Guest Grandad Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Reading all kinds of SWFC related social media just now, as well as Owlstalk, the air of despndency surrounding all things Wednesday is palpable. Its very clear that their is a large section of our fans who have lost hope that the club can turn things round and start to go fiorward with some momentum. So - give the Chairman some constructive advice. What can he, and the club do, to restore some faith amongst its supporter base? My contribution - employ an experienced football CEO and announce that the Chairman will be leaving all decisions to that CEO going forward. Over to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Grandad said: My contribution - employ an experienced football CEO and announce that the Chairman will be leaving all decisions to that CEO going forward. We've been saying this for years, but with every turn it seems more and more unlikely DC will "capitulate" by admitting his failure. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post S36 OWL Posted July 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2020 DC needs to do what he should have done the day he bought the club, and employ a proper, experienced football man to run the club on a daily basis for him. A Howard Wilkinson type who would have stopped Chansiri having his pants pulled down by people like Doyen. It was a fatal mistake DC not doing this, and we are paying for it now and will do for years to come. Chansiri was niave thinking he could waltz in, cheque book in hand and run a business in a sector he knew nothing about. The parasites saw him coming and fleeced him. 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Complete overhaul from top to bottom required. Unfortunately, we don't have much time until the start of the new season to implement such changes so we might go into 2020/21 season with the same tumbleweed structure as now, with a few new players added. We should be looking at successful football models across Europe and at least reviewing whether we can adopt something similar. Seems to me DC simply outsources the top-level stuff, which alienates fans and exposes the in-house management team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmJimmers Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, Grandad said: Reading all kinds of SWFC related social media just now, as well as Owlstalk, the air of despndency surrounding all things Wednesday is palpable. Its very clear that their is a large section of our fans who have lost hope that the club can turn things round and start to go fiorward with some momentum. So - give the Chairman some constructive advice. What can he, and the club do, to restore some faith amongst its supporter base? My contribution - employ an experienced football CEO and announce that the Chairman will be leaving all decisions to that CEO going forward. Over to you 100% agree with the CEO, somebody with pedigree and the desire to turn this club into the best it can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Animis said: Complete overhaul from top to bottom required. Unfortunately, we don't have much time until the start of the new season to implement such changes so we might go into 2020/21 season with the same tumbleweed structure as now, with a few new players added. We should be looking at successful football models across Europe and at least reviewing whether we can adopt something similar. Seems to me DC simply outsources the top-level stuff, which alienates fans and exposes the in-house management team. We could do a lot worse than study the Brentford model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewswfc Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Club needs restructuring from top to bottom. Vice chairman (someone who's here more than 3months a year) , CEO, DOF For starts. Season ticket and POTG prices dropped... It'd would be a start 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresh Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Clear the dead wood out and learn to live within our means. Start developing some home grown talent and improve our scouting in the lower divisions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Bring in Gary Rowett give him the rest of the season and the close season to remodel the team. Appoint a footballing Director of football to sort the new arrivals and existing players contract, no player is allowed to get to the last 12 months of a contract either resigned or sold. Complete overhaul and significant investment in the youth set up, qualified coaches not ex players, poach the youth coach from somewhere like Barnsley or Rochdale where they always seem to produce good youth players and restructure the youth set up to be providing at least half of the first team within 3-5 years. Fans are the lifeblood of the club and without them DC is going to be another £10-15m in the red each season, make fans feel worth it. There are so many things that could be done from, free trips to the clubs, joining in training sessions, meet and greats etc (when CO-Vid is gone of course). But the most important think that can be done today TELL THE TRUTH. Level with the fanbase what are the problems, what will happen in the next 12 months, what is the plan for the next few years to improve the club and turn things around. If the answer is to any of these questions is WE WILL BE ALRIGHT WHEN WE GET PROMOTED then please sell up and go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernOwl Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Once the hearing is done he needs to come out and communicate with the fans. Clearly outline what the goal is for the club and how he plans to achieve it. If we end up with a points deduction he needs to apologise and show that he has learnt from it. We know spending will need to be drastically cut. So be upfront and admit it. Cut ticket prices to reflect the reduced spending and performance levels. Highlight what our strategy is to be competitive on a reduced budget. Is it youth players? Youngsters on frees? What are aiming for? Bring in a manager who has success of operating said strategy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Dec1966 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, Grandad said: Reading all kinds of SWFC related social media just now, as well as Owlstalk, the air of despndency surrounding all things Wednesday is palpable. Its very clear that their is a large section of our fans who have lost hope that the club can turn things round and start to go fiorward with some momentum. So - give the Chairman some constructive advice. What can he, and the club do, to restore some faith amongst its supporter base? My contribution - employ an experienced football CEO and announce that the Chairman will be leaving all decisions to that CEO going forward. Over to you That would clearly be a great start. All other things are very difficult, but fans would love it if we could stop paying players so much and recruit the sort of players that Wilder has unearthed. Our players are vastly overpaid and hence too comfortable. We need young, hungry players. The ticket pricing structure is over-complicated and out of control. It needs simplifying and, again, this is difficult because of the ludicrous season ticket 5, 10, whatever year prices. I have a season ticket and don't mind if other prices are lowered if this is explained to the fanbase as necessary for the survival of the club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 The first thing, and probably the most difficult for him , is to accept the way we are being run is a disaster. And that the disaster has been caused by him and his “advisers “. It is frankly unbelievable that he thinks that it is ok to still run the club this way given the disastrous slide we are on. He can keep sacking and losing managers as much as he wants but it won’t make any difference until the fundamentals are fixed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Sell up and give it someone who knows anything about running a football club It's beyond fixing under his leadership He needs to go home and erase the last five years from his memory and leave his family to run a business He shouldn't be near owning a business ever again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camffiti Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Sam Allardyce has said he'd like his next job to be as a DoF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyowl Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Win the EFL case! Get the recruitment right in the summer. Bring in a new manager and coaching staff! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 And you honestly think he will listen ,Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdan2003 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) - as you say, employ a CEO and let them get on with it. No watered down roles like KM was - more regular communication - start building some bridges - ditch his advisor - review pricing of tickets and shirts - we supposedly have our own shirt manufacturer now, so let’s get the fans involved by allowing them to design the shirt...who better to design a shirt than the very people who understand the club the most - a supporter liaison, or some sort of forum that allows information, support, feedback and ideas to be shared - not in the format we normally see that results in a a slanging match between fans and owner Yes there needs to be big organisational changes within the club, but take the fans on the journey. Communicate the plan, get fans to buy into it. Don’t sit and ignore us in the hope things will get better. If this Paixo fella is important, then formally communicate his role, show his face, introduce him - he’s at all the games, he’s often seen talking to players and coaches. But he’s just a hidden figure to the fans Edited July 9, 2020 by bigdan2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 The only thing that can happen to improve the club is the chairman leaving . I can’t see that happening 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, jonnyowl said: Win the EFL case! Get the recruitment right in the summer. Bring in a new manager and coaching staff! Bang on. Its not complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dykwim Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 - Sell to a football man like Mike Ashley - Change the badge back - Concentrate on home grown talent, sell them at their peak to build up a war chest. - Start flogging Elev8 in the ground - Paint the “Presto” stand - Gi Shares back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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