Fox says sacking Lambert would be like flicking a coin??

[aj2k77]

Watches every match? Like fuck he does!

I reckon he watches the vast majority of them. New York is only 5 hours behind.

Then the quote about Randy enjoying it can't be true. How many games have been an enjoyable spectacle this season? 2/3?

[aj2k77]

So as an employer in a high profile occupation we should call out our staff or players publicly? You would rather our executives took the David Gold/porn dwarf approach than a more measured public persona?

Yes, I would like some performances to be called out publicly. After watching us put in another piss poor performance the last thing I need to hear is someone telling me it was excellent, like I'm a moron who just doesn't understand. I don't want to be told we're training hard either, I take that as a given. I want to see evidence of all this bright new dawn stuff and so far I see nothing yet, either on or off the pitch.

Show me, don't tell me.

[Dave]

Watches every match? Like fuck he does!

I reckon he watches the vast majority of them. New York is only 5 hours behind.

Then the quote about Randy enjoying it can't be true.

Maybe he's enjoying looking out and seeing £20,000 per week being burned on players not doing well enough, compared to looking out and seeing £50,000 per week being burned on players not doing well enough.

[Chris Smith]

So as an employer in a high profile occupation we should call out our staff or players publicly? You would rather our executives took the David Gold/porn dwarf approach than a more measured public persona?

Yes, I would like some performances to be called out publicly. After watching us put in another piss poor performance the last thing I need to hear is someone telling me it was excellent, like I'm a moron who just doesn't understand. I don't want to be told we're training hard either, I take that as a given. I want to see evidence of all this bright new dawn stuff and so far I see nothing yet, either on or off the pitch.

Show me, don't tell me.

If there is one thing guaranteed to piss off the football world it is board members slagging managers in public, they just view it as people who have never played the game interfering in stuff they know little about. That is then the climate you present when it comes to future recruitment.

[saunders_heroes]

Watches every match? Like fuck he does!

I reckon he watches the vast majority of them. New York is only 5 hours behind.

Then the quote about Randy enjoying it can't be true.

Maybe he's enjoying looking out and seeing £20,000 per week being burned on players not doing well enough, compared to looking out and seeing £50,000 per week being burned on players not doing well enough.

I doubt very much if anyone at the club enjoys the state of the club at the moment so Fox needs to quit with the "he's enjoying it" bullshit. He must think we were all born yesterday.

[hilts_coolerking]

If there is one thing guaranteed to piss off the football world it is board members slagging managers in public, they just view it as people who have never played the game interfering in stuff they know little about. That is then the climate you present when it comes to future recruitment.

I don't know, it's not as if owners / chairmen criticising managers prevents them from getting new managers does it?  In any case, I don't think we'll be doing much recruitment for the next three years, by which time it'll all be long forgotten.

I'm not advocating a 'I'm fucked, you're fucked, we're all fucking fucked' style meltdown but I don't think a little straight talking would go amiss.  Statements like this seem designed to protect the feelings of people behind the scenes rather than tell anyone - supporters, media, whoever - what's actually going on.  Not that they really need to, since we can all spot a badly run club when we see one, but some acknowledgement would help.

[Monty]

I agree with Hilts. I understand the defensive attitude, it's important to keep up appearances and not air dirty linen and other cliches. However, 'false narrative' is such a bullshit phrase as to almost be insulting. Also, the implication that fans are throwing tantrums because of short-term discontent with results was hardly welcome.

[ciggiesnbeer]

It's frustrating that everyone in a position of power at the club talks out of their arse. I'd love just one of them to call a spade a spade and say it's not fucking good enough and things are going to change.

To be fair they have said it repeatedly over the past few years. Including  3 managers, both CEO's and the owner.

All have said its not good enough and the priority is getting the club "back up where it belongs".

Talking about it has been no problem.

[aj2k77]

So as an employer in a high profile occupation we should call out our staff or players publicly? You would rather our executives took the David Gold/porn dwarf approach than a more measured public persona?

Yes, I would like some performances to be called out publicly. After watching us put in another piss poor performance the last thing I need to hear is someone telling me it was excellent, like I'm a moron who just doesn't understand. I don't want to be told we're training hard either, I take that as a given. I want to see evidence of all this bright new dawn stuff and so far I see nothing yet, either on or off the pitch.

Show me, don't tell me.

If there is one thing guaranteed to piss off the football world it is board members slagging managers in public, they just view it as people who have never played the game interfering in stuff they know little about. That is then the climate you present when it comes to future recruitment.

I didn't say I wanted Fox to come out with it. I said I'm sick of everyone telling us it's all fine when there's a big Elephant standing in the corner of the room called no goals. Yes Bournemouth was great, but we're back to the nitty gritty of league football now and as per usual our form is bad and we are on a shitty run. Lambert seriously pisses me off with his patronizing excellent interviews.

[aj2k77]

It's frustrating that everyone in a position of power at the club talks out of their arse. I'd love just one of them to call a spade a spade and say it's not fucking good enough and things are going to change.

To be fair they have said it repeatedly over the past few years. Including  3 managers, both CEO's and the owner.

All have said its not good enough and the priority is getting the club "back up where it belongs".

Talking about it has been no problem.

How many times have you heard the manager come on the radio and say ''look that wasn't good enough''. How many times have we put in a performance that clearly wasn't good enough? How many times have we been told that scoring 0 again was excellent?

[ciggiesnbeer]

It's frustrating that everyone in a position of power at the club talks out of their arse. I'd love just one of them to call a spade a spade and say it's not fucking good enough and things are going to change.

To be fair they have said it repeatedly over the past few years. Including  3 managers, both CEO's and the owner.

All have said its not good enough and the priority is getting the club "back up where it belongs".

Talking about it has been no problem.

How many times have you heard the manager come on the radio and say ''look that wasn't good enough''. How many times have we put in a performance that clearly wasn't good enough? How many times have we been told that scoring 0 again was excellent?

Oh that? Never. You are right.

He always says the same thing after every game. Excellent etc. Never holds up his hands and blames himself or his players.

I thought you were talking about the higher level "club needs to be doing better" malarky. Everyone says that.

[aj2k77]

Sorry, I turned it in to another anti-Lambert rant.

[ChicagoLion]

I doubt that there is much that Fox could say that would be appropriate or truthful.

All this confirms is they are not planning any change to the Manager any time soon. It also suggests that they are all backing each other up in the belief that they know what they are doing and everything will turn out fine.

They may believe this is the case but they are complete idiots if they think that the majority of supporters are buying it.

[JUAN PABLO]

Tom Fox on Randy Lerner,

He's very involved in the football club, he watches every match. I've been at his house watching matches together and both of us are standing up pacing around at various points of time - depending on what's happening - so he know's what's happening here.

He's very, very well informed as to the business side of what's happening on the pitch.

What a joke. He watches every match and is very well informed.. both should be forgone conclusions when owning a football club. Fox acts like the man could do less. Give me a break.

I bet he hasn't stood up in bloody ages

[Kingthing]

 

Why does all this remind me of Comical Ali?

In the Sun he said we have a 5 year plan to get us back into Europe.......ring any bells?