Post by rjdgull on Apr 27, 2012 6:36:20 GMT
I always love it when I scroll through a post and see a load of votes for it because it generally means it is a good one! 
It happened again this week and was about the sacking of football managers which IMO has gone well over the top and just look at the waste if the board had sacked Ling at the end of October as some were advocating 
It was a special post by a special member with a great sense of humour that sometimes is enough, but not needed in this case to win this award on its own. Apart from one tiny bit, completely agreed with this post!
Congratulations to Alpine Joe who once again has his name in yellow!
The number & frequency of managerial sackings is a joke, but I don't see it changing anytime soon. Trigger happy Directors are now a fact of footballing life, but while we've focused on the part of Directors & players in this, we mustn't forget the part the fans play also.
Directors of any company feel pressure to 'do something' if their customers are complaining or are dissatisfied with the product.
Today's customers actually like regular change - or at least look for a quick fix if things aren't going to their liking.
It's the nature of society, you change your mobile phone every 6 months, whatever some supporters may say, they'd be bored if their team kept the same kit for 4 or 5 seasons running. The divorce rates prove we even want to trade in our husband or wife for a different model far more quickly than could ever be conceived of by past generations.
The customers are also far more vocal these days, & the opportunities & outlets for airing any grievances are far greater.
If you'd visited the club office & been unable to purchase a ticket, in years gone by, you'd maybe have gone home & moaned to the wife, possibly told a couple of mates in the pub that evening. In 2012 the ease with which you can broadcast your dissatisfaction to large numbers of people throughout the town or throughout the world gives greater power to the customer.
Football club directors will now get a stream of complaints coming from all angles via all mediums, even their wives get targeted for abuse in the local supermarket.
Although we were all distracted by the Barcelona v Chelsea match last night, the abuse directed at Alex McLeish by his clubs own supporters was quite incredible, & this man is still in his first season at the club!
It's a sign of the times, & manifests itself at clubs at all levels of football. Even our own manager at Plainmoor had only been in his new job a few months before people were asking if he should tender his resignation. The relevant debate on this forum ( now made even more interesting when considering the ethicacy of the Mods altering one posters thread title- presumably with his consent- in order to please another poster) was quite heartening in that the knee jerk , three strikes (defeats) & you're out policy was, for the most part, rejected.
Maybe it's just as well that the Venky's are in India. Blackburn being a relatively small town, there's only so many times you want your car scratched for being one of the directors still keeping Steve Kean in a job. When these pictures were taken on early Saturday afternoon I'm not even sure that Rovers were in the bottom three.
I agree wholeheartedly that it would more often than not be in the best interests of a club if directors stuck with their managers when there was a slight downturn in fortunes, but the desire to be able to step out of the firing line yourself, & at the same time present the baying masses with the managers head on a platter often looks like a pretty desirable solution....however short term.
It happened again this week and was about the sacking of football managers which IMO has gone well over the top and just look at the waste if the board had sacked Ling at the end of October as some were advocating 
It was a special post by a special member with a great sense of humour that sometimes is enough, but not needed in this case to win this award on its own. Apart from one tiny bit, completely agreed with this post!
Congratulations to Alpine Joe who once again has his name in yellow! 
Apr 25, 2012 14:10:19 GMT @alpinejoe said:
Rags I'm sick to the back teeth of directors sacking football managers when the players are the ones who are failing to deliver.
The number & frequency of managerial sackings is a joke, but I don't see it changing anytime soon. Trigger happy Directors are now a fact of footballing life, but while we've focused on the part of Directors & players in this, we mustn't forget the part the fans play also.
Directors of any company feel pressure to 'do something' if their customers are complaining or are dissatisfied with the product.
Today's customers actually like regular change - or at least look for a quick fix if things aren't going to their liking.
It's the nature of society, you change your mobile phone every 6 months, whatever some supporters may say, they'd be bored if their team kept the same kit for 4 or 5 seasons running. The divorce rates prove we even want to trade in our husband or wife for a different model far more quickly than could ever be conceived of by past generations.
The customers are also far more vocal these days, & the opportunities & outlets for airing any grievances are far greater.
If you'd visited the club office & been unable to purchase a ticket, in years gone by, you'd maybe have gone home & moaned to the wife, possibly told a couple of mates in the pub that evening. In 2012 the ease with which you can broadcast your dissatisfaction to large numbers of people throughout the town or throughout the world gives greater power to the customer.
Football club directors will now get a stream of complaints coming from all angles via all mediums, even their wives get targeted for abuse in the local supermarket.
Although we were all distracted by the Barcelona v Chelsea match last night, the abuse directed at Alex McLeish by his clubs own supporters was quite incredible, & this man is still in his first season at the club!
It's a sign of the times, & manifests itself at clubs at all levels of football. Even our own manager at Plainmoor had only been in his new job a few months before people were asking if he should tender his resignation. The relevant debate on this forum ( now made even more interesting when considering the ethicacy of the Mods altering one posters thread title- presumably with his consent- in order to please another poster) was quite heartening in that the knee jerk , three strikes (defeats) & you're out policy was, for the most part, rejected.
Maybe it's just as well that the Venky's are in India. Blackburn being a relatively small town, there's only so many times you want your car scratched for being one of the directors still keeping Steve Kean in a job. When these pictures were taken on early Saturday afternoon I'm not even sure that Rovers were in the bottom three.
I agree wholeheartedly that it would more often than not be in the best interests of a club if directors stuck with their managers when there was a slight downturn in fortunes, but the desire to be able to step out of the firing line yourself, & at the same time present the baying masses with the managers head on a platter often looks like a pretty desirable solution....however short term.