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City considering a Director of Football type appointment?
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Re: City considering a Director of Football type appointment?
What about Terry Burton for this? He’s currently working on Youth Development at Southampton and knows the club.
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The Hooded Claw
What about Terry Burton for this? He’s currently working on Youth Development at Southampton and knows the club.
Interesting
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Re: City considering a Director of Football type appointment?
Note the wording, “onto the board”, not employed.
Seems to signify that the potential person would have to contribute £’s
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BLUETIT
Note the wording, “onto the board”, not employed.
Seems to signify that the potential person would have to contribute £’s
I reckon there would be perks....
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BLUETIT
Note the wording, “onto the board”, not employed.
Seems to signify that the potential person would have to contribute £’s
You can have an employ on the board too. Don't most directors of football work at board level?
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The Hooded Claw
What about Terry Burton for this? He’s currently working on Youth Development at Southampton and knows the club.
We often see "knows the club" mentioned in discussions like this. Is it actually an advantage? Wouldn't it be better to have someone who knows a better run club?
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Rjk
We often see "knows the club" mentioned in discussions like this. Is it actually an advantage? Wouldn't it be better to have someone who knows a better run club?
Think it’s an advantage but not important. Football knowledge and contacts would top that in my list.
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dembethewarrior
Think it’s an advantage but not important. Football knowledge and contacts would top that in my list.
I've seen it said before that "premier League experience" used to be the most damaging phrase in football. Ensuring that the managerial jobs kept passing between the same list of old has beens.
That really seems to have changed recently though
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Rjk
I've seen it said before that "premier League experience" used to be the most damaging phrase in football. Ensuring that the managerial jobs kept passing between the same list of old has beens.
That really seems to have changed recently though
For the better as well!!
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Re: City considering a Director of Football type appointment?
He would welcome a DoF? Isn't he in a position to do something about that or are other members of the board against the idea?
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Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
He would welcome a DoF? Isn't he in a position to do something about that or are other members of the board against the idea?
Maybe he's waiting for one to turn up uninvited and start working
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Croesy Blue
You can have an employ on the board too. Don't most directors of football work at board level?
A director is always an employee, which is nothing to do with whether or not the person is a part owner or investor.
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Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
He would welcome a DoF? Isn't he in a position to do something about that or are other members of the board against the idea?
I thought the same sort of thing last week when Neil Warnock said he wanted the Under 18s to train with the Under 23s, but made it sound like it hadn't happened - why?
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The most laughable aspect of the WalesOnline article is the suggestion that board meetings actually take place. With an absentee owner and 4 other absentee Malaysian directors I doubt whether any meeting convened at CCS would be quorate.
Who is left ? Ken Choo who also has a Car Dealership to run. Mehmet Dahlman who seems to be looking elsewhere and the token Cardiff person Steve Borley who is, no doubt, a valuable asset to have on the board but with an absolute dictator of an owner you wonder what contribution he can be allowed to make.
We need someone on the board like a DoF to stop a manager having too much of a free hand but would he be able to stand up to the owner when he starts making idiotic comments and tell him that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I think not.
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If we are going to appoint a DOF shouldn't we do thar before we appoint a new manager/coach? The DOF should have a big say in appointing Warnock's replacement. Bonkers to appoint Neil Harris,say, then install a DOF over his head.
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Enoch Mort
The most laughable aspect of the WalesOnline article is the suggestion that board meetings actually take place. With an absentee owner and 4 other absentee Malaysian directors I doubt whether any meeting convened at CCS would be quorate.
Who is left ? Ken Choo who also has a Car Dealership to run. Mehmet Dahlman who seems to be looking elsewhere and the token Cardiff person Steve Borley who is, no doubt, a valuable asset to have on the board but with an absolute dictator of an owner you wonder what contribution he can be allowed to make.
We need someone on the board like a DoF to stop a manager having too much of a free hand but would he be able to stand up to the owner when he starts making idiotic comments and tell him that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I think not.
Like it or not, it’s very common these days for the meeting to be a teleconference.
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The Hooded Claw
Like it or not, it’s very common these days for the meeting to be a teleconference.
Do you honestly think that all 8 “directors” get together in a teleconference to discuss all things Cardiff City ? Absolute dictatorships don’t work that way.
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The Hooded Claw
Like it or not, it’s very common these days for the meeting to be a teleconference.
Our Board meetings are all via VC, the board members are based in UK, Amsterdam, Munich, Japan & US. We physically meet in one place (Japan) for the AGM once a year.
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Enoch Mort
Do you honestly think that all 8 “directors” get together in a teleconference to discuss all things Cardiff City ? Absolute dictatorships don’t work that way.
I think it happens, they need to have board meetings however it's being run. ALl big multi-nationals have meetings by videoconference these days.
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Enoch Mort
The most laughable aspect of the WalesOnline article is the suggestion that board meetings actually take place. With an absentee owner and 4 other absentee Malaysian directors I doubt whether any meeting convened at CCS would be quorate.
Who is left ? Ken Choo who also has a Car Dealership to run. Mehmet Dahlman who seems to be looking elsewhere and the token Cardiff person Steve Borley who is, no doubt, a valuable asset to have on the board but with an absolute dictator of an owner you wonder what contribution he can be allowed to make.
We need someone on the board like a DoF to stop a manager having too much of a free hand but would he be able to stand up to the owner when he starts making idiotic comments and tell him that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I think not.
You’re definitely overplaying Tans villain role tbh.
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the other bob wilson
I thought the same sort of thing last week when Neil Warnock said he wanted the Under 18s to train with the Under 23s, but made it sound like it hadn't happened - why?
And he also said the academy needs an overhaul and he had no idea about the Ayr player we were tracking and it was something to do with the recruitment department (whoever they are). In hindsight, it sounds like he had one foot out of the door as well as yet another reason to look for a DoF.
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The Hooded Claw
Like it or not, it’s very common these days for the meeting to be a teleconference.
As a tax advisor, I am very much someone who does not like (or even permit) it. Given the club is presumably loss-making I'm not sure there is much at stake here for (presumably) the Malaysian tax authorities, but the auditors at least would be asking for evidence of locations and attendees of board meetings.
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Croesy Blue
I think it happens, they need to have board meetings however it's being run. ALl big multi-nationals have meetings by videoconference these days.
It wasn`t that long ago that I had a conversation with Mehmet in which he said that he hadn`t even met the Malaysian directors let alone had a board meeting with them (either physically or by video conference).
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Since62
It wasn`t that long ago that I had a conversation with Mehmet in which he said that he hadn`t even met the Malaysian directors let alone had a board meeting with them (either physically or by video conference).
:hehe:
No surprise there. It amazes me that, given the wealth of evidence, plenty of people still seem to have no idea how their club operates.
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dembethewarrior
You’re definitely overplaying Tans villain role tbh.
...perhaps not. I refer you to the answer given by my learned friend Mr Since62
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Optimistic Nick
As a tax advisor, I am very much someone who does not like (or even permit) it. Given the club is presumably loss-making I'm not sure there is much at stake here for (presumably) the Malaysian tax authorities, but the auditors at least would be asking for evidence of locations and attendees of board meetings.
How does a tax advisor get to stipulate how board meetings are conducted? Given that the role is advisory, I’d have thought you’d have no say in it.
I’ve attended loads of board meetings that have been by teleconference.
As long as they are correctly minutes etc, it makes no difference.
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The Hooded Claw
How does a tax advisor get to stipulate how board meetings are conducted? Given that the role is advisory, I’d have thought you’d have no say in it.
I’ve attended loads of board meetings that have been by teleconference.
As long as they are correctly minutes etc, it makes no difference.
I have worked in house too where I definitely had a say in stuff like that. The risk is the company could be tax resident where the directors have the meetings, which wouldnt be particularly clever in particular if it would trigger a taxable exit from the country of incorporation. The risk extends to directors dialling in too, not just in-person meetings abroad. It's not exactly a niche point, most groups are well aware of the risk and manage it appropriately
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Enoch Mort
The most laughable aspect of the WalesOnline article is the suggestion that board meetings actually take place. With an absentee owner and 4 other absentee Malaysian directors I doubt whether any meeting convened at CCS would be quorate.
Who is left ? Ken Choo who also has a Car Dealership to run. Mehmet Dahlman who seems to be looking elsewhere and the token Cardiff person Steve Borley who is, no doubt, a valuable asset to have on the board but with an absolute dictator of an owner you wonder what contribution he can be allowed to make.
We need someone on the board like a DoF to stop a manager having too much of a free hand but would he be able to stand up to the owner when he starts making idiotic comments and tell him that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I think not.
What a load of utter drivel.
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Enoch Mort
...perhaps not. I refer you to the answer given by my learned friend Mr Since62
That the nasty man hasn’t met the directors?
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I hope whoever is appointed as DoF he has a wide European network we can tap into to secure quality players at a reasonable price
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The new manager is the first key appointment now but restructuring to give us more of a rounded football structure off the field is just as important and this sounds like we're creeping in that direction. Dalman is very clever with his wording of statements so we'll just have to wait and see what happens next.
