One Team Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, old_eastender said: They are welcome to him! And Mark Ashton’s Ipswich Town have got Swindon and Cott’s Shrewsbury before the end of the season too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, Redpool said: https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2021/april/mark-ashton-to-join-town-as-ceo/ Well it's a good thing Ipswich isn't a football club and doesn't sign football players or there might be a massive conflict of interest between City's preparation over the next six weeks for recruitment this summer and Ipswich's activities after June 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Werhun to join him too, according to ITFC article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, One Team said: And Mark Ashton’s Ipswich Town have got Swindon and Cott’s Shrewsbury before the end of the season too. Are we going to do this until we get Scott Murray's Nepwhew's Hairdresser's Sister's Postman's Son-In-Law's Leicester City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Perhaps Tins can do the recruitment this summer? We'd better find a replacement sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warwickshire Red Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Loosey Boy said: Werhun to join him too, according to ITFC article Would they like the data and medical teams too...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Island Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Olé said: Well it's a good thing Ipswich isn't a football club and doesn't sign football players or there might be a massive conflict of interest between City's preparation over the next six weeks for recruitment this summer and Ipswich's activities after June 1st. Surely on gardening leave with immediate effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 The spin has gone. Ultimately it has been 5 years of utter failure. All of the developments were long planned by Steve L. Supervising that requires dedication, a reasonable level of competence and decent communication skills but nothing more. Not rocket science and those types of people at the tiller are rather common. The transfer business bottom line as far more learned fans will know has been decent albeit a bit hit and miss. One could argue either way. The ultimate indictment is on the pitch though. It does not matter whether some feel Cotterill would, given time, have rescued our season and got us motoring again. Personally I think he would have done. However, from that point on it's all down to the tenure of Mark Ashton and we have got nowhere on the pitch. Ultimately then, an abject failure in that department, all things considered and we had to endure his tiresome BS and spin, which we all saw through so visually. His coup de gras being his embarrassing attempts to shine the proverbial turd of the '6 week exhaustive search'. Whether Steve L made that final decision and threw Ashton under the bus is irrelevant because it could have been presented in a far more modest fashion but Ashton chose to embellish it having already dug himself in. He made his own bed. From the outside looking in, which is all we have, he will not be missed at all. For the sake of his family I genuinely hope he makes a far more down to earth and constructive contribution at Ipswich because he did it all wrong at City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Loosey Boy said: Werhun to join him too, according to ITFC article Excellent. Nepotism at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy62 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Mark Ashton bailed out at the right time for him the club is in a absolute mess and a relegation battle looms next season unless the recruitment is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, woodsy62 said: Mark Ashton bailed out at the right time for him the club is in a absolute mess and a relegation battle looms next season unless the recruitment is good Recruitment will improve without him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy62 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Just now, Harry said: Recruitment will improve without him It probably couldn’t get any worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 29 minutes ago, One Team said: So @Kid in the Riot was right all along then? Must be the biggest news leak ever on here? I dunno, Robbored being called into Gary Johnson's office.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, woodsy62 said: Mark Ashton bailed out at the right time for him the club is in a absolute mess and a relegation battle looms next season unless the recruitment is good Agreed. Compared to the amount spent on players, our squad now has appalling integral value. He has failed fantastically this past 18 months, especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 minute ago, woodsy62 said: It probably couldn’t get any worse Seems like I was being too kind to him then. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Interesting that Ashton will now be working with Paul Cook, the man many hoped for in the summer but by the sounds of things never got too close to the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 21 minutes ago, Olé said: Well it's a good thing Ipswich isn't a football club and doesn't sign football players or there might be a massive conflict of interest between City's preparation over the next six weeks for recruitment this summer and Ipswich's activities after June 1st. Exactly. In his words it’s “right that I devote my time to BCFC for the rest of the season”. No, it’s not right at all. He is responsible for contract negotiations with players (existing and new). He has no business doing this for us now and it’s a massive conflict of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Also. Penny for Paul Cook’s thoughts ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, CheddarReds said: Interesting that Ashton will now be working with Paul Cook, the man many hoped for in the summer but by the sounds of things never got too close to the job. Mark must be livid at the thought of working with someone he apparently didn’t rate. Nee manager for them soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 As he slithers away up the M4, I would personally like to thank Mark Ashton for the tremendous job he's done this season. Huh? Well... 1) At least in part, Mark appointed Dean Holden. Result? When the going got tough, Holden proved epically ill equipped and made a mess on the floor (to coin a phrase). Such a stink of a mess, Guernsey was forced (albeit whilst kicking and screaming "No, no, I want another pet project") into appointing a new manager with the proper credentials. The sort of manager he should have appointed 5 years ago. But we would never have got to Nigel Pearson without someone firstly being so bad they were threatening to get us relegated (Lansdown's ultimate red line). So thank you Mark. And Dean, while we're at it. What a waste of a season but at least, if Pearson stays, the end result is that we have a manager we can believe in, who the players can believe in. 2) Mark allowed a dozen or more player contracts to expire at the end of this season without renewal. Result? An opportunity for a new manager to instantly rebuild the squad in his image, slash an obese wage bill, get rid of several players who were inconsistent, over paid, or injury prone. Sometimes all these at the same time. By the start of next season, the playing squad will look a lot healthier. Literally! 3) The manager Mark appointed and the players he demotivated turned out to be so sh!te, we've had to resort to playing some of the kids - The Pathway, The Pathway!! Mark has cleared the pathway! And with it, we've seen a glimpse of the future - Towler, Pearson, Bell (sorry Tyreeq, you're on the naughty step until you pull your socks up) So thank you Mark, you played a blinder. Now fck off. And take all your mates with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, 054123 said: Mark must be livid at the thought of working with someone he apparently didn’t rate. Nee manager for them soon. It’s more a case of Cook having people he already likes to do recruitment business with, and Ashton having his preferred people too. Whether the two align is the intriguing element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der no.2 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 42 minutes ago, Tankhead12345 said: Confirmed : Gone to Ipswich Well apparently he was the best human being for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, 054123 said: Mark must be livid at the thought of working with someone he apparently didn’t rate. Nee manager for them soon. Appleton will finally get to work with his mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Haven’t read through all the posts but my God doesn’t it feel like a lovely day today? Thank Fck he is gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, Olé said: Well it's a good thing Ipswich isn't a football club and doesn't sign football players or there might be a massive conflict of interest between City's preparation over the next six weeks for recruitment this summer and Ipswich's activities after June 1st. As you indicated on OSIB in any other industry he’d be on gardening leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, CheddarReds said: Interesting that Ashton will now be working with Paul Cook, the man many hoped for in the summer but by the sounds of things never got too close to the job. This was my thoughts. Any chance this Ipswich business could’ve been in the planning even back then and that Cook was ‘overlooked’ for the job here as a result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 34 minutes ago, sephjnr said: Are we going to do this until we get Scott Murray's Nepwhew's Hairdresser's Sister's Postman's Son-In-Law's Leicester City? Of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Steve Watts said: Hey, I can't stand the bloke (Ashton), but Cotts was the architect of his own downfall. That's been argued to death though and there'll never be a consensus on the merit of his departure. The facts as known and reported are that Cotterill left on 14 Jan and Ashton came in on 16th. It may very well be that he said he felt we were in danger of the drop and possibly were in need of a change. Many would agree with that assessment, many wouldn't. I think persisting with LJ was ultimately more damaging than the dismissal of Cotts. Anyhow....delighted he's finally going. He joined us in December 2015....unofficially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 36 minutes ago, Loosey Boy said: Werhun to join him too, according to ITFC article Today just gets better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, Lrrr said: I dunno, Robbored being called into Gary Johnson's office.... Fair point well made, nothing will ever beat that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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