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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 1:56:56 GMT
Please add all your blue sky thinking ideas here.
"That's not just a rabbit out of the hat, that's a herd of elephants." (On the appointment of Kalezic).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 1:59:20 GMT
“Implemented fundamentals are required at a football club of which success is a by-product,”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:00:42 GMT
“The game is populated and littered with people who are not football specific or have come from other industries, brought some stuff that is relevant with them and started to make decisions about the club based on their opinion and not from a football-specific angle,”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:01:34 GMT
“Executives in clubs don’t really make the commitment to learning the football side of the business. They think being a fan is enough and it’s absolutely not enough. We need chief executives and chairmen of football clubs who are 360-degree people. I met half a dozen other chief executives who might be compliant in running a business, but could the manager have a conversation with them about football?The harsh reality of it is ‘no, they could not’.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:04:15 GMT
“He is not being opinionated. What he is talking about is fact, fact, fact,” McKnight said. “People are struggling to come to terms with that. We are both 99.9 per cent on the same page in terms of philosophy, the only difference being that he has more experience than I will ever have.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:04:33 GMT
“The difference between him and those who applied for the job was chalk and cheese,” McKnight said. “The others brought the traditional British approach: just work ethic, things like that. The other thing with having a philosophy is that you can bring in technically gifted players.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:06:51 GMT
“Football clubs are in a blessed position where, more than any other business, they pretty much know what their income is going to be at the start of the season,” he said two weeks ago. “Why football clubs can’t make a profit has nothing to do with uncertainty of income. Come August, all the season-ticket sales and sponsorship have been done, you know the TV rights. The only reason you lose money is down to choice.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:11:51 GMT
“The World Football Academy and I share the same vision, the same philosophy. We want to improve the game in a football specific and universally accepted way. I’m positive that my football business experience and expertise will compliment the vast amounts of best football performance knowledge the oganisation boasts.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:14:09 GMT
“However, there’s a big difference between what people want and that they need.
“In regards to what this club needs – and needed – it was desperate for a season ticket structure like the one I’ve now implemented.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:15:12 GMT
“The mistake many clubs make – and have done – with regards to season prices is they end up doing what the fans want and that harms the club overall; I’m pretty sure every single County fan doesn’t want me to harm the club."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:15:56 GMT
“That’s what the club has lacked; someone like me with the fortitude and acumen to know what to do and be bold enough to say what I’ll do and what we want.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:16:46 GMT
“I’m perfectly comfortable with getting some stick because, in all certainty, what I’m doing is best for the club."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:17:30 GMT
“Look at any experience of people trying to turn businesses, organisations and clubs around; there are difficulties and you’re going to come up against opposition but people have to have the certainty that I’m here for the best interests of the club.”
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2014 2:21:28 GMT
Some brilliant ones there Downy!
What an enormous bell-end that man is!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 2:22:36 GMT
"I have been speaking to Ryan for some time, and I am delighted to say that he has turned down offers from two Premiership clubs to come on board and be part of our goal of returning to the football league. Over the past 12 months we have improved on and off the field and completed an amazing amount of work to ensure that we live within our means. What we need as we enter our second phase of development are football specific people who know our industry inside out. As a board we have done well, but like most football club boards in the land, they are filled with people with some knowledge of the industry and usually a specialist in other businesses."
Spencer Fearn, 15th January 2013.
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