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Easiest job in the world being a fan..............
But what is a well run club?????
Has ambition but spends within its meansOriginally Posted by Its been emotional
Has a vision and a plan that is communicated throughout
Has a clear style of play
Values and communicates with fans
Reaches out to the immediate and surrounding communities
Has good structures for scouting and developing local young talent
Full time CEO with a football background and a Director of Football.
An owner that appoints the above carefully then leaves them to run the club.
Is there many examples of these clubs.
Bayern Munich?
No there’s not many
I’d say there are a lot of clubs that tick more of those boxes than us, though
I think having ambition and spending within their means is massively difficult. I think WBA did it for a while but then they were a yo-yo club, guess that could be classed as lacking ambition. It’s fine line.
Apart from the money, money Clubs, must be to stay afloat in the current climate?
I think If it’s communicated effectively you can have ambition and make small gradual steps in the right direction. Improvements in playing style, improvements in personnel. It takes time, and goes alongside many of the other points
I disagree with this.
Some clubs stay afloat because of someone who is potentially a lunatic paying money in every month. If the wind changes they’d be in trouble.
That’s not a well run club
I don’t like saying this, but Swansea are. They’re run properly (per the description) and spend within their means, even if their owners tend to be a bit stingy.
Most clubs have had periods when they have had massive debts
The difference between us and them is that they can eventually service them or get sold and they are covered on bigger loans
Arsenal were massively in debt a few years ago
As an Investor/Buyer where would your hard earned money end up going?
If you are not a fan of the club
I would get the foundations right mehmet before spending any bigger money on transfers
But this would mean Mehmet getting rid of Mehmet.
A Plan for the future
Recruitment strategy
Communication strategy
Transparency
Honesty
The ability to appoint football people where needed
The ability to admit when you are wrong
Financial nous
Engagement with the fans
Consultation with the fans
Everything our club hasn’t done
Freiburg
Brentford
Comparing a championship club in massive debt like Cardiff to an institution like Arsenal is utterly pointless.
Top 6 clubs are selling for billions of pounds, their debt is like the average man having a little bit of debt on his credit card, or a little bit of finance left to pay on a car.
Everything our club has done outside of two promotions.
Do the total opposite of that.
Don't employ people that have no knowledge of the jobs they are hired to do, get somebody in that is experienced and has the required skills.
Manager appointments. See above.
Do not walk into a traditional club and alienate the fans by changng things they hold dear. The colours and badge are not to be changed.
Do not continue with an academy that has produced nothing for years and trundle along and then throw any kid with a pulse into the first team.
Do not go to the Premier League twice and build a squad to get promoted from the Championship while there. Try to stay there as you've done the hardest part.
They are a good call, I’m not sure what sort of debt if any they have but that’s a club who have had an identity over several years.
Brighton?
Seems to me that the original question suggests that we are a well run club - we’re a text book example of a poorly run club. I think the whole Sala thing has been handled poorly, but the answers from Dalman to the questions on Sala were a reminder that City we’re incredibly unlucky to have been put in the situation in the first place. So, you’ve got to make allowances there, but, that apart, we’ve got so many things wrong in recent years.
Read the second line
I think a well-run Club should:
1) Have a vision for the future: ie 2yr, 5yr & 10yr.
2) That vision to be achieved by stated long, medium and short term plans.
3) Has off-field staff (Owner, CEO, Chairman, Financial Director & Director of Football) who know and are tasked to deliver 1 & 2.
4) Has a Manager/Coach and coaching staff tasked to deliver 1 & 2.
5) Always have a list of prospective managers and players in each of these 3 categories (hopeful targets, reasonable targets and projects).
6) Honours its employees ie a duty of care (whether school-boy or seasoned pro).
7) Regular Shareholders' and fans' meetings.
StT.
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