Ridsdale cleared

[Trev501]

If there was a transfer embargo in operation whilst the tickets were sold surely the Taffs would have noticed? I'm damn sure PASOTI would have.

 

[leedann]

Ridsdale does what’s best for Ridsdale i.e. to further his own personal aims and ambitions. If that happens to coincide with our interest then great – if not then look out! When he first arrived ‘on holiday’ the rats were leaving a sinking ship and he spotted a golden opportunity to get his hands on a football club. Stage one meant fighting off HMRC and buying the club time to recover. That was certainly in our interests so I’m perfectly willing to believe those who say he helped save the club and for that we are in his debt.

Stage two meant finding a buyer that maximised his own chances of taking personal control with the help of a ‘friendly’ administrator. Frankly I don’t believe a word of his now stated preference for Brent – he threw his whole weight behind the BIL bid (right down to the company registration in his home town) and consistently backed the Guilfoyle line about it being the only real option. That’s the one option that just happened to hand him the keys to the club for £1. THAT was definitely not in our interest and damned near ended our existence and may still result in us dropping out of the Football league. Even when it was blatantly obvious Heaney & co. were not going to deliver instead of forcing the issue to get the Brent bid back in the frame he was jetting off desperately trying to find other exceedingly dodgy ‘investors’ that might salvage his chance of getting control. Utterly disgraceful. So if he did save us when it suited him he didn’t bat an eye at risking everything when it didn’t. Even now he wrings the last bit of PR he can out the club for himself.

The sooner he clears off the better.[/quote]


This is exactly as I see it.

 

[Thai green]

I'm very pleased for Mr Ridsdale and his family, an unnecessary worry and waste of time if, as it seems he is innocent of this charge. I'm delighted this was stopped before more money was wasted in Court.

As for announcing it on the official PAFC website, why not, he is our Chairman for now I believe.

I hope now he can assist with the work needed to get Mr Brent into position ASAP as our new Owner.

I know PASOTI is all about our own opinions, this is mine for what it is worth....! :greensmile:

 

[BadBoy]

Blimey he had no case to answer, whats all the fuss about, he will be going when the takeover is completed, him using OS to announce his court stuff is a non event he is our "chairman" at the moment after all. Some people need to have a moan about him whatever !!!!

 

[David Whitehouse]

Pure as the driven snow our Pete – completely innocent.

That is how justice works in the UK - end of!

Time at Argyle - I've got no major gripes and wonder what would have happened if he had not helped a little.

There are alternative legal systems: anyone who is accused is probably a bit guilty so lock em up ...

 

[djg145]

He shouldn't have used Argyle's Official Site for this statement but I do sympathise with Ridsdale.

People are continually complaining about him and implying that he is corrupt and greedy.

In actual fact, he has probably saved Argyle from oblivian. Yes- for a salary, and yes he likes everyone to know how marvellous he is. But so what ? Without Ridsdale there might have been no football club.

Remember that James Brent thought that Argyle's chances of survival were 10% earlier this year. A number of people "in the know" are saying that Ridsdale has done a good job here. Without Ridsdale's efforts, I doubt that the Brent takeover would be happening right now.

I think he has done little wrong at Argyle to deserve such criticism.

Spot on - good to know someone else thinks like this.

 

[Leigh Rapson]

I was told ages ago by a policeman friend in the Cardiff police that the head of Cardiff trading standards is a city fan.

Pleased for Ridsdale, no case to answer therefore innocent. Nothing to debate IMHO.

 

[X Isle]

Stand by everything I said earlier, even the stuff that got moderated. I understand why it was, no grumbles, but I stand by it nonetheless. The day he leaves is a day that can't come soon enough :wave:.

 

[Presto]

What I find bizarre is the desire by a few to slate everyone off except those who caused the collapse of the club in the first instance. I have no side with Ridsdale he worked hard to save the club from liquidation and Ok yes no doubt he got or will be paid. Football is a conglomeration of carpet baggers: players, owners, managers and board members. So he used the website to state his clearance from a legal charge. There was plenty of posters on this site happy to highlight the original charge - so why should he not have the same privilege to publish the withdrawal of the charge?

The real nasty bits of work in the whole sorry affair of the demise of PAFC are Gardiner,Todd and a certain Japanese individual who was well versed in the art of being economical with the truth. That is where the vitriol should be directed.

 

[Abbotts Ann Green]

He had nothing to do with the mess the club got into and he did well enough to keep us going. I'm not sorry he is going, but some of the toss that has been talked on here over the past few months.....

 

[bandwagon]

Aww, does he really have to go?!! :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :thumbup:

 

[X Isle]

What I find bizarre is the desire by a few to slate everyone off except those who caused the collapse of the club in the first instance. I have no side with Ridsdale he worked hard to save the club from liquidation and Ok yes no doubt he got or will be paid. Football is a conglomeration of carpet baggers: players, owners, managers and board members. So he used the website to state his clearance from a legal charge. There was plenty of posters on this site happy to highlight the original charge - so why should he not have the same privilege to publish the withdrawal of the charge?

The real nasty bits of work in the whole sorry affair of the demise of PAFC are Gardiner,Todd and a certain Japanese individual who was well versed in the art of being economical with the truth. That is where the vitriol should be directed.

He manufactured the 'fire sale' to suit an outcome that would have benefitted him for a £1 outlay whilst taking a £20,000 pcm salary in the meantime had it not been for Heaney letting him down. He worked hard for no-one but himself IMHO, the staff saw no benefit, the players saw no benefit, Reidy saw no benefit and as for the results, they speak for themselves. It's only by good fortune that he and Heaney are not going to clusterf**k our future forever, so no credit goes his way for Brent as a (hopeful) eventual outcome.

There's no comparison either with posters who "highlighted the original charge". Only if those posters had (mis)used the official site to do so would a comparison be valid.

I was all over the NWO from the off too so that suggestion of double standards isn't recognised either.

 

[Presto]

What I find bizarre is the desire by a few to slate everyone off except those who caused the collapse of the club in the first instance. I have no side with Ridsdale he worked hard to save the club from liquidation and Ok yes no doubt he got or will be paid. Football is a conglomeration of carpet baggers: players, owners, managers and board members. So he used the website to state his clearance from a legal charge. There was plenty of posters on this site happy to highlight the original charge - so why should he not have the same privilege to publish the withdrawal of the charge?

The real nasty bits of work in the whole sorry affair of the demise of PAFC are Gardiner,Todd and a certain Japanese individual who was well versed in the art of being economical with the truth. That is where the vitriol should be directed.

He manufactured the 'fire sale' to suit an outcome that would have benefitted him for a £1 outlay whilst taking a £20,000 pcm salary in the meantime had it not been for Heaney letting him down. He worked hard for no-one but himself IMHO, the staff saw no benefit, the players saw no benefit, Reidy saw no benefit and as for the results, they speak for themselves. It's only by good fortune that he and Heaney are not going to clusterf**k our future forever, so no credit goes his way for Brent as a (hopeful) eventual outcome.

There's no comparison either with posters who "highlighted the original charge". Only if those posters had (mis)used the official site to do so would a comparison be valid.

I was all over the NWO from the off too so that suggestion of double standards isn't recognised either.

 

[Mr Smith]

Ridsdale does what’s best for Ridsdale i.e. to further his own personal aims and ambitions. If that happens to coincide with our interest then great – if not then look out! When he first arrived ‘on holiday’ the rats were leaving a sinking ship and he spotted a golden opportunity to get his hands on a football club. Stage one meant fighting off HMRC and buying the club time to recover. That was certainly in our interests so I’m perfectly willing to believe those who say he helped save the club and for that we are in his debt.

Stage two meant finding a buyer that maximised his own chances of taking personal control with the help of a ‘friendly’ administrator. Frankly I don’t believe a word of his now stated preference for Brent – he threw his whole weight behind the BIL bid (right down to the company registration in his home town) and consistently backed the Guilfoyle line about it being the only real option. That’s the one option that just happened to hand him the keys to the club for £1. THAT was definitely not in our interest and damned near ended our existence and may still result in us dropping out of the Football league. Even when it was blatantly obvious Heaney & co. were not going to deliver instead of forcing the issue to get the Brent bid back in the frame he was jetting off desperately trying to find other exceedingly dodgy ‘investors’ that might salvage his chance of getting control. Utterly disgraceful. So if he did save us when it suited him he didn’t bat an eye at risking everything when it didn’t. Even now he wrings the last bit of PR he can out the club for himself.

The sooner he clears off the better.

Businessman in trying to make money shocker. :shock:

Fine. So a professional football club in one of England’s great cities folds after 125 years. But hey, it’s just business innit?

Oh have we folded? You appear to have assumed we have. Seems fair enough, your already assuming things and getting outraged by them. Might as well keep going ay! :thumbup:

 

[Mr Smith]

What I find bizarre is the desire by a few to slate everyone off except those who caused the collapse of the club in the first instance. I have no side with Ridsdale he worked hard to save the club from liquidation and Ok yes no doubt he got or will be paid. Football is a conglomeration of carpet baggers: players, owners, managers and board members. So he used the website to state his clearance from a legal charge. There was plenty of posters on this site happy to highlight the original charge - so why should he not have the same privilege to publish the withdrawal of the charge?

The real nasty bits of work in the whole sorry affair of the demise of PAFC are Gardiner,Todd and a certain Japanese individual who was well versed in the art of being economical with the truth. That is where the vitriol should be directed.

Spot On!