The Board - a poll

[Dick Knights Mumm]

We once had that video on a Gulls Eye coach to Shrewsbury.

Good choice.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Good choice.

Not the opinion of the Shropshire Constabulary.

 

[Peter_Taylor]

In fact you could almost say decisive because they have kept the clueless Finn in charge. Thats decisive although I dont agree with it.

You are right. In this they have acted with resolve in keeping Sami under pressure from the fans and the (reported) decision to back it up with substantial funds in the January transfer window shows them to be decisive. This may, indeed, turn out to be their finest hour.

Maybe in future we will see some 'Sorry Sami' threads on here as we are seeing 'Sorry Gus' threads now.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Sugarman, Perry (adopted), Chapman, the Bloom family are all Albion fans.

Elsewhere in the club management, Paul Camillin is Head of Communications - and as Albion as they come, and the new(ish) Head of Marketing, Tom Gorringe, was a Withdean STH.

MS was an Albion regular before he met Tony?

 

[DTES]

This is an odd poll given that the options aren't even mutually exclusive - it's perfectly easy to be both decisive and inept. Still, given that they are the options we have:

Inert: Nope. The player recruitment may well have been diabolically poor, but it did happen (on and off the pitch). Also (and again whether or not you think it's right) plenty of work has gone into meeting FFP. So no, I don't think inert is fair.
Inept: Possibly. Certainly some bad decisions have been made, i.e. on the pitch it's been terrible. The work to meet FFP though has certainly been successful, so I don't really think inept is fair either.
Decisive: I have no idea. Did they dither and act indecisively when appointing Hyypia, and are they dithering and being indecisive now? Or did they make the deliberate and definite decision to go through what they thought was the right recruitment process - and have they (rightly or wrongly) decisively made the choice to stick with Hyypia? I don't think we'll ever know for sure.
Effective: If you regard FFP as the most important job of the board, then yes. On the pitch, definitely not.

Er, can I vote for "None of the Above"?

(Re-reading this I realise it could imply I'm personally not sure about Hyypia - to be clear, I think the board should get rid asap!)

 

[stss30]

Indecisive and out of touch I'd have to say, sadly.

 

[Buzzer]

Flamin' eck Buzzer. When I read Lenny's post my mind conjured up this image:

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Eff the Fans.

Which as attila has subsequently pointed out - may not have been how it was ...............

I take it back DKM, you might be onto something there. I had Dick Knight down as the Farmer with the pigs usurping him but the Farmer could have been Bellotti/Archer and Dick Knight played out by Snowball. Boxer the horse is, of course, the fans. It's a bloody great analogy.

Trouble is, with the misinformation, innuendo and both sides settling old scores, that for those of us on the outside looking in at the DK v TB battle it's all a bit blurred. To carry on your Animal Farm theme: “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”


I'll get back in me box.

 

[Hamilton]

I don't know enough about 'The Board' to make an informed decision. It's a sizeable group of people (8?) with different roles.

Recent Player recruitment has been poor - really poor with the benefit of hindsight. So whoever is (ultimately) responsible for that has performed badly.

On the managerial side, they acted swiftly and 'decisively' to suspend Poyet, though with hindsight, many (myself included) question the route they chose, as the time it took,messed up preparations for the next season. The choice of Oscar was a good one - the second excellent choice in a row. Oscar then left because he was (delete according to your want) frustrated by the transfer set up / unstable / a bit cold / bored. At this point the club appointed Hyppia, who has not proved up to the mark, despite looking at the time a decent choice. No club gets every appointment right. Most would settle for 2 out of 3. They might act sooner to remove the poor one though.

You've gone on (and on, and on) about the loss of soul/commercialisation of the club, so they clearly been doing something - stuff you don't like - but it rules out 'inert'. They've also got the training ground and academy up and running, so not 'inert' or 'inept'.

So currently 'indecisive' over Hyppia's future, it seems.

I'd agree with this. The only think I would add is that I simply don't know enough about the Board. I'd be interested in some of them becoming more visible. At the moment it's the Tony and Paul show and they just end up taking the entire brunt.

I would say it falls between inert and indecisive. I'd say inert, because as a whole, we don't know what they have been discussing and debating or what views individuals take.

I'd like to hear more from Adam Franks for example. I like some of his view expressed here...

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmcumeds/writev/792/fg53.htm

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I take it back DKM, you might be onto something there. I had Dick Knight down as the Farmer with the pigs usurping him but the Farmer could have been Bellotti/Archer and Dick Knight played out by Snowball. Boxer the horse is, of course, the fans. It's a bloody great analogy.

Excellent Buzzer, excellent.

 

[fat old seagull]

Bearing in mind none of us have a clue about what goes on in BHA Board meetings how can anyone have an opinion one way or another.
I suggest that the wrath toward the Board by the fickle on NSC is entirely due to the teams poor matchday showings. May I further suggest it's less than fair to blame Board Members who in likelyhood are as pizzed off with our league position as we are.
I know there will be several seeking out the Thumbs Down button at my defence of the Board. That will not exactly leave my life in ruins.....
But even the mighty deserve fairness. If I knew first hand of any disrespect by them toward supporters I'd also vent my anger toward them. But without evidence I can't or at least won't.

 

[BensGrandad]

It is not 95% of fans but 95% of nsc which represents a maximum 10% of total fans who are disgruntled.

 

[Hamilton]

However the board chose to run their business is up to them we don't and shouldn't have any input into it. If you don't like it don't subscribe to it, don't buy any more tickets etc. TB and PB are running the club and I am very grateful for that so shall continue to support it irrespective.

That is not to say I agree with every decision but it is not my call.

In that case, surely we've learned nothing from the last 20 years.

This is not a business to be treated like it is the sole preserve of the shareholders. It is a football club. It plays an important role in the community and means so much to so many people. If your local supermarket went bust and shut down you wouldn't give a stuff. If the same thing happened to your football club, you'd be up in arms. It shouldn't be treated like any other enterprise.

That TB has put up the cash is brilliant. I believe we do have a strong CEO. I don't agree with all the decisions, and whilst it's not my call, I do want to influence that in some way.

 

[London Irish]

Sacking Gus was the catastrophic mistake, rather than trying to cajole another year out of him. The momentum of those last 6 months of Gus was automatic promotion. Think of the money we've wasted since then - and would the sensible thing have been to give Gus a few more players he wanted.

Everything since then has been crap - Oscar was not an "excellent" appointment, in Bloom's own words they barely communicated and it was Gus's good squad that played professionally to keep us high in the table that year, but the change of forward momentum then abosolutely led to the backward momentum now. Oscar would have been awful this season too with the current squad of misfit loanees and crap signings.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Now that does have a lovely ring to it. Watching football whilst standing and having a beer, hmmmm. I'm in! In fact, I live opposite AFC Wimbledon so may well try it out. Never tempted whilst we were at Withdean but the attraction is growing at present.

Would happen in Germany

 

[Bwian]

Excellent Buzzer, excellent.

It's so good to see you boys playing nicely together again.

 

[Ian Bairds Fist]

It is not 95% of fans but 95% of nsc which represents a maximum 10% of total fans who are disgruntled.

So only 9.5% of BHA fans want Hyypia out. It's only Barber that uses that 'NSC isnt a fair reflection of the fans' line. Careful, he's probably copyrighted it.

 

[marshy68]

i see paul barber has voted.....

 

[Bwian]

It is not 95% of fans but 95% of nsc which represents a maximum 10% of total fans who are disgruntled.

If you don't believe that NSC is a very representative cross section of Albion fans then I'm even happier that you never fulfilled your dream of owning the Albion because we'd be in a right mess.

Do you not look around you when you go to The Amex? Empty seats. Empty concourses before kick off, at half time and after matches. What does that tell you? The 9.5% from NSC are the ones that used to fill the seats and concourses and are the only ones pissed off?

 

[TH3S]

First of all, I personally know a number of the board members and not one of them would say that about the fans.

Secondly, they are all desperate for the team to succeed.

On the subject of being fans, I know Robert Comer quite well and he saw his first game in division 4 against Rochdale in 1964. He has stood on the terraces at the old Millwall ground and various other unpleasant places. So come on give the guys a chance they do care!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

If you don't believe that NSC is a very representative cross section of Albion fans then I'm even happier that you never fulfilled your dream of owning the Albion because we'd be in a right mess.

Do you not look around you when you go to The Amex? Empty seats. Empty concourses before kick off, at half time and after matches. What does that tell you? The 9.5% from NSC are the ones that used to fill the seats and concourses and are the only ones pissed off?

Complete nonsense. I know many many fans who don't post on Nsc.