Sir Graham Taylor

[Toronto Villa]

Graham Taylor or Paul Faulkner?? No brainer!

How good would he be on the commercial side of the business? Not really a no brainer.

[pauliewalnuts]

Graham Taylor or Paul Faulkner?? No brainer!

How good would he be on the commercial side of the business? Not really a no brainer.

I think no-brainer is just the right word.

You'd genuinely need to have no brains whatsoever to appoint a football man like SGT to run things commercially.

[dave.woodhall]

Sir Graham is 67, he neither wants nor needs more work and he's far too decent to enjoy dealing with the sort of people in top-level football now.

[villanic]

If the board had some sense they would get someone like SGT or even an Ian Taylor type on the board. Its clear as day that they have very little understanding of football the game or the business of football.

This as been proved by the way they invested heavily into the club and then decided to go totally the opposite direction and drastically reduced spend bar the Darren Bent transfer which was out of desperation when we where heading the wrong way, This business strategy along with appointing an inept manager very nearly got us relegated this season.

The managers they have appointed have been a disaster and the money we have paid to previous managers (O‘Neill and Houllier) as well as the money paid to get McLeish has been ridiculous. I’m glad that they seem to learnt from there mistakes by the way they have gone about getting a new manager.

The board have no connection with the fans and I believe that they’ve lost the fans trust, Bringing in someone the fans can identify with and respect could go along way in repairing the relationship between the board and fans.

 

[Toronto Villa]

Graham Taylor or Paul Faulkner?? No brainer!

How good would he be on the commercial side of the business? Not really a no brainer.

I think no-brainer is just the right word.

You'd genuinely need to have no brains whatsoever to appoint a football man like SGT to run things commercially.

You make it sound as though being smart in business and being football smart is the same thing. It's not. Just as Faulkner hasn't been great on the football side, doesn't mean a football man can come and run the business side effectively. I have no doubt Graham Taylor, if he wanted to would be superb football mind to have around. It doesn't make him an astute businessman with experience in signing sponsorship deals, or executing other commericlal ventures. It is no different to the criticism levelled at Randy for hiring a business person and trusting him with the football side. The mistakes are very costly.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

The abuse he received as England Manager was a disgrace.
He said on the BBC 3 programme that when he was in the States and they lost 2-0, all the journos piled round to his house to harass his wife.
When she told one of them
'I never do interviews'
One of them replied
'Well you fucking well should.'

[PeterWithe]

Its puzzling to see David Dein without an official job in football, he oversaw Arsenal dominating the league for years and would be a very useful addition.

[Risso]

Graham Taylor or Paul Faulkner?? No brainer!

How good would he be on the commercial side of the business? Not really a no brainer.

I think no-brainer is just the right word.

You'd genuinely need to have no brains whatsoever to appoint a football man like SGT to run things commercially.

You make it sound as though being smart in business and being football smart is the same thing. It's not. Just as Faulkner hasn't been great on the football side, doesn't mean a football man can come and run the business side effectively. I have no doubt Graham Taylor, if he wanted to would be superb football mind to have around. It doesn't make him an astute businessman with experience in signing sponsorship deals, or executing other commericlal ventures. It is no different to the criticism levelled at Randy for hiring a business person and trusting him with the football side. The mistakes are very costly.

I think that's exactly what Paulie was getting at.

[Toronto Villa]

Graham Taylor or Paul Faulkner?? No brainer!

How good would he be on the commercial side of the business? Not really a no brainer.

I think no-brainer is just the right word.

You'd genuinely need to have no brains whatsoever to appoint a football man like SGT to run things commercially.

You make it sound as though being smart in business and being football smart is the same thing. It's not. Just as Faulkner hasn't been great on the football side, doesn't mean a football man can come and run the business side effectively. I have no doubt Graham Taylor, if he wanted to would be superb football mind to have around. It doesn't make him an astute businessman with experience in signing sponsorship deals, or executing other commericlal ventures. It is no different to the criticism levelled at Randy for hiring a business person and trusting him with the football side. The mistakes are very costly.

I think that's exactly what Paulie was getting at.

Yep, feel like a buffoon having read it again!!

*Looks around for something to blame - shakes fist, then kicks the dog.*

[Clampy]

The abuse he received as England Manager was a disgrace.
He said on the BBC 3 programme that when he was in the States and they lost 2-0, all the journos piled round to his house to harass his wife.
When she told one of them
'I never do interviews'
One of them replied
'Well you fucking well should.'

I'm not sure how true this is but did'nt his parents come home one day to find reporters in their back garden?

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

My point regarding Faulkner or Sir Graham was that if I had the choice of either I would prefer Sir Graham. Our need for a football man on the board is essential I feel, despite the excellent appointment of Lambert.
I wouldn't expect, nor want Sir Graham to deal with the commercial side of the club, just like I don't want Faulkner involved in the football side of the club.
As Dave as mentioned above, Sir Graham is too decent a man to deal with the people involved in football these days, but I would like him to have some kind of ambassadorial role within the club at least.