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Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Sounds like this is going to get a bit messy.

https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/ ... 1CLXV_eDLI

Javed Miandad Stance · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:15 pm

How is Maguire still in a job ?

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Probably wouldnt answer the email telling him he's sacked.

The Fat Man · **Joined:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:03 pm **Posts:** 2107

"Company equipment'? Did Higgy run off with his training gear or something? Or is it still at the laundrette? :laugh:

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

I reckon he might have driven home on that ride on lawnmower Hodcroft was accusing Billingham Town of liberating.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

PJPoolie wrote:

I reckon he might have driven home on that ride on lawnmower Hodcroft was accusing Billingham Town of liberating.

He’s ran off with darlos stand pools have in lock up

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horden · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:19 pm

He sounded bitter when I listened to this. If he is owed money though he should've been paid by now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08b60f9

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

If hes entitled to the money as a pay off, and has been waiting since october then you can probs understand him being miffed.

Singh was his mate too which probably makes it worse from his point of view.

ptbap · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:23 pm

That woman on Twitter who's been going on about this since forever will be well happy.

horden · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:36 pm

If Singh is his mate , and he has only heard from him once in 6 months I think he said, then sounds like there is more to this than meets the eye, of course there always is at Pools , always acrimony of some sort when someone leaves in a hurry.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Must admit Raj and Maguire are both going down in my estimation as time goes on.

Javed Miandad Stance · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:48 pm

Singh is entiteled to hire and fire who he wants but he should have the guts to speak to the fella face to face.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Javed Miandad Stance wrote:

Singh is entiteled to hire and fire who he wants but he should have the guts to speak to the fella face to face.

Yup, id expect that from any boss even if there was an issue between them but Singh made out they were best mates.

loan_star · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:25 pm

Javed Miandad Stance wrote:

Singh is entiteled to hire and fire who he wants but he should have the guts to speak to the fella face to face.

You're talking about the man who stopped paying players he thought were on too much and only paying part wages to others, even before he put a club in administration. True colours always come to the fore eventually, this issue with Hignett does not surprise me one bit.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22670

You’ve got to ask what equipment a manager can have. I guess a car and laptop can come to a few quid but it doesn’t take many weeks to sort that out.

Johnjo1 · **Joined:** Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:52 pm **Posts:** 1625

Come on this is a regular occurrence in football when managers are sacked right from the top to the bottom. I’m not saying it’s right it’s just something that happens regularly.

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:49 pm

loan_star wrote:

Javed Miandad Stance wrote:

Singh is entiteled to hire and fire who he wants but he should have the guts to speak to the fella face to face.

You're talking about the man who stopped paying players he thought were on too much and only paying part wages to others, even before he put a club in administration. True colours always come to the fore eventually, this issue with Hignett does not surprise me one bit.

I used to think it was sour grapes with you, and to some extent it might be, but we're seeing things creep in when the pressure is on and I'm not liking it.

Half Spaces · **Joined:** Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:41 pm **Posts:** 17

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER wrote:

Must admit Raj and Maguire are both going down in my estimation as time goes on.

Me too but prepared to see what they come up with in the short-medium term. I guess we don't have any choice in that.

RemotePoolie · **Joined:** Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:34 am **Posts:** 597

To be fair these are challenging circumstances, and many clubs do indeed look fucked if something doesn't change very soon. How are Southend and Macclesfield doing now? I heard they were already in a bad way a few months back.

loan_star · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:33 pm

yloop wrote:

loan_star wrote:

Javed Miandad Stance wrote:

Singh is entiteled to hire and fire who he wants but he should have the guts to speak to the fella face to face.

You're talking about the man who stopped paying players he thought were on too much and only paying part wages to others, even before he put a club in administration. True colours always come to the fore eventually, this issue with Hignett does not surprise me one bit.

I used to think it was sour grapes with you, and to some extent it might be, but we're seeing things creep in when the pressure is on and I'm not liking it.

I do dislike the man for his underhand ways. Thats how he has operated in the past and people rarely change.

RemotePoolie wrote:

To be fair these are challenging circumstances, and many clubs do indeed look fucked if something doesn't change very soon.

Covid19 wasn't even heard of when Hignett was sacked. To be fair to Singh the problems in care homes and property development at the moment will be hitting him hard, however this should have been put to bed long ago.

RemotePoolie · **Joined:** Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:34 am **Posts:** 597

loan_star wrote:

Covid19 wasn't even heard of when Hignett was sacked. To be fair to Singh the problems in care homes and property development at the moment will be hitting him hard, however this should have been put to bed long ago.

Yeah. All I'm saying though is if they wouldn't pay him earlier he doesn't have much of a chance now.

loan_star · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:50 pm

RemotePoolie wrote:

loan_star wrote:

Covid19 wasn't even heard of when Hignett was sacked. To be fair to Singh the problems in care homes and property development at the moment will be hitting him hard, however this should have been put to bed long ago.

Yeah. All I'm saying though is if they wouldn't pay him earlier he doesn't have much of a chance now.

So if he takes legal action then the club will be in deep s**t. Covid won't make the debt go away just to ease the pressure on Singh.

Javed Miandad Stance · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:50 pm

He has sacked Hignett and Mark Simpson but continues to employ Maguire and lets him run the club.
That in itself should sound alarm bells.

Monkeybutt · **Joined:** Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:22 pm **Posts:** 2428

Maguire thinks he is an island, unfortunately it has no utilities!

loan_star · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:00 pm

By the way, Singh also did the same to Mark Cooper when he sacked him at Darlo. Cooper had to take action to get his money but by then we were in administration and the supporters paid it off as one of the football debts we inherited from the mess Singh left behind.

ed-t-ball · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:35 am

Javed Miandad Stance wrote:

He has sacked Hignett and Mark Simpson but continues to employ Maguire and lets him run the club.
That in itself should sound alarm bells.

Who would you keep on in your company a media manager, an unsuccessful football manager or the person you employed to organise all of the contracts, incoming funds and outgoing payments?

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19773

maguire wasn,t popular in his posts at his previous clubs. not sure if its him or the job he does that cause this.

horden · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:40 am

ed-t-ball wrote:

Javed Miandad Stance wrote:

He has sacked Hignett and Mark Simpson but continues to employ Maguire and lets him run the club.
That in itself should sound alarm bells.

Who would you keep on in your company a media manager, an unsuccessful football manager or the person you employed to organise all of the contracts, incoming funds and outgoing payments?

I think the problem with Pools is Singh himself , but he was the only person in the queue wanting to save the club , so ….

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Well we’re handing out new contracts as Featherstone has just signed one.

Infidel · **Joined:** Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:20 am **Posts:** 652

loan_star wrote:

Javed Miandad Stance wrote:

Singh is entiteled to hire and fire who he wants but he should have the guts to speak to the fella face to face.

You're talking about the man who stopped paying players he thought were on too much and only paying part wages to others, even before he put a club in administration. True colours always come to the fore eventually, this issue with Hignett does not surprise me one bit.

It doesn't surprise me either! Singh will drag this out as long as possible hoping something will happen, hoping that Hignett will run out of steam, hoping that someone else will pay or that he will be gone by the time the shit hits the fan.

I don't understand why he gets involved in football - he's not cut out for it (Singh not Hignett)

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3556

Maybe Jeff could sort it out ?

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:43 pm

horden wrote:

If Singh is his mate , and he has only heard from him once in 6 months I think he said, then sounds like there is more to this than meets the eye, of course there always is at almost all clubs, always acrimony of some sort when someone leaves in a hurry.

FTFY there old chap

horden · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:49 pm

TalbotAvenger wrote:

horden wrote:

If Singh is his mate , and he has only heard from him once in 6 months I think he said, then sounds like there is more to this than meets the eye, of course there always is at almost all clubs, always acrimony of some sort when someone leaves in a hurry.

FTFY there old chap

Fixed what ? Why ?

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

PJPoolie wrote:

Well we’re handing out new contracts as Featherstone has just signed one.

On the fans meeting thingy last week singh said he is committed to investing in the playing side and not letting that slip.

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