[Official] John Bennett steps down with immediate effect for health reasons

[Devil's advocaat 1,541]

33 minutes ago, CammyF said:

This Is great news for Hearts and would elevate them considerably.

That's one way to look at it. Another way is that Hearts will become another Hibs or Dundee, a feeder club.

 

Fuck that.

[Scott7 6,002]

1 hour ago, CammyF said:

He was offered the position and is still at St Mirren. Read into that what you will. 

Nothing to be read into that. You may well be right and Gillespie withdrew from the negotiations because lifelong Rangers fan though he is he doesn’t want to be associated with a binfire-bonfire-omnishambles presided over by a Board that can’t tie their own shoelaces none of which he would have known to start with or there may be some other reason, nothing to do with the club. I don’t know. Just a speculation.

[CammyF 8,079]

16 minutes ago, yuddie said:

A lot of Brightons recruitment and business strategy is/was propped up by heavy debt owed to Bloom.

 

They owe him £100's of millions.

 

We have that benign investment currently - what we don't have is a financial package offered to us in our domestic broadcast deal that would allow our board to bite the bullet and invest in capital projects to turbo charge the club.

 

That's pretty much why Bordeaux went bust btw, France are struggling to put together a decent TV deal and potential buyers, like Liverpool, decided the risk wasn't worth it.

 

Bloom is a gambler, he started out on slot machines believe it or not - he saw the premier league riches and decide to roll the dice with his money and it's paid off.

To put the £100'sM in context, in their last accounts, Brighton's broadcasting rights were £155M (to our £4M) and player trading was £121M profit. 

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[CammyF 8,079]

2 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

Nothing to be read into that. You may well be right and Gillespie withdrew from the negotiations because lifelong Rangers fan though he is he doesn’t want to be associated with a binfire-bonfire-omnishambles presided over by a Board that can’t tie their own shoelaces none of which he would have known to start with or there may be some other reason, nothing to do with the club. I don’t know. Just a speculation.

Given he's a friend of the board and was reported he'd be appointed "within 3 weeks" in August, it was seen as a 'done deal' from both sides.

iiFrom.what Ive heard and read, Gillespie either changed his mind or we are no longer in a position to pay a CEO (cost cutting). More likely be the former. 

 

Either way, the optics of the 'non-appointment' aren't good. 

 

[yuddie 1,693]

23 minutes ago, CammyF said:

To put the £100'sM in context, in their last accounts, Brighton's broadcasting rights were £155M (to our £4M) and player trading was £121M profit. 

Aye.

 

It's a lot easier to implement a trading model when you bring in the thick end of £200m in TV money.

 

It's a different beast altogether when you're trying to implement it at a club where qualification into the knockouts of the UEL is do or die for the budget.

 

BUT, it is the right way to go about things.

 

Invest in youth, develop them and sell them on. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we should have a monopoly on Scottish talent akin to Ajax in the Netherlands.

 

It's not like Celtic are producing stars through their academy is it?

[yuddie 1,693]

Just now, yuddie said:

Aye.

 

It's a lot easier to implement a trading model when you bring in the thick end of £200m in TV money.

 

It's a different beast altogether when you're trying to implement it at a club where qualification into the knockouts of the UEL is do or die for the budget.

 

BUT, it is the right way to go about things.

 

Invest in youth, develop them and sell them on. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we should have a monopoly on Scottish talent akin to Ajax in the Netherlands.

 

It's not like Celtic are producing stars through their academy is it?

Which is why sorting out the B team and AD has to be a priority for the next CEO.

 

Set out a plan and vision and see it through.

 

Enough short termism, we've been treading water for too long.

[CammyF 8,079]

5 minutes ago, yuddie said:

Which is why sorting out the B team and AD has to be a priority for the next CEO.

 

Set out a plan and vision and see it through.

 

Enough short termism, we've been treading water for too long.

That's why pulling the B Team out of the Lowland League was a mistake. I know we were unhappy that we couldn't get promoted into the league structure but at least the players were playing competitive games on a weekly basis. 

 

A properly run youth academy with the correct people in charge is absolutely imperative. Not doing so when we were put down the divisions was one of the biggest mistakes in our recent history. 

[Gonzo79 15,292]

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

Nothing to be read into that. You may well be right and Gillespie withdrew from the negotiations because lifelong Rangers fan though he is he doesn’t want to be associated with a binfire-bonfire-omnishambles presided over by a Board that can’t tie their own shoelaces none of which he would have known to start with or there may be some other reason, nothing to do with the club. I don’t know. Just a speculation.

Why be open minded when you can just join in the misery and incessantly slate the club instead.  

[RANGERRAB 3,653]

1 hour ago, CammyF said:

Given he's a friend of the board and was reported he'd be appointed "within 3 weeks" in August, it was seen as a 'done deal' from both sides.

iiFrom.what Ive heard and read, Gillespie either changed his mind or we are no longer in a position to pay a CEO (cost cutting). More likely be the former. 

 

Either way, the optics of the 'non-appointment' aren't good. 

 

Reported by which red top rag?

Gillespie was never offered the Rangers CEO position I’m told. Presumably after we did due diligence on him 

[RANGERRAB 3,653]

1 hour ago, CammyF said:

That's why pulling the B Team out of the Lowland League was a mistake. I know we were unhappy that we couldn't get promoted into the league structure but at least the players were playing competitive games on a weekly basis. 

 

A properly run youth academy with the correct people in charge is absolutely imperative. Not doing so when we were put down the divisions was one of the biggest mistakes in our recent history. 

The standard of football in the lowland league is shocking