If Sullivan expects the players to show loyalty and discretion when they comment about the club then he should do they same imo. To publicly make disparaging remarks about named players he signed and currently under contract to the club is unacceptable, unprofessional and destructive.
If a player had said he regretted coming to the club and his advisors were begging him not to deal with David Sullivan I wonder what the reaction would be?
I respect how they helped us out when we needed then but they cannot take us any higher and genuinely arent the best owners
The are childish and petty for the most part and they just reek of unprofessionalism imo
Unfortunately untill someone who can take us to the next level...which except from Red Bull ive heard nothing about clubs interested in us...then they are going to stay
Yes looks like we stuck with them and there lies the problem, they know there’s nothing out there to change things so they can do or say what they like basically
I don’t necessarily want to change them but I would really appreciate it if they would represent the clubs interests every time they make public comment.
@ SuzanneClaret "Regardless, the chairman and his loose tongue is, in my opinion, doing more harm than good. All he is doing is waving his ego about in public". You are so right.
I don't recall any of this from the previous owners or indeed from most other EPL boards. All matters about player quality should be handled internally. Sullivan ought to know that his negative jibes about players would draw a negative response because even after leaving WHU they still need to earn their living. So a defensive response is to be anticipated. Sullivan does not seem to understand human behavior. Not sure if it is something in the London Stadium water, food or the DNA of Sullivan that encourages him to wave his ago about, he should get it checked.
There are some cut from the same cloth, Mike Ashley springs to mind, the guy who bought Cardiff made them look restrained to be fair, not the type of company we would like our board to keep however.
Managers must question this. Why would anyone who doesn't have a point to prove come to us when it's almost inevitable that at some point you're going to be undermined? Definitely when things go a bit wobbly but probably even when things are going well and he wants to make it known that he apparently signed someone. He's already undermined Moyes with his talk about kinds of players we should sign.
I also honestly think he just lies. I think in his attempt to brag, he stretches things so beyond their reality that they're just not true anymore.
Mike Ashley doesn't go out of his way to talk to the media, he just does stupid things that gets media attention as does Assem Allam at Hull. Vincent Tan at Cardiff seems to have learnt his lesson and has kept quiet since his spat with supporters back in 2013
Steve Parish at Palace occasionally opens his mouth to change feet but who is Stoke's chairman? Or West Brom's? Bournemouth's? Burnley's? Leicester's?
The "big" teams generally have quiet chairmen, Abramovich doesn't talk to the press, when Levy speaks its usually for a good reason while Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and Man U all seem happy to let their managers do the talking.
Our chairmen are quite unique in English Football, they want to be celebrities on a level with the players and manager.
I agree with Aslef there. I'd prefer a chairman to act like a 19th century kid... seen but not heard! I understand it's their money and they have the right but it's not a good thing when their names are so well known. I couldn't name too many other chairman and those I can are rarely spouting off.
I’m not her biggest fan but I don’t think she was saying anything out of order. I’m sure both club and player would acknowledge that it didn’t work out well
We paid £10.2m for Snoddie a year ago, now that we have announced to the world that he's not wanted here how much is he worth? £5m? £4m? A packet of Polos?
“The signing of Robert Snodgrass wasn’t exactly a triumph”
What on earth is she actually getting out of saying that? The player will resent it, the fans generally don’t like comments in the press like that and it won’t exactly add to his value either.
She needs to stop writing for that rag, it really is that simple
Granted - or if she continued to do so how about talking about josh kings attack on Obiang and demanding they review the evidence with a view to banning him
I said my piece at the beginning of this debate & I haven't changed my opinion. As a football fan I show solidarity with the 96 & it utterly appalls & embarrasses me to think that our vice-chairman writes for that awful rag. The fact that she spouts the sort of nonsense quoted above just makes it worse.
Snoddy must be feeling well loved, first Sully comes out and says his kids begged him to sign Snodgrass, then Brady annouces the signing "wasn't exactly a triumph". He's still a West Ham player, still an asset from a business point of view, so how does it make sense to devalue him?
It really is incredible that these people have risen as high as they have considering their complete lack of nous when dealing with PR matters. As ASLEF says, their egos go above all else, and this is not a good thing for our club ;weep
Well we should be, because I’ve already proved it, unless of course you’re saying that Facebook can’t count the number of members accepted into a group properly?
Apart from when I'm looking at it on Facebook right now, it says 9407 members.
12.8k members now. The club have made contact with the fan group and are having a meeting.
The average yield provides a benchmark for the price of attending football matches. It reflects all types of gate receipts including season tickets, match day tickets, membership fees (where tickets are part of that membership), premium ticketing and hospitality [income].
For a comparison, only Huddersfield offer cheaper adult STs than us, and that is only because they sold STs prior to confirming their promotion.
Match Day and ST prices have dropped below/well below the league average over the last 2 years.
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If a player had said he regretted coming to the club and his advisors were begging him not to deal with David Sullivan I wonder what the reaction would be?
The are childish and petty for the most part and they just reek of unprofessionalism imo
Unfortunately untill someone who can take us to the next level...which except from Red Bull ive heard nothing about clubs interested in us...then they are going to stay
"Regardless, the chairman and his loose tongue is, in my opinion, doing more harm than good. All he is doing is waving his ego about in public". You are so right.
I don't recall any of this from the previous owners or indeed from most other EPL boards. All matters about player quality should be handled internally. Sullivan ought to know that his negative jibes about players would draw a negative response because even after leaving WHU they still need to earn their living. So a defensive response is to be anticipated. Sullivan does not seem to understand human behavior.
Not sure if it is something in the London Stadium water, food or the DNA of Sullivan that encourages him to wave his ago about, he should get it checked.
I also honestly think he just lies. I think in his attempt to brag, he stretches things so beyond their reality that they're just not true anymore.
Steve Parish at Palace occasionally opens his mouth to change feet but who is Stoke's chairman? Or West Brom's? Bournemouth's? Burnley's? Leicester's?
The "big" teams generally have quiet chairmen, Abramovich doesn't talk to the press, when Levy speaks its usually for a good reason while Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and Man U all seem happy to let their managers do the talking.
Our chairmen are quite unique in English Football, they want to be celebrities on a level with the players and manager.
He’s still OUR player! What is she trying here some kind of reverse psychology that he will think “I’ll show her” when he comes back?
;doh
You mean when he returns in an Aston Villa shirt if we sell him to them?
What on earth is she actually getting out of saying that? The player will resent it, the fans generally don’t like comments in the press like that and it won’t exactly add to his value either.
She needs to stop writing for that rag, it really is that simple
The fact that she spouts the sort of nonsense quoted above just makes it worse.
It really is incredible that these people have risen as high as they have considering their complete lack of nous when dealing with PR matters. As ASLEF says, their egos go above all else, and this is not a good thing for our club ;weep
“Ssssh Brady bunch”
;wink
That's really not what the data reflects. For a comparison, only Huddersfield offer cheaper adult STs than us, and that is only because they sold STs prior to confirming their promotion.
Match Day and ST prices have dropped below/well below the league average over the last 2 years.
Do you suppose, like last season, they will be pressuring fans to renew early, before they know what league they will be in?