Fox is Gone

[paul_e]

A number have already said it but I will reiterate the culprit still owns the club and is still capable of making equally idiotic appointments.

The words deckchairs and Titanic spring to mind.

Except now he's employed smarter people to make smart appointments. Bernstein and Hollis should see that we now have more competent people in the right roles.

Well a bit like the manager has not signed a single player they have yet to make a single appointment. I'll wait to see how smart they are.

Hollis has made 3 appointments including a club legend as an advisor to the board and the former chair of the FA as a member of the board, they'd both fall into the 'smart' category for me. That's not a guarantee that they're going to work but on paper and without hindsight you have to be pleased with them.

[mr underhill]

I'm reserving my approval until these, and other appointment,s get us up back where we belong.

[paul_e]

I'm reserving my approval until these, and other appointment,s get us up back where we belong.

This isn't aimed at you, just a comment for anyone thinking this way (myself included).

Which is fine so long as that works both ways and you give them a fair shot at achieving that.  My concern is that the posts on here slagging Hollis off over the lack of January spending when he'd been in post for about 2 weeks are indicative of the amount of time people will be given before they start getting shit.  Since then Hollis has done the right things in getting rid of 2 of the 3 people who are toxic to the fans, I suspect the 3rd name on that list is busy cleaning up his CV as well.  He's also appointed 2 people who look like good choices and a 3rd who may be contentious.  On balance he has credit for me right now but we now need to see if those choices turn out well.

[tomd2103]

Apologies if covered elsewhere, but I heard on the radio that Hollis is now Executive Chairman.  What exactly does that mean?

In effect he's taken on Foxs CEO role. I think he was a non-exec Chairman before.

I think we will see Reilly go and a single person appointed to oversee all sporting matters ('Sporting Director', 'Director of Football' or some such title).  Hopefully this time it will be someone with a wealth of experience and a good track record in such a role.

[mr underhill]

thinking about it there was no difference between fox and Basil Brush - they were both puppets with someone's hand up their arse

[Boz]

I'm reserving my approval until these, and other appointment,s get us up back where we belong.

This isn't aimed at you, just a comment for anyone thinking this way (myself included).

Which is fine so long as that works both ways and you give them a fair shot at achieving that.  My concern is that the posts on here slagging Hollis off over the lack of January spending when he'd been in post for about 2 weeks are indicative of the amount of time people will be given before they start getting shit.  Since then Hollis has done the right things in getting rid of 2 of the 3 people who are toxic to the fans, I suspect the 3rd name on that list is busy cleaning up his CV as well.  He's also appointed 2 people who look like good choices and a 3rd who may be contentious.  On balance he has credit for me right now but we now need to see if those choices turn out well.

We've been mismanaged at Board level for so long, fans are understandably cynical, but I agree Hollis has started by bringing in the sort of people we needed once MON went. It might take some time, but hopefully, the new board and it's consultant will steer the club in the right direction and Lerner will make some funds available for next season for whoever the manager is and all the crap players we have in the dressing room are removed.

Let's hope the way is up when this season is over.

[dave.woodhall]

thinking about it there was no difference between fox and Basil Brush - they were both puppets with someone's hand up their arse

Except he wasn't.

[tomd2103]

I'm reserving my approval until these, and other appointment,s get us up back where we belong.

This isn't aimed at you, just a comment for anyone thinking this way (myself included).

Which is fine so long as that works both ways and you give them a fair shot at achieving that.  My concern is that the posts on here slagging Hollis off over the lack of January spending when he'd been in post for about 2 weeks are indicative of the amount of time people will be given before they start getting shit.  Since then Hollis has done the right things in getting rid of 2 of the 3 people who are toxic to the fans, I suspect the 3rd name on that list is busy cleaning up his CV as well.  He's also appointed 2 people who look like good choices and a 3rd who may be contentious.  On balance he has credit for me right now but we now need to see if those choices turn out well.

We've been mismanaged at Board level for so long, fans are understandably cynical, but I agree Hollis has started by bringing in the sort of people we needed once MON went

They are the sort of people we needed when MON was at the club. 

[pauliewalnuts]

thinking about it there was no difference between fox and Basil Brush - they were both puppets with someone's hand up their arse

His entire shtick was based around the meaningless repetition of a slightly odd catch phrase to an audience of what he saw as easily pleased children.

Basil Brush was a bit like that, too.


 

[kippaxvilla2]

For Boom Boom, read False Narrative.

[brian green]

Basil Brush was very difficult to work with my television connections tell me.  I have no idea if that was the case with Tom Fox.  I do believe however that it was Sherwood who holed his boat.

[kipeye]

Have to say I am disappointed as I thought he was the kind of appointment that was going to make a difference. I also thought that about Sherwood and coincidentally, after a promising start neither took too long to prove me wrong.

[SashasGrandad]

thinking about it there was no difference between fox and Basil Brush - they were both puppets with someone's hand up their arse

Except he wasn't.

Arse was too tight

[ronshirt]

thinking about it there was no difference between fox and Basil Brush - they were both puppets with someone's hand up their arse

Except he wasn't.

Arse was too tight

And it was in the wrong place.

[Villa in Denmark]

I'm reserving my approval until these, and other appointment,s get us up back where we belong.

This isn't aimed at you, just a comment for anyone thinking this way (myself included).

Which is fine so long as that works both ways and you give them a fair shot at achieving that.  My concern is that the posts on here slagging Hollis off over the lack of January spending when he'd been in post for about 2 weeks are indicative of the amount of time people will be given before they start getting shit.  Since then Hollis has done the right things in getting rid of 2 of the 3 people who are toxic to the fans, I suspect the 3rd name on that list is busy cleaning up his CV as well.  He's also appointed 2 people who look like good choices and a 3rd who may be contentious.  On balance he has credit for me right now but we now need to see if those choices turn out well.

We've been mismanaged at Board level for so long, fans are understandably cynical, but I agree Hollis has started by bringing in the sort of people we needed once MON went

They are the sort of people we needed when MON was at the club.

Is the correct answer. Problem is I think we tried 2 or 3 times and every time it ended up in me or him and every time Lerner chose O'Neill, until he chose Faulkner over O'Neill.

Nothing to back that up other than the alarming rate we went through CEO's under O'Neill, but because things looked reasonable on the pitch, it all went under the radar.