TERRY BRADY says he will not be pushed around by Premiership bully boys as he fights for compensation for the departed Colin Todd.
The club chairman said Wednesday night he was prepared to fight all the way for what was rightly Swindon Town's.
He has already labelled an initial cash offer from Derby as derisory and says the gulf between their valuations of Todd is as wide as the Premiership to Division Three.
Todd walked away from the County Ground on Tuesday night and yesterday agreed to join Derby County as assistant manager to Jim Smith. However, the move cannot be finalised until compensation has been agreed.
Todd, 51, had only joined Town in May and had signed 12 players in his short spell at the club.
However, the lure of his former club proved too strong and with Smith planning to retire at the end of the season, the scene is set for Todd to take over the hot-seat in 2001.
Town have refused to accept Todd's resignation and should they fail to meet in their compensation valuation then Todd will, theoretically, remain at Swindon Town.
Brady said: "We are a small club and we cannot allow ourselves to be pushed around by the big boys.
"We want the compensation that we feel is just and deserved for a side which has lost its manager.
"Colin Todd was the football architect for our building. He was the man we hoped would bring the glory days back. But he has let us all down."
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