Guest Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 32 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Exile photo of the Twin Towers incoming in 3, 2, 1... Of course. Post in thread 'NUFC/Sportswashing - Summer 2022' https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/nufc-sportswashing-summer-2022.1582603/post-36454431 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, Jack27 said: I've been bored this evening and done some digging on the exact makeup of the board, directors now etc. Is this correct? Non-Exec Chairman: Yasir Directors: Staveley, Reuben, Al-Sorour CEO: Eales Sporting Director: Ashworth I thought Mehrdad was involved as a director too but apparently not. Happy friday, anyway. Do they not have to have an odd number (casting vote)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 4 hours ago, jack j said: All the ITKS must have had the week off when this was happening Luke Edwards knew about it, he was working in tandem with the club to keep a lid on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Comical that they're so pissed off about us. Personally couldn't care about Sunderland, either the place or the team, they're irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Still waiting for a phone call about my CFO application Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpeth mag Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, TRon said: Luke Edwards knew about it, he was working in tandem with the club to keep a lid on it. The club have thanked Luke for his help in keeping this appointment a secret, secretly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 3 hours ago, thomas said: Drops a ST price hike in the middle of a shit season + record inflation then dips for NUFC within hours. Fan reaction among my mates - I gave up my ST and following long ago - is very mixed to say the least. Our injury record is something to behold in all honesty though, this season has not been kind. On balance he's probably been good though and I'd bet Ashworth is miles beyond boca as someone to run that side of things. Can't be that long ago they gave up their ST if they played their first game in March 2017. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 This man is a world builder. Passionate and deeply cares about the fans want. He reminds me so much of a man I used to work with who went on to big things - great speaker, knowledgable and authoritive. Cultivates a meritocratic approach. I didn't get goosebumps with Howe or Ashworth, I do with this man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 An actual CEO. It's like the entire club is detoxing from the era of Ashley + Mort/Llambias/Charnley/probably-some-other-stooge-I-forgot. The DTs are almost gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Conjo said: Can't be that long ago they gave up their ST if they played their first game in March 2017. I said I dropped mine and it was in 2019 w/ de Boer at the helm. Also it might have only been 3 years in real time but covid time makes it feel like it was 1988. Edited July 15, 2022 by thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Snide Darren Eadie, He’s just a snide Darren Eadie… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 49 though. Granted it's really just another indicator of how much of an old git i am now but i had him pegged as 59. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) I've transcribed a bit of the interview he did on YouTube in April of this year from about 31:50 onwards: Quote Footballco: Hyperthetically, if you were to move back to the Premier League and take up a role at an English Premier League club, what have you learnt from the MLS and what would you bring over? Or do you feel like it's a unique MLS & Atlanta-only experience that couldn't be replicated? Darren Eales It's a great question, it's funny because it's always a question I get back in England - 'what have you brought from England to make Atlanta United a success', and to be honest, I think it's the other way around. I've learned far more here in the United States. I think it's more, not just from MLS but I think from building a club whether it's American football, soccer, Major League Baseball, I've spoken a little bit about it. For me it's about listening to the supporters. And I get it. I was in Premier League football for 11 or 12 years. You've got waiting lists because people are fans because their mum or dad were fans, or their grandparents were fans and I think there's a tendency to take the supporters for granted. You've got this huge TV deal that you know that that revenue is coming in. You can't afford to do that when you're in America because you're not only fighting the other professional sports, you're fighting college sports which is just as big. So I think that what I found really interesting, my biggest take away, is this idea of listening and responding with the supporters in mind. If you do that, if you make every decision through the lense of something that's good for the supporters, something that the supporters want, you just make good business decisions. It's not that you're sort of going out of your way to do things that makes your job more difficult, you're actually doing things that are more successful. And I think that's my biggest learning. Wherever I've had a nagging doubt at the back of my mind on something it's usually because if I think about it, that's probably because it'll antagonise the supporters in some way and why would we do that when we could do it 'this way' and bring the supporters along with us. And I think what you get with that is you get the fan base that we've (Atlanta United) got. We're a brand new club in a sport that is number four in the country. But we're in the top 10 in the world in global attendance, and that's because we think about our supporters and we do things and we build the whole club around them. That's great business sense, because we're getting the revenue, we're getting a supporter base that's really engaged so commercial partners are excited to work with us because they know our supporters are totally engaged with the club and are more passionate advocates, and they're going to be more passionate advocates for their brand. So for me, it's not necessarily taking things that we've done at Atlanta and doing that in the Premier League, it's taking the approach of 'how do we think about what our supporters want', and then in that lense, make those decisions that make more sense business-wise. We've seen it a little bit, we have a minority share in Aberdeen up in the Scottish Premier League, and Aberdeen's done a great job and they've tried to focus on that younger audience that I think we've seen that, and we're seeing that in the Premier League where a lot of young people, they can't get into the stadiums. Whether that's because of the season ticket waiting list, or the price is too high. So in Aberdeen they did a focus, they created an area, called it the 'Red Shed', tried to make it the area where the young people went to. And they did a great job, they sold it out within six months. But all that was, was saying what's the problem that we've got here, or what are we trying to find the solution for where we might have disenfranchised supporters, and how can we create it? And so they were just thinking about that. But that was just a small example of if you are thinking through the lense of the supporter, I think you can realise not only a better atmosphere, a better relationship with the supporter base, but also it makes business sense. That ultimately I think is the best learning I've got from the United States. If you take that approach, it's a win-win for everybody. Edited July 15, 2022 by HawK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbee909 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 If only he'd pay more heed to the supporters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 33 minutes ago, HawK said: I've transcribed a bit of the interview he did on YouTube in April of this year from about 31:50 onwards: I refer you to the post from Thomas re the timing of the ST price hike etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Numbers said: Comical that they're so pissed off about us. Personally couldn't care about Sunderland, either the place or the team, they're irrelevant. Oh I do. I’ve had to wait a decade and a half to really be able to laugh at them thanks to the fat cunt who owned us. Not being able to laugh at them has felt like having a good yawn or sneeze interrupted. Now I can again. It’s fantastic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 6 hours ago, thomas said: Drops a ST price hike in the middle of a shit season + record inflation then dips for NUFC within hours. Fan reaction among my mates - I gave up my ST and following long ago - is very mixed to say the least. Our injury record is something to behold in all honesty though, this season has not been kind. On balance he's probably been good though and I'd bet Ashworth is miles beyond boca as someone to run that side of things. wasnt it something like 2-3% increase over 2020? Most mls clubs froze 2021. Demand that high and consumer leisure spending still absolutely off the rails here in the USA that was bound to happen. Happened all over the league and most sports here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Kanji said: wasnt it something like 2-3% increase over 2020? Most mls clubs froze 2021. Demand that high and consumer leisure spending still absolutely off the rails here in the USA that was bound to happen. Happened all over the league and most sports here. from 8%-15% in most cases actually, and for one fewer game (no "18th game" perk) so price per game has gone up. People aren't best pleased given other economic situations and our general direness right now. Edited July 16, 2022 by thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Oh I do. I’ve had to wait a decade and a half to really be able to laugh at them thanks to the fat cunt who owned us. Not being able to laugh at them has felt like having a good yawn or sneeze interrupted. Now I can again. It’s fantastic Funny as fuck seeing them rant back and forth between faux outrage, to 'it's not what they think it is', and then back to faux outrage. It's brilliant seeing the fuckers totally broken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 So Exile clearly does come on here judging by that post. Feel free to actually post something. Could do with laughing hysterically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Is exile a nonce like his mate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 51 minutes ago, Hanshithispantz said: Is exile a nonce like his mate? Exile doesn't have any mates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 12 hours ago, Ameritoon said: Thought this was interesting. Waugh apparently had an idea about it but didn't mention it at all hmmm, the Athletic didn’t have a 17 paragraph profile of him ready to publish. I think they were just as surprised as we were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) ☝️ this toxic sounding scrote is getting a lot of publicity on here. (errr, not talking about Darren Eales ?) Edited July 16, 2022 by Coffee_Johnny Clarity! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 I assume you mean Exile rather than myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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