maggiemax Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I will always be grateful to Milan Mandaric for what he did for our club. However, I can’t help feeling that he let us down when handing the club on. He always promised to hand on to someone to take us further than he could but first nearly lumbered us with Hafiz Mammadov, who was skint, and then landed us with Chansiri who we are assured has money but knows nothing about running a football club and thinks fans are “customers”. Is Milan’s halo slipping? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Chansiri did take us further than Mandaric could. It didn't last long though, when DC got rid of the advisors who actually knew about football because he knows best. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post @owlstalk Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, maggiemax said: I will always be grateful to Milan Mandaric for what he did for our club. However, I can’t help feeling that he let us down when handing the club on. He always promised to hand on to someone to take us further than he could but first nearly lumbered us with Hafiz Mammadov, who was skint, and then landed us with Chansiri who we are assured has money but knows nothing about running a football club and thinks fans are “customers”. Is Milan’s halo slipping? He bought our club, did some amazing PR to get fans on side and 'love' him, and sold the club for a profit He's a cold businessman - nothing more The buying of the club was to make a profit - nothing more He sold to anyone he could to make a profit - nothing more He was genuinely amazing at what he does - get a club that's in dire straits, keep it ticking over and find a buyer 21 1 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 We all fell for the Mandaric PR machine. I hope when/if DC moves on we don’t get caught up in all that nonsense again. Let’s not defer to these people who are at the end of the day just in it for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marro Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 minutes ago, maggiemax said: I will always be grateful to Milan Mandaric for what he did for our club. However, I can’t help feeling that he let us down when handing the club on. He always promised to hand on to someone to take us further than he could but first nearly lumbered us with Hafiz Mammadov, who was skint, and then landed us with Chansiri who we are assured has money but knows nothing about running a football club and thinks fans are “customers”. Is Milan’s halo slipping? No one could have foreseen how bat crazy DC was and the evil influence of Stuffing Balls. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorturner Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, maggiemax said: I will always be grateful to Milan Mandaric for what he did for our club. However, I can’t help feeling that he let us down when handing the club on. He always promised to hand on to someone to take us further than he could but first nearly lumbered us with Hafiz Mammadov, who was skint, and then landed us with Chansiri who we are assured has money but knows nothing about running a football club and thinks fans are “customers”. Is Milan’s halo slipping? He never had much of a halo but he could not wait to get rid and to anybody who would pay. Our supporters trust ought to contact him for help though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorturner Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Marro said: No one could have foreseen how bat crazy DC was and the evil influence of Stuffing Balls. He had no experience of football to start with and he soon sacked his manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 To be fair to Manby he sold us on to backers with some coin. That they spaffed £40m plus on random players with to coherent plan about how they might fit in can't be laid at his door. Had there been genuine planning in place we could have been in the premier league by now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cain Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, maggiemax said: I will always be grateful to Milan Mandaric for what he did for our club. However, I can’t help feeling that he let us down when handing the club on. He always promised to hand on to someone to take us further than he could but first nearly lumbered us with Hafiz Mammadov, who was skint, and then landed us with Chansiri who we are assured has money but knows nothing about running a football club and thinks fans are “customers”. Is Milan’s halo slipping? He’d have sold us to the devil if the money was right.....I’m not bothered what he said.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyowl Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: He bought our club, did some amazing PR to get fans on side and 'love' him, and sold the club for a profit He's a cold businessman - nothing more The buying of the club was to make a profit - nothing more He sold to anyone he could to make a profit - nothing more He was genuinely amazing at what he does - get a club that's in dire straits, keep it ticking over and find a buyer Was always his intention, but saving the club and getting us promoted probably got the fans onside more than any PR! The only way Chansiri will see any of his money back is if we are promoted to the Premiership, which we will never do whilst he owns the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, jonnyowl said: Was always his intention, but saving the club and getting us promoted probably got the fans onside more than any PR! The only way Chansiri will see any of his money back is if we are promoted to the Premiership, which we will never do whilst he owns the club! Mandaric did not 'save' our club He bought a tragic situation, did some PR to make it look amazing, and sold it to anyone who would buy it He couldn't give one jot about our situation right now - quite rightly - because he's a cold hard businessman who made a profit from selling a messed up business 2 1 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Owl Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 why don't DC seek Mandaric's knowledge as i'm sure he'd help. Afterall DC said from day 1 he wasn't a football person so employed advisors who advised him badly but how was DC to know how bad the advisors were going to be cos he's not a footballing man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, S1Owl said: why don't DC seek Mandaric's knowledge as i'm sure he'd help. Imagine that DC calls Milan "I need help - what should I do?" "Sack your advisors, let your staff do their jobs at the club, engage positively with the fans so they fall for a myth that you love them and the club" "No ta" 1 1 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorturner Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, S1Owl said: why don't DC seek Mandaric's knowledge as i'm sure he'd help. Afterall DC said from day 1 he wasn't a football person so employed advisors who advised him badly but how was DC to know how bad the advisors were going to be cos he's not a footballing man. Mandaric could have stressed the importance of key U.K. football advisers and warned of relying on current people. MM said he cared. Mind you he still might be the one man DC would listen to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third man Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: We all fell for the Mandaric PR machine. I hope when/if DC moves on we don’t get caught up in all that nonsense again. Let’s not defer to these people who are at the end of the day just in it for themselves. Who would know that when we found someone with money they wouldnt have a clue how to spend it, and then hire advisors who only care about kining their own pockets, not MM's fault, he did what we all knew he would do, because thats what he said he would do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third man Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, victorturner said: Mandaric could have stressed the importance of key U.K. football advisers and warned of relying on current people. MM said he cared. Mind you he still might be the one man DC would listen to. he did have football advisors, then got rid of them all for the flavour of stuffing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw pete Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, maggiemax said: I will always be grateful to Milan Mandaric for what he did for our club. However, I can’t help feeling that he let us down when handing the club on. He always promised to hand on to someone to take us further than he could but first nearly lumbered us with Hafiz Mammadov, who was skint, and then landed us with Chansiri who we are assured has money but knows nothing about running a football club and thinks fans are “customers”. Is Milan’s halo slipping? Mandaric looked after himself, he turned up at S6 paid nowt for the club, the ground and the training ground. Would have sold the club to the Anti Christ if he was making a profit. Then he left with around £20 million profit and next season we will be playing against Portsmouth another of his money making ventures.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleblue Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Mandarick would and could not have known what would happen under Chansiri. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Owl Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Imagine that DC calls Milan "I need help - what should I do?" "Sack your advisors, let your staff do their jobs at the club, engage positively with the fans so they fall for a myth that you love them and the club" "No ta" Howard then.. anyone with any knowledge of running a club especially the playing side and with the club at heart. I know it's going back in time n not going to happen but somet like that has to happen as nowt else is working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marro Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Mandaric did not 'save' our club He bought a tragic situation, did some PR to make it look amazing, and sold it to anyone who would buy it He couldn't give one jot about our situation right now - quite rightly - because he's a cold hard businessman who made a profit from selling a messed up business Totally correct. I don’t blame Milan for selling us to Chansiri. With the benefit of hindsight and from a fans perspective the decision so to do has been an absolute disaster for us. Milan’s ok as he pocketed a few million. We’d all do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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