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Is the general census that all these positions in the club are going to be filled before the Take over is announced ?

Seems wrong ay round to me, but what the hell, as long as it happens.
 
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Is the general census that all these positions in the club are going to be filled before the Take over is announced ?

Seems wrong ay round to me, but what the hell, as long as it happens.
It would make more sense that way like but I guess this means they are supremely confident it will happen. But I'm sure wee stewie has told the invisible senator that he's picking up the bill if things go tits up at the last minute.
 
Would like to see a structure like this:

1) Owners

2) Chairman

3) Sporting Director and MD (Rodwell or replacement) - both reporting to Chairman

4) Manager and Technical Director (Speakman) - both reporting to Sporting Director

5) Academy Director, Head of Recruitment reporting to Technical Director


The only thing that would take the gloss off would be if the Chairman is a Mr Methven
Not sure we need that many layers. If you have a MD/CEO as well as Sporting Director, then not sure you need a Chairman.

Manager AND a Technical Director as well as a an Academy Director and Head of Recruitment?

What would they all do? Sounds like there would be masses of overlap in their day to day duties
 
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You should have given a trigger warning before posting that. :emoticon-0141-whew:

I remember that day well, and how shocked I was when Wilko was announced.

I can vividly recall his first home game and the sight of his assistant, Steve Cotterill, in white footy shorts with a clipbpoard is unforgettable. Looked like a ball boy! We knew then that this wasn't going to last.
 
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Phillips also told an interesting attempt by Wilkinson to motivate his struggling players by telling them to grasp the nettle and trying to prove his point by doing it for real:

He comes in with a plastic carrier bag in his hand and straight away all the lads are looking at each other and thinking ‘what’s he doing now?’.

He starts walking up and down, doing his team talk and he starts going on about ‘who is going to stand up, who is going to take the reigns, who is going to grasp the nettle?’.

Which one of you is going to do that because I tell you what, I’ll grasp the nettle if none of you do it’.
So at that point he opens the carrier bag, puts his hand in the carrier bag and brings out a great big bunch of stinging nettles.

So he says ‘There you are, I’ve grasped the nettle, I’ve done it, I’ve shown that I’m a man’.

He goes round ‘who wants to take them?’ and all the lads are like ‘I’m not taking them’, so he puts them back in his bag and carries on his team talk.

While he is doing his team talk, you think I’m not listening any more, I just want to watch his hand and you could see him while he’s doing his team talk, he’s shaking his hand, he stung the hell out of his hand.

You have to give him credit for trying everything.

<laugh><laugh><laugh>

I remember hearing that at the time. And the Dvds of the "greatest team in history" about geese flying in formation. And the practice game at the SOL with no opposition and no ball....
 
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