[Albion] Albion announce £73.9m profit for 2023-24

Simster said:

I don't think we should replace him with anyone, but when someone exclaims he's paid a lot of money and is met with "Barber is worth every penny because he is elite", I'd quite like to see the evidence - especially given the poor reviews he had at his last job in Vancouver. I guess Bloom's endorsement is good enough for most (including me, tbh) and that's fair enough, but that really doesn't prove that he is elite. I wouldn't even know what makes a CEO elite really, would you?

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Fair enough. Good question.

I suppose being the CEO of a club rated very highly in the world according to most metrics,
trusted by the owner,
the owner of a club that even 10 years ago wasn't on any map of any sort,
a club that now has lifelong fans who will be disappointed if we finish below 11th,
means that he's probably elite.

But to be honest, I don't really know what elite means either.
There again, I don't really care too much about the word, or its use.

A bit like 'big'.
Are Leicester 'bigger' than Celtic?
Robbie Savage thinks so.
Chris Sutton doesn't.

It's a debate, but.... <sigh>

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Super Steve Earle said:

Robbie Savage and Chris Sutton. The debate between two intellectual behemoths.

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Super Steve Earle said:

Robbie Savage and Chris Sutton. The debate between two intellectual behemoths.

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El Presidente said:

Robbie Savage phoned me up a couple of weeks ago! I have no idea how he got my number though.

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Simster said:

I don't think we should replace him with anyone, but when someone exclaims he's paid a lot of money and is met with "Barber is worth every penny because he is elite", I'd quite like to see the evidence - especially given the poor reviews he had at his last job in Vancouver. I guess Bloom's endorsement is good enough for most (including me, tbh) and that's fair enough, but that really doesn't prove that he is elite. I wouldn't even know what makes a CEO elite really, would you?

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El Presidente said:

Robbie Savage phoned me up a couple of weeks ago! I have no idea how he got my number

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El Presidente said:

Robbie Savage phoned me up a couple of weeks ago! I have no idea how he got my number though.

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Peppermint Tea said:

There are CEOs and CEOs, but a sensible benchmark would be CEOs of FTSE100s (as opposed to CEOs of smaller private businesses). I suspect PB‘s rem will be median for this group. It’s rather irrelevant whether we think he’s value or not (I do as it happens), because it’s Tony and the board (or at least the remco) who think he’s worth it.

As for elite, I think you’d be in a minority here, Simster. He’s an exceptional CEO in my opinion and that seems widely shared by the footballing community (boardrooms and pundits). You mention what Whitecaps fans’ views of him were - good point but he left there c14 years ago when he was in his early 40s. Fair to say he’s continued to grow and develop since then.

I believe we are incredibly lucky to have him and I wouldn’t swap him for any other footballing CEO in the world.

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El Presidente said:

Robbie Savage phoned me up a couple of weeks ago! I have no idea how he got my number though.

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Simster said:

I don't think we should replace him with anyone, but when someone exclaims he's paid a lot of money and is met with "Barber is worth every penny because he is elite", I'd quite like to see the evidence - especially given the poor reviews he had at his last job in Vancouver. I guess Bloom's endorsement is good enough for most (including me, tbh) and that's fair enough, but that really doesn't prove that he is elite. I wouldn't even know what makes a CEO elite really, would you?

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Barham's tash said:

Looking for some advice on accounting chicanery for Macclesfield?!

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