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New CEO appointed..

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Guinness Guzzler said:
If he's been more on the footballing side at Scunthorpe then it would be strange suddenly appointing him to do the business side here wouldn't it?

Sounds like he was more on the business side at Notts County (well, sounds like he was something of a cost cutter) but given their financial problems that might not be the most ringing endorsement

Notts County said this when he left :

Notts Chairman Ray Trew said of Rodwell’s departure: “Notts County owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Rodwell for the work that he has done during his time at Meadow Lane.

“He’s been the one who has had to make, at times, unpopular decisions, to move the club towards a more stable financial position and to ensure that we not only maintain our place in League 1 but also plan for the future and a push for promotion out of the division.
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depends whether his backgroud is business or ot..ie what he did before running football clubs.
 

kildaremackem said:
we arent employing him as a manager..but as a business guy..
its more appriropriate to look at what their turnover was durig that time.
same as when safc had a ceo and a chairman..it was always a quote from the chairman about the new manager..not the ceo. #

he has frun two before..
and is on the baord of the footall league which is a vast one..
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I’ll ask again. What qualifications does this man have to be the CEO of a multi million pound organisation? Is he educated to degree level in business or finance? Or has had more of an apprenticeship by setting up his own successful businesses in the past? Or has he managed to get himself on the gravy train without any qualifications whatsoever? Is finishing third on Britain’s Brainiest Footballer all the qualifications you need?

His previous experience of running football clubs has not resulted in success for those clubs and yet he’s ended up here. How?
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
I know, but I'd argue that if everything is well run off the pitch it gives a better chance of success on it. But my comment was more in reply to madbob who suggested this bloke is suddenly going to get rid of piss takers and really turn us around. From what we've seen his previous clubs have been in major financial trouble (Boston and Notts County) or have been relegated to a lower league in his tenure (Notts County and Scunthorpe) so I fail to see what tangible benefits we can expect to see early on.

As an aside, what do you reckon his remit will be here then?
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What his remit ought to be is something like this:

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Just had a message from a mate who supports Scunthorpe.
'Tough luck, the guys a complete tool, we're glad to be rid.
5 years as CEO and he did nowt but pick up a fat salary'.

Let the good times roll. We're going to be harking back to the good old days of Maggie Byrne.
 
Gazoliver said:
Whatever his role is going to be it doesn't look like he has been very successful at previous clubs. I'd have much preferred appointing somebody who has had experience at a bigger club than the likes of Notts County.
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he has more experience of running a business than a fella called niall quinn ever had.
but yes, i notice the relatively tiny turnover of scunthorpe..and that is a very relevat concern..
 
Gazoliver said:
Whatever his role is going to be it doesn't look like he has been very successful at previous clubs. I'd have much preferred appointing somebody who has had experience at a bigger club than the likes of Notts County.
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I wouldn't be against having someone who has only been in league one as long as they'd been successful either financially or on the pitch. I hope he does well and he might do, but it reads like he was involved mainly on the business side of a financial basket case and the football side of a club aiming for the championship but who ended up in league two, so I'm going to wait and see in hope more than expectation
 
OohBaldyBally said:
If I was the owner of a business that I was in the process of selling (allegedly), I can’t imagine for one moment that I’d be making such a high level appointment.

If I was a CEO, I wouldn’t be taking a new role in a company that was in the process of being sold to new owners.
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He may be Ashley’s man?
kildaremackem said:
he has more experience of running a business than a fella called niall quinn ever had.
but yes, i notice the relatively tiny turnover of scunthorpe..and that is a very relevat concern..
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Steve Walton
 
kildaremackem said:
we arent employing him as a manager..but as a business guy..
its more appriropriate to look at what their turnover was durig that time.
same as when safc had a ceo and a chairman..it was always a quote from the chairman about the new manager..not the ceo. #

he has frun two before..
and is on the baord of the footall league which is a vast one..
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Scunthorpe figures from June 2019, turnover down from £4.2 to £3.7m (that's the wrong direction) , it was £2.8m when he took over, so nothing major
Before he took over Scunnys losses were £3.1m its now £3.1m actually, great work
 
kildaremackem said:
depends whether his backgroud is business or ot..ie what he did before running football clubs.
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Well this lad was a footballer, then (according to wiki) became a caretaker manager, then director of football, so all very football side related. Then CEO but as we saw from the Scunthorpe chairman he seemed to see his role as CEO as being heavily involved in the football side. So if I had to say, I'd suggest his background is more football than business (the exception being the time with the football league I'd assume)
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
Well this lad was a footballer, then (according to wiki) became a caretaker manager, then director of football, so all very football side related. Then CEO but as we saw from the Scunthorpe chairman he seemed to see his role as CEO as being heavily involved in the football side. So if I had to say, I'd suggest his background is more football than business (the exception being the time with the football league I'd assume)
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and otts county..but yes good point.
 
It’ll be interesting to know whether or not he’s starting full time with immediate effect and claiming a full salary when all of the club’s existing employees have been furloughed.
 
The Sheepfolds End said:
Which is exactly why Niall Quinn appointed Steve Walton As CEO
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and what was waltons experience of runnig a multi million poud organisation? he worked at barclays..he didt run it..but maybe he ran a divison?
didnt quiny also appoit margarate byrne as ceo? what experience did she have of running amulti million poind organisation?
this is certainly a big step up for this guy..a business like scunthorpe with a turnover oof £3m and with low capital intensity..
to one with a turnover of at least five times that with a huge capital requirement for a long time to come.
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
Well this lad was a footballer, then (according to wiki) became a caretaker manager, then director of football, so all very football side related. Then CEO but as we saw from the Scunthorpe chairman he seemed to see his role as CEO as being heavily involved in the football side. So if I had to say, I'd suggest his background is more football than business (the exception being the time with the football league I'd assume)
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Id like to know a bit more about his background to form more of a judgement but at face value this looks stinking. On paper, he’s a failed lower league football executive with no obvious business or finance qualifications or indeed further industry experience.
 
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