Just trying to add a bit of context.
It's ok saying he spent £60m and failed to get promoted, but Bristol sold some of his best players for huge profits to Premier league teams, maybe if they kept them they would have been promoted.
I don't know why I'm fighting his corner like, I don't even want him.
Surely it means he had £60m’s worth less talent at his disposal. Cash in the bank won’t score you many goals.
Shared in favour of the new lad plus Sartori, not your party pals though. If anyone, you included, suggests that the majority shareholder will now be in the minority, will have very little say, yet it still isn’t a takeover, need to look again. People think that JS will align with Donald and Charlie. Why would they look for a billionaire to line up with a couple of muppets. You are only spouting this shite because from the start, when Charlie was buttering your toast, he told you to tell us it was an investment only. You’ve swayed that many times in the interim, from takeover to investment, it wouldn’t surprise me if your last word on it is “investover”.
Ownership group seems a different set up as does the approach and clearly some money going to be spent. Donald took 10m in and spent knack all so I’m confident overall that these are not Donald and Daffy’s ideas.
He also had little interest in football before us. Dreyfus family have been involved in it for years.
Marra there’s no way on Gods green earth that Donald would employ a Sporting director. That’s the one that tells you in no uncertain terms that somethings changed. Listening to his interview and the remit he’s been given merely confirms that. I won’t completely relax till we’ve got a public statement of the new structure but for now I’m confident that we’re gonna end up roughly where we want to.
Far too sensible for here that
Honestly, you almost certainly aren't too far adrift on that. The other possibility is that JS moves his shares into a newco co-owned by him and KLD. That gives the newco an unassailable 80% vote in shareholder meetings, and that the two of them have to work in concensus. It also makes it easier to bring in new consortium members as shareholder in the newco, without diluting SDs and CMs holdings in Madrox (which would remain subject to the terms of the current deal)/
Speakman.
We have the new SpD saying categorically that he's recruiting the head coach.
Transdermarkt fees are unreliable to say the least. Where a fee is undisclosed they just chuck in the last press rumour or their own valuation.
Rodwell and Speakman will be direct, but separate, reports to the ownership group. One admin, one football.
What’s your point though? Most managers have to sell to buy. He’s spent most of the money he brought in and failed to improve them beyond mid table. Their fans and board don’t think that was enough so why would we?Far too sensible for here that
Honestly, you almost certainly aren't too far adrift on that. The other possibility is that JS moves his shares into a newco co-owned by him and KLD. That gives the newco an unassailable 80% vote in shareholder meetings, and that the two of them have to work in concensus. It also makes it easier to bring in new consortium members as shareholder in the newco, without diluting SDs and CMs holdings in Madrox (which would remain subject to the terms of the current deal)/
Speakman.
We have the new SpD saying categorically that he's recruiting the head coach.
Transdermarkt fees are unreliable to say the least. Where a fee is undisclosed they just chuck in the last press rumour or their own valuation.
Rodwell and Speakman will be direct, but separate, reports to the ownership group. One admin, one football.
Lansdown is not a sugar daddy owner. What cash he's put in has been into redeveloping Ashton Gate. Managers there have to sell to buy. Simple as that.
Cos we're nowhere near midtable championship at the minute mate
His recruitment seems fairly poor. He won’t have any control in that that regard here.
Imagine if we overachieved on our potential
We havent got any option but to give him a chance, I just think theres nothing on his CV that suggests he's the right appointment whatsoever. I've no idea whether he'll do well here or not but I certainly dont understand why anyone would be encouraged by the appointment. We do this with every appointment, nobody wanted him before and he was widely accepted as the worst option on the list of realistic names but now we have to be positive and try and find positives where there are none. I'm not just being negative for the sake of it here. Was very happy with the restructure above and the appointment of Speakman.Cos we're nowhere near midtable championship at the minute mate
He's improved Bristol while he's been there from relegation candidates to established mid table.... I'd snap your hand off for that in the Championship.
If Speakman thinks he's the right guy, and the system we're putting in place is right I'm willing to give him a chance. At least we'll play some attacking football along the way.
He didnt control it at BC. CEO did but Johnson had a veto
Imagine if we overachieved on our potential
I take your points but the fundamental issue that needs addressing is uniting the fans and these appointments have failed hugely.
