Jeff Stelling’s showdown with Scunthorpe chairman Peter Swann

[@welcome2mytruth]

Loved this. Good job on both sides and to Sky Sports for allowing the Chairman to air his views.

[@rdkharper]

Thought both of them came across quite well. Props to both of them.

[@Jack-ju3yr]

Stelling came across as a knob. The chairman came across as a man open to a reasonable conversation

[@southpawboxing4265]

@@Jack-ju3yr opinions vary.

[@KrashBandiKush]

@@Jack-ju3yr The chairman was a knob plain and simple. Wanted the club to go bust.

[@NibberKSmooth]

We NEED genuine exchanges like this more.

[@Adfamere09]

The chairman Peter Swann should have simply replied, "I put millions into the club, its my club and therefore I make the decisions..." When Jeff Stelling puts the same amount into Scunthorpe as Peter and when he owns the club then he can decide how long a manager gets. The chairman pays the bills, keeps the club going and has invested a lot, so I think he's entitled to sack whoever he wants. Just my opinion.

[@Adfamere09]

***** Sponsorship at that level and for a club of Scunthorpe's size nowhere near pays the bills. If that was the case then the chairman wouldn't need to invest millions every year just to loose money continually at the end of every season. Which nearly every club does at that level.

[@phille_s]

That's fucking modern football shit, chairman shouldn't decide a shit about that. It's the fans decision what they thinks

[@YGriffiny]

PURE162 To be fair, it was the fans' decision. 85% polled wanted Russ to go. Stelling is part of the modern football shit. It wasn't just based on 2 months either. Scunthorpe should have walked the title last year, Russ played negatively and despite the chairman's backing, threw the title away. World record or no world record, people never forgave him for missing out on the title and playing such bad football in the process.

[@TheMillerman95]

Jeff Stelling is paid to write opinion pieces and he gave his opinion. The Scunthorpe chairman should know this and makes himself look an idiot by challenging Jeff for giving his views.

[@Loizeus]

Y Griffiny Scunthorpe should not have walked the title; Chesterfield were and are a much better side, though I will agree with you that Russ played very negative tactics.

[@BrianMurphy88]

I thought tat chairman spoke very well.

[@markhayes734]

Tat?

[@TheGenreman]

I think who ever posted this and wrote the description of it needs to look up the word explosive.

[@MrOlga8599]

Yep done more explosive farts

[@matthewcurtis6239]

Love Jeff but he got outclassed in this debate.

[@ultancombo5990]

To be fair it was more of an interview than a debate

[@jayneswinnerton8812]

I like how they still respected each other at the end

[@CBDFlowerReviewer]

To be honest i think the chariman came across very professional! sometimes a sacking is the way to move the club forward espically in the lower leagues!

[@IGSTaaRI]

modern football, it's a horrible fucking thing. Plays perfectly on the love and spirit a football club brings to a small town, and tears it apart. That word "business" should never be used in the same sentence as football. We are fans, not customers.

[@oli19]

And now look where he's took us. Thanks Peter for all your hot air and empty promises

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

when you're an owner of the football club, you have to take criticism and adulation in the same way. Journalists will be there when the club does well, and they will also be there when you do badly.

[@BrummieGaming]

Unbelievable Jeff

[@mjw8218]

Brilliantly civil. Well done chaps.

[@JC-ko1bp]

it wasnt harsh, the team were abysmal. that "undefeated record" was made up of so many dropped points and draws where we should have won......28 games unbeaten, but 14 of those were draws, we threw away 34 points from winning positions and 17 of those points were after the 86th minute. the football was shocking, the squad were capable of far more. it may have seemed like a great season on paper, including getting promotion. but the standard of football compared to the squad was horrendous.

[@VALLANCEGAMING]

So all in all this new manager mark needs to get the team promoted and not lose any games in the higher tier, I think as much as it is not his business Jeff has a huge point that no manager can "manage" a team nowadays without living in fear of the sack, even after an incredible rate of success

[@Joe-xj2pb]

No, Mark Robins' job is to keep us in League 1.....under Wilcox, there's no way that would have happened. The football we've been playing has been embarassing, really dreadful stuff and the squad we have shouldn't be second bottom, even though we do have a few injuries. There's been heavy investment over the last year or so and we should be doing better. I'm sure people will say "he went 28 games unbeaten last year", yes he did, but 14 of those were draws, we threw away 34 points from winning positions last season and 17 of those points were after the 86th minute. It's very frustrating when you're watching a game and you know it's inevitable that you're going to concede in the last few minutes. Jeff doesn't know what he's talking about, as he stated in the article he wrote, why highlight us if that's the case? Why not go after a Premier League or Championship club?

[@alexferns285]

Jeff's a national treasure for his opinions and hosting skills,and he is more than entitled to his opinion,and I thoroughly agree with his opinion!!

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Jeff who? Not everyone has Sky! He was totally owned by the chairman. Too many gobshites telling professionals how to their job these days.

[@Londoneye57]

@@steveluckhurst2350 That 'gobshite' as you so eloquently put it, is paid to give his opinion and I guarantee he knows more about the ins and outs of football than you. You started with Jeff who? not everyone has sky! - It appears you did know didn't you?

[@steveluckhurst2350]

@@Londoneye57 wow. five months later! Are you related to a gobshite? Not attacking Stelling in particular, more the whole punditry thing in the media.

[@steveohmygoodness7]

It is far and away past time that someone in football challenge the media like this..... this needs to be a weekly, if not daily, event across all sports. The details that the media doesn't know, and will never know, could fill libraries.

[@jmschrch]

I've seen more explosive exchanges from two wet fireworks

[@vc5183]

Oooh you’re hard

[@JM-ll2vv]

8 years on and Scunthorpe are in the National League North, terrible owners

[@jases2793]

And look where Scunny are now ...

[@vickershaft]

The end of that interview He sounded like, it's my toy and I'll do as I like

[@rossomac21]

This is made more awesome by the fact that as of 2020 the Scunthorpe manager is none other than... Russ Wilcox

[@adventador1324]

I dont think Stelling would ever say this about the way Roman Ambramovich has sacked managers..........Because He'd probably end up being found murdered 😅

[@Bear-Cohiba-1966]

Naz 287 or Poisoned

[@Brandon-si9qe]

Adventador 1 or maybe because Chelsea has higher standards than Scunthorpe United

[@jordanlaird3752]

Chairman 1 - 0 Jeff.... once the chairman explained Jeff should have just apologised

[@claretandbluearmy8014]

Dan G Jeff supports Hartlepool who are non league

[@Jm1991mfc]

jeff stelling was spot on sacking a manager who got them promoted with ease last season no respect shown sacking someone after years of service after just 11 games !

[@SM7993-f2i]

100%

[@paulcrisp9861]

Well mr swann you've really turned the fortunes of scunthorpe United around in April twenty twenty two, national league bound and probably out of business altogether. Well and truly in the swanny. 😄🤪🤣😂😃🙂🤤😁🙄👍😎👍🖐🖐

[@ChrisSmithPingu]

Fair play to the chairman!

[@jamiemorgan7550]

I like how a lot of none Scunthorpe fans care enough to comment and say shit about Peter's decision at the time. It was the correct one we were bloody lucky to go up from L2 even though we were unbeaten for 28 games. A big majority of them were draws after taking the lead. The tactics were utter terrible and it continued at the start of that season. YOU didn't have to watch the utter terrible style of football like how us Scunny fans did.Appointing Mark Robins at this time was correct to stay up in L1 he is that sort of manager who can drag clubs out of trouble. He sadly wasn't going to be able to make the push for the next level as the 5-0 hammering at Oyston FC showed. The end to this season was remarkable missed out on the playoffs on GD and at the end of the day the club's ambition is to try and get back to The Championship and what's wrong with a bit of ambition hey? The future is looking good and we have now got a decent squad in place and belief that we can push again for the coming season. UTI

[@skthejanner]

Was a ridiculous decision - after what he did last season and they give him a couple months in a higher division. Absolutely stupid

[@skthejanner]

erosion271 Very few Scunny fans were calling for him out, apart from one game where I believe you left Madden on the bench and put a centre half up front. Simple fact is all managers need time, and especially if that manager had over 40% win percentage the season before, then they deserve a bit of loyalty. And just because I'm not a Scunny fan doesn't mean I can't have my opinions on what happened.

[@skthejanner]

erosion271 doesn't take away the fact that he was not given any time this season. And fans' pressure on social media shouldn't affect the decision of a chairman

[@JC-ko1bp]

@@skthejanner every fan i ever spoke to wanted him out way before he was sacked. even that promotion season was horrific, we drew 14 of that unbeaten run and threw away 34 points from winning positions. 17 of those points we threw away after 86 minutes. an absolute shite manager blessed with a great squad, and he almost ruined it. he seemed to try his best to ruin the team. had won 4 of the last 20 if i remember right before he was sacked

[@userjim83]

“Paid to give opinions” is such a cop out from Jeff There’s a million opinions you can give but YOU choose what opinions you give and the language you use...

[@KerryTom1]

I think he means that they, as in the pundits on that show, are paid to give their opinions. So each are paid to give their own personal opinion. One. The one that they feel about the subject at that time. So might I suggest that Jeff's opinion at the time was that it was shameful and disrespectful that this chairman sacked his manager. Regardless of whether you, me or that chairman agrees, Jeff Stelling isn't wrong that he's paid to have his opinion and express it.

[@pukkiparty4043]

KerryTom1 You clearly didn’t understand his comment blah blah blah 😴

[@matthew9429]

If anyones wondering, Scunthorpe were bottom when this interview took place but ended up finishing mid table. It was the right decision

[@haydenhoodless2055]

As Jeff pointed out, the run of games they had up to this point were against top half sides, it's likely they were going to pick up points anyway.

[@simonrodgers3278]

Watford Chairman. " Jeff can you just hold my Beer for a moment"

[@sc1788]

Lol. He'd be one every week

[@simonrodgers3278]

Chairman handled that very well frankly...

[@Grogster2007]

The Chairman is entitled to make those decisions but will he stand up if the results thereafter are crap...will he stand down then?

[@BlueBird14095]

I like Jeff. But he overstepped the mark here. Peter Swann made a harsh decision, and Stelling jumped to conclusions in a public piece without all the facts. In the process, he's made the chairman look like a fickle moron, when he probably made the right decision by sacking Wilcox.

[@noelsloan8103]

Brilliant interview well done

[@kevinw4zhere]

-Cheers Jeff

[@rosshirst5474]

This aged well ran scunthorpe into the ground and are bottom of the national league

[@wierdwesterner]

In hindsight, look where Scunthorpe are now; and look where Stelling's Hartlepool are. I don't think Jeff has a leg to stand on.

[@NathanielWhittoUpdates]

"You can't just keep a manager for 12 months if you're losing all your games" "It's a long term project and we want to move into the new stadium with this manager" um

[@garymyers1135]

At the end of the day,Peter Swann has invested alot of his own money into our club. You will not find one supporter speaking out against him as he has been a breath of fresh air since taking over. We have been used to having a chairman who hardly invested his own money into the club other than to give loans at a slightly lower interest rate than an overdraft would cost. We have sold players over the last few years for big money with none or very little of it being re-invested back into the playing side. Yes we went unbeaten last season for 28 games but on the back of that came a more defensive style of play that was so boring to watch. The chairman is a supporter. He, like us, wants to see exciting attacking football that will contribute to bringing the stay away fans back. Promotion last year was the most underwhelming achievement due to the way we played. We should have sewn it up by the end of march with the team we had but with a negative tactician as a manager that was never going to happen. Good luck Mark Robins. In Peter we trust. Up The Iron

[@Crouchy232323]

You get clubs like this who are big clubs, within their own stadium, like a Celtic or a Tottenham.

[@MrDJM81]

Can someone get Jeff out of the bin please?

[@frasierfreak92]

Jeff had the measure of Peter Swann even then. Yeah they had two decent seasons after, but it was clear Swann was a terrible owner prone to doing stuff on a whim. Well, look where they are now!

[@PaulyWaulyy]

What a great argument!

[@Lionboy2930]

He's since sacked 4 other managers since!! so much for continuity

[@iron_born]

5! Robins, Alexander, Daws, McCall, Hurst

[@Lionboy2930]

@@iron_born And look where they are now!! sad..

[@iron_born]

@@Lionboy2930 criminal behaviour from Swann

[@alexh2295]

Why am I watching this 7 years later???

[@domijean8023]

5 years on. How did it work out ?

[@drfcmike7023]

look who there manager is

[@domijean8023]

@@drfcmike7023 he came back !!

[@stevenrankin8489]

Well done both of you enjoyed it

[@mikekaczmarczyk2780]

Why is there so much delay the conversation?

[@williamg7123]

Yeah, think Peter Swann came off a bit better here. All the love in the world for Jeff, but I feel he got put in his place a bit here.

[@Fuckthetrends80]

Why does he keep rocking from side to side?

[@jimboBFC1]

Anxiety i'd say. Being live on TV. He was also being challenged by some genuine, and straight to the point questions

[@akumar7366]

I wonder how Scunthorpe are getting on some four years down the line, oh they just got relegated yesterday 4 May 2019.

[@iron1992]

Oh I wonder how we did last time we were in league 2. Broke a world record and went straight back up

[@akumar7366]

@Adam M How about the fact Eight Managers in Six years, is that a record, suggests to me the problem is more upstairs in the boardroom, a Chairman playing fantasy football ⚽

[@Isleofskye]

@@akumar7366 Well Said.

[@joshkupfers8704]

I support scunthorpe

[@ironzone5866]

Up the iron 💜💙

[@tinkbell4856]

Uti

[@taffymackem2596]

Wow Jeff got owned here.

[@dobbigaming1060]

I normally like Jeff but I completely disagree with him, the chairman was talking lots of sense, seems like a nice bloke. (Completely unbiased view even though I am a Gillingham fan)

[@seanmcdonnell5000]

You can see they're trying so hard not to lose their heads

[@Pianosnail12]

That chairman been waiting his whole life for this moment

[@JosephMcBrideMedia]

I think it's Peter's time of the month :/

[@stuartphillipson1802]

What bloody showdown!! Sick of this misleading click bait in order to ram more disgusting gambling adverts down our throats..

[@ay613]

Unbelievable Jeff!!!!!

[@howieboss]

Who is Scunthorpe manager now?

[@tinkbell4856]

Neil cox

[@deletebilderberg]

Best way to prove people wrong is to prove people wrong.

[@TheGogoy3]

It is a business, what's done is done.

[@DanEvans2000]

Scunthorpe in league 2 now.

[@p28-e7j]

I came in thinking I'd agree with Jeff. I came out siding with the Chairman.

[@mercuryred3572]

could be worse, the crewe manager is lucky to have his job still... rock bottom with 5 points of league one... god help Scunthorpe

[@mikeymike5395]

And look what’s happened now

[@TemplePhantom]

Wilcox record this season was appalling, but Peter Swann is a full time pillock!

[@ericfurey1669]

Agree!!!

[@timwood8728]

Missing... New ground... Anyone seen it?

[@francisburgess4006]

I'll give the chairman credit. Not many would have done that (gone on sky)

[@TheRealMrT87]

YoungLAD in the background trying to get on TV

[@ay613]

Wise man.

[@coops1964golf]

stelling rules!!!!

[@Wickerrman]

Definitely a shameful decision imo. Russ Wilcox quite frankly deserved the chance even if Scunny had been relegated already since he got them promotion. That's what I think at least.

[@J4K31]

The unbeaten run was a distraction from the real situation. We were going 1-0, 2-0, even 3-0 up in games, and throwing nearly every single one away in the second half. We drew the MAJORITY of the 28 unbeaten games, and have actually only won 4 in our last 20 prior to the Gillingham match earlier today. Russ' tactics were negative, we'd sit deep and inviter pressure, every single time. He didn't learn from these mistakes, and it carried on into this season. Crowds were dropping by nearly 50% as Swann stated in the interview, and fans were being driven away in droves by the negative football on display.

[@LiamK2292]

In the future, it might prove to be the right decision made but at the time it wasn't.

[@Loizeus]

haha that's fucking retarded.

[@rosso142k7]

Liam Kelly Check the league one table.

[@jodansmith8175]

Then went and appointed Mark Robins in my opinion is worst manager their is

[@grantbale8068]

@Mony Torris Hold your horses...2 promotions in 3 seasons with Coventry City? He's a legend in these parts!

[@goodonedoo]

Geoff had him worked out

[@cheekyleopard]

Jeff put in his place bigtime.

[@chocice]

I'll score that 10-9 to the chairman.

[@englishfootballleaguepredi7034]

Hes gone!. Hooray!🤣🤣

[@robertprees603]

Bottom of the football league at the moment so sackings and new managers havnt turned out well.

[@Liamwin]

I'd love to see what Phil gartside has to say about his actions and desicions of Bolton wanderers

[@bw1654]

that put pete jn a very bad situation but look at graham he was 9 without a win but he is still being backed

[@2468stinger]

Soccer banterday

[@petestuffins4940]

Well said Mr Chairman.

[@SorrowsHeelTurn]

Look where they are now. Barely surviving in league 2.

[@JohnlasProductions]

I was there haha

[@NibberKSmooth]

He didn't give a reason.

[@JC-ko1bp]

because he didnt wanna bad mouth his mate. the reason was. unbeaten in 28 games yes.... but we drew 14, we didnt win as many of those 28 games as we did win. we dropped 34 points from winning positions, we dropped 17 points after the 86th minute.... we played horrific football and the squad was far better than the results. at the time of the sacking we'd won 4 in the last 20 and were sitting 2nd to bottom, destined to be relegated. the fans wanted the manager out LONG before he was sacked. even the promotion season was abysmal and not what you'd expect. the football on display was appalling and it was just lucky the rest of the league were terrible

[@stevenjames191]

I am a big fan of jeff stelling but on this occasion I say well done peter swann harsh is probably the word to use

[@jamiemorgan7550]

What was Stelling's reaction after his club that he supports (Hartlepool) sacked a manager after a month as they were beaten by a non league side in The FA Cup? I don't think I ever saw a blog on that one wonder why? lol. As it happens Jeff and Peter have just recently walked together on the Doncaster-Scunthorpe leg of Jeff's walk for prostate cancer, so Peter is so nasty isn't he? Giver over yourselves....

[@conorgeraghty4178]

Jeff sterling got the manager sacked for his club and stood down as member of the club

[@abuahmed7887]

To be fair to Peter it is his decision to sack russ so I don't think Jeff (who doesn't know a thing about scunthorpe) has the right to judge him for that

[@jacobburston1657]

he is paid to say his own opinion

[@JC-ko1bp]

@@jacobburston1657 but he knew nothing about the situation. if theres jobs going that'll pay me to give an opinion on something i know absolutely nothing about, sign me up!

[@mikes2529]

Nigel Atkins.... say no more.

[@comond]

Ironically the manager concerned, Russ Wilcox, is now back as manager of Scunthorpe Utd!!

[@rfcalm]

how is that ironic? it just means that he is back at scunthorpe

[@killerfly]

A long time ago now, the new stadium never came, and Swann lost money gambling...sold the club eventually after demotion to national league north

[@dannyjohnson8662]

Today there 7points off going out of English football

[@scunnyrovers]

Peter Swann is good for Scunthorpe !, doing a great job, for the club, area, and fans where ever they may be. His money, he keeping our club alive, we believe in him, and l think in his and our manager , l still believe we could make the play-offs. Jeff Stelling should pay a visit to our club, to see what a good job Mr Swann is doing, and watch what he says from his warm studio !!!

[@thomasgilbert8819]

Good had 👍😊

[@nicklad9463]

If anyone is looking for Jeff he's still in Peter's pocket!!!