The 10 Point Plan

[SuperIrons]

Yes mate, that's the buzz going around the bazaars!

I am well thanks. Yourself?

[only1salty]

They are excellent businessmen and have done a good job with the finances, stadium and have backed the manager with big wages and a ?50m + transfer kitty.


However if any chairmen needed a director of football then it's these two.

BFS could also benefit from having a football man above him (although his ego wouldn't allow it), he has wasted that ?50m yet his cheap signings have been pretty good.

Get someone in to run every football related task at the club including scouting, managerial appointments and signings. If we did that and left the chairmen to the administration then I think they could be excellent owners.

Totally agree. Their track record in finance is great. Their managerial appointments include the following

Allardyce
Grant
McCleish
Bruce
Trevor Francis
Barry Fry

Not exactly a who's who of progressive thinking.

I stand by my criticisms of transfer policy. If I held the purse strings and my manager wanted to s

[SuperIrons]

Downing has been a complete waste of money imo.

Has he lost his legs?

More importantly, how much dosh are we drip-feeding him for the privilege?

[Eggerts_Ears]

Cannot see how anyone can honestly say BFS was a bad appointment. He was hired for the short term, to get us back up. That was done, ergo it was a fu(king good appointment.

Easy to say it's isn't now, nearly 3 years down the fu(king line ffs.

It may be time for him to go, but let's not re-write history.

[Eggerts_Ears]

Amer, have you actually watched us this season?

At all?

[Tone_Loc]

They are excellent businessmen and have done a good job with the finances, stadium and have backed the manager with big wages and a ?50m + transfer kitty.


However if any chairmen needed a director of football then it's these two.

BFS could also benefit from having a football man above him (although his ego wouldn't allow it), he has wasted that ?50m yet his cheap signings have been pretty good.

Get someone in to run every football related task at the club including scouting, managerial appointments and signings. If we did that and left the chairmen to the administration then I think they could be excellent owners.

This has always been my take too Bonz.

They're obviously very handy at financing and the way they handled the O.S was very very good.

But... they are just 'hopeless' when it comes to making "footballing-based" decisions and, like you said...we are clueless and rudderless when it comes to appointing managers, sc

[WHU]

my issue isn't how the club is run, its how the team is managed! now the link is the chairman choose the manager and when to sack him... so as it stands my issue is not them its Sam, always has been

Agreed.[/quote]

agreed

happy new year gents

however, waiting too long to sack this dinosaur will be wrong for 'the business' so they need to act and fu(king sharpish

all the good work can easily go to sh1t with relegation and a dinosaur still 'running' things

[only1salty]

Cannot see how anyone can honestly say BFS was a bad appointment. He was hired for the short term, to get us back up. That was done, ergo it was a fu(king good appointment.

Easy to say it's isn't now, nearly 3 years down the fu(king line ffs.

It may be time for him to go, but let's not re-write history.

I am not re-writing anything. Never wanted him in the first place. Having been to almost every one of those games in the 3 years the football has been pants.

He sorted out the sh!t. He got us promoted (just with the highest wage bill in Div 2) and stabilised.

My issue is it should have been, "Mission accomplished, thanks for everything, goodbye."

No compo, happy fans, a summer to change the style back to something remotely less dark ages.

[only1salty]

Downing has been a complete waste of money imo.

Has he lost his legs?

More importantly, how much dosh are we drip-feeding him for the privilege?

Sorry but he is by far our best player. Comfortable on the ball, quick compared to most, can cross the ball and half the price of Jarvis.

[clemmo]

Downing has been a complete waste of money imo.

Has he lost his legs?

More importantly, how much dosh are we drip-feeding him for the privilege?

Sorry but he is by far our best player. Comfortable on the ball, quick compared to most, can cross the ball and half the price of Jarvis.[/quote]

Salty beat me to it, Downing is the one positive...that and the new bloke in central defensive midfield, he looks alright i wouldn't be suprised if he ends up playing for his country?????? but what do i know If Sam says Noble, Nolan, Taylor and Diame are all more capable of breaking up oppostion attackswho am i to question him.