CL statement on the web

[Boy Genius]

Or perhaps the board's mistake in not allowing him the tools to do the job.

they allowed him to sign MDV, Momo, Maybury Hughes..... how many more tools did he need FFS?..............:icon_bigg

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

:icon_lol: :icon_lol:

 

[Bilborough Fox]

The problem I have is that he left it so long after he left. If he felt like that he should have come out with it within a couple of weeks of leaving. Do you think he would have got another job if he had said this before he got the present job. I think he did a great job restructioning the club ethos of old players. His style of play wasn't bad it's just didn't get results. I think the man will do well in Scotland. The club is now structered so we don't face admin. again and one man can't f**k us again. But it creates this problem of many equal directors vying for a high status within the club and also creates a difficulty for anyone to invest multipul of millions into our club. It's going to be a long trek to get back to the top but slowly we will do it.

 

[Foxes_Trust]

The current structure is not one that is ever likely to lead to strong governance of the club and attention needs to be given to that fact.

Can't agree with that one, our representative on the clubs audit committee is an expert in corporate governance & he has reported back to us that the processes in place are robust & better than many other companies he has worked with.

 

[Foxes_Trust]

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co....tentPK=15394048&folderPk=77460&pNodeId=132401

Did you cop this one. Nice of CL to slag us of now he's found a job. The one point that I did find worrying was the statement about the directors. Because they all own the same amount of shares, do they all think they are the big cheese. Don't really know how it works with them but I can see there being problems if egos get to big. Maybe the Foxes Trust can tell us if there is a power struggle behind the scenes between various directors. Could see how that would affect the football managers position.

It doesn't reflect a power struggle, there was certainly some directors & shareholders who would have removed CL earlier & some who believed backing his long term strategy was worth maintaining for a longer period. Same could be said of the fan base & certainly the Trust members were fairly evenly split when we carried out a survey around a month before CL departed.

Question we will ask of the club is how was this communicated to CL & when, as this would not have assisted him & the players to perform if differing views were being expressed to them with 'known' individuals identified

 

[Willlow]

It may be sour grapes, but it may also be true.

We have all criticised our board for a lack of ambition, lack of business skill and being shite in general. When a former manager says the same thing from the outside we all take it personal.

CL has pointed out a major problem at this club that we have known for a long time, the board is shite.

I see no problem with his statement

 

[barcelonafox]

This is all well and good, but his demise was his own fault. The team he built, and by that stage nearly all the team he had recruited were not playing for him. However, if he had managed to gather say another 10 points at the time he was sacked, he would probably still be here.
Would that have been good or bad? we will never know

 

[Fox Fan]

CL survived by 1 vote when the board were asked weather to sack him or not 2/3 months before he was eventually sacked.

 

[Fox Fan]

I don't buy this 'he reduced the wage bill' rubbish. Scowy, Walker and Elliott all left during his time here, and they are possiably the 3 highest earning players this club has ever had!

 

[Naughty Fox]

It doesn't reflect a power struggle, there was certainly some directors & shareholders who would have removed CL earlier & some who believed backing his long term strategy was worth maintaining for a longer period. Same could be said of the fan base & certainly the Trust members were fairly evenly split when we carried out a survey around a month before CL departed.

Question we will ask of the club is how was this communicated to CL & when, as this would not have assisted him & the players to perform if differing views were being expressed to them with 'known' individuals identified

But surely that is the problem, the old saying 'you can not please all of the people all of the time' in the current situation any manager that comes in will never feel 100% backed as you will always have differing views from board members and if they hold the same stakes then at some point there will be a power struggle, the manger will always feel like a cat on hot coals. Not all of the board wanted MON, but the important thing was he was backed by the big boys who owned the big stakes so he knew he had the 'right backing'. Currently it is a lottery.

One interesting thing from the artical was:
"I didn't see any light at the end of the tunnel, otherwise I would have stayed.
Of course, days after I gave my word to the Leicester board, (Vladimir) Romanov arrives.''
Didn't CL say he had meeting with the new owners before commiting to us and what he heard did not change his mind from leaving Hearts?

 

[highland fox]

I don't buy this 'he reduced the wage bill' rubbish. Scowy, Walker and Elliott all left during his time here, and they are possiably the 3 highest earning players this club has ever had!

So if they left when he was here and they were three of our highest earning players ever then he did reduce the wage bill:icon_conf

 

[Durham Fox]

But surely that is the problem, the old saying 'you can not please all of the people all of the time' in the current situation any manager that comes in will never feel 100% backed as you will always have differing views from board members and if they hold the same stakes then at some point there will be a power struggle, the manger will always feel like a cat on hot coals. Not all of the board wanted MON, but the important thing was he was backed by the big boys who owned the big stakes so he knew he had the 'right backing'. Currently it is a lottery.

One interesting thing from the artical was:
"I didn't see any light at the end of the tunnel, otherwise I would have stayed.
Of course, days after I gave my word to the Leicester board, (Vladimir) Romanov arrives.''
Didn't CL say he had meeting with the new owners before commiting to us and what he heard did not change his mind from leaving Hearts?

From memory there was a meeting planned but it never happened as CL had commited to us.

 

[highland fox]

From memory there was a meeting planned but it never happened as CL had commited to us.

And would he want to be at Hearts now with the owner admitting to picking the team?

 

[Fox Fan]

So if they left when he was here and they were three of our highest earning players ever then he did reduce the wage bill:icon_conf

But it doesn't matter if it was CL incharge or if it was me incahrge. The wage bill was going to fall no matter who came in.

 

[newtonfox]

But it doesn't matter if it was CL incharge or if it was me incahrge. The wage bill was going to fall no matter who came in.

it was the board that wanted the wage bill down due to losing parachute payments so CL only did what the board asked him to do

Ive always said this and so have a few others on here that CL would have made a very good director of football ,the main problem with CL was the fact he couldnt get the team to play as team could not motivate them at all on or off the pitch

 

[highland fox]

it was the board that wanted the wage bill down due to losing parachute payments so CL only did what the board asked him to do

Ive always said this and so have a few others on here that CL would have made a very good director of football ,the main problem with CL was the fact the team to phe couldnt get lay as team could not motivate them at all on or off the pitch

Just hope RK hasn't got the same problem

 

[From Gradel to Grave]

Can't agree with that one, our representative on the clubs audit committee is an expert in corporate governance & he has reported back to us that the processes in place are robust & better than many other companies he has worked with.

To be fair to FT and the board the fact that someone like Mandaric has been linked with the club must suggest someone somewhere is doing a good job. He's far more likely to want to take over a club being run well.

 

[Naughty Fox]

To be fair to FT and the board the fact that someone like Mandaric has been linked with the club must suggest someone somewhere is doing a good job. He's far more likely to want to take over a club being run well.

Or so sh*t how could they say no

 

[newtonfox]

To be fair to FT and the board the fact that someone like Mandaric has been linked with the club must suggest someone somewhere is doing a good job. He's far more likely to want to take over a club being run well.

if the club was being ran so well how come when the parachute payments stop they crap them selfs and start to wonder where will we find the money and no im not having a go at the FT

Or so sh*t how could they say no

that sounds more like it IMO

 

[From Gradel to Grave]

Wasn't referring to your text, Newts. Agreed with everything in your post.