People Lining Up To Take Pot Shots.

[Richard E]

The danger however is that you go a step further and it all becomes far too cosy and a closed community where any outside input is viewed as an unwanted threat. That tends to happen with organisations with very low staff turnover and a strong emotional attachment to the organisation.
The wake up call to reality is then doubly painful and unsettling.

You've made me worry about the future of my own firm now!

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd have thought it's sensible to use agency staff for a job that's serving food and drinks on average a couple of hours one day every other week.

As for stewards, I tend to be all over the ground as I don't have a ST so go where it's cheapest, and haven't seen any miserable stewards.
The only one i've thought was a bit of a tool was in the Lower North a couple of years ago, i'm a fairly big bloke so even with an aisle seat in the LN I have to have one foot slightly on the aisle as i'm too tall to fit behind a seat there, one had a right go that half of one foot was on the aisle and seemed to think it was a major problem. After a few mins arguing he finally seemed to grasp that it was the only way I could actually sit down.

[amfy]

When I was a steward in 1996, they were actually reluctant to employ me because I was a Villa fan, as they said (as Dave said) they wanted their stewards watching the fans not the match. They gave me a chance because I was training to be a social worker and I managed to argue that I had proven people skills.

It wasn't symptomatic of how badly the club was being run then was it?

(I was sacked after 3 games for getting over engrossed in a pre-match relay between 2 teams of 10 year olds!)

[GarTomas]

Gar Thomas AVFC is not a 35k employment business and management attitude in a fairly small business by the amount of people it employs, has a telling effect on staff moral.

No but as Dave and PWS have pointed out a lot of the roles at the club are part time in nature so I don't see the impact on staff morale. My point was more around judging senior leaders in an organisation on how much they talk to and interact with staff.

[pbavfckuwait]

Gar I understood your point and irrelevant whether they are full time or part time, Villa fans or blues fans, quite understand the need for agency staff in what ever roles they are employed by AVFC, but they are the face of AVFC on match days, management state that we are customers, so to that effect we should expect (football aside) a setting that allows for a good customer experience, that form of customer service will be led from the top, not good to be meet at the reception desk by some grumpy cow, with a face like thunder.

[mr underhill]

any student of change management should watch The Good Wife on a continuous loop. Never seek employment in a Chicago based law firm.

[Ian.]

I've just read that Tony Cottee said back in November Remi was the wrong man and should have appointed Nigel Pearson. His reasons behind that educated knowledge and foresight was because Peasrson would know what to do to stay up and more importantly when we do go down he knows that division better than anyone.

FFS you couldn't make it up.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I can't ever recall there being so many piss poor football "pundits" as we have these days. Just a never ending bore fest of tired, lazy journalism. The majority of people on here know more than the average pundit or ex pro. They're truly stealing a living.

[class-of-82]

I shudder when I see jermaine jeans on motd

[villabear]

I've just read that Tony Cottee said back in November Remi was the wrong man and should have appointed Nigel Pearson. His reasons behind that educated knowledge and foresight was because Peasrson would know what to do to stay up and more importantly when we do go down he knows that division better than anyone.

FFS you couldn't make it up.

Wilkins putting his 'views' again.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-captain-micah-richards-10938507

Wilkins never got off his fat arse sitting on the bench when he was here.  Richards shows no leadership qualities for me. I think he'll be the first to jump ship given half a chance.

[eamonn]

Can't wait til we stuff Stoke on Saturday and shut all these fuckers up.

[Pete3206]

I shudder when I see jermaine jeans on motd

"He'll be disappointed with that"
"Stonewall penalty for me"
"The manager will have them fired up for that one"
"Potential banana skin"
"Schoolboy defending"
"He was in acres of space"

Etc

[brian green]

Reading that makes me realise that there is a good business opportunity for the setting up of a School of Punditry.

The career path of barely literate ex footballers into the media has now become so well trodden that it really should be properly regulated.

A Punditry School would offer direct induction for those lacking the courage to actually coach or manage.  Diplomas could be awarded to successful candidates and the television channels, radio and press would have some solid basis for choosing who would pass public judgement on those actually doing the work. 

It is time to move forward from the darkness of  "over the moon", "sick as a parrot" and Ashen Faced Ron Knee and put Punditocracy where it now belongs right in the onion bag Brian.

[in exile]

Now we have Super Stevie Sidwell saying he wouldn't be surprised if we had a double relegation (Sky Sports News)

[Dr Butler]

Reading that makes me realise that there is a good business opportunity for the setting up of a School of Punditry.

The career path of barely literate ex footballers into the media has now become so well trodden that it really should be properly regulated.

A Punditry School would offer direct induction for those lacking the courage to actually coach or manage.  Diplomas could be awarded to successful candidates and the television channels, radio and press would have some solid basis for choosing who would pass public judgement on those actually doing the work. 

It is time to move forward from the darkness of  "over the moon", "sick as a parrot" and Ashen Faced Ron Knee and put Punditocracy where it now belongs right in the onion bag Brian.

I will take each pundit as it comes and hopefully god willing, we will get the right pundit....

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