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Post by Cestrian For Life on Jan 26, 2018 6:41:20 GMT
I'm sorry but our Chairman MUST step down immediately. What has happened since his appointment is beyond comprehension and his performance last night did nothing to make anyone believe he is the one to get us out of this mess.
From what I understand, he became chairman on a temporary basis as it suited his own business needs using the stadium as an office. I feel no confidence in his leadership. He might be a nice guy, he might even bring some skills to the table but he is not the person to rescue this situation.
My biggest concern is that people want to save the Club, they want to donate money and help. But how many of us have confidence that any money we donate will be used effectively? Is it just going to help pay McCombe's retirement fund?
We need a Leader, someone with vision and someone who can captivate a room of people, make them listen and give them a plan of what needs to be done. Last night shows that despite knowing about this disaster for months, not only has little been done but there is no real plan in place. A proper leader of this Club would very quickly work out who brings what to the Board and replace effectively.
This is a matter of life and death and WE DO NOT HAVE TIME ON OUR SIDE.
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Post by Al on Jan 26, 2018 6:42:58 GMT
Well said
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Post by bb93 on Jan 26, 2018 6:54:08 GMT
Normally I’m one of the last on here to call for someone’s head, I was supportive of McCarthy until the Solihull defeat which tipped me over the edge but have to say I agree. I posted on here last night saying I thought some of the criticism of the board was harsh because the budget seemed reasonable it’s just that people haven’t turned up but I’ve changed my mind for two reasons.
1. How could they let Bignot buy before he’d sold, surely that’s just basic financial sense
2. If this was known since September how did they let it get this far
For those reasons I think the chair (at least) should resign
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Post by seal73 on Jan 26, 2018 6:54:50 GMT
Have to agree I was listening/watching on the stream last night as I couldn't attend but I was surprised to hear the person who asked him to stand down called out by some people. It was a valid question.
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Post by Paul Da Part on Jan 26, 2018 7:01:51 GMT
There is no way forward with the current shower in place. We can do all the fundraising we want to try and see things out for a month or two but the board have mismanaged this club to pretty much the point of no return, so how can we trust them? There is no trust as far as I’m concerned. They have known about these issues for months, yet decided to keep it quiet. We’ve cried for transparency for years. As a fan-owned club you’d expect everyone to be well informed of issues. Too little too late I’m afraid. Great to see people trying to raise funds but it’s going to get pissed up the wall. Last night was a great opportunity to force the board out. Wouldn’t have achieved much, but knowing the scale of the problems facing the club now, would it actually be any different?
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Post by tarvinblue on Jan 26, 2018 7:07:35 GMT
Have to agree I was listening/watching on the stream last night as I couldn't attend but I was surprised to hear the person who asked him to stand down called out by some people. It was a valid question. I wasn't surprised in the slightest. That's how those meetings usually run. The happy clappers and those in the clique at the front, scowling and shouting down anyone who dares question the running of the club. He shouldn't need asking to step down, he should have already made that decision himself. His performance last night was beyond embarassing. We need a leader with respect and authority - I just found myself counting the number of times he bumbled over the word like. |
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Post by cfcforme on Jan 26, 2018 7:09:24 GMT
Have to agree I was listening/watching on the stream last night as I couldn't attend but I was surprised to hear the person who asked him to stand down called out by some people. It was a valid question. To be honest mate, I think people were half shell shocked and half scared that the club will be gone in a matter of weeks...... You can see why they would shout down further fuel being added to the fire.... HOWEVER, I completely agree. JHs position is untenable and he needs to go immediately. If SO is willing then I'd back him as temp Chair to get us through this shitty period then full elections soon to get rid of the rest of the dead wood. I do think that JH should be encouraged to stay around and work to fix this mess that he and the rest of the board got us into though. |
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Post by hackett on Jan 26, 2018 7:17:18 GMT
I was suprised to hear last night how many had only been here since October. I'm not sure they can be held fully for all the problems, but there doesn't seem to be many resoloutions.
I got the feeling last night that they were looking for answers from us as much as we were looking for answers from them.
If what they've said in terms of transparency etc is true then I trust them to make it right, if in the next week or two nothing more has been said, no updates etc then I think we need to call another meeting and remove certain members as quickly as possible.
It's a shit state of affairs which we've unfourtunatly been in before but now I genuinelys think the fans can make a difference, and anyone who can go but chooses not to, isn't a fan of Chester FC.
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 26, 2018 7:26:12 GMT
Have to agree I was listening/watching on the stream last night as I couldn't attend but I was surprised to hear the person who asked him to stand down called out by some people. It was a valid question. I would have thought that the very least that could have happened last night was that the incompetents resigned en masse and the likes of Simon, Mark, etc co-opted immediately and a plan of action agreed. To the people that shouted down the call for Hughes to resign ,,,, do you want this club to survive? The fact that the board don't read Deva Chat I find weird, and their own non-communication is one of the roots of the problem. What are we doing to address the situation? |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jan 26, 2018 8:59:12 GMT
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Post by Captain Duff on Jan 26, 2018 9:10:14 GMT
Have to agree I was listening/watching on the stream last night as I couldn't attend but I was surprised to hear the person who asked him to stand down called out by some people. It was a valid question. I would have thought that the very least that could have happened last night was that the incompetents resigned en masse and the likes of Simon, Mark, etc co-opted immediately and a plan of action agreed. To the people that shouted down the call for Hughes to resign ,,,, do you want this club to survive? The fact that the board don't read Deva Chat I find weird, and their own non-communication is one of the roots of the problem. What are we doing to address the situation? Well it is quite clear that while we rightly demand that players put the effort in and play for the shirt, we have far too many current board members who don't do the same for the club. All those election addresses about being experienced in business and marketing, and yet I wouldn't trust half of them to go and fetch bread and milk from the corner shop. Absolute disgrace, but we do have people who can replace them, previous board members and chairmen who did know what they were doing and could I believe rally the club, rally the city, and turn things around, but the current non-communicating embarrassments need to go. If they have any respect at all they will jump, otherwise we'll push them. |
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Post by jimianto on Jan 26, 2018 9:26:50 GMT
We cannot trust the current board with any further funds - they have made a huge mess. A new dynamic Chairperson is required immediately and the other poor performers on the board weeding out PDQ. Also MM needs to be given gardening leave - right now his presence would be counter-productive - as a professional, he has allowed this on his watch - shocking! We need to get rid of the toxicity and for us all to breath life to our club with fund raising and support.
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Post by iandychesterfc on Jan 26, 2018 9:36:27 GMT
As stated elsewhere, the fact he hasn't fallen on his sword tells you everything you need to know frankly.
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 26, 2018 9:37:37 GMT
I hope and believe that we can survive this, but the fan-owned model which was supposed to protect us from this type of implosion has failed us miserably. How do we move forward. I understand fans that don't want another Barnes, Gutterman, Mad Terry or Vaughan, but we simply do not have the fan-base to support fan-owned. I hope that someone like Jonathon Legard, who loves the club, can come up with an alternative.
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Post by Captain Duff on Jan 26, 2018 10:19:23 GMT
I hope and believe that we can survive this, but the fan-owned model which was supposed to protect us from this type of implosion has failed us miserably. How do we move forward. I understand fans that don't want another Barnes, Gutterman, Mad Terry or Vaughan, but we simply do not have the fan-base to support fan-owned. I hope that someone like Jonathon Legard, who loves the club, can come up with an alternative. No, it is the people not the model. We get bad governments (like the current useless Tory shower), but we don't then say that we should end democracy. The Fan owned model has meant we have a club rather than a memory of one. It has meant that we got to this league, an it has allowed us so far to stay here. It has done well for the goats. It has done very well for the wombles. If the goats can make it work why can't we? Why are they better? That is a serious and key question as the answer to that will be the answer to our own current problems. As to Legard, where has he been for the past 8 years? Yes, I get that he is an exile and busy in his career, I get that he has done some stuff in the past with the Exiles ion London and a few guest appearances at events locally, but what else? And now he constantly drops cryptic ywitter bombs on us? Unless he comes clean I for one will not put my trust in him and his mystery pals, it comes across as vultures circling a weak animal just waiting to pounce. The current board has been so unbelievably incompetent that you do wonder if there are some on it with the Tory approach to public services (run them down, create a crisis, privatise). I for one will be fighting against the privatisation of my club, and while we have people like Jeff and Mark and others like them around, people who have walked the walk and who put the current board to shame and who are now again organising and rallying to save what we have built then it is very far from over. |
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