Big Boy wrote:Does anybody think we'll get an honest explanation?
The simple answer to that question is no but is one really needed, the facts, whilst not explained, have been there for many months.
My one regret is that I was not at Kanchanaburi at the weekend for what looks like being Hua Hins final game. This was the first game I have missed, home or away, since I first started supporting the team at the beginning of last season. My reason, quite simply apathy instilled in me by those running the club. For many reasons supporting Hua Hin City and the way that all supporters have been treated has made it a not particalarly enjoyable experience.
Many have pointed fingers, much has been talked about the bullshit that has been talked by people involved in the club but does this really explain or give justification to what has gone on? In my book no, the problems have run far deeper than "sugar daddies" or should I maybe say "conmen" spouting crap and those problems still existed this season without them.
You may ask yourself so what were the problems? Quite simply incompetence by most if not all involved in running the club at all levels. The majority of those people are still in place so why is it any suprise that last seasons problems have continued into this, nothing has changed.
At the start of last season Hua Hin FC was a sole entity run by a group of people, management, board or whatever. Those people negotiated the deal for CGF to become involved. Even then CGF were a minority shareholder. The decision to get involved with TOT, the neglect of the Hua Hin Team, the non-payment of wages, the allienation of sponsors and many others issues could not have happened on the say so of CGF alone and had to have the support of some or all of the other owners/management/shareholders to proceed. This is why it is wrong to point fingers solely at the door of the "sugar daddies", the rest of the management of the club allowed this to happen and those people are still the same and have run the club this season.
In a "professional" club for those individuals to allow sponsors the adorn the club shirts with their logos and advertise their businesses on hordings around the ground without any formal contract that guarentees their sponsorship money is already in the bank is negligent in the extreme. To allow anyone to buy into the club and have any say at all before any money has been forthcoming is equally negligent. In these circumstances to then allow CGF, a minority shareholder, to then dictate, as they did, is absolutely absurd. The financial situation was allowed to happen by those who are/were still in charge this season. The sugar daddies/conmen etc were a symptom the cause was and still is within the club set up.
With all football clubs there is always talk and speculation, some of which comes to fruition and some doesn't. At the end of the day none of this matters. The Nobby scenario, new stadium on the by-pass, academies, foreign coaches etc. etc. don't/didn't matter a jot. What does matter is how the club is run and most importantly what happens on the pitch for 90 minutes at a weekend.
This situation has not happened overnight it has been coming for many months, probably since just past the half way point of last season. I was probably one of the first to put the dire financial plight of the club regarding non-payment of wages into the public domain only to be doubted by some although others did question where the money was coming from. The answer is simple, there was no money. The maladminstration and mismanagement of the club ensured that.
Even at the height of last seasons plight I personally know of people prepared to put sponsorship money into the club only to be told it was not enough. Why when the club had no money?
There are many other instances of total incompetence, as examples,
As well as attending every game last season I also watch the majority of afternoon training sessions. At these sessions as well as bona fide coaching staff there were three, possibly more people who did absolutely nothing. Presumably they were getting some money. Why in view of the clubs financial plight weren't they ditched. These same people are still there this season. Why?
Team shirts have not been available in anything much above a small Thai girls size. Many people want shirts but can not get sizes to fit them. Why? Warrix produce shirts in sizes up to 7XL. Lost revenue.
Communication between the club and supporters has been awful. Promised statement and explanations of events have never materialise. Why?
Even down to fairly minor things like arranging for vendors to sell food and drink at the new ground on match days have been beyond the clubs organisational capabilities.
I could go on and on but .................. wasting my breath now.
What I will finally question is did we actually have any sponsors at all this season. Last season we had cardboard cheques which were worth f**k all. This season we haven't even had that. Look closely at the photos on this forum. No mention of money just cardboard placards with "supported by" on. May as well have had one with mine and all other supporters names on as well.
What has happened to the club yesterday has been down to gross mismanagement and maladministration which has been going on since I first started following them. Those guilty were there throughout and till the end.
