New CEO appointed..

[cooky]

The ceo will have no impact on how much I enjoy watching Sunderland. Until the next Netflix series comes out and we can all become experts and say how shit they were. Like Martin Bain was shit, even though the management team said he did an excellent job with the limited resources we had. If and when football gets going again we won’t have a pot to piss in, so I’d imagine we will be scraping around the bottom of the barrel again for players, I doubt the ceo no matter who he or she is would make much difference to that.

No link at all between the ability of the CEO and the success of the business

 

[ab 65]

Nope. What's the point of moaning over this tho? It changes nowt.

Your view which you’re perfectly entitled to.

Others are just commenting on what appears on the available information to be another in a long list of poor appointments.

It also suggests that the previous comments from Methven about a sale being close are wrong.

On the basis of that and the likely Mag takeover it’s understandable that people are pissed off.

 

[Confucius]

So how do we know he is shit at his job?

because some of us don't just skip the bits we don't like. Have a read of the thread where I posted the respective clubs turnover or even look at his history yourself, it isn't difficult, well for some it obviously is. Don't answer questions imposed on them but respond with a question of their own. Like i've already said when appointing people you will look at their club history, take references from people in the know if you like. Not Sunderland, its who is best at buying Charlie and Stew a pint. If I knocked about in their circles, Id be a fitness coach by now. Of course most sane people understand that this isn't the first appointment whereby their mates have took up the challenge in highly important role, yes the CEO is a highly important role, just because he can't put a cross in for Wyke, doesn't mean to say his job is irrelevant like you say in one post, then change your mind in the next
Just to summarise, you are willing to give someone a job, despite their record at other clubs being completely shit, irrespective that their fans are over the moon he has gone, and also ignoring the fact that at Scunny, their turnover is down. I'd prefer not to employ any of Stewies or Charlies mates unless they have the credentials, even then though their decision making is appalling

 

[Select coaches]

Best way to look at this is that you’re happy with the appointment and seemingly think he’s a good candidate for the job. The evidence at face value looks like you’re wrong, but fair play to you as it’s better being happy than aggrieved.

I’m not happy nor unhappy, I haven’t even read most of the thread, I just can’t believe the amount of people getting themselves in a strop over this. God knows what football is going to look like when we get through all this.

 

[PhilSAFC]

Absolute joke. This lying twat has no intention of leaving.

 

[Mackem00]

Your view which you’re perfectly entitled to.

Others are just commenting on what appears on the available information to be another in a long list of poor appointments.

It also suggests that the previous comments from Methven about a sale being close are wrong.

On the basis of that and the likely Mag takeover it’s understandable that people are pissed off.

I couldn't give a fuck if or when the mags are taken over by them bunch of murderous crooks either tbh. Maybe I'm just out of the loop atm but we can't even see when we'll next be able to step foot on a football pitch so balls am I going to get worked up by shit like business appointments I know nowt about. I'll say no more about it tho.

 

[Deleted member 35923]

I’m not happy nor unhappy, I haven’t even read most of the thread, I just can’t believe the amount of people getting themselves in a strop over this. God knows what football is going to look like when we get through all this.

Strop, bed wetting, pants pissers etc etc these terms have been used by some to have a pop others who have called the club’s trajectory fairly accurately over a period of time.

There’s a bigger picture than just this Rodwell fella. We’ve been told the club finances are in a great shape, then seen all staff furloughed and whilst those staff are furloughed we’ve appointed a new executive to run the club who has a track record of failure at smaller clubs with lower expectations at lower levels and who also has a reputation for cost cutting.

All this is happening whilst we are told the club‘s sale would be concluded by the end of May. I can’t get my head round anyone not being skeptical at least. Surely everyone at this stage would be?

 

[Roadhouse]

Scunthorpe are and always have been a league 2 side, with a very occasional season in league 1

Ok then, let’s look at it a different way. He became chairman of Boston in 2006 after being director of football, when they were in league two. He’s just left Scunthorpe who are near the bottom of league two. So after all those years he was still operating in league two. That sort of career path doesn’t suggest to me that he is good at his job, it shows no progression at all.

 

[sheepman]

We have appointed someone with experience of the level we are at. We have vastly overspent for many years. If we don’t cut our cloth accordingly we will be bust before much longer.

The club has already been cut to the bone. We have no management structure at all.
Teams are failing at all levels
What we need now is someone with a successful track record of building a club back up again
That is not what has been appointed
I don't know this chap from Adam and wish him well but looking at his CV the last thing you can describe him as is successful

 

[Black Cat Gypsy]

Scunthorpe are and always have been a league 2 side, with a very occasional season in league 1

That's why they appointed him. They wanted him to break the cycle. He was giving the task of getting the club a new stadium, raising their profile and building a team (management, scouting, recruitment etc) that could get the club into the Championship.

Just read what Boston and Notts County fans said about his tenures at their clubs.

 

[sksk3021]

They hardly ever heard from him at all, surely thats a bit strange for a ceo?

Not sure really, how often do most ceos of football clubs get heard from? I know Tony Davison wasn’t ceo but we didn’t hear much from him for example.

The club has already been cut to the bone. We have no management structure at all.
Teams are failing at all levels
What we need now is someone with a successful track record of building a club back up again
That is not what has been appointed
I don't know this chap from Adam and wish him well but looking at his CV the last thing you can describe him as is successful

Agreed but attracting someone with a proven track record to a league one club that’s very publicly for sale is always going to be a difficult task.

 

[Guinness Guzzler]

That's why they appointed him. They wanted him to break the cycle. He was giving the task of getting the club a new stadium, raising their profile and building a team (management, scouting, recruitment etc) that could get the club into the Championship.

Just read what Boston and Notts County fans said about his tenures at their clubs.

The only thing I'd say in his favour (because like everyone else I've been pretty negative about the appointment since it was announced) is that, from what I've read (thanks Google!) it sounds like the failure to get a new stadium has been more down to issues with the council. Ultimately there's not always much you can do to affect the workings of local government. Rest of his CV still looks uninspiring mind

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

The only thing I'd say in his favour (because like everyone else I've been pretty negative about the appointment since it was announced) is that, from what I've read (thanks Google!) it sounds like the failure to get a new stadium has been more down to issues with the council. Ultimately there's not always much you can do to affect the workings of local government. Rest of his CV still looks uninspiring mind

It took Luton more than 20 years to get the local councils to agree on the site of a new stadium. It's certainly not a short term aim I'd give an incoming CEO. Work towards, yes, but successfully completing has too many external problems to be a fair target.

 

[Born Safc]

Don't know if already mentioned on the thread..... Was this appointment based on a selection and interview of candidates process or someone offered the role because he knows Stewart or Charlie.....

 

[Ashley In!!]

Don't know if already mentioned on the thread..... Was this appointment based on a selection and interview of candidates process or someone offered the role because he knows Stewart or Charlie.....

And if so who were the other candidates.

 

[Wayne The Punk]

Is there any proof that he knows either of The Chuckle brothers?

 

[frot]

No mate the most important process is the elimination part before interviews take place. I employ plenty of people, alright not such high calibre, but I would bin any that had proved such a failure elsewhere. Now you cam embellish all you want but this smacks of jobs for the boys yet again.

To be fair, we don't know who applied for the job. I think at this point, we don't really know anything. Appreciate that his CV isn't great, but if Donald is staying for the foreseeable, bringing in someone with a bit more experience is preferable to the set-up we have now. It's right to be cautious, but I don't agree with writing a bloke off before we know the first thing about him.

Poor cv, evidence of cronyism and selected by a group of people who have a near universally bad record of appointments - and no understanding whatsoever of what successful football clubs look like. It’s tough to understand why the fans aren’t confident.

There's not being confident and there's dismissing someone's chances before they start the job. We need to hear from him. What his plans are, how he intends to run the club. Aye, he's mates with another board member, but that's not surprising, given that football execs probably move in similar circles. As usual, people are setting their stalls out early and will look at everything the bloke does in a negative light.

 

[ab 65]

I couldn't give a fuck if or when the mags are taken over by them bunch of murderous crooks either tbh. Maybe I'm just out of the loop atm but we can't even see when we'll next be able to step foot on a football pitch so balls am I going to get worked up by shit like business appointments I know nowt about. I'll say no more about it tho.

Fair enough mate. I wasn’t having a pop, apologies if it came across as though I was.

 

[Mackem00]

Fair enough mate. I wasn’t having a pop, apologies if it came across as though I was.

All good here mate. No offense taken.

 

[ab 65]

All good here mate. No offense taken.