Okay, it seems we've got to that tipping point whereupon even the most level-headed of posters are beginning to have a little bit of a wobble (which will turn into a full-scale blubbering mess when/if Morgan goes). Now it's fine if the likes if Clasie and Rojo step through the door as it revolves, but for anybody with any semblance of business experience must find the board's strategy in terms of communication quite comically incompetent.
Perhaps the most bewildering part (after appointing Ralph) was the assertion that communication would go back to the top of the agenda - that's fine and great if you implement that. However if you say that, and then actually don't do it - in fact do quite the opposite - it really screams "we don't quite know what we're doing here" or even "we're bottling it a bit here". Now we feel that, but you can be damn sure the employees of the club feel it even greater, particularly if they're still unsure of what the board's strategy is (if there even is one).
Now I'm quite sure that the board will eventually get wind of external feeling and wheel out Les Reed for Round Three of utter balls, but why on earth are they not commercially smart enough to be pre-emptive? Why is there not a clear and stated aim here that is adhered to, jeeze, I'd even settle for a company motto here (whatever happened to The Southampton Way!?)
Now as I've stated, I'm not actually in meltdown (yet) about player sales. With the manager in place and these funds, if we spend smartly we'll be fine (though I worry about the start of the season, when we should/may need to pick up points). However as someone who has previously run a couple of businesses, I really am amazed by the bumbling incompetence of our board.
So yes, this is a new thread about many of the same points perhaps, but let's keep it as the 'board' discussion part.
Perhaps the most bewildering part (after appointing Ralph) was the assertion that communication would go back to the top of the agenda - that's fine and great if you implement that. However if you say that, and then actually don't do it - in fact do quite the opposite - it really screams "we don't quite know what we're doing here" or even "we're bottling it a bit here". Now we feel that, but you can be damn sure the employees of the club feel it even greater, particularly if they're still unsure of what the board's strategy is (if there even is one).
Now I'm quite sure that the board will eventually get wind of external feeling and wheel out Les Reed for Round Three of utter balls, but why on earth are they not commercially smart enough to be pre-emptive? Why is there not a clear and stated aim here that is adhered to, jeeze, I'd even settle for a company motto here (whatever happened to The Southampton Way!?)
Now as I've stated, I'm not actually in meltdown (yet) about player sales. With the manager in place and these funds, if we spend smartly we'll be fine (though I worry about the start of the season, when we should/may need to pick up points). However as someone who has previously run a couple of businesses, I really am amazed by the bumbling incompetence of our board.
So yes, this is a new thread about many of the same points perhaps, but let's keep it as the 'board' discussion part.
