'Not only essential but if paramount importance' ey?! Seriously though - do you think that any of the people at GFH have any credit whatsoever for the way this has been handled? I see that the statement that GFH has met all te clubs liabilities and will continue to do so has been removed from the website - hmmm.
It's clearly all out war between them and Flowers. They want to sell to Cellino and he wants to buy. It's game over I'm afraid. Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Feb 2014, at 15:32, "Dr Michael Benjamin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jim > I don't think any of them are idiots apart from Haigh. > Having been on the inside of a local league side here [say like > Harrogate Town] you have no idea how intricate it is. > Money is not only essential. It is of paramount importance. More than that > it has to be managed well and professionally. Otherwise, it's worse than > not having it. If not chaos ensues. > Far too often we designate expenses and then look for 'payments'. It never > works. So you are chasing deficits, overdrafts and deferred payments. The > tension seeps into the dressing room. > > After that there has to be a club policy with goals. Again, it sounds > obvious, but it's far from simple. What are your ultimate goals? Costs, > time and so on are all part of that. How do you generate the money to get > the goals? What's realistic? What's pessimistic? How far can we really go > with these facilities? Who are crowd? What is our potential. [Here, for my > guys the sky is the limit. Over ten years. But we can dream and fulfill > those dreams] > These very basic issues are hard to settle. You have a few people who all > have ego issues. Getting a decision is hard. Most prefer a workable > ambiguity which always ends in chaos. > I think that you can understand at this point why I do not discount > Cellino. Up to this he solves everything. > > Then you have the professional side. There is a huge difference between the > overseer of all things professional and the head coach. The aim is three > years with the same team with occasional top ups. Hopefully the third year > will see promotion with a team than can stay up. Maybe even do back to > back promotions. So you have to keep the teams happy. Most of the money > going on increasing wages. Funneling money into increasing salaries. Third > year starts again, hopefully seamlessly. > > Now the hardest point to accept. In that setup coaches are expendable. They > can lose and gain dressing rooms. It's the Head Of Football that counts. He > gives the stability. > > In the UK the set up is not so well defined. As I said, Brian is head cook > and bottle washer. ManU, in real terms has this system. Man City are going > that way too. Morrinhio and Abromowitz had to work hard at a compromise. > Arsenal is a case that I cannot quite fathom. Wenger IMO is a unique > phenomenon who I almost hero worship. But that's not the point now. > > Looking at friend Cellino, I would ask about the head of football. Was > there one? Did he survive? > > One last point. As the head of the club you do interfere. We have two > coaches I would string from the goal posts. I forcibly don't bring my > opinion to bear. The head of football knows what I think. He also knows we > are not in a pissing competition. So they stay and I mutter! > I should imagine being a multimillionaire with a mercurial temperament > might not be the same. > > My take on the situation: > In no way should Haigh continue as MD. The same for the Chairman. > > If Brian & Cellino can do a Abramowitz - Morrinhio rapprochement -- then we > have truly won. > I doubt that. I fear that we are swirling round the plug hole with too many > people around the basin fucking around with the taps and plug. > > Michael > > Dr Michael Benjamin, > Community Psychiatrist > ------------------------------- > myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT > http://www.myRay.com > http://www.myRay.org > ------------------------------ > Mental Health: > http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com > -------------------------------- > Auditing || Quality Control > http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ > -------------------------------- > Blog: > http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com > > >> On 4 February 2014 22:10, Jim Moran <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've played football all my life and I've never got any better at it, >> despite practising every week. >> >> The manager does 2 things you can't do; >> >> 1) manage very wealthy but bored individuals to play a game week in week >> out. Motivate them. Understand them. Overcome any tiny issues they have >> that gives them the minute percentages over their competitors individually >> and importantly as a team. >> >> 2) sell players that aren't good enough or fitting into the team's system >> and replace them with more suitable alternatives. Example - Matt Smith only >> works if there's a winger putting the ball on his head. I suspect this >> happened in training, but for whatever reason didn't happen in games. Smith >> may have bagged a few on Saturday with our wingers back in form. >> >> BmcD has had too many issues thrown on him by the clubs useless owners and >> previous managers to manage point 1 yet. >> >> He's also had his hands tied on point 2. >> >> Cellino is clearly an idiot when it comes to football, and that's proven. >> Anyone who sacks that many managers is either incompetent at appointing >> managers or incompetent at letting them manage. >> >> -- >> >>> On 4 Feb 2014, at 19:35, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It's not my job to know or identify this "modern" manager. All I know is >> that our football is poor. It looks poor, doesn't entertain and doesn't get >> results. I fail to see any progress in our players skills or team >> performances under McDermott. My belief is that a competent manager >> instills his tactics on to the team regardless of personal. After all they >> do practice for many hours a week and both McDermott and his staff have >> coaches licenses. Are they not coaching the players? Isn't it their job to >> develop the players, to improve their abilities? To develop the team? If >> they have such little impact on the end product then what are they being >> paid to do that I couldn't do? >>> Cheers >>> Mark >>> El Presidente Wisconsin Whites >>> Leeds United >>> Chicago Fire >>> >>> >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:26:39 +0000 >>>> Subject: Re: [LU] LU: the ongoing fiasco >>>> >>>> Who is this "Modern" manager you think will magically turn our squad >> into an >>>> attractive footballing team overnight? As I'm sure you'll agree It's a >>>> tough complicated job managing a football team and changing the culture >> of a >>>> club. If we look at previous successful managers (Revie, Wilko, Graham, >>>> DOL) at our club none, with the exception of DO'L had overnight success >> and >>>> he was lucky to have inherited Graham's team with a sprinkling of >> Academy >>>> Players and Pistol Pete's financial madness. Changing managers is >> never a >>>> recipe for long term success, UNLESS you have the financial wherewithal >> to >>>> buy a whole new team to match the incomers plans. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Mark [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: 04 February 2014 14:49 >>>> To: Nicholas Armit; John Lee; Richard Naef; 'Leeds List' >>>> Subject: RE: [LU] LU: the ongoing fiasco >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Being a top notch gentleman aside...McDermott has to go no matter who >> owns >>>> our club. Our football has been dire. We need a "modern" manager who >>>> understands the ball is to be controlled and passed. We've shown no >>>> improvement over the season that he can either coach or demand such >> needed >>>> skills. He's just a younger version of Sam Allyardace. >>>> I believe that the Godfather will at least bring in someone who takes us >>>> that direction. >>>> Cheers >>>> Mark >>>> El Presidente Wisconsin Whites >>>> Leeds United >>>> Chicago Fire >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leedslist mailing list >>>> Info and options: >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>>> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>>> >>>> John 'Grampa' Sykes >>>> Rest In Peace old lad >>>> 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 >>>> MARCHING ON TOGETHER >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leedslist mailing list >>> Info and options: >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>> >>> John 'Grampa' Sykes >>> Rest In Peace old lad >>> 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 >>> MARCHING ON TOGETHER >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> John 'Grampa' Sykes >> Rest In Peace old lad >> 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
