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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on July 25, 2013, 05:36:37 PM
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Paul Faulkner has been appointed to the FA International Committee, which provides support to Team England during home and away games and helps represent the FA internationally.
In addition, he has retained a place on the FA Cup Committee, which oversees the running of that competition.
Villa's Chief Executive has been selected for these committees through his work as a member of the prestigious FA Council, the body which discusses and determines the major policies of The FA.
The Council consists of 92 elected representatives from the FA Premier League, the Football League, County FAs and the non-executive board of The Football Association.
"For Villa to be represented on the Council is important, and I'm very proud on behalf of the Club to be selected to these committees," said Faulkner, who was first voted on to the FA Council in 2012.
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We already have a Faulkner thread.
*Locks thread* :P
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One year on the FA Cup Committee and he's given a place on the FA International Committee.
Doug must be spinning on his head.*
In case you didn't know, Doug invented breakdancing.
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Well done to him, he's clearly improving a lot in his role with experience.
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I suggest he should concentrate on his job at the Villa rather than diversions of FA quangos!
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We already have a Faulkner thread.
*Locks thread* :P
^^This ^^
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Good news for Villa. Was only a few seasons ago we were bemoaning him as not being a football man or having the required contacts. He's on the upwards curve now it seems.
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the only way you can become a 'football man' is to have and gain experience in the football environment, how many years do you have to serve before your officially a football man ?
I went for a job interview many years ago, the fella said to me I was to young for the position,
I said that's something I was working on every day,
I didn't get the job, but its the same for Faulkner, when he came he was inexperienced, but not now
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Good news for Villa. Was only a few seasons ago we were bemoaning him as not being a football man or having the required contacts. He's on the upwards curve now it seems.
Indeed and further credit for the way he conducts business at Aston Villa, as it's obviously been noted.
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He's not there yet but he's showing promise. A bit like the team actually.
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Booooooooooooooooooo! Faulkner!
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They must have been woefully short of alternatives, which doesn't surprise me one bit. Also isn't full time Chief Executive at Villa a full time role.
The bloke's a Grade A plum. He has been out of his depth since Day 1. Nobody and I mean nobody with a sense of footballing ilk and sanity would have hired TSM.
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They must have been woefully short of alternatives, which doesn't surprise me one bit. Also isn't full time Chief Executive at Villa a full time role.
The bloke's a Grade A plum. He has been out of his depth since Day 1. Nobody and I mean nobody with a sense of footballing ilk and sanity would have hired TSM.
He was party to one mistake therefore he can't do anything right ever again. I don't know if you've noticed but things have improved a bit in the past two years.
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They must have been woefully short of alternatives, which doesn't surprise me one bit. Also isn't full time Chief Executive at Villa a full time role.
Do you really mean that, or did you assume your default position without giving it any thought?
Surely the biggest part of his villa job is networking and influencing people. I reckon using the FA as vehicle for that purpose is pretty impressive myself.
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Fair play, I like the guy and think he's doing a far better job than he gets credit for, forget TSM for a second (which is something you should be trying to do anyway), now what else has gone wrong under him, really?
GH will always be questioned by some but you can't argue with his CV or reputation. You also can't blame the club for taking the advice of doctors who said he was fit to work in management.
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They must have been woefully short of alternatives, which doesn't surprise me one bit. Also isn't full time Chief Executive at Villa a full time role.
The bloke's a Grade A plum. He has been out of his depth since Day 1. Nobody and I mean nobody with a sense of footballing ilk and sanity would have hired TSM.
He was party to one mistake therefore he can't do anything right ever again. I don't know if you've noticed but things have improved a bit in the past two years.
No way he got credit for binning TSM and replacing him quickly with a candidate which was supported by many fans.
He has been party to huge mistake in no succession planning for when MON left despite several months of prior grumblings. Hiring a replacement without an actual available start date. I'd also it would be nice to know if the 2 independent medical experts he hired (as surely he would have) to check on the health of someone who had previous serious health concerns are still practicing.
As for TSM, if you took that script to a film maker they would have turned it down as being too unbelieveable.
Do the 2 years include August 2011 until May 2012 because that was far from an improvement? Also when you are starting at depths we have rarely plumetted to in the last 20 years then the only way was up, surely.
They have improved in the last 4 months for definite (on and off the field) but I'll wait to see if that is sustained over the next few years. And then I'll happily modify my opinion if Mr Faulkner's FA networking/brown nosing can be demonstarted as contributing to the success.
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They must have been woefully short of alternatives, which doesn't surprise me one bit. Also isn't full time Chief Executive at Villa a full time role.
The bloke's a Grade A plum. He has been out of his depth since Day 1. Nobody and I mean nobody with a sense of footballing ilk and sanity would have hired TSM.
He was party to one mistake therefore he can't do anything right ever again. I don't know if you've noticed but things have improved a bit in the past two years.
No way he got credit for binning TSM and replacing him quickly with a candidate which was supported by many fans.
He has been party to huge mistake in no succession planning for when MON left despite several months of prior grumblings. Hiring a replacement without an actual available start date. I'd also it would be nice to know if the 2 independent medical experts he hired (as surely he would have) to check on the health of someone who had previous serious health concerns are still practicing.
As for TSM, if you took that script to a film maker they would have turned it down as being too unbelieveable.
Do the 2 years include August 2011 until May 2012 because that was far from an improvement? Also when you are starting at depths we have rarely plumetted to in the last 20 years then the only way was up, surely.
They have improved in the last 4 months for definite (on and off the field) but I'll wait to see if that is sustained over the next few years. And then I'll happily modify my opinion if Mr Faulkner's FA networking/brown nosing can be demonstarted as contributing to the success.
Everything bad is his fault, everything good is down to someone else.
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They must have been woefully short of alternatives, which doesn't surprise me one bit. Also isn't full time Chief Executive at Villa a full time role.
The bloke's a Grade A plum. He has been out of his depth since Day 1. Nobody and I mean nobody with a sense of footballing ilk and sanity would have hired TSM.
He was party to one mistake therefore he can't do anything right ever again. I don't know if you've noticed but things have improved a bit in the past two years.
No way he got credit for binning TSM and replacing him quickly with a candidate which was supported by many fans.
He has been party to huge mistake in no succession planning for when MON left despite several months of prior grumblings. Hiring a replacement without an actual available start date. I'd also it would be nice to know if the 2 independent medical experts he hired (as surely he would have) to check on the health of someone who had previous serious health concerns are still practicing.
As for TSM, if you took that script to a film maker they would have turned it down as being too unbelieveable.
Do the 2 years include August 2011 until May 2012 because that was far from an improvement? Also when you are starting at depths we have rarely plumetted to in the last 20 years then the only way was up, surely.
They have improved in the last 4 months for definite (on and off the field) but I'll wait to see if that is sustained over the next few years. And then I'll happily modify my opinion if Mr Faulkner's FA networking/brown nosing can be demonstarted as contributing to the success.
Everything bad is his fault, everything good is down to someone else.
Except that is not what I wrote.
I pointed out (some of) his shortcomings. Lerner takes a huge portion of the blame for things which went bad in the first place, Faulkner was not going to be the person who was going to be able put those things right because he was in no way qualified. And that is what I cited.
If it transpires in the future there is documented evidence that PF advised RL to bin O'Neill prior to him doing one on us or to put in place a plan which could be actioned immediately in the event he left. If he vociferously (albeit internally) queried the health of The Reds' Greatest fan prior to him being hired and pleaded with RL to not hire TSM, then he would have done a much better job in the tranisitonal/recruitment arena than it appears currently. Albeit one where he was unable to influence his Boss effectively.
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They must have been woefully short of alternatives, which doesn't surprise me one bit. Also isn't full time Chief Executive at Villa a full time role.
The bloke's a Grade A plum. He has been out of his depth since Day 1. Nobody and I mean nobody with a sense of footballing ilk and sanity would have hired TSM.
He was party to one mistake therefore he can't do anything right ever again. I don't know if you've noticed but things have improved a bit in the past two years.
No way he got credit for binning TSM and replacing him quickly with a candidate which was supported by many fans.
He has been party to huge mistake in no succession planning for when MON left despite several months of prior grumblings. Hiring a replacement without an actual available start date. I'd also it would be nice to know if the 2 independent medical experts he hired (as surely he would have) to check on the health of someone who had previous serious health concerns are still practicing.
As for TSM, if you took that script to a film maker they would have turned it down as being too unbelieveable.
Do the 2 years include August 2011 until May 2012 because that was far from an improvement? Also when you are starting at depths we have rarely plumetted to in the last 20 years then the only way was up, surely.
They have improved in the last 4 months for definite (on and off the field) but I'll wait to see if that is sustained over the next few years. And then I'll happily modify my opinion if Mr Faulkner's FA networking/brown nosing can be demonstarted as contributing to the success.
Everything bad is his fault, everything good is down to someone else.
Except that is not what I wrote.
I pointed out (some of) his shortcomings. Lerner takes a huge portion of the blame for things which went bad in the first place, Faulkner was not going to be the person who was going to be able put those things right because he was in no way qualified. And that is what I cited.
If it transpires in the future there is documented evidence that PF advised RL to bin O'Neill prior to him doing one on us or to put in place a plan which could be actioned immediately in the event he left. If he vociferously (albeit internally) queried the health of The Reds' Greatest fan prior to him being hired and pleaded with RL to not hire TSM, then he would have done a much better job in the tranisitonal/recruitment arena than it appears currently. Albeit one where he was unable to influence his Boss effectively.
It's exactly what you wrote, and to say he should have anticipated O'Neill leaving when he did because of "prior grumblings" is ridiculous. Nobody had any idea that he was leaving. Whatever has happened since then has been the fault of many people, but as things now seem to be back on track, how about giving them a bit of credit?
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Imagine if a CEO tapped up other managers each time there were grumbling or disharmony at a club. It's not practical and arguably grounds for constructive dismissal I'd have thought.
There'd have been uproar on here if Faulkner had done that whilst MON was in charge.
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You can come up with all the excuses you like for Faulkner, it won't make him any less ginger.
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You can come up with all the excuses you like for Faulkner, it won't make him any less ginger.
What has 'ginger' got to do with it?
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You can come up with all the excuses you like for Faulkner, it won't make him any less ginger.
He's strawberry blonde, so that means he has a soul.
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Paul Faulkner is next up in our Live Chat series.
Villa chief executive Faulkner will converse with fans online on Wednesday August 7, from 6.30pm-7.30pm.
Faulkner has been a busy man this summer already, with six players - Leandro Bacuna, Jores Okore, Nicklas Helenius, Jed Steer, Antonio Luna and Aleksandar Tonev - all joining the club.
He has also secured the new contracts of Christian Benteke, Andreas Weimann, Nathan Baker, Brad Guzan, Matt Lowton, Ciaran Clark, Ashley Westwood and Daniel Johnson.
He has overseen the new home and away kits, the new commercial deals with Dafabet and Flannels and organised for Acorns to appear on youth tops this term.
He has seen Villa impress in the BBC Price of Football rankings and EPPP Academy ratings and brought in Simone Farina to advise our youngest recruits on morals.
As well as that, Faulkner has been appointed to the prestigious FA International Committee.
Now is your chance to quiz the club's chief executive on a wide array of claret and blue issues.
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~3331319,00.html
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How long into that live chat thing before someone asks him "what on earth were you thinking when you appointed McLeish?"?
I reckon less than 90 seconds.
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It would be the first thing I'd ask if I ever met him.
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They only reply to some of the questions. When Okore was on they didn't do either of mine.
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I haven't had an audience with him since the McLeish fiasco.
Nice enough bloke, wet behind the ears was always my view in prior chats though.
In fairness, ever since TSM went they as a board have done little wrong.
At least they are all rowing in the right direction now for the first time in a number of years.
I look forward to a pint with him in the future to see how the last two or three years have changed him.
Well, if I get chance of course.
If nothing else, our board have always been well meaning, so some of the vitriol they catch at times is harsh.
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They only reply to some of the questions. When Okore was on they didn't do either of mine.
Did you ask him whether he thinks he looks like Arnold from Different Strokes?
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I am gonna ask him about improving AVTV (IE: we should be showing full games not highlights ).
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How long into that live chat thing before someone asks him "what on earth were you thinking when you appointed McLeish?"?
I reckon less than 90 seconds.
I went to a Network Villa thing about this time last year and that was the first question then too... It is still the most baffling decision the club will ever make. He did give a decent explanation as to why he wasn't sacked before the end of the season though.
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How long into that live chat thing before someone asks him "what on earth were you thinking when you appointed McLeish?"?
I reckon less than 90 seconds.
I went to a Network Villa thing about this time last year and that was the first question then too... It is still the most baffling decision the club will ever make. He did give a decent explanation as to why he wasn't sacked before the end of the season though.
Which was?
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I am gonna ask him about improving AVTV (IE: we should be showing full games not highlights ).
I would like them to revamp the whole website. It really is a pile of crap. For one thing, don't have the video running on the right side of the page which means it takes an age for a page to load. Instead, keep AVTV to it's specific section of the website. I only go on the site to read news articles and end up giving up because the screen makes it too slow to load. They need to see how some of the other Premier League team's do it because some of them make a really good job of it.
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I am gonna ask him about improving AVTV (IE: we should be showing full games not highlights ).
Please do. It is shambolic and belongs to another era from some dim distance past!
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It's brutal for a Premier League website, crap layout, nasty pop up video and dire search function.
On a practical level, it probably means the club are missing out on hits (and potential revenue) as it's less annoying to search other sites. This applies to Villa fans (obv) but also fans of rival clubs, who might normally check out the oppositions site pre game.
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My dad sort of knows him and he says Mr Faulkner is more important to Aston Villa than Christian Benteke.
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My dad sort of knows him and he says Mr Faulkner is more important to Aston Villa than Christian Benteke.
Hi Pelty!*
Only japing, Pelty. ;)
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I am gonna ask him about improving AVTV (IE: we should be showing full games not highlights ).
Please do. It is shambolic and belongs to another era from some dim distance past!
Re showing full games and not highlights - the strict licenses that Sky and BT have set with the Premier League prevent that from happening, certainly if you're talking about live coverage.
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My dad sort of knows him and he says Mr Faulkner is more important to Aston Villa than Christian Benteke.
Does he like a drink or two?
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I am gonna ask him about improving AVTV (IE: we should be showing full games not highlights ).
Please do. It is shambolic and belongs to another era from some dim distance past!
Re showing full games and not highlights - the strict licenses that Sky and BT have set with the Premier League prevent that from happening, certainly if you're talking about live coverage.
No not live coverage. There is a 24 hour or so waiting period licensing wise.
But after that clubs like ChelseaTV show the full game not highlights. I want us to do the same.
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Ah right, didn't realise.
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My dad sort of knows him and he says Mr Faulkner is more important to Aston Villa than Christian Benteke.
I fully agree with your dad. By the way does he have any advice in how to keep marijuana plants alive with no light?
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What an effort from Benteke.
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oops. wrong thread.
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Villa's list of the unwanted as shown by the squad numbers do seem to have one thing in common. 8)
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Villa's list of the unwanted as shown by the squad numbers do seem to have one thing in common. 8)
8) Does it? 8)