Speak to Venus tonight - CWR Phone In (1 Viewer)

clint van damme said:

I'd be absolutely amazed if he had any say in that decision, I doubt fisher has any either.

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Pete in Portugal said:

Well I think Venus and Fisher would have some input in the decision making process. However, I agree - in my opinion, ultimately the power probably rests with a 'shadow' director/chair, who represents the interests of the owners - whoever they are.

The problem is that this would be virtually impossible to prove. I vaguely remember that in an interview Carl Baker once referred to JS as the 'Chair' and all reference to the quote was removed from the internet within a matter of hours and his contract was not renewed at the end of that season, (this could have been a co-incidence of course).

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Nick said:

Baker has always been bitter about pressley, said it was him.

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clint van damme said:

I really like the idea of fan ownership.
In all likelihood it will never happen, and I can see the many potential problems and pitfalls, but I think the fans having some sort of say in the future of the club would be a great thing after everything we've been through.
Yes, we would still have to be self sufficient, we would have to still sell our best players, but we've always done that, long before sisu came, including my first Sky Blue hero Ian Wallace, but for me it would be acceptable if it meant having people who care about the club and who had a vision at the helm.

However, I don't buy this theory that wasps and CCC are suddenly going to bend over backwards to form partnerships with the club after sisu have gone.
wasps have their own interests to look after, and as much as I don't like them and wish they weren't here I can understand that.
CCC only look out for the interests of CCC, they don't care about the people they were elected to serve or the Citys institutions.
So IMHO, the day sisu go won't be a bright new dawn, it will just mean we have cleared the first and biggest hurdle to a bright new dawn but there will still be many left ahead of us.

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Sky Blue Kid said:

Or my main income is with CCFC. I have a wife and family, NO mortgage owing to my being in a football dictated life of which I've been paid wages over the 20 or so years that the average working man would have to work a lifetime to realise. Do I move? or do I say f**k you I'm comfortable for the rest of my life having my own Property Developement Company to fall back on, and not only that I've got a responsibility to my customers(Fans) to think about.

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Irish Sky Blue said:

Could he do the honourable thing and resign on a point of principle? After a life time in football I would doubt he is badly off. I'm 59 by the way but happy to be classed as one of the youngsters of today!

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Warwickhunt said:

Providing that you were a player with exceptional talent to earn the types of money you were on about I know quite a few players from 20 years ago and they never earned the kind of money today. Most are still working in the game because they don't know anything else and earn the types of salaries we are more used to!

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Sky Blue Kid said:

In that case why have a Board?

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clint van damme said:

you have a point. But you're confusing as set up at a normal company with the basket case running City.

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chiefdave said:

Is this not the best way to go after them? Shadow directors aren't allowed yet nobody thinks anyone other than Joy makes the big deductions.

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Grendel said:

It's impossible to actually prove that in reality.

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