| When an egomaniac is running a business.... 16:00 - Sep 1 with 4987 views | Bloots |
....with nobody controlling him, this is what happens.
It may work, but it doesn't feel right to me.
In what should have been a season where we built from a position of strength that we have never been in before, we appear to have spiralled into a "sh1t or bust" position.
It has to work or the yanks will be headhunting very quickly, and you couldn't really blame them.
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 17:10 - Sep 1 with 806 views | HighgateBlue |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 16:10 - Sep 1 by blueoutlook |
MA should be kept in check. This has been a quite ridiculous transfer window. We have appeared to be floundering around in the dark. No real direction and spending a fortune on players who are no better and in some cases worse than what we had. KM better get this right. And if I hear the word GEL one more time……………
How the hell Ashton was allowed to be CEO and run everything should never happen. He needs someone over seeing him. He is power mad that man !
Gamechanger get a grip before it’s too late!!
Ridiculous ridiculous business this summer. |
Whether this transfer window turns out to be genius or suicide, either way, I still maintain, as I have maintained from the very moment it happened, that allowing Ashton to be Chairman as well as CEO is absolutely wrong in principle.
Even if a CEO has the sort of cerebral wisdom that would constitute an important quality in a Chairman, you can't let him mark his own homework.
But Ashton? He may or may not be a terrific CEO, but he ain't no Chairman.
MA and O'Leary were like Del Boy and David Attenborough. I'd love to see that pairing, tbh. Two Del Boys, not so much. |  | | |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 17:13 - Sep 1 with 791 views | HighgateBlue |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 16:15 - Sep 1 by bluefunk |
And Davis |
Well, there's a guy that looks uncannily like Davis, I'll give you that.
Until 3pm on a Saturday. | | | |
| It's hardly "hysteria"..... on 18:03 - Sep 1 with 705 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| It's hardly "hysteria"..... on 16:41 - Sep 1 by Bloots |
....it's having an opinion as to how we could maximise the fruits of our labour from the last 3 years.
My opinion is that we have gone totally overboard with the ins and outs this summer.
If you think different then feel free to offer your view, but to just dismiss people that you don't agree with as "hysterical" doesn't really add much.
My opinion of our CEO/MD/Chairman/Recruitment Director has been the same since he joined, it's on record. |
None of that makes him an egomaniac - that opinion is hysteria.
BTW, the forum has blown hot and cold the last few days - that too is fact, |  | | |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 18:15 - Sep 1 with 684 views | CopfordBlue |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 16:23 - Sep 1 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Do you think Sunderland are saying that about their team from last year after two wins in August already?
The overhaul was needed it just depends if we’ve got it right. I think we messed up the replacements more than the outgoings but this summer has been better on that front than a lot of the awful 2024 business. |
That’s a great point. If we’d stayed up there would be a bit of sadness around the departures but nobody would be questioning them on footballing grounds. Unfortunately those we replaced established first team players haven’t (yet) shown themselves to be better than those they replaced, other than the two who have moved to other Premier League teams. | |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 18:26 - Sep 1 with 658 views | Bobbychase |
Funny how he wasn't an egomaniac when we had back to back promotions under the manager he earmarked and brought to the club, our commercial revenue skyrocketed and we landed almost all our transfer targets. Weird.... |  |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 18:27 - Sep 1 with 647 views | OldFart71 |
Personally I believe the transfer window has been good and it appears that many are judging our season on four games.
No we haven't as the old chestnut goes "Hit the ground running"
But we have had loads of players either new or not having had that many games or none at all.
I do see it as a problem but even KM said that the turnaround had been greater than he anticipated.
I don't feel the International break is of great use to us as players will be away and will give only two days for some to integrate. I won't use the dreaded word beginning with G.
If in another half dozen games we don't look any better then maybe the doom merchants are correct. Until then I will say we can still have a very good season. | | | |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:13 - Sep 1 with 607 views | braveblue |
Nonsense. You think pension funds have no control over CEO actions? Honestly!! | | | |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:21 - Sep 1 with 586 views | reusersfreekicks |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 16:07 - Sep 1 by FrimleyBlue |
Absolutely feels like we're just pissng money about and getting rid of the 'lesser' players just to have a big shiny expense book that increases the value of the club for one reason only.
I honestly can't see how ripping a squad up in 18 months is the best thing for this club
utter garbage |
Frimmers I agree!!! |  | | |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:24 - Sep 1 with 582 views | mutters |
Not sure why you're bringing Donald Trump into this? |  |
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| Balderdash.... on 19:26 - Sep 1 with 571 views | reusersfreekicks |
| Balderdash.... on 17:03 - Sep 1 by bluefunk |
Maybe it was to give Chaplin a PR farewell, SS doesn’t appear to be a like for like at no 10 and Akpom probably needs a little longer to integrate our into our system. Are you really suggesting that KM wasn’t aware that Chappers was going out on loan |
Please.....you don't pick someone from the start to say goodbye.
Ridiculous notion | | | |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:33 - Sep 1 with 558 views | textbackup |
Bristol City fans said exactly this didn’t they, how it’ll go to his head…
Seeing exactly this happening before our eyes, but so many will tell me I’m wrong. Negative or something. |  |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:39 - Sep 1 with 531 views | textbackup |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 16:05 - Sep 1 by bluefunk |
They should be headhunting a chairman, and should have been since O’Leary retired |
When you say ‘they’ you mean MA to find a replacement for himself in that role, and NOT have his name in lights on the board at the ground? | |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:42 - Sep 1 with 495 views | FrimleyBlue |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:33 - Sep 1 by textbackup |
Bristol City fans said exactly this didn’t they, how it’ll go to his head…
Seeing exactly this happening before our eyes, but so many will tell me I’m wrong. Negative or something. |
Would be good for the press to ask the tough questions.
Oh hang on. *
*not aimed at twtd more the eadt |  |
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| Balderdash.... on 19:43 - Sep 1 with 498 views | Whos_blue |
| Balderdash.... on 16:57 - Sep 1 by Bloots |
....I thought we'd stay up last year, I've said on here how wrong I was.
It became apparent quite early that our signings were overpriced, and weren't up to keeping us in the Prem. But I was happy enough that we were building a team to bounce straight back and then be in a stronger position when we got promoted again.
This doesn't feel like we are building a team, this feels like we are a kid in a sweetshop with all his Christmas money and we are gonna spend it all in one go until we throw up on the shopkeepers feet.
Do you think it was in KMs plans to start Chaplin ahead of SS and Akpom and then loan him out 2 days later?
It's OK to question these things. |
Yet in the same vein Guehi captained Palace last night and is very close to a move to Liverpool today. I'm sure that's not a complete surprise to any of the parties involved in that move.
Maybe, just maybe, KM picked Chappers as he was trying to win a game of football.
I think this egomaniac stuff is nonsense. You clearly feel otherwise. No problem with that, but seriously, an egomaniac? I'm not seeing it now and I haven't seen any evidence of it over the past 3+ years either. What am I missing or on reflection do you think it was a little OTT? |  |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:44 - Sep 1 with 490 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
That's a bit harsh on Phil. He earns those hobnobs and isn't that egomaniacal either. |  |
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| If he was chocolate, he'd eat himself. (n/t) on 19:50 - Sep 1 with 445 views | Bloots |
| Balderdash.... on 19:43 - Sep 1 by Whos_blue |
Yet in the same vein Guehi captained Palace last night and is very close to a move to Liverpool today. I'm sure that's not a complete surprise to any of the parties involved in that move.
Maybe, just maybe, KM picked Chappers as he was trying to win a game of football.
I think this egomaniac stuff is nonsense. You clearly feel otherwise. No problem with that, but seriously, an egomaniac? I'm not seeing it now and I haven't seen any evidence of it over the past 3+ years either. What am I missing or on reflection do you think it was a little OTT? |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:54 - Sep 1 with 426 views | RadioOrwell |
Can you at least wait for it to go wrong before wetting yourself.
Please note, I don’t think it’s going to go wrong. |  | | |
| As I've already said..... on 19:54 - Sep 1 with 421 views | Bloots |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:13 - Sep 1 by braveblue |
Nonsense. You think pension funds have no control over CEO actions? Honestly!! |
....they have financial control over him.
But they have no idea how to run a football club, from a "football" perspective. He has nobody to answer to in that respect.
etc. etc, I can't be bothered to retype it. | |
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| If he was chocolate, he'd eat himself. (n/t) on 19:57 - Sep 1 with 402 views | Whos_blue |
| If he was chocolate, he'd eat himself. (n/t) on 19:50 - Sep 1 by Bloots |
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Who wouldn't?
It still doesn't explain how that makes him an egomaniac. | |
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| The only people "wetting" themselves.... on 19:58 - Sep 1 with 392 views | Bloots |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:54 - Sep 1 by RadioOrwell |
Can you at least wait for it to go wrong before wetting yourself.
Please note, I don’t think it’s going to go wrong. |
....are people like you that can't offer any response to a balanced post other than schoolboy insults.
I said it may work, but equally it doesn't feel "right".
If it fails then both Ashton and KM will be lucky to keep their jobs.
Wetting myself? Hardly. I haven't done that for a couple of months. | |
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| As I've already said..... on 20:08 - Sep 1 with 345 views | longtimefan |
| As I've already said..... on 19:54 - Sep 1 by Bloots |
....they have financial control over him.
But they have no idea how to run a football club, from a "football" perspective. He has nobody to answer to in that respect.
etc. etc, I can't be bothered to retype it. |
Maybe he’s doing exactly what he’s been told to do. Our level of business isn’t far from that outlined in that PR piece put out by one of the GameChanger hierarchy. | | | |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 20:14 - Sep 1 with 324 views | textbackup |
| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 19:42 - Sep 1 by FrimleyBlue |
Would be good for the press to ask the tough questions.
Oh hang on. *
*not aimed at twtd more the eadt |
Nobody will ask the questions as they’ll be frowned upon, we all know that’s the case. | |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 20:15 - Sep 1 with 321 views | chicoazul |
When I moaned ages ago about how it’s a bad idea combining the CE and Chairman roles everyone shouted at me as usual. Since that happened our transfer activity has been…odd.
But we still have McK and he has a great squad so let’s get behind them and see what happens or something, I don’t really care. TWTD has lost its’ mind this summer. |  |
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| Well I wouldn't..... on 20:21 - Sep 1 with 294 views | Bloots |
| If he was chocolate, he'd eat himself. (n/t) on 19:57 - Sep 1 by Whos_blue |
Who wouldn't?
It still doesn't explain how that makes him an egomaniac. |
....for a start.
If you eat yourself, you no longer exist. I'd prefer to exist than eat chocolate.
Anyway, having worked in The City for literally decades, I've come across dozens and dozens of "Mark Ashtons"
"Senior managers" who look like him, dress like him and talk like him. They've all managed to get themselves into positions of responsibility, sometimes through ability, sometimes through luck, sometimes through just fitting in.
But the one thing that they all had in common was that they would reach a certain level and then their egos would take over, they'd believe their own press, they'd start making poor decisions because they refused to listen to others and inevitably they'd implode.
He may be the exception of course, but from all the reports I've had I doubt it.
Hopefully I'm wrong, for the club's sake. | |
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| When an egomaniac is running a business.... on 20:29 - Sep 1 with 275 views | LeoMuff |
On paper these players are huge upgrades Matusiwa, Cajuste, Nunez, O Shea, Sidre, Akpom, Azon we won’t know for sure until next summer. We had players we surely would have kept but wanted out Burge, Morsy, Broady. We have lost some who we loved but let’s face it haven’t had a proper run since 23/24 Wolf, Chappers.
No point throwing toys around as we simply have to wait and be patient to see wether this is the right way or not. |  |
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