formerly known as ivan Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Is it me or is this word banded around far too much in football nowadays?! Apparently we are currently a "project" and LJs belief in this is what kept him in a job. Reading the article about the Wolves new manager, they refer to "the Wolves project". Its been banded around quite a bit recently and as a supporter of a club I'm not sure I like the fact that my club is deemed a project... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Isn't the boss a Project Manager, his coaches the Project Assistants and the players, training facilities etc the resources? Hasnt that always been the way really just not used the term? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Just the "In term" for a change of company direction. Like when the company Transport Manager became the Logistics Director. And one of my favourites; What is the job of a "Light Transmission Operative"? A window cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judda Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Buzz word bingo! Come on. You need to think outside the box. How else are we going to build bridges and not walls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 51 minutes ago, Neo said: Isn't the boss a Project Manager, his coaches the Project Assistants and the players, training facilities etc the resources? Hasnt that always been the way really just not used the term? nope,he is a manager, a project manager has a defined start and end date with a set of deliverable s which have to be met in certain timescales with a finishing date to hand over the deliverable into a live service. The word project in football is a load of old bollocks, what they are saying is we are paying to watch the article before it is finished. just a poor term for we are trying to build something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scare_Man Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 By definition a project is something that is additional from the current standard and has an end date and specific budget - possibly why managers think in those terms as they know they won't be around long term. Us, the fans, probably see our team as more of a service that we hope improves with each new 'project'. I'm going to stop now cos I'm boring myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 It'll be a term they use on them stupid coaching badge courses, where they teach young coaches how to be defensive minded and play one up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 10 minutes ago, Judda said: Buzz word bingo! Come on. You need to think outside the box. How else are we going to build bridges and not walls? Exactly! We need to push the envelope with blue sky thinking if we`re ever going to square the circle. I thought I`d just run that up the flagpole and see who salutes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 25 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: And one of my favourites; What is the job of a "Light Transmission Operative"? A window cleaner. Marine coating and heating engineer. Works in a chippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolmoose Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Are we going on a "journey" too? (Once saw an ad in the Times for a "Beverage Distribution Officer") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judda Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 1 minute ago, bristolmoose said: Are we going on a "journey" too? (Once saw an ad in the Times for a "Beverage Distribution Officer") Barmaid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 39 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: Just the "In term" for a change of company direction. Like when the company Transport Manager became the Logistics Director. And one of my favourites; What is the job of a "Light Transmission Operative"? A window cleaner. I thought that was a `transparent walling maintenance engineer` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City fan 1982 Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 We need more blue sky thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said: Is it me or is this word banded around far too much in football nowadays?! Apparently we are currently a "project" and LJs belief in this is what kept him in a job. Reading the article about the Wolves new manager, they refer to "the Wolves project". Its been banded around quite a bit recently and as a supporter of a club I'm not sure I like the fact that my club is deemed a project... Yep it's an annoying term when linked to a football club....but, to me, no more annoying than other ridiculously over-used words that were commonplace on here over the season just finished - e.g. 'Delusional' - 'Agenda' - 'New manager bounce' - etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkRed! Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 "Project", "DNA" is all complete BS. It is just code for we know where we want to go but were not sure how or if we can get there...but will see how we get on! The 5 Pillars of SOD was a project that nearly ended in catastrophe. Was Cotts reign a project - no. It was good management combined with getting in good quality players for League One. In reality that is what we need to do now if we are to progress - buy top end Championship players with a sprinkle of up and coming talent.... we are a long way from doing that given the current strategy of the club.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 37 minutes ago, bristolmoose said: Are we going on a "journey" too? (Once saw an ad in the Times for a "Beverage Distribution Officer") That's whoever is getting a round in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolmoose Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Judda said: Barmaid? Tea lady! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 3 hours ago, cidered abroad said: Just the "In term" for a change of company direction. Like when the company Transport Manager became the Logistics Director. And one of my favourites; What is the job of a "Light Transmission Operative"? A window cleaner. Ah but. My son once worked in this field as a Vision Technician.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 5 hours ago, TRL said: nope,he is a manager, a project manager has a defined start and end date with a set of deliverable s which have to be met in certain timescales with a finishing date to hand over the deliverable into a live service. The word project in football is a load of old bollocks, what they are saying is we are paying to watch the article before it is finished. just a poor term for we are trying to build something I thought the goal of the project was Europa League within 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brizzlelou Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 9 hours ago, Judda said: Buzz word bingo! Come on. You need to think outside the box. How else are we going to build bridges and not walls? I just want SL and LJ to blue sky this project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukneil Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 9 hours ago, cidered abroad said: Just the "In term" for a change of company direction. Like when the company Transport Manager became the Logistics Director. And one of my favourites; What is the job of a "Light Transmission Operative"? A window cleaner. Ha, and there was me thinking it's somebody who works on not very heavy gearboxes. Learn something new everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_exile Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Project bugs me to bits, but nowhere near as much as commentators referring to the EPL as 'the promised land'. Don't give a monkey's about the EPL, and hearing this near religious exaltation of it by some dopey commentator sends my blood to boil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderMB Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 In business, when you manage a product, you manage it from conception to the release of that product. For a project, you manage it from conception and onwards. Since a lot of clubs are run at board level now, it's hardly surprising that clubs are referring to their on-field activities as projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 15 hours ago, MarkRed! said: "Project", "DNA" is all complete BS. It is just code for we know where we want to go but were not sure how or if we can get there...but will see how we get on! The 5 Pillars of SOD was a project that nearly ended in catastrophe. Was Cotts reign a project - no. It was good management combined with getting in good quality players for League One. In reality that is what we need to do now if we are to progress - buy top end Championship players with a sprinkle of up and coming talent.... we are a long way from doing that given the current strategy of the club.... The '5 pillars' wasn't a SO'D thing, and we are still working under them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Mrs thinks my DNA is all wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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