goals not Hex.

But, haven't you told us you are one of the 'not a penny more' group who won't attend matches whilst Conway is a shareholder & still making money from the club? if so why should the club waste time on requests from people like you who wish to damage the club?

[SBRed48]

My judgement is that you are missing the moaning glory days of the west stand, 750k & Conway & now have only got the meagre rations of the Hex sponsorship deal to milk. The Hex deal was a mistake and the club responded by cancelling it after fan protests & lessons were learnt. There is no need for BFC to communicate & respond to every 'who, what why & when enquiry" from fans as some have nothing better to do. 99.99% of fans are bothered about the club getting a striker who can bang in the goals not Hex.

But, haven't you told us you are one of the 'not a penny more' group who won't attend matches whilst Conway is a shareholder & still making money from the club? if so why should the club waste time on requests from people like you who wish to damage the club?

Gorrup forra cup of tea but will return to bed laughing.

Your views are noted. A few things seemed contradictory---

--you say fans protested against Hex but also claim 99,9% are not interested in Hex
--it was BFC that promised to communicate with fans about who did the Hex deal and due diligence, not "people like me" making requests.
--it was the Supporters Trust who asked the questions, not me.

But it is your last sentence that amused me most. We should have a poll---

Who has done most damage to Barnsley FC ?
1) SB Red OR
2) Paul Conway