T.R.O.Y. wrote: Sluffy wrote:So what would have been your solution to paying the players when there was no money in the club to do so and go about avoiding all this off the pitch drama?
Because I certainly don't have one?
It's easy to say he should do the decent thing but how do you do it when there's no money left in the pot?
I think this highlights how badly you've missed the point to be honest.
I'm not blaming Ken for the club running out of money, it's about how it was handled and communicated to both fans with an emotional attachment to the club, and employees whose livelihoods depended on it. Rather than honest, straightforward communication about the state of the finances and the need to sell asap he used the club as a PR vehicle to attack anyone who suggested he'd failed to make his agreements.
Nothing short of embarrassing, and given his prior record as a Director any negative press in this area was bound to lead to increased scrutiny.
What did you want him to say?
People knew there was no money in the club but they were under the belief he was obliged to cover the bills from his own pocket (many still are under that misapprehension - even the players at the time - see Wheater's video interview above).
He certainly couldn't say the club was insolvent because that would have meant instant Administration when that point is reached.
The accounts taken over by the Administrator confirmed there was insufficient money to pay the creditors and as I've repeatedly pointed out there has been no illegality found in how he run the club sufficient to charge him with anything.
As for his communications with fans, simply look how Ten Bob and I have been treated (particularly on ww) for simply explaining how a limited company and the owner of the limited company are two separate entities in law - we even have the sites 'crackpot' on here STILL going on about how Anderson plundered the club despite all the facts now (over a year later) indicating that he didn't!
The fans didn't believe a word he could possibly say - he's already been judged, tried and found guilty in their minds.
As for using the club statements for 'his' communications, what else was left open to him to put his side of the story?
Iles certainly was biased against him and was in bed with the ST with Holdsworth. I don't believe Iles has written even one negative article about Deano but we've learned a load from Anderson via his only voice, the clubs media facilities.
Same with Heathcote's, Iles and the ST were buddies with him and took his side over his issues with Anderson. Ken used the club to tell anyone who would listen that Heathcote's had stitched the club up for his own financial benefit - people believed Heathcote, Iles and the ST but what was in effect the very first thing the Administrator did when he had a look at the hotel books?
He immediately terminated the contract with Heathcote because his contract had stitched the club up for Heathcote's financial benefit!!!
Anderson was damned if he didn't get his voice out there and damned again when he did - he couldn't win.
At least he did attempt to show some of things things he had to deal with and why - no one else (Iles) were trying to put both sides of what was going on.
So to answer your points
T.R.O.Y. wrote:I'm not blaming Ken for the club running out of money, it's about how it was handled and communicated to both fans with an emotional attachment to the club, and employees whose livelihoods depended on it. Rather than honest, straightforward communication about the state of the finances and the need to sell asap he used the club as a PR vehicle to attack anyone who suggested he'd failed to make his agreements.
People KNEW the club had no money - they wanted him to put his hand in HIS pocket though and didn't understand why he didn't and people KNEW the club needed to be sold but no one wanted to buy it - the facts after the event plainly prove this as ONLY FV actually met the Administrators criteria have having proof of funds to buy the club following their evaluation of bids process.
Exactly has he had been telling everyone that there were only 'tyre kickers' out there and no fictional Ron Billionaires as many believed there were!
T.R.O.Y. wrote:given his prior record as a Director any negative press in this area was bound to lead to increased scrutiny.
We've seen that contrary to overwhelming popular belief at the time - he's not actually done anything to break the law!
As I said above in most people's eyes he'd already been judged as guilty, so what was the point of him trying to say anything otherwise - nobody was believing him by then.