Anyone going then? http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/localsport/display.var.1910579.0.annual_date.php
http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/localsport/display.var.1914165.0.0.php?act=add#comments Looks like Mr Shaw and the Russos wanted to have their say against the current board!
I thought the Russo's had been paid off and their stake in the club had been brought and they had no more involvment in the club (incl as shareholders)...i was obviously wrong!! I don't agree with all the things at the club, and though they (the Russo's) might ask some important questions, it seems to me they just have an axe to grind now and will use any excuse to chip away at Simpson
Watford Al and me gatecrashed a Fans Forum when Lewie was in charge. We had Lewie, Shaw, SNG and some other cove ( I was VERY PISHED) Anyway, in true BWL stylee, Watford Al asks the panel what cheese they like. Shaw goes Emmenthal then changes his mind to Edam. I think it shows the standard of management we are subjected to. I miss BWL and Watford Al. He was a WONDERFUL buddy.
Welsh bloke. Are the Russo's going to use their/they're/there ground axe to chip away at Simpson? I saw a Forensic Detectives where some NUMPTY used a wood chipper to dispose of his wife but the OB found bits of teeth and NABBED him BANG TO RIGHTS. So all in all, I think they should be CAREFUL. This 'ere DNA stuff hangs about you know.
Russos attend heated AGM By Kevin Affleck Comment | Read Comments (8) THE directors of Watford Leisure Plc suffered an uncomfortable ride at the club's annual general meeting yesterday evening. The Russo brothers, Jimmy and Vince, made their first appearance at Vicarage Road since they were removed from the board in April and they were joined by Tim Shaw, the club's former chief executive, at the heated hour-and-a-half meeting at Vicarage Road. Shaw questioned a number of issues with regards to the accounts, particularly the level of directors' remuneration, the use of the £4.5m the club were paid for the sale of corners of the ground and asked for more details on the two futures contracts in the recently set-up Employee Benefit Trust. advertisement Shaw also claimed he had "evidence" to there having been a plan to put a share option scheme in place to benefit Graham Simpson and Mark Ashton. Director Andy Wilson said there "has been no discussion or no intention to put a share option in place for the benefit of Graham Simpson or Mark Ashton". Shaw asked for that response to be minuted. The Russos did not speak at the meeting but their legal representative, Robin Williams, questioned the categorisation of the payment of £305,000 his clients received under the term 'Loss of Office'. He said he expects "the club to put that right so it does not affect Jimmy and Vince's credibility. That payment was nothing to do with their removal from the board." Wilson said "he would happily sit down with the Russos and the auditors and see how it could be re-categorised in the accounts". Shaw added that "not correctly categorising a payment of that magnitude was a serious thing for a board of a plc to do". Finance director Alastair Ferguson said chairman Graham Simpson received a bonus of £500,000 in addition to the amount paid as part of the directors' remuneration. The money is held in trust under the title of Employee Benefit Trust. The Russos, their legal representative - who is also a shareholder - and Shaw voted against Simpson and Ashton being re-appointed as chairman and chief executive respectively. Simpson and Ashton were re-appointed. -------------------------------------------------- shame i did not stay on the board as well, i could well do with lining my pockets with the clubs money
Brilliant little Jimmy. Am looking fwd to the WO on Friday cos I along with many others well p'd off with the mighty 3 attitude to themselves!:xmas-smiley-022::xmaswink:
Agreed yelnred, there's an awful lot that should be explained by the Ashton/Simpson 'axis of evil' ........ but don't expect too many investigative initiatives from people on here, they hate to rock the boat, they'd rather discuss flags and clutching vegetables, not just their children!
537 posts on a happy clappy vegatable clutching wig wearing flag waving work and school safe window licking forum? Keep up the good work :xmascheesy: Merry Christmas
Indeed Admin, if it wasn't for myself and a few others generating interest/debate you wouldn't have much 'traffic' in your 'little empire', would you?
"Uck me, is it rush hour" toot toot, bep beep - forum rage. Merry xmas all and sundry and there are many in the sundry catagory. Boggy had a good game of poker last night with me mates, came out slightly in front after losing three out of the first four hands when holding excellent cards myself i which i had to be in the kitty. Funny ol game.
Obviously not raising enough pre flop Paddy (or getting bad beats), always make the suckers pay dearly to see the flop!
That was the the third hand i got, the other two hands prior were better and got beat - became consevative as only just started - however the last three hands I won and pulled back £120 losses and made a small profit - reversal of hands. poxy £1 anti to all 6 players - nearly everyone goes in for the flop with jack shyte and the flop turns jack shyte into golden nuggets and one is left reeling. We all know each others game. Just an excuse for some beer, wine and fodder and a little game.
Nothing like a good old 'house' game,to end up hating your mates Paddy! Get down The Western, and learn how to play ..... inexpensively.
I know what you mean about playing with mates (amateurs) though. We used to have a friendly game (£10 .... 1,000 chips) up at the Boy's Home in Abbots a while back - and I couldn't win a bean (and that's from one who's made Tony G lay down a hand), they called anything, with any s h i t, and had no respekkttt!
Init, the problem is, every hand has 4/5 or all 6 in with the flop -then someone may try and steam the pot, someone else will see as they have a good hand to play. Other wise a few shillings on the flop draw and every canut stays in ucking "HOPING" or blufing and just going because the betting alows it- no chance really unless you play only the hands that you know you have the right %. But we only play for a couple of hours and with all the farting and other childish pranks ( our combined age is 310) - we probably end up playing about 40 hands max - so we tend to ride the luck and go in. One event was abandoned due to gases released from one individual - the windows in the room we were playing wouldn't open and this blokes emmissions stank - not surprising - guinness, chicken tikka masala, wine.
Mmmmmmmm - 'biological weapons' introduced to the greatest game on earth ... that's a bit worrying, but novel - I think I'll give it a try.
Might turn up at Sheffield, will look into trains tomorrow, I am getting lazy. Birdymobile should be on action on New Years, it will be her last outing as I get a new one on 2nd
The Russos did not speak at the meeting but their legal representative, Robin Williams, "mrs doubtfire"
