Statement from Mr Barber

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[Bold Seagull]

No it's not. I doubt very much TB pays Barber £150k and then micro-manages him. There will be some delegation of responsibility and decision making.

I was going to reply but gib seems to have summed it up. A CEO's relationship with a Chairman in any organization is generally a close one.

In my experience of Chairman's relationships with CEOs a sensible CEO doesn't sneeze without speaking to the Chairman first.

 

[zego]

Dear
On behalf of Tony Bloom, our board, and all of the club's staff, ...
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We look forward to seeing you back at the Amex next month.

Kind regards,
Paul Barber
Chief Executive

How to say not much in a thousand words ...

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

rather this statement didn't have to be made at all. We're still no closer to understanding why Gus is no longer our manager, which is the crux of everything

 

[OzMike]

I think last night entertainment was better than Downtown Abbey. Gus loves the camera and giving his opinion. Live by the media, die by the media, as it were. What goes round comes round springs to mind. I did find it quite amusing when he was saying he would love to still stay etc etc..Bit different to what he has been saying for last six months and after play off game....Be careful what you wish for eh.....He has bought this all on himself, 100% the man could have had it all, he just couldn't wait.Marlene

There, just as I hear it but I had to complete it for you.

 

[rcf0712]

I enjoyed receiving that and reading it when I opened my phone this morning, made me feel better about the whole mess to be honest. Still sad to see Gus go but go he will, it seems, eventually, now so I for one am moving on.

 

[Surf's Up]

rather this statement didn't have to be made at all. We're still no closer to understanding why Gus is no longer our manager, which is the crux of everything

And we won't unless disclosure is by mutual agreement or the case ends up in an Industrial Tribunal. These processes are, quite rightly, confidential. The club are doing everything they can to tell us everything they can without breaching confidentiality.

 

[rcf0712]

Some of you might be interested to know that I replied to today's Barber email, thanking him for it, and saying that I thought it was a good email, and that I and many other fans continued to have faith that the club was doing things professionally and ethically.

I got the usual immediate automatic reply from the marketing department. However, this was followed about ten minutes later by a personal email from Barber, thanking me for my email, and for my "support and kind words, which are very much appreciated".

I don't know whether that's being treated as a "fan" or as a "customer", and I don't much care. It does however speak volumes that he could be bothered to reply to an email so quickly from a fan that he doesn't know from Adam, at a time when he's probably got a fair amount of more important stuff on his plate.

I just got the auto response too for a similar email I sent back, will be interesting to see if I get a reply later once the UK is awake and at work....

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

I am very usnure of Barber but this is a good statement. Probably should have gone out 24 hours earlier before the cock-ups ( and thats one section of his release I do NOT agree with).

Still this coupled with TBs interview restores some of my faith in the club. I have never questioned the decision to sack Gus as I have no evidence either way. I have just been very dissapointed by the PR. This is a good attempt at fence-mending.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

And we won't unless disclosure is by mutual agreement or the case ends up in an Industrial Tribunal. These processes are, quite rightly, confidential. The club are doing everything they can to tell us everything they can without breaching confidentiality.

Only if there is a negotiated settlement. If Gus is sacked without any compo, I imagine he will tell his side of the story far and wide. That will probably prompt the board to give their side of the story.

Meanwhile the club suffers

 

[LamieRobertson]

I just got the auto response too for a similar email I sent back, will be interesting to see if I get a reply later once the UK is awake and at work....

or the emails are answered by his PA?

 

[soistes]

And we won't unless disclosure is by mutual agreement or the case ends up in an Industrial Tribunal. These processes are, quite rightly, confidential. The club are doing everything they can to tell us everything they can without breaching confidentiality.

Unlikely to end up in an Industrial Tribunal, unless for some strange reason the case is taken in Northern Ireland. In Great Britain, the relevant bodies are called Employment Tribunals

 

[soistes]

or the emails are answered by his PA?

The one I got was sent from an ipad, from Barber's own email address, so I still think it came from him personally.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Ultimately, like a divorce, we are basically heading toward some form of settlement. At the moment both sides are posturing and showing what strength of case they might have. However Gus will want to be employable again as soon as possible, and the club will want to employ someone as soon as possible. There will surely be a point where a figure is put forward, and all parties end up agreeing to it.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

We're still no closer to understanding why Gus is no longer our manager, which is the crux of everything

Come off it. We do not know which straw broke the camels back - but we know why he is no longer the manager.

 

[Acker79]

I'm growing increasingly annoyed at Barber's use of "meantime" instead of "in the meantime" or "meanwhile".

 

[Meade's Ball]

I'm growing increasingly annoyed at Barber's use of "meantime" instead of "in the meantime" or "meanwhile".

McDitto.

 

[soistes]

I'm growing increasingly annoyed at Barber's use of "meantime" instead of "in the meantime" or "meanwhile".

You're fighting a losing battle there, mate. At least his email (which wasn't badly written at all, in my view) didn't contain lots of other American management-speak (like "going forward"...). He can probably also plead, in exculpation, that he has worked in North America so some of that may have rubbed off on him.