I’m assuming that ESI will appoint a competent, qualified, experienced CEO as one of their first decisions.
I believe they have already said that Matt Southall will be Chairman and CEO, although that might be a short term arrangement. We will have to wait and see if he is competent (he certainly knows how to use PR and has a feel for fan engagement) and hopefully his lack of direct experience will not be a major factor.
He's been closely aided by the former Bolton ceo so it may be him.
I’m assuming that ESI will appoint a competent, qualified, experienced CEO as one of their first decisions.
I believe they have already said that Matt Southall will be Chairman and CEO, although that might be a short term arrangement. We will have to wait and see if he is competent (he certainly knows how to use PR and has a feel for fan engagement) and hopefully his lack of direct experience will not be a major factor.
He's got an MBA and has run businesses before.
OK, qualifications arent the be all and end all but he's much better qualified than KM (who isn't?)
McHugh may become financial director so that leaves a commercial director and an operations director who isnt Keohane.
The seats in the East stand are all fine, so I can only assume that the West stand is full of hooligans and delinquents. I suggest an extra 200 stewards at the next home match to search everyone entering that hotbed of vandalism.
A whole week in charge and this is the state of the numbering in the West Stand today.
ESI OUT
Been buying week-to-week in the West since the takeover news broke. I can never find my seat for certain, often having to rely on it being the only one available - they are all like this.
Come to the NU, you get seat numbers and a smoking room
I'm not usually one to panic and I get a bit wound up seeing the type of posts, but I am concerned.
I really thought Bowyer, Jacko and Gallens new deals would have been done and dusted by now. With the players being linked it doesn't sound all that promising. I don't expect the best players but you would have thought we may have heard of some proper names by now. Signing a Aston Villa fringe player who's record isn't all that isn't the best start?
I've seen a few people say we will get bodies in and aim to stay up and then the summer will show their true intent. I don't buy that. Relegation would be a major setback and the form we are in with the injuries we have, we are more or less nailed on. I don't believe everyone will magically come back fit and firing. It takes time. Me personally if I bought a football club, within the first 2 days I would be securing the manager the fans love for a morale boost and then be backing him. After all Lyle more or less said he wants to see what Bowyer is doing?
Maybe I'm overthinking it but I'm really not confident we will stay up if we are looking at championship reserves and league 1 players. I accepted it under RD cause it was expected but under new ownership I expect more. All this stuff about fight in a team keeping us up. A mixture of will and skill keeps teams up, not just will. We didn't get close against Swansea really and that wasn't through a lack of effort. We need players who can create those moments and put the chances away. A bunch of tryers won't keep us up
I really can’t believe all this relegation talk, I’m the one whose glass is mostly half empty and I’ve every confidence that we’ll stay up!
We all know why we’re in this position, we were doing perfectly fine before all the injuries and believe we will do so on players returning.
What players are available or who would come, that we could sign without paying over the odds at the moment?
Our recruitment up till now has been good and I expect it to continue to be in this window. I don’t expect all signings to be through the door on Monday either!
Jesus, if I’m able to chill surely the rest of you can too!
The seats in the East stand are all fine, so I can only assume that the West stand is full of hooligans and delinquents. I suggest an extra 200 Carers at the next home match to search everyone entering that hotbed of vandalism.
I think the bottom line is that as long as we retain our Championship status it doesn’t really matter now what happens this season. If there are not very exciting plans to rebuild the team that we can all see over the summer then questions can justifiably be asked then. Let’s just hope that our key injured players can come back and make an impact and that our signings plug the gaps.
Personally, I think this is quite an important moment, and whether the new owners replace Keohane or retain him sends a big signal. Regardless of his competency or lack of it, he’s a symbol of the distrust we had for the Duchatelet regime and he’s representative of the attitude that held the fans in such contempt. If ESI truly want to build bridges with the fan base, offloading this revolting stormtrooper would be a decent step in the right direction.
Personally, I think this is quite an important moment, and whether the new owners replace Keohane or retain him sends a big signal. Regardless of his competency or lack of it, he’s a symbol of the distrust we had for the Duchatelet regime and he’s representative of the attitude that held the fans in such contempt. If ESI truly want to build bridges with the fan base, offloading this revolting stormtrooper would be a decent step in the right direction.
Whilst I agree it'd be a great way to appease some fans, has he actually done anything to deserve being fired? You can't just terminate someone's employment because some people don't like em.
Personally, I think this is quite an important moment, and whether the new owners replace Keohane or retain him sends a big signal. Regardless of his competency or lack of it, he’s a symbol of the distrust we had for the Duchatelet regime and he’s representative of the attitude that held the fans in such contempt. If ESI truly want to build bridges with the fan base, offloading this revolting stormtrooper would be a decent step in the right direction.
Whilst I agree it'd be a great way to appease some fans, has he actually done anything to deserve being fired? You can't just terminate someone's employment because some people don't like em.
I didn’t say fire him. There’s more than one way to offload someone. I don’t think the situation would involve getting on the wrong side of employment law by firing a member of staff for no reason. Surely in the context of football ownership, the position of COO is one where new owners would be expected to bring their own man in? Ok, so he may need paying off, but I don’t think it’s the minefield you’re suggesting.
So I was due to meet a couple of mates in Bartram's at 12.30 before the game yesterday, but for some reason (not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere) it was closed. As I pulled my phone out to text my mate to tell him, a lovely club-employee lady stepped out of main reception, asked if I was trying to get into Bartram's, told me it was closed, and then gave me three free tickets to the Millennium lounge. We had a very comfortable drink up there. Hospitality at it's finest. Would never have happened if RD had still been the owner!
So I was due to meet a couple of mates in Bartram's at 12.30 before the game yesterday, but for some reason (not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere) it was closed. As I pulled my phone out to text my mate to tell him, a lovely club-employee lady stepped out of main reception, asked if I was trying to get into Bartram's, told me it was closed, and then gave me three free tickets to the Millennium lounge. We had a very comfortable drink up there. Hospitality at it's finest. Would never have happened if RD had still been the owner!
Apparently you were able to visit the Millennium Lounge just by showing your ticket. Or so I was told.
Has Burger Boy done anything to get him fired you ask ? Well maybe im a tad bias here I have to say but , how about employing goons with no ID who then go on to attack the clubs fans ?
reversing the question --- has he ever done anything to warrant his position ?
Personally, I think this is quite an important moment, and whether the new owners replace Keohane or retain him sends a big signal. Regardless of his competency or lack of it, he’s a symbol of the distrust we had for the Duchatelet regime and he’s representative of the attitude that held the fans in such contempt. If ESI truly want to build bridges with the fan base, offloading this revolting stormtrooper would be a decent step in the right direction.
Whilst I agree it'd be a great way to appease some fans, has he actually done anything to deserve being fired? You can't just terminate someone's employment because some people don't like em.
I didn’t say fire him. There’s more than one way to offload someone. I don’t think the situation would involve getting on the wrong side of employment law by firing a member of staff for no reason. Surely in the context of football ownership, the position of COO is one where new owners would be expected to bring their own man in? Ok, so he may need paying off, but I don’t think it’s the minefield you’re suggesting.
He'd have to agree to that though, with the reputation he's built whilst here, I can see why he might not want to.
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OK, qualifications arent the be all and end all but he's much better qualified than KM (who isn't?)
McHugh may become financial director so that leaves a commercial director and an operations director who isnt Keohane.
We all know why we’re in this position, we were doing perfectly fine before all the injuries and believe we will do so on players returning.
What players are available or who would come, that we could sign without paying over the odds at the moment?
Our recruitment up till now has been good and I expect it to continue to be in this window. I don’t expect all signings to be through the door on Monday either!
Jesus, if I’m able to chill surely the rest of you can too!
Valley, Harvey Gardens, the mist rolling in from the Thames.....would sound shite?
Was his excellency there?
Any news on a contract offer for Bowyer?
Have they bought lock stock and barrell?
Regardless of his competency or lack of it, he’s a symbol of the distrust we had for the Duchatelet regime and he’s representative of the attitude that held the fans in such contempt.
If ESI truly want to build bridges with the fan base, offloading this revolting stormtrooper would be a decent step in the right direction.
Surely in the context of football ownership, the position of COO is one where new owners would be expected to bring their own man in? Ok, so he may need paying off, but I don’t think it’s the minefield you’re suggesting.
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reversing the question --- has he ever done anything to warrant his position ?
Just thinking ahead to our 2026 protests