The chairman's record

[DJMortimer]

2 hours ago, Inspector Lestrade said:

http://captivatelegalsports.com/analysis-publications/a-sheffield-wednesday-supporting-sport-lawyers-reflections-on-the-efls-financial-misconduct-charges/

 

Another slant

 

That guy seems to have a similar perspective to me.

[alanharper]

On 13/02/2020 at 08:00, Cpt_Hatstand said:

@KivoOwl you missed the first part where he sacked the manager who got us to mid table on a budget of buttons and good wishes... 

 

Nor has anybody mentioned,  or has forgotten, the time when Chansiri tried to set up his own subscription service for match commentaries, meaning many elderly or disabled people couldn't even follow their team on the radio any more.

 

Not to mention the failure/refusal to sell players, or demand ludicrous OTT sums when there was any interest. We were apparently offered £500k in January for Rhodes to go out on loan for 6 months. It may be a drop in the ocean compared to the black hole of our accounts, but it's a not inconsiderable sum - so now we're £500k worse off and not even using Rhodes in the squad anyway... 

[keepitsteel89]

On 12/02/2020 at 23:23, KivoOwl said:

Things started off well enough. His first involvement was the signing of three players during the January 2015 transfer window. In the summer, he re-signed Lewis McGugan, at the time a huge statement of intent as the player had been a revelation during his loan spell.

 

In May 2015, after acknowledging that he didn’t know enough about football, he announced his intentions to have a five-man management set-up consisting of a three-man ‘Sporting Director Committee’ (Adam Pearson, Glenn Roeder and Paul Senior), a Director of Football and a Head Coach. After Mark Cooper rejected the chance to take the latter job, the relatively unknown Carlos Carvalhal was appointed instead, with the Director of Football role laying vacant. Two weeks after joining, Pearson left for Leeds United, and Roeder left in December. None of the vacated roles were filled, leaving Carvalhal in sole charge of first team affairs.

 

Chansiri turned to agent Amadeu Paixao for transfer recruitment advice, with a raft of unknowns such as Modou Sougou, Lucas Joao, Marco Matias and Darrly Lachman joining Ross Wallace, Fernando Forestieri and Barry Bannan through the door.

 

The first major backlash from fans came after the announcement of ticket prices for the 2015/16 season - £39 to sit on the Kop for the game against Bristol City, and season ticket prices up across the board – the cheapest adult ticket going from £360 to £395. Chansiri was forced to explain his reasoning behind such a steep rise in prices, saying that levels of income had to be raised across the board to help pay for a promotion push. Initial scepticism gave way to acceptance when the team on the field started doing the business and looked set for top end finish.

 

In January 2016 Chansiri decided to ditch the ‘70s Owl’ logo and designed a modern version of the older club emblem. Again, any murmurs of discontent were pushed to one side as the team surged up the league table – who cares what the badge looks like when the product on the pitch is better? Eventually, the team lost in the play-off final at Wembley. The same month, losses of £11m were announced in the club accounts.

 

On top of the increase in POTG prices (the average price of the cheapest POTG ticket for the 2015/16 season was £31.11, up from £23.57 a year earlier), season ticket prices for the 2016/17 season went up again – the cheapest adult ticket going from £395 to £415.

 

The summer of 2016 saw the arrival of Daniel Pudil, Steven Fletcher and Almen Abdi – all three popular signings, but the latter two struggled to get going. Fletcher took nearly three years to hit decent form, while Abdi proved a waste of £4m. Also incoming were Vincent Sasso, Adam Reach and Urby Emanuelson. Transfer outlay for the season would near £20m, though previous favourite McGugan was mysteriously frozen out.

 

The next big talking point was the decision to ditch stripes from the club’s shirt for the first time in over 40 years. But the controversy soon died down. Who cares about what shirt a side is wearing when they’re doing well? The production of replica kits went to an unknown Australian firm, to help save the club and fans money. The shirts didn’t arrive until well after the start of the season, and then they were priced at £59.

 

A raft of bizarre occurrences at the start of the season included the chairman choosing the squad numbers (goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith famously given the number 2 shirt), golden elephants installed outside the South Stand to give us good luck, a two-minute silence held for the recently deceased King of Thailand and the ‘SWFC’ lettering in the North Stand seats replaced with ‘CHANSIRI’. All received some negativity, but the majority were again in support of the chairman as long as he continued to provide a good product on the pitch.

The free-flowing football of 15/16 disappeared and Wednesday toiled throughout the season, though they eventually finished in fourth place, before falling short in the play-off semi-finals against Huddersfield.

 

Ticket prices rose further in the summer of 2017. The cheapest adult ST was now £455, up another £40. The average price of the cheapest POTG ticket rose to £33.36. Membership prices also rose from £30 to £50. Jordan Rhodes was signed permanently for £10m after a pretty average loan spell. Also incoming were George Boyd, Joey Pelupessy and Joost van Aken – all three turned out to be terrible signings. Losses of £20m announced in the club accounts.

 

In July 2017 young starlet George Hirst was frozen out of all playing action over a contract dispute, to be joined by Sean Clare later in the season. Both left on free transfers. Kit production again hit problems – stripes returned (albeit pinstripes), but two companies created by the chairman – DTaxis and Elev8 were revealed as kit manufacturers and sponsors. They were again late in arriving. A new scheme, Club1867, was announced. £1,500 would get a supporter a bronze plaque on their seat and a ‘free’ 3-year-season ticket upon promotion to the Premier League.

 

In September 2017 the club celebrated its 150^th anniversary with a fireworks display and a world record attempt at producing a ball-shaped cake.

 

On the pitch, results dipped further, and Carlos Carvalhal was eventually shown the door. Another relative unknown – Jos Luhukay – was appointed manager. Around the same time, controversial ex-Charlton CEO Katrien Meire was installed in a similar position at Wednesday. She left after 12 months. Increased fan unrest at the downturn in form was challenged by Chansiri, who set up a poll asking fans whether they wanted the same ticket prices and levels of investment in the squad, or lower ticket prices and a turn towards introducing younger players into the squad. 70% voted for the former, favouring to continue paying higher ticket prices in return for continued investment in the transfer market.

 

In March 2018 further losses of £21m were announced in club accounts, but by the end of the season the side had managed to avoid relegation to League One.

 

In the summer of 2018, season ticket prices were frozen, but membership packages went from £50 to £90 – a decision that was reversed after supporter backlash. Replica kits were again not ready for sale until after the season had started. For the first time since pre-WWII, no players signed for the club during the summer, with youth players instead integrated into the side. Instead of ticket prices being lowered, the average price of the cheapest POTG ticket over the 2018/19 season rose further, to £33.17. One bright note in the summer of 2018 was the lifting of the club’s transfer embargo, though fans had never been informed that the club was in one to start with.

 

On the pitch, Wednesday looked set for a relegation dogfight after a poor start to the season which cost Luhukay his job. Steve Bruce took over the reigns eight weeks later and eventually the side again managed to stave off relegation.

 

In the summer of 2019, the club announced a profit of £2.5m in the club accounts, though this was helped by the sale of the club’s home of 120 years to the club chairman for £60m – an attempt to circumvent Profit & Sustainability rules. Eventually, the EFL caught wind of the ploy and brought charges against the club, with a large points deduction the likely penalty. Steve Bruce controversially left for Newcastle United after just four months in the Owls hotseat, but it wasn’t for another eight weeks that his successor was appointed, Garry Monk.

 

In January 2020 the club announced another new ticket scheme, selling 10-year season tickets in another hope to drum up much-needed income.

Great summary pal, but that line is all she wrote as far as i'm concerned. We need more experience at the club.

[keepitsteel89]

On 15/02/2020 at 12:09, DJMortimer said:

 

That guy seems to have a similar perspective to me.

http://captivatelegalsports.com/analysis-publications/a-sheffield-wednesday-supporting-sport-lawyers-reflections-on-the-efls-financial-misconduct-charges/

 

", including my father’s team Chesterfield FC " 

 

 

Dave Allan's son..

 

They'll be loving all this, making them look half decent

Edited February 16, 2020 by keepitsteel89

[Mr Farrell]

2 hours ago, keepitsteel89 said:

http://captivatelegalsports.com/analysis-publications/a-sheffield-wednesday-supporting-sport-lawyers-reflections-on-the-efls-financial-misconduct-charges/

 

", including my father’s team Chesterfield FC " 

 

 

Dave Allan's son..

 

They'll be loving all this, making them look half decent

 

Didn't Uncle D's son regularly post on here at one point ?

[keepitsteel89]

54 minutes ago, Mr Farrell said:

 

Didn't Uncle D's son regularly post on here at one point ?

I dont know anything about that