Hi Dingo
I have started a new topic, so we can have a separate and civilised debate, as I genuinely like to understand all sides of an issue before taking an irreversible position. For example I started off defending the current Chairman but was convinced by a number of respondents on this site that they were not a loud mouthed rabble but very genuine supporters of the team, who followed them home and away and did numerous voluntary jobs.
What I am keen to hear, is not a debate about the rights or wrongs of the walk out but more why you believe in the present leadership of the club and wish to preserve the status quo as regards the chairman.
On the face of it :
- he has made or endorsed a series of disastrous managerial appointments
- the team are just about to be relegated for the second season running to the lowest level in the clubs history
- we were recently dubbed the most unsuccessful football team in England
- the recent strategic review admitted the Board (under his chairmanship) were divided and dysfunctional (my interpretation from the words used)
- at the open meeting his performance was recognised as being substandard and did not provide either confidence or inspiration
- at that same meeting a crude form of censorship was applied and no senior figure spoke against this
- recently volunteers on the Twitter account were locked out for what can only be described as an honest assessment of what was going on
- those volunteers have had no explanation and nobody at the club has owned up to making and explaining the decision
- previously the chairman alienated supporters at a match v Braintree and by comments about fans to the press
I could go on but the point I am trying to make is that surely the debate should be about these issues rather than a slanging match which tends to obscure rather than provide focus on the facts.
Will you take each of the above points or at least some of them and comment from your perspective on the facts, as I genuinely wish to appreciate why some clearly sensible people support the status quo, as I fully accept that I might be missing something or do not fully appreciate the implications of change to the well being of the football club. This latter factor should be the one that is uppermost in all our mind and I feel sure we will start with common ground on that.
regards Spring
Hi Spring I will reply to the above in due course, bit late tonight
Hi Spring I will start with the managerial appointments, these are just my opinions
Sinnott - good appointment although some didnt like that he wasn't about the club enough. I hear he lost interest and walked but cant confirm that.
Tolson- bad appointment, no track record to speak of. Nice guy but easy option
Young- On paper at colwyn bay and Chester got numerous promotions and won cups, at Stockport it didnt work out but from the info at the time good appointment. Even fergie and Wenger got the chop in their careers. At the time of his appointment even at the meeting introducing him it was mostly positive from fans, I was there and I was impressed although it proved a disaster.
Harvey - again on paper looked like exactly what we needed, generally positive response from fans unfortunately it didn't work.
Buz and robbie - initially I was sceptical but they have slowly stopped the rot and started to turn things around. Wednesday no disrespect to aj in goal with the chances created we should have won that. If they can keep newby imagine him and miller attacking the wings next season with a young goal hungry striker.