Jimmy Hill's Chin
Well-Known Member
Very frustratingly for all of us it increasingly looks as if SISU are going nowhere. In fact the more unpopular they become, the more it appears they are determined to remain in charge. Sadly, I think they could be here for another 5-10 years potentially. Make no mistake, I want SISU out as much as the next man and they are destroying our club, but if there really is no alternative to them at this point I think we should focus on trying to remove Fisher and replace him with someone who is reasonable and appears to care about the club and its fans.
There have been two major problems with SISU's reign - the financials and the public relations. The former has to some extent been difficult to avoid - the club was in a parlous financial situation when they took the club over and it was not they who arranged the ridiculous structure of the ownership of the Ricoh which was always doomed to bankrupt the club. However, what is less forgiveable (and I speak as someone who works in the PR industry) is the dreadful public relations operation. It really could not have been worse if they had been deliberately trying to annoy the hell out of our fans from Orange Ken sitting on the bench, to Brody's text for a sub and Joy's refusal to reveal herself.
But the real nadir has been Tim Fisher. The man has alienated the entire fan base and actually appears to get a perverse kick out of goading the fans e.g. practically stating SISU don't care what the fans think, suggesting a statue to Sepalla and his crass insensitivity over the memorial garden and statue, I could go on. In short, while this bloated, lying, insensitive, Sheffield Wednesday fan continues to be the public face of SISU, neither fans, the council nor ACL will be prepared to even tolerate SISU. It is time for SISU to demonstrate that they are trying to win back the trust of the fans and the first thing they must do is get rid of Fisher and replace him with someone who is prepared to be honest with fans and treat us with a modicum of respect. A while ago SISU spoke about trying to find a local chairman and initially Fisher was referred to as merely an interim chief executive. If SISU must persist in owning our club at least they must be shown that Fisher is not the man to take this forward.
There have been two major problems with SISU's reign - the financials and the public relations. The former has to some extent been difficult to avoid - the club was in a parlous financial situation when they took the club over and it was not they who arranged the ridiculous structure of the ownership of the Ricoh which was always doomed to bankrupt the club. However, what is less forgiveable (and I speak as someone who works in the PR industry) is the dreadful public relations operation. It really could not have been worse if they had been deliberately trying to annoy the hell out of our fans from Orange Ken sitting on the bench, to Brody's text for a sub and Joy's refusal to reveal herself.
But the real nadir has been Tim Fisher. The man has alienated the entire fan base and actually appears to get a perverse kick out of goading the fans e.g. practically stating SISU don't care what the fans think, suggesting a statue to Sepalla and his crass insensitivity over the memorial garden and statue, I could go on. In short, while this bloated, lying, insensitive, Sheffield Wednesday fan continues to be the public face of SISU, neither fans, the council nor ACL will be prepared to even tolerate SISU. It is time for SISU to demonstrate that they are trying to win back the trust of the fans and the first thing they must do is get rid of Fisher and replace him with someone who is prepared to be honest with fans and treat us with a modicum of respect. A while ago SISU spoke about trying to find a local chairman and initially Fisher was referred to as merely an interim chief executive. If SISU must persist in owning our club at least they must be shown that Fisher is not the man to take this forward.