Parky

There's only a handful of managers that really understand how to structure a long term rebuild project and Rafa is definitely one of them. If he comes AND stays it is akin to winning the lottery for us. Possible good times ahead. Let the dream begin.

The worry is that even if we get Rafa, as soon as it looks like we're no longer in absolutely immediate danger of going down he'll be up to his old tricks again of "What's that? We need a striker? Sorry Rafa, best I can do is a 18 year old goalkeeper I'm signing as a favour for a mate of mine who's his agent. Oh, you have to play him as well cos as part of the deal he's had SPORTS DIRECT.COM UK'S NUMBER ONE tattooed on his face. Fine, walk away, I've got some cockney spiv I can give the gig to anyway, sure well be fine." There is that.

Ashley is boxed in. He's got no choice but to go big.

At a normal club there's a press conference and everything has already been done and the new manager enters stage left.

We need 4/5 wins. The chances of this happening with Rafa are significantly higher than with ginge. Just a little worried it might be a little too late if the odd thing goes against us in games.

Lock it ffs! Turbojinx.

No relegation wage clauses inserted.

You have to ask yourself if any of these clowns actually have the stones to telephone Benitez? I mean it's surreal.

Yup Benitez is a 5m a year type.

Btw I wouldn't be surprised if the Mirror weren't being used to spin the Benitez story. Remember it was later revealed we only sent an e mail regarding Beranronaldo.

Quite easily actually, they can vote him off. Without it going to an embarrassing and expensive tribunal? He's probably not even on the board. This is my thinking, would he need be a director firstly? There is no fucking board. Erm Yes. He'd have to be registered an all that gubbins. I'd say it was probably a verbal agreement to get him in.

Quite easily actually, they can vote him off. Without it going to an embarrassing and expensive tribunal? He's probably not even on the board.

Ashley has finally run out of patsies. He will either throw everything at it worried about the 50m or it will be last helicopter out of Saigon time.

I sense a tremor in the force. This is it. He's boxed in.

This is the first real endgame of the Ashley reign. Absolutely anything could happen.

His last big idea was the casino iirc. What happened to that??

FFS No wounder we are ran like a piece of shit retail store. Yup. Those boards are packed with successful men with a history of running/or key members of world class organizations.

As a comparison take a look at the Spurs Directors. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-club/investor-relations/club-directors/ or the Arsenal one. http://www.arsenal.com/the-club/corporate-info/the-arsenal-board

....the sad thing is that it isn't rocket science to put a structure in place that gives continuity and diligence in decision making. If Ashely as he pretends doesn't want to do the day to day then a 5 man board with good football and business backgrounds would be the bare essentials to deliver a strategy. What we have is a jumped up scout and an ex-admin bloke making complex decisions they probably have little clue about.

People clueless about the football business running a football club.

Yup.

You could organize the club as a trust (there are various models) and give 51% of the voting rights to the supporters (season ticket holders and so on). The supporters would elect a president once every 3 years who would be accountable to the supporters/trust. The board would also be electable and them and the president would preside over the appointment of the manager. There would be an EGM at the end of every season and a vote for president every 3 years. There is nothing the PL can do about it. They only have say over the fitness of new owners and can block people buying clubs if it is proven they are coming from a history of dodgy dealings etc.... i see. thanks. would toon fans want such an arrangement? it seems to work well for the NFL's green bay packers... Personally I believe all clubs should be structured in this way. It is the only sure way of stopping clubs getting fucked up by idiots/speculators and outside forces with no connection to spirit and history of a club. If I was running the FA/PL that would be the first rule change I would make.

You could organize the club as a trust (there are various models) and give 51% of the voting rights to the supporters (season ticket holders and so on). The supporters would elect a president once every 3 years who would be accountable to the supporters/trust. The board would also be electable and them and the president would preside over the appointment of the manager. There would be an EGM at the end of every season and a vote for president every 3 years. There is nothing the PL can do about it. They only have say over the fitness of new owners and can block people buying clubs if it is proven they are coming from a history of dodgy dealings etc.... Spurs for instance are a Ltd company but they don't have the fan involvement and voting rights a trust would have.

That would have been too professional.