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Post by Al on Apr 18, 2017 20:44:18 GMT
Johnny Hughes assumes the Chairmanship.
Oh dear.
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Post by btb on Apr 18, 2017 20:45:37 GMT
Oh dear. Any more info? I said, there would be sleepless nights at the moment. Who'd be chairman of Chester FC!?!
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Post by chesterblue1970 on Apr 18, 2017 20:47:08 GMT
personal reasons according to the statement on the cfu page
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Post by Uninvited on Apr 18, 2017 20:48:54 GMT
Need to fit a revolving door to the chairman's
office
Next !!!
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Post by southernblue on Apr 18, 2017 20:52:47 GMT
That's a shame, seemed a top bloke. Thanks for your service Alan.
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Post by Al on Apr 18, 2017 20:54:11 GMT
Met him the other week to discuss co-option onto the board. There was no indication that this was even on his mind. I'm genuinely surprised by this. The lad is a passionate supporter and believer in the club and our model. I can only hope that whatever reasons he has decided to step down over that everything is OK.
As I discovered when Alan and later Marion emailed to wish my partner well when I told them why I wouldn't be able to pursue my application onto the board. There are some really lovely people on the board of this football club. We all need to remember that sometimes.
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Post by Platinum on Apr 18, 2017 20:55:54 GMT
Neil fishers bf can step up to the plate,u know the top senior blues bloke, be a good choice, gets my backing
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Post by Rio Doherty on Apr 18, 2017 21:08:45 GMT
This is turning into a disaster. I thought Alan did a good job in a short space of time. I have nothing against him but since we have reformed all of our chairmans haven't lasted long. I'm not the only one who has noticed he hasn't been on devachat for a while am I?
Anyway, thanks for your service Alan and all the best.
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Post by blue4life on Apr 18, 2017 21:14:34 GMT
The club is a shambles.
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Post by Al on Apr 18, 2017 21:17:06 GMT
Chairmanship is a poisoned chalice, or so it seems anyway.
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Post by richard on Apr 18, 2017 21:21:54 GMT
Well, it's not. If it's personal reasons we have no right to know......because it's personal. It may be family or career related, who knows, but we have to respect his decision and say thanks for his service. Lots of good people working on our behalf and its just wrong to call it a shambles. |
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Post by btb on Apr 18, 2017 21:22:10 GMT
Anybody got Chris Pilsbury and Neil Young's phone numbers 😂 time to go back to basics.
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Post by Maguire Out on Apr 18, 2017 21:22:47 GMT
There is one big problem at this football club......
MARK MAGUIRE
An absolute fraud who is enjoying a free ride at our expense.
Stealing a very good wage for doing absolutely nothing and every interview all he bangs on about is protecting the club....
Here's an idea to protect the club Mark.... DO ONE!!!!
Instantly save us a lot of money a year not having a CEO we've not always had one and this current one is a waste of space.
Took Stockport into Administration but we still give him a job!!!!
Maguire is just full of crap and gives it the big CEO talk in interviews bet he is lauguing every single month he gets paid - He has no affinity to this football club and should p*ss off back to Stockport
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Post by tarvinblue on Apr 18, 2017 21:23:03 GMT
Real shame to see yet another chairman stepping down. Quite clearly the role is exceptionally challenging and it is a concerning commonality to see chairmen stepping down so regularly. It does offer up a whole host of questions about the general atmosphere at board level. I assume that things behind the scenes at this moment in time are extremely challenging, but we can only hope that the right decisions are made in ensuring our football club moves forwards and out of the cycle it currently finds itself in. Again, these kind of events only increase the feeling in the fan base that things aren't right - just like when other chairmen have recently stepped down. This is when the communication and trust issues rear their heads once more.
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Post by Anders on Apr 18, 2017 21:27:43 GMT
That’s a shame, felt Alan was quite in tune with us all and had a good relationship with everyone. I don’t know him myself but he does seem like a really good fella.
Hope all is well.
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Post by Malcolm Tucker on Apr 18, 2017 21:43:21 GMT
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Post by blue4life on Apr 18, 2017 21:47:08 GMT
Who said I was anything other than calm? Hopefully McCarthy next to step down. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2017 21:54:07 GMT
Good luck to Alan, always comes across as a good guy.
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Post by Denny on Apr 18, 2017 21:58:51 GMT
We are desperate to get some new people co-opted onto the board if at all possible. We are starting to look quite threadbare.
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Post by MPW on Apr 18, 2017 22:09:03 GMT
Sorry to hear this, I think Alan was a breath of fresh air for the club and will be another loss to the board. I think some people are too quick to judge and criticise the board when most of the board members are genuine fans that give up their spare time to the club.
I seem to recall that the position of chairman was changed somewhat so that they would be more of a spokesperson than the traditional role of a chairman pulling all the strings, which at the rate we are going through them is just aswell it seems.
Thursday's CFU meeting will be interesting, I hope Maguire has some positive news for us.
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Post by Newted on Apr 18, 2017 22:21:43 GMT
Neil fishers bf can step up to the plate,u know the top senior blues bloke, be a good choice, gets my backing My god no, where on earth did you think that up? |
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Post by Newted on Apr 18, 2017 22:51:45 GMT
Well, it's not. If it's personal reasons we have no right to know......because it's personal. It may be family or career related, who knows, but we have to respect his decision and say thanks for his service. Lots of good people working on our behalf and its just wrong to call it a shambles. How is it not a shambles? Chairmen lasting less than a year? Gates declining week on week? Team position falling with deluded comments from the manager? £20 - £30K to be used from the pot to prop up this seasons failings? Paid staff failing to produce anything they are paid for? If the current manager is kept on then season tickets will be low so less income? Volunteers such as yourself being so defensive all the time? Respect the job you do but it does seem like a 'closed shop'!! |
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Post by border collie on Apr 18, 2017 22:59:55 GMT
personal reasons according to the statement on the cfu page Its always personal reasons . in other words he isnt saying |
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Post by Charfield Blue on Apr 19, 2017 5:43:32 GMT
Well, it's not. If it's personal reasons we have no right to know......because it's personal. It may be family or career related, who knows, but we have to respect his decision and say thanks for his service. Lots of good people working on our behalf and its just wrong to call it a shambles. How is it not a shambles? Chairmen lasting less than a year? Gates declining week on week? Team position falling with deluded comments from the manager? £20 - £30K to be used from the pot to prop up this seasons failings? Paid staff failing to produce anything they are paid for? If the current manager is kept on then season tickets will be low so less income? Volunteers such as yourself being so defensive all the time? Respect the job you do but it does seem like a 'closed shop'!!  ? A fans run club desperate for volunteers and open for you to run for a place on the board a closed shop? Oh dear. What a shambolic comment. |
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Post by billyw on Apr 19, 2017 6:57:02 GMT
Well, it's not. If it's personal reasons we have no right to know......because it's personal. It may be family or career related, who knows, but we have to respect his decision and say thanks for his service. Lots of good people working on our behalf and its just wrong to call it a shambles. How is it not a shambles? Chairmen lasting less than a year? Gates declining week on week? Team position falling with deluded comments from the manager? £20 - £30K to be used from the pot to prop up this seasons failings? Paid staff failing to produce anything they are paid for? If the current manager is kept on then season tickets will be low so less income? Volunteers such as yourself being so defensive all the time? Respect the job you do but it does seem like a 'closed shop'!! I agree with that apart from the last sentence. How can you say it is a closed shop when anyone can stand for election to the Board. |
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Post by Disillusioned on Apr 19, 2017 7:15:50 GMT
The beginning of the end. Sad but predictable with many fan run clubs. The writing has been on the wall for some time for those who wished to see it. We are in terminal decline.
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Post by Wortleyblue on Apr 19, 2017 7:29:33 GMT
Its not surprising when you read all the moaners on here having a go at the board for not doing this having no balls etc. I was on the committee of a village club for 3 years and that was tough enough never mind running a professional football club. All committee/board members get constantly is the complaints about everything from not having beer mats to why have we given the Manager a 2 1/2 tear contract yet 4 months ago we were all congratulating the board on a shrewd move. I am not advocating that we dont have a moan or voice our opinion but lets remember these lads and lasses give up their free time so we have a football team to watch (albeit a bit tedious at the moment)I really thought Alan was leading us in the right direction however if he has personal reasons to leave we must respect that although it wouldn't surprise me if what he reads on here might have had a bit of influence on his decision. What we have to do now is get behind the Board and our team and make this a successful club and yes voice our anxieties and worries but lets have constructive critisism not just constant harranging and lets get rid of the WUMs which doesn't help us at all
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Post by Al on Apr 19, 2017 7:30:46 GMT
Closed Shop my arse.
You can do what I did, and pay your CFU Membership fee (if you're not already a member) today and send your CV across to Marion Needham with a covering letter of interest for co-option. Takes 5 minutes of your time to do it.
Its about as far from a closed shop as you can be. Uneducated ridiculous comment to make.
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Post by billyw on Apr 19, 2017 7:48:49 GMT
Closed Shop my arse. You can do what I did, and pay your CFU Membership fee (if you're not already a member) today and send your CV across to Marion Needham with a covering letter of interest for co-option. Takes 5 minutes of your time to do it. Its about as far from a closed shop as you can be. Uneducated ridiculous comment to make. Spot on. It's an easy cop out to say it's a closed shop usually spouted by those who choose not to be CFU members. i would like to see tomorrow's meeting packed out with CFU members but I suspect it won't be due to the apathy surrounding the club. |
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Post by sqzl on Apr 19, 2017 7:50:16 GMT
There is one big problem at this football club...... MARK MAGUIRE An absolute fraud who is enjoying a free ride at our expense. Stealing a very good wage for doing absolutely nothing and every interview all he bangs on about is protecting the club.... Here's an idea to protect the club Mark.... DO ONE!!!! Instantly save us a lot of money a year not having a CEO we've not always had one and this current one is a waste of space. Took Stockport into Administration but we still give him a job!!!! Maguire is just full of crap and gives it the big CEO talk in interviews bet he is lauguing every single month he gets paid - He has no affinity to this football club and should p*ss off back to Stockport Have to say, he's done nothing to prove you wrong. He seems to talk a decent game but provide nothing in terms of results. Needless to say i know many who are not impressed. |
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? A fans run club desperate for volunteers and open for you to run for a place on the board a closed shop? Oh dear. What a shambolic comment.