The Poolie Bunker

The club have issued a statement explaining what their position is on the jeff Stelling saga.
I suggest people read it and show utmost care in what they say should you like to make comment.

Trying to backtrack cos he knows now that it was a mistake due to the backlash. Won't wash with a lot of people.

Have you ever seen so many embarrassing "statements" from a football club in one summer?

I wonder if Paul Frost wrote it?

Pathetic, ill informed, out of touch… and embarrassing!

The statement,
https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/club ... -stelling/

I had a little read of the statement, to me it's not that straight forward as HUFC still wish that Stelling and possible others are not given dignitary status, yet Stelling and others could be afforded this honour for multiple other reasons not related directly to Hartlepool. HUFC (youknowwho) can't dictate what other clubs do.

Exactly.

No by a long shot.

All Singh had to say was Stelling no longer represented Pools, most clubs will already know that and let the individual clubs decide what hospitality should be afforded to him.

On a point of order HUFC is in no way shape or form dictating to anybody, they are asking. Personally if I was worried about an embarrassing situation occurring I would have contacted Jeff and come to an amicable arrangement if possible before even considering bringing others into the equation.
You are right in your belief that Jeff would probably be able to contact most grounds and gain access to hospitality if he so wished but I think he enjoys being amongst the fans, although he has boycotted games at the VIC.
I also think the owner should offer an Olive Branch and welcome the man to the ViC because if any man deserves recognition for past services it's Jeff Stelling.

'Unbelievable Jeff!'

What a mess- sometimes it's best just to keep your mouth shut, rather than creating issues, where there were previously none.

Reckon Jeff will probably just slum it with us Poolies in the away end-

'He's one of our OWN,
he's one of our OOOWWWWNNN,
Jeffrey Stelling,
He's one of our OWN! (sing up at the back)!

I'm asking the same question I have done previously, who on earth is advising Raj / the club on PR???? This has received so much media since it has become public it is a total embarrassment.
"The letter that the Club recently sent to National League opposition simply informed opposition that Mr Stelling no longer held a formal role and considerately asked opposition not to allocate Mr. Stelling dignitary places or seating, so as to avoid any unnecessary confusion or embarrassment on matchdays for the benefit of all parties including Mr. Stelling."
Stick that into ChatGPT it would have written a better letter

In truth he didn’t have to say anything, just keep a low profile.
No statement was actually needed, if I was in Stelling’s position I wouldn’t expect to get any special treatment.
An unnecessary gaffe.

Everyone can see the original letter for what it is, petulant point scoring. A further statement won't hide that.
I'm staggered that a grown bloke has no shame about embarrassing himself.

Jeff Stelling is a national personality and will be afforded hospitality completely independent of his association with any particular club. Raj has demonstrated what a small minded little dictator he really is.

Wheres our first choice keeper n whens the takeover?
Anybody got any info?

Missed step from Raj. Surely he got the other clubs to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement before sending them this letter? I'm a little surprised that he didn't end his letter with "Thank you for your attention in this matter - MHGA"

Club statement to me seems wrong, It states.

"For absolute clarity, neither the Club nor Chairman have asked for other clubs in the National League to exclude or ban Mr. Stelling from matches at their grounds"

No where in the LETTER does it state Mr Stelling should be banned from other grounds, So don,t know where that has come from.

"At no time did Mr. Stelling ask the Club or Chairman for a factual position on those takeover matters"

Its certain in my eyes Stelling would been told, Nowt to do with you.

Again people at the club seem to have embarrassed themselves, The Club and the Town
Just when the manager wanted ALL to unite.

If the moderators wish to delete this then please do.

Bobby i,ve mentioned before that SOME at the club are not very bright.

Perhaps Raj is old school and believes no publicity is bad publicity? He's gone from having zero national profile to 'that bloke at Hartlepool who had a pop at Jeff Stelling.'
That or his PR people used to represent the Post Office...

Apparently his PR manager is a Ms P Vennels

One word sums up Raj and his running of the club BIZZARE.

Deluded?

He's staying on at Pools for the power/control Audilation of the fake 63%.

But now he's took this way to far trying to dictate to the rest of division 5.

He's digging his own grave.

Id rather take A than carry on like this.
A club fractured n divided into little clicks.

He will

When I was an apprentice we had three gaffers and one was a right awkward sod.
When I asked the tradesman I worked with as a naïve teenager why he was like that He said to me…”because he can son, he’s in charge and won’t let us forget it’.

Were the roles reversed when you became a gaffer Snowy ?

Funnily enough no Jamie… you get nowt done when you’re a bastard to others.
We all encounter these people but some go a bit too far.
Met more decent gaffers than bad ones.

So many fans are looking for an excuse to knock raj and will side with anyone who does not agree with him. surely even he knows this and less he does or say would be better for all party,s.

It's not too hard to find an excuse accrington.

true, he hands em out like confetti but one day he,ll be correct but nobody will ever believe him which could be a problem he caused himself.

Hmm, I believe there might be a fable about this exact concept. He must not have read it as a child.

If it’s the wolf one you mean that’s a great little story.

That's the one. Obviously it was written about a child, for children. Presumably Aesop figured that no fully grown man would ever act in such a pathetic manner. Oh well.

I’m still waiting for ‘real fan’ Jules enlightened take on all this…

If that means there is a spare place in the "Dignitaries" area can i have its a shame for it to go to waste.

The entire board should be ashamed of themselves for issuing such a vindictive letter to the other clubs, whether the alleged takeover was true or not. Personally I would place more reliance on what is said by somebody who has followed Pools for over 60 years & invested money in the club, rather than rely on the man who saved the club from liquidation
We will likely never know, but it would be interesting to know how the board voted on the issue before sending the letter. The fact that no board members have been notified as having left the board, suggest they were all in agreement. Does the board have an ESG policy?

Im99% certain the board have no say in any decision.

who are the bord. muffin the mule, archie andrews, emu and lord snooty.

I,m certain you are right, Kevin.