A Shift Towards Team Building

So the new members of the Board have let loose their perspectives. I liked them. John Peel strikes me as someone itching to get the five year mess on the pitch resolved and that seems his raison d’etre. To me this is the most important thing at the moment.

His wish list of perfunctory demands are what we need desperately and his analysis of the Board being distracted on off-field issues rather than the golden egg is heartening. Whether or not his excellent roll your sleeves up trouble-shooting approach works or has the support of others on the Board remains to be seen. But it looks a very positive way forward

I liked Roger views too. Shame about the Charlton bit! I’d question his view that we are already self sustaining as if we get relegated on our budget it has failed as a season to be self sustained. However of course if we stay up, and I envisage we will, I agree. I’d say a lot of his views are more of a wish list I cannot see being granted unless the harsh ideas of John Peel are introduced. But he is positive and believes league football is possible, which many don’t, but I do too.

However reading through the jungle of management speak his ideas are more long term and his grasp is spot on, he seems to have identified many of the areas of concern, especially the first team and management.

Both candidate address our current on field problems which I feel under the current Board have been left to drift, as they have concentrated on making us live within our means which they have done brilliantly. I feel their inclusion on the Board will be a fantastic addition as the emphasis will drift towards the problem of the dire first team flaws, recruitment and management and hopefully we can gain result momentum and the riches that come with it.

So good luck to them both. They look like really good news.

Chris Harris

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  2. Hi Chris,

    I appreciate your comments both here and over on the Forum.

    I would however contend that the measures I propose in my statement are “harsh”.
    The principle behind all of them are to make sure that the simple checks and balances are in place to ensure that the first-team is performing and that performance is being monitored effectively by what are ultimately democratically appointed representatives.
    Part of that will be perhaps tightening up what is already in place and part of that will be introducing new methods of working. I think it’s desirable that the performance of what are ultimately employees of the club is monitored and assessed- like many others, I undergo such checks in my employment, why can’t that be transposed to a football club?

    I’m also really keen for the Board to be transparent in the way that it works. I get a sense some fans feel (and I do too) that you place a vote for someone but have absolutely no idea how they perform in the job. This isn’t a suspicion of the actions the Board are taking but making sure owners are aware of the actions being taken in their name, by someone they voted for.

    I find all of the above to be pretty simple, straightforward stuff.

    Something I’m really, really keen to do is introduce a 12th Man Scheme. Not only will this provide additional funds for the playing staff where the resources of the club don’t allow to do so but I hope also that it will engage the fans on the terraces- a connection to the playing staff and performance on the pitch, a player the fans helped to bring to the club. Somewhere, and I don’t know why, that link has got lost over the past few years.

    This is beginning to feel like writing my statement all over again so I’ll stop here. Thanks again for your comments- happy to chat over a beer at a game sometime.

    All the best.

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