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Grumpy Old Man said:
I'm not saying he does. I'm saying I can't see why he'd want to do it anyway, which makes any question of his capabilities academic. For what it's worth, I don't believe he's suited to it. If he is going to be involved, I can see it being solely within sales and marketing.
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If he's that hard up, he could always sell his f***ing stake. Just a thought.
sad-eyed prophet said:
What in what he's said makes you think he's twisting for him?
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A long thread on this now really, but I was interested in the fact he said he doesn't have the capabilities to be Sporting Director, but didn't rule out CEO on the same grounds, when its patently true in that case as well.
 
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Grumpy Old Man said:
Not quite. I'm saying he lacks the qualifications necessary to be a Sporting Director, and he's never going to be working full time at the SoL. By the way, in corporate terms, Sunderland is an SME with potential to grow; it's far from massive, and wasn''t even in the PL days.
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That’s perfectly true in a specifically corporate and income sense but senior roles at football clubs are different because they operate within the public eye almost on a daily basis unlike the majority of SME’s . It’s a huge institution relative to its community standing
 
Comeback_Kenwyne said:
If he's that hard up, he could always sell his f***ing stake. Just a thought.


A long thread on this now really, but I was interested in the fact he said he doesn't have the capabilities to be Sporting Director, but didn't rule out CEO on the same grounds, when its patently true in that case as well.
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His expertise...if you can call it that...is in sales and marketing,as GOM is pointing out....that's a hell of a long way from CEO.
 
Comeback_Kenwyne said:
Didn't say it wasn't. I said it's bigger than a micro-enterprise with less than 10 people employed. Because that's the level of f***ing experience we're talking here. He's closer to self-employed than he is to managing a company of our size. And it f***ing shows, quite frankly.

Do you seriously think he has the experience to be a CEO for us? Why are you twisting for him? There's only one fact-based answer to that question.
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It speaks volumes about his abilities that someone with his privilege (Eton / Oxford) has been such a failure, relative to his peers, in his career. Failed journalist. Set up a magazine that went bust. Tried to buy a stake in Oxford United but failed. Set up a two bit PR consultancy which has been downsizing. Spends about a year here working, fails, walks out because he can't hack it (while retaining his stake). Writes lots of letters on behalf of football clubs, trying to exploit his connections, making demands to the Government, which are predictably ignored.

At the age of 43, I don't think there is any evidence he has ever succeeded at anything he has ever turned his hand to.

Must be a real disappointment to his parents, who no doubt were expecting him to be a Cabinet Minister or something.
 
Lanchester said:
It speaks volumes about his abilities that someone with his privilege (Eton / Oxford) has been such a failure, relative to his peers, in his career. Failed journalist. Set up a magazine that went bust. Tried to buy a stake in Oxford United but failed. Set up a two bit PR consultancy which has been downsizing. Spends about a year here working, fails, walks out because he can't hack it (while retaining his stake). Writes lots of letters on behalf of football clubs, trying to exploit his connections, making demands to the Government, which are predictably ignored.

At the age of 43, I don't think there is any evidence he has ever succeeded at anything he has ever turned his hand to.

Must be a real disappointment to his parents, who no doubt were expecting him to be a Cabinet Minister or something.
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He should have taken up politics. He has all the required attributes.
 
Lanchester said:
It speaks volumes about his abilities that someone with his privilege (Eton / Oxford) has been such a failure, relative to his peers, in his career. Failed journalist. Set up a magazine that went bust. Tried to buy a stake in Oxford United but failed. Set up a two bit PR consultancy which has been downsizing. Spends about a year here working, fails, walks out because he can't hack it (while retaining his stake). Writes lots of letters on behalf of football clubs, trying to exploit his connections, making demands to the Government, which are predictably ignored.

At the age of 43, I don't think there is any evidence he has ever succeeded at anything he has ever turned his hand to.

Must be a real disappointment to his parents, who no doubt were expecting him to be a Cabinet Minister or something.
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Do hope he's reading this post in particular.
 
Why sack Durban said:
That’s perfectly true in a specifically corporate and income sense but senior roles at football clubs are different because they operate within the public eye almost on a daily basis unlike the majority of SME’s . It’s a huge institution relative to its community standing
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If the Sporting Director is going to be running the show with a "CEO" reporting, that really reduces the CEO role to a senior administrator. I've known companies like that where the CEO isn't even a director. And the number of stakeholders doesn't add much in the way of complexity of the role, other than an awareness of the likely response to any business decisions made.
 
Lanchester said:
It speaks volumes about his abilities that someone with his privilege (Eton / Oxford) has been such a failure, relative to his peers, in his career. Failed journalist. Set up a magazine that went bust. Tried to buy a stake in Oxford United but failed. Set up a two bit PR consultancy which has been downsizing. Spends about a year here working, fails, walks out because he can't hack it (while retaining his stake). Writes lots of letters on behalf of football clubs, trying to exploit his connections, making demands to the Government, which are predictably ignored.

At the age of 43, I don't think there is any evidence he has ever succeeded at anything he has ever turned his hand to.

Must be a real disappointment to his parents, who no doubt were expecting him to be a Cabinet Minister or something.
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The family history is military. Their disappointment will be that he didn't go to Sandhurst and become a general.
 
Grumpy Old Man said:
If the Sporting Director is going to be running the show with a "CEO" reporting, that really reduces the CEO role to a senior administrator. I've known companies like that where the CEO isn't even a director. And the number of stakeholders doesn't add much in the way of complexity of the role, other than an awareness of the likely response to any business decisions made.
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I suppose I mean different stakeholders . Media, Fanbase and Sponsor . And being responsible for a “product “ that is analysed by tens of thousands on a daily basis
 
Why sack Durban said:
That’s perfectly true in a specifically corporate and income sense but senior roles at football clubs are different because they operate within the public eye almost on a daily basis unlike the majority of SME’s . It’s a huge institution relative to its community standing
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This is the bit that finance people don't ever seem to get. They can quote chapter and verse on the facts of the numbers and if it "qualifies as an SME" without understanding the bigger picture, community value and emotional investment people have in something.
 
Moneyball said:
I’d suggest that Kyrils very successful family including his step father who’s chairman of one of the biggest financial investment firms in the world would have considerably more influence than Juan, Stu and Chaz.

This isn’t a normal 23 year old from Plainsy!! He has the perfect business support structure behind him, has an educational background in football business management - and yes I know he didn’t complete the degree but not sure that will hamper his career prospect.

Give your head a shake if you think otherwise.
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Are they all thick in Plainsy ?
 
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