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Good statement and good to see such positivity. Obviously choosing his words carefully regarding being a loss making business under the current club directors which reflects badly on them collectively and individually. They have certainly burned through the cash. Glaringly obvious the promised extra professionalism in finance has not materialised. Looks like the new SMiSA board is reaching out which is excellent. The real current financial situation will be masked by the AGM financial report if the business is currently loss making. Ticket deals to get bums on seats are good but won’t bring in much cash. As was said elsewhere directors have to get control of accountancy back from kibble. Looks like SMiSA has a lot on its plate. The new people are clearly trying to tackle the money problem without openly stating so.

Today’s late rally more than makes up for the ridicule on here. At half time I heard from an academy parent that the assistant sports scientist a Mr Ford has left. But much worse head of goalkeeping and coach Ross Paterson has been made redundant. Paterson is another long serving employee who has left with no public thanks on the website.

The parent told me the players and their families are dumbfounded. Paterson was very popular and well respected and was known to some since he ran the community coaching side years ago. We were also told by a staff member that behind the scenes pressure is intense and that forced changes are being openly discussed at all levels of the club.
A director is about to resign due to boardroom unrest. Our club tells us nothing and our best people continue to leave and not be replaced.

Apparently Dean Lyness has left as part of desperate cost cutting with no acknowledgement. It’s obvious the club does not want to draw attention to all this and SMISA are silent.
It’s great the team is doing so well, my son enjoyed the last 15 minutes today as much as I did, but don’t let that blind you to what is going on.
Any word on the dome?

Thanks to posters of reasoned replies. I understand the reluctance of some to believe bad news. I’m asking SMISA to step up but ask others to question what is going on instead of taking the club’s silence as a positive. Fabulous performances on the park will only continue if the team stays together. I hear, including from an academy parent, that we have to let players go asap and coaches have been quietly paid off. Players always leave but in our precarious financial state it will be by necessity.One comment here that £1.7 million is probably tucked away in a bank. Seriously !

Ask SMISA to demand a cash in hand statement. The accounts presented to shareholders in January will be a year out of date. If worse than previous then given Saints (reckless) spending it will be worse now.
Michelle Evans has not been replaced. That fact is pertinent. That she has found another job is a moot point.No departing staff member was thanked by the club. The Dome vandalised. Exactly, that was my point. Its age isirrelevant. It has been destroyed. There was no vandalism under the previous security company.
Accusing me of paranoia and poking fun is classic diversionary behaviour. Assuming all is well because of silence or that information is accurate from anywhere (me included) is what bites you later.
I ask you to read between the lines. St Mirren’s website and press releases come from Kibble’s PR. Content is shaped by the very people failing the club. Why would they tell you otherwise?

 

My usual pre-match call round has brought more disturbing news. There’s been yet another resignation from the SMISA board that’s been kept very quiet. The only woman member has now resigned! Club debt is alarming and may have to be rescued with cash from outside!

With Mr McPherson having left (I’m losing track of all the sudden departures at the club) and SMiSA’s unhappiness with the club board’s financial management, next week’s meeting will see them face difficult questions. I’d encourage as many members to show up unless that meeting is ditched as the club board did with last year’s AGM. We need answers.
 

My usual pre-match call round has brought more disturbing news. There’s been yet another resignation from the SMISA board that’s been kept very quiet. The only woman member has now resigned! Club debt is alarming and may have to be rescued with cash from outside! 
Kibble are "more cost effective" - "degree of pain".
How much pain are you prepared to suffer ? 

With Mr McPherson having left (I’m losing track of all the sudden departures at the club) and SMiSA’s unhappiness with the club board’s financial management, next week’s meeting will see them face difficult questions. I’d encourage as many members to show up unless that meeting is ditched as the club board did with last year’s AGM. We need answers.
 

Just saw on twitter that there's been yet another resignation from SmISA Board. How many more?
Hearing its the journalist Mr McPherson. Is he distancing himself I wonder given he's a sports journo.
Losing count of the resignations from SMiSA and the Club's board now.
No smoke as they say. Big meeting coming up soon.

Just saw on twitter that there's been yet another resignation from SmISA Board. How many more?
Hearing its the journalist Mr McPherson. Is he distancing himself I wonder given he's a sports journo.
Losing count of the resignations from SMiSA and the Club's board now.
No smoke as they say. Big meeting coming up soon.

Just saw on twitter that there's been yet another resignation from SmISA Board. How many more?
Hearing its the journalist Mr McPherson. Is he distancing himself I wonder given he's a sports journo.
Losing count of the resignations from SMiSA and the Club's board now.
No smoke as they say. Big meeting coming up soon.

So. Alan Wardrop gone, Ross Paterson gone. George Adam gone. No word on the Club or Smisa web pages. Who will be next ? More to go I hear. Let's just wait and see. Please. No need to reply to this when you get home from school guys.
 
 

So. Alan Wardrop gone, Ross Paterson gone. George Adam gone. No word on the Club or Smisa web pages. Who will be next ? More to go I hear. Let's just wait and see. Please. No need to reply to this when you get home from school guys.
 
 

So. Alan Wardrop gone, Ross Paterson gone. George Adam gone. No word on the Club or Smisa web pages. Who will be next ? More to go I hear. Let's just wait and see. Please. No need to reply to this when you get home from school guys.
 
 

We have lost another good St Mirren man. I’ve had it confirmed that director Alan Wardrop personally announced his resignation to the 1877 club yesterday. Told he was quite emotional citing personal reasons. I also have it that he has had enough of two of the directors. I’ll let you guess. Been shown online proof that Paterson has been made redundant and told more academy cuts being made. He is a huge loss. Results are great but even the manager is talking of having to move players onalerting other clubs to our need for money.Surely now time for the doubters to ask themselves serious questions.

Today’s late rally more than makes up for the ridicule on here. At half time I heard from an academy parent that the assistant sports scientist a Mr Ford has left. But much worse head of goalkeeping and coach Ross Paterson has been made redundant. Paterson is another long serving employee who has left with no public thanks on the website.

The parent told me the players and their families are dumbfounded. Paterson was very popular and well respected and was known to some since he ran the community coaching side years ago. We were also told by a staff member that behind the scenes pressure is intense and that forced changes are being openly discussed at all levels of the club.
A director is about to resign due to boardroom unrest. Our club tells us nothing and our best people continue to leave and not be replaced.

Apparently Dean Lyness has left as part of desperate cost cutting with no acknowledgement. It’s obvious the club does not want to draw attention to all this and SMISA are silent.
It’s great the team is doing so well, my son enjoyed the last 15 minutes today as much as I did, but don’t let that blind you to what is going on.
Any word on the dome?

Less than two years after Kibble’s promises I hear our beloved team is in financial freefall and someone has to point out why.
I have it from a reliable source that we have used up all of the 1.7 million government loan and are now in very serious financial trouble. It is obvious to anyone who takes the time to look that the arrangement with Kibble is just not working. They seem to be the common denominator and there is no escaping the fact. Look at the crazy level of influence they have.
Kibble pay our general manager who is a Kibble employee answerable to Kibble.
Kibble supply food to the corporate hospitality at I am informed a dearer cost than previous supplier.
Kibble also supply food at the academy. 
Kibble have taken over the accounting functions of the club, giving them access to all Saints financial accounts. A conflict of interest.
Kibble connections resulted in a new Chief Operating Officer being appointed who did not even apply for the job and was not interviewed.
Kibble connections have resulted in a £50,000 refurb of the as yet unfinished training ground hitting more than £350,000 with a supplier of their choice.
Kibble has now taken over the ball boy and girl arrangements.
Kibble have two members on the board. One of which (the vice chairman) has direct responsibility for the academy, with the other said to be now in charge of club finance. 
Kibble connections filter what fans are being told on the website.
SMISA members who contribute every month to the team we all love deserve to know exactly what is going on.
St Mirren has no club doctor.
St Mirren has a weakened academy. Redundancies. I’ve just heard from a young player’s parent that only in the last couple of days a most experienced coach and goalkeeping head has been made redundant with not a word. He’s been with Saints for something like 8 to 10 years! Her son has been sent a good wishes message from the coach which I have seen.
St Mirren has only one sports scientist. The assistant mysteriously gone in last couple of weeks according to the same parent.
St Mirren has no well-being officer. Left mysteriously.
Our stadium manager together with lots of St Mirren staff of longstanding have all been shown the door since Kibble came in. She claimed compensation and it cost the club £30,000 !
SMISA Stadium is now being vandalised after the old security firm was sacked. First the spray painting now the slashing of the dome. I have been told that word is it will not be replaced. Nothing like this happened under the previous arrangements.
Our beloved St Mirren is in danger. There is a deafening silence from the board, SMISA and Kibble.I care about the team my great-grandfather supported.
OPEN YOUR EYES AND DO SOMETHING SMISA .FACE UP AND BUY OUT KIBBLE.
 

Today’s late rally more than makes up for the ridicule on here. At half time I heard from an academy parent that the assistant sports scientist a Mr Ford has left. But much worse head of goalkeeping and coach Ross Paterson has been made redundant. Paterson is another long serving employee who has left with no public thanks on the website.

The parent told me the players and their families are dumbfounded. Paterson was very popular and well respected and was known to some since he ran the community coaching side years ago. We were also told by a staff member that behind the scenes pressure is intense and that forced changes are being openly discussed at all levels of the club.
A director is about to resign due to boardroom unrest. Our club tells us nothing and our best people continue to leave and not be replaced.

Apparently Dean Lyness has left as part of desperate cost cutting with no acknowledgement. It’s obvious the club does not want to draw attention to all this and SMISA are silent.
It’s great the team is doing so well, my son enjoyed the last 15 minutes today as much as I did, but don’t let that blind you to what is going on.
Any word on the dome?

Thanks to posters of reasoned replies. I understand the reluctance of some to believe bad news. I’m asking SMISA to step up but ask others to question what is going on instead of taking the club’s silence as a positive. Fabulous performances on the park will only continue if the team stays together. I hear, including from an academy parent, that we have to let players go asap and coaches have been quietly paid off. Players always leave but in our precarious financial state it will be by necessity.One comment here that £1.7 million is probably tucked away in a bank. Seriously !

Ask SMISA to demand a cash in hand statement. The accounts presented to shareholders in January will be a year out of date. If worse than previous then given Saints (reckless) spending it will be worse now.
Michelle Evans has not been replaced. That fact is pertinent. That she has found another job is a moot point.No departing staff member was thanked by the club. The Dome vandalised. Exactly, that was my point. Its age isirrelevant. It has been destroyed. There was no vandalism under the previous security company.
Accusing me of paranoia and poking fun is classic diversionary behaviour. Assuming all is well because of silence or that information is accurate from anywhere (me included) is what bites you later.
I ask you to read between the lines. St Mirren’s website and press releases come from Kibble’s PR. Content is shaped by the very people failing the club. Why would they tell you otherwise?

 

That’s it, ridicule. That’s what people do when they don’t want to believe something that’s staring them in the face.I mean no individual harm but if you can’t actually see what is happening then by the time you do it will be too late.Evidence? Michelle Evans and others arrive in a blaze of publicity and leave in a moonlight flit without even being publicly thanked for their service. Low level departures are now the norm. Look at the Dome, it’s been down a while with no explanation as to why it will not be back at all. Ironically Faraway got it right saying help in his or her response to my post. I accept boys will be boys and make fun of what they don’t understand or don’t want to believe but you lot have your heads in the sand. As for paranoia well you know the saying there. Maybe you people making fun of me are insiders yourself!

That’s it, ridicule. That’s what people do when they don’t want to believe something that’s staring them in the face.I mean no individual harm but if you can’t actually see what is happening then by the time you do it will be too late.Evidence? Michelle Evans and others arrive in a blaze of publicity and leave in a moonlight flit without even being publicly thanked for their service. Low level departures are now the norm. Look at the Dome, it’s been down a while with no explanation as to why it will not be back at all. Ironically Faraway got it right saying help in his or her response to my post. I accept boys will be boys and make fun of what they don’t understand or don’t want to believe but you lot have your heads in the sand. As for paranoia well you know the saying there. Maybe you people making fun of me are insiders yourself!

That’s it, ridicule. That’s what people do when they don’t want to believe something that’s staring them in the face.I mean no individual harm but if you can’t actually see what is happening then by the time you do it will be too late.Evidence? Michelle Evans and others arrive in a blaze of publicity and leave in a moonlight flit without even being publicly thanked for their service. Low level departures are now the norm. Look at the Dome, it’s been down a while with no explanation as to why it will not be back at all. Ironically Faraway got it right saying help in his or her response to my post. I accept boys will be boys and make fun of what they don’t understand or don’t want to believe but you lot have your heads in the sand. As for paranoia well you know the saying there. Maybe you people making fun of me are insiders yourself!

That’s it, ridicule. That’s what people do when they don’t want to believe something that’s staring them in the face.I mean no individual harm but if you can’t actually see what is happening then by the time you do it will be too late.Evidence? Michelle Evans and others arrive in a blaze of publicity and leave in a moonlight flit without even being publicly thanked for their service. Low level departures are now the norm. Look at the Dome, it’s been down a while with no explanation as to why it will not be back at all. Ironically Faraway got it right saying help in his or her response to my post. I accept boys will be boys and make fun of what they don’t understand or don’t want to believe but you lot have your heads in the sand. As for paranoia well you know the saying there. Maybe you people making fun of me are insiders yourself!

That’s it, ridicule. That’s what people do when they don’t want to believe something that’s staring them in the face.I mean no individual harm but if you can’t actually see what is happening then by the time you do it will be too late.Evidence? Michelle Evans and others arrive in a blaze of publicity and leave in a moonlight flit without even being publicly thanked for their service. Low level departures are now the norm. Look at the Dome, it’s been down a while with no explanation as to why it will not be back at all. Ironically Faraway got it right saying help in his or her response to my post. I accept boys will be boys and make fun of what they don’t understand or don’t want to believe but you lot have your heads in the sand. As for paranoia well you know the saying there. Maybe you people making fun of me are insiders yourself!

Less than two years after Kibble’s promises I hear our beloved team is in financial freefall and someone has to point out why.
I have it from a reliable source that we have used up all of the 1.7 million government loan and are now in very serious financial trouble. It is obvious to anyone who takes the time to look that the arrangement with Kibble is just not working. They seem to be the common denominator and there is no escaping the fact. Look at the crazy level of influence they have.
Kibble pay our general manager who is a Kibble employee answerable to Kibble.
Kibble supply food to the corporate hospitality at I am informed a dearer cost than previous supplier.
Kibble also supply food at the academy. 
Kibble have taken over the accounting functions of the club, giving them access to all Saints financial accounts. A conflict of interest.
Kibble connections resulted in a new Chief Operating Officer being appointed who did not even apply for the job and was not interviewed.
Kibble connections have resulted in a £50,000 refurb of the as yet unfinished training ground hitting more than £350,000 with a supplier of their choice.
Kibble has now taken over the ball boy and girl arrangements.
Kibble have two members on the board. One of which (the vice chairman) has direct responsibility for the academy, with the other said to be now in charge of club finance. 
Kibble connections filter what fans are being told on the website.
SMISA members who contribute every month to the team we all love deserve to know exactly what is going on.
St Mirren has no club doctor.
St Mirren has a weakened academy. Redundancies. I’ve just heard from a young player’s parent that only in the last couple of days a most experienced coach and goalkeeping head has been made redundant with not a word. He’s been with Saints for something like 8 to 10 years! Her son has been sent a good wishes message from the coach which I have seen.
St Mirren has only one sports scientist. The assistant mysteriously gone in last couple of weeks according to the same parent.
St Mirren has no well-being officer. Left mysteriously.
Our stadium manager together with lots of St Mirren staff of longstanding have all been shown the door since Kibble came in. She claimed compensation and it cost the club £30,000 !
SMISA Stadium is now being vandalised after the old security firm was sacked. First the spray painting now the slashing of the dome. I have been told that word is it will not be replaced. Nothing like this happened under the previous arrangements.
Our beloved St Mirren is in danger. There is a deafening silence from the board, SMISA and Kibble.I care about the team my great-grandfather supported.
OPEN YOUR EYES AND DO SOMETHING SMISA .FACE UP AND BUY OUT KIBBLE.
 

Less than two years after Kibble’s promises I hear our beloved team is in financial freefall and someone has to point out why.
I have it from a reliable source that we have used up all of the 1.7 million government loan and are now in very serious financial trouble. It is obvious to anyone who takes the time to look that the arrangement with Kibble is just not working. They seem to be the common denominator and there is no escaping the fact. Look at the crazy level of influence they have.
Kibble pay our general manager who is a Kibble employee answerable to Kibble.
Kibble supply food to the corporate hospitality at I am informed a dearer cost than previous supplier.
Kibble also supply food at the academy. 
Kibble have taken over the accounting functions of the club, giving them access to all Saints financial accounts. A conflict of interest.
Kibble connections resulted in a new Chief Operating Officer being appointed who did not even apply for the job and was not interviewed.
Kibble connections have resulted in a £50,000 refurb of the as yet unfinished training ground hitting more than £350,000 with a supplier of their choice.
Kibble has now taken over the ball boy and girl arrangements.
Kibble have two members on the board. One of which (the vice chairman) has direct responsibility for the academy, with the other said to be now in charge of club finance. 
Kibble connections filter what fans are being told on the website.
SMISA members who contribute every month to the team we all love deserve to know exactly what is going on.
St Mirren has no club doctor.
St Mirren has a weakened academy. Redundancies. I’ve just heard from a young player’s parent that only in the last couple of days a most experienced coach and goalkeeping head has been made redundant with not a word. He’s been with Saints for something like 8 to 10 years! Her son has been sent a good wishes message from the coach which I have seen.
St Mirren has only one sports scientist. The assistant mysteriously gone in last couple of weeks according to the same parent.
St Mirren has no well-being officer. Left mysteriously.
Our stadium manager together with lots of St Mirren staff of longstanding have all been shown the door since Kibble came in. She claimed compensation and it cost the club £30,000 !
SMISA Stadium is now being vandalised after the old security firm was sacked. First the spray painting now the slashing of the dome. I have been told that word is it will not be replaced. Nothing like this happened under the previous arrangements.
Our beloved St Mirren is in danger. There is a deafening silence from the board, SMISA and Kibble.I care about the team my great-grandfather supported.
OPEN YOUR EYES AND DO SOMETHING SMISA .FACE UP AND BUY OUT KIBBLE.