Where is our CEO...who is he?

[Monkeh]

17 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

That loss doesn't make much sense given the austerity, cost reduction, Cup run(s), Semenyo sale and overall recovery of income. £12-13m was more like my best bet, time will tell.

Reduced sponsorship money by not being sponsored by an online casino?

[RedRoss]

8 minutes ago, redkev said:

Knowing Nige I reckon he will stay as long is possible and do everything he can to make it impossible to be sacked , think we may well surprise a few if we can get a fully fit squad , then Nige gets offered a new contract and says up yours im off .

You know NP personally?

[redkev]

Just now, RedRoss said:

You know NP personally?

What if I said yes 

[Glen hump]

Would of loved the if he was asked, so you expect Nigel to mount a promotion challenge on a fraction of the budget Lee j had , Lee couldn’t get us anywhere near so why do you think Nigel can do it 

[Superjack]

5 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

And me

 

I sense Lansdown and Junior (With all their proved football acumen)  ,is heading for the worst decision he’s made in his ownership 

 

And that takes some doing 

The bunglef***ery of that family is beyond belief. 

Billionaires. Can you even credit it?

 

2 minutes ago, redkev said:

What if I said yes 

Now I hope that you are NP.

[RedRoss]

7 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

And me

 

I sense Lansdown and Junior (With all their proved football acumen)  ,is heading for the worst decision he’s made in his ownership 

 

And that takes some doing 

Very weird to want that to happen just because of bitterness surely.. as a fan wouldn't you just want what's best for the club?

[Mr Popodopolous]

8 minutes ago, Monkeh said:

Reduced sponsorship money by not being sponsored by an online casino?

Huboo was an apparent record sponsorship but will be interesting when the accounts are out.

[Ian M]

Remember when Nigel led Leicester to “the great escape” and then got sacked?

What price he gets us up through the play-offs and we don’t offer him a new contract?

[Superjack]

Just now, RedRoss said:

Very weird to want that to happen just because of bitterness surely.. as a fan wouldn't you just want what's best for the club?

Maybe, like me, he believes that people should be treated as they treat others.

[Sheltons Army]

Just now, Superjack said:

The bunglef***ery of that family is beyond belief. 

Billionaires. Can you even credit it?

 

Yep

If this follows through as all the flashing lights are indicating , I’m done with the Lansdowns 

Setting aside some awful appointments and strategies ,

With his complete incompetence regarding Ashton  & Johnson It’s like some spoof documentary as he now sulks , takes his ball home ,  and sneers at Pearson 

[Port Said Red]

I am going to go and listen to this interview because I have made the mistake of believing the interpretation of interviews on this forum before.

It seems it's not just the players and managers with had in the past that suddenly become "not good enough" for Bristol City the minute they walk through the door. Now we have an award winning Premier League CEO who is a worthless puppet, I am surprised that Crystal Palace have lasted so long.

[Cov 77]

3 minutes ago, Glen hump said:

Would of loved the if he was asked, so you expect Nigel to mount a promotion challenge on a fraction of the budget Lee j had , Lee couldn’t get us anywhere near so why do you think Nigel can do it 

I think the fans need to be 100% behind Pearson vocally and make it as hard as possible for them to get their way , obviously a good season would help ! 
 

Lansdown does not like to be questioned and told he knows FA about football, loves a yes man as we know 

 

[Hello Dave]

8 minutes ago, Ian M said:

Particularly given Nige has:

• reduced the wage bill by approaching £10m per annum,
• reduced amortisation cost by around £9m per annum,
• generated sales of around £35m,
• still kept us competitive on the pitch with a tiny injury hit squad.

And yet he appears to have no supporters in the club’s hierarchy.

Has Pearson done all this though? It was only last week that people were saying he’s only involved on the playing side, and not to be asked questions on financial matters!

He personally, obviously hasn’t generated money from sales, as he didn’t want any of them to go. He also hasn’t reduced the wage bill, as I’m sure as shit he’d want a decent budget so he could attract better players.

Apart from your last statement, everything else would’ve been decided above him.

[Superjack]

1 minute ago, Sheltons Army said:

Yep

If this follows through as all the flashing lights are indicating , I’m done with the Lansdowns 

Setting aside some awful appointments and strategies ,

With his complete incompetence regarding Ashton  & Johnson It’s like some spoof documentary as he now sulks , takes his ball home ,  and sneers at Pearson 

I'm truly done with them regardless. Their conduct is irreparable for me.

[George Rs]

Interview that didn’t reveal much we don’t already know. 
 

Did think it was very nige free though. Consistently said “I believe we have the infrastructure, team, facilities to get to the premier league” what about the manager? 
 

Although I thought the lack of new info was more on the questions asked personally. 

[RedRoss]

6 minutes ago, Superjack said:

Maybe, like me, he believes that people should be treated as they treat others.

Firstly how do you know that it's not the other way round and Nige wants to retire in his acres of woodland that he's recently purchased? This is equally plausible without knowing the facts. I'm not saying that is the case because again that would just be conspiracy.

Plus you act like Nige is really hard done by! He manages a football club and likely earns a million plus in his contract. He's done a brilliant job for us during this recent austerity but this club bashing without the full facts is baffling.

Edited September 4, 2023 by RedRoss

[Davefevs]

36 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Did he say losses last year were round about £20m?? How would that work, the Semenyo sale and further cutbacks.

That is several million higher than I anticipated if so.

FFP he said no concern about and no surprise there.

No he didn’t.  He didn’t comment on actual losses for 22/23 other than saying he’s not saying!!!  I guess that is commercially sensitive and not audited yet either  He did say Steve put in £20m last season (£22.5m in June), but that is to cover the running costs / Cashflow as I understand it.  I know there’s two more pages of comments I haven’t read yet (I’m on pg3) so might’ve been covered by someone more knowledgeable.

We really need to see 22/23’s accounts and see what fees (payment terms agreed when selling) are still due to see why Cashflow is required to this level.  Looking at the accounts for 21/22 it looks like we payed for 85% Atkinson and Tanner up-front.  So in some respects we might be flexing our muscle on inbounds by being cash rich enough (through SL) to offer favourable terms when we are buying.  In 20/21 we were still owed £11m in fees!  Most of that was cleared in 21/22.

If I was PA / GM I wouldn’t be issuing 22/23s accounts ahead of the Jan window, but we are usually an early-bird, so if they do we will start to get a better feel for the budget for this season (based on 22/23’s numbers).

Right, time to catch up with the rest of the posts!

[Ian M]

1 minute ago, Hello Dave said:

Has Pearson done all this though? It was only last week that people were saying he’s only involved on the playing side, and not to be asked questions on financial matters!

He personally, obviously hasn’t generated money from sales, as he didn’t want any of them to go. He also hasn’t reduced the wage bill, as I’m sure as shit he’d want a decent budget so he could attract better players.

Apart from your last statement, everything else would’ve been decided above him.

Ok, presided over the playing squad whilst those things were done to him.

He has 71% of LJ’s wage budget and 18% of his transfer expenditure but the same objective.

[exAtyeoMax]

4 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

I am going to go and listen to this interview because I have made the mistake of believing the interpretation of interviews on this forum before.

It seems it's not just the players and managers with had in the past that suddenly become "not good enough" for Bristol City the minute they walk through the door. Now we have an award winning Premier League CEO who is a worthless puppet, I am surprised that Crystal Palace have lasted so long.

perhaps their owner was better?

[Superjack]

Just now, RedRoss said:

Firstly how do you know that it's not the other was round and Nige wants to retire in his acres of woodland that he's recently purchased? This is equally plausible without knowing the facts. I'm not saying that is the case because again that would just be conspiracy.

Plus you act like Nige is really hard done by! He manages a football club and likely earns a million plus in his contract. He's done a brilliant job for us during this recent austerity but this club bashing without the full facts is baffling.

It depends what you call facts. 

You only have to listen to the very rare interviews from the board, and today CEO, to realise what the true facts are, regardless of whether we are being told them.

[RedRoss]

Just now, Superjack said:

It depends what you call facts. 

You only have to listen to the very rare interviews from the board, and today CEO, to realise what the true facts are, regardless of whether we are being told them.

I agree the communication is poor but that's likely the same at football clubs.

So if its not clear just make it up and blame the club by default is the answer?

[pongo88]

31 minutes ago, Ian M said:

Remember when Nigel led Leicester to “the great escape” and then got sacked?

What price he gets us up through the play-offs and we don’t offer him a new contract?

Anything is possible. Bobby Robson took England to the 1990 World Cup semi final but the FA had decided not to renew his contract before the tournament took place 

Edited September 4, 2023 by pongo88

[exAtyeoMax]

Did Nige keep saying that we didn't need to sell Alex? Or was that specifically for FFP?  

PA said we had to…cos SL said so.

[Ian M]

Just now, pongo88 said:

Anything is possible. Bobby Robson took England to the 1990 World Cup final but the FA had decided not to renew his contract before the tournament took place 

*semi final

Sad times.

[Superjack]

Just now, RedRoss said:

I agree the communication is poor but that's likely the same at football clubs.

So if its not clear just make it up and blame the club by default is the answer?

It is clear. Sometimes what isn't said is clearer than what is.

Especially with our hierarchy.

[Glen hump]

8 minutes ago, Cov 77 said:

I think the fans need to be 100% behind Pearson vocally and make it as hard as possible for them to get their way , obviously a good season would help ! 
 

Lansdown does not like to be questioned and told he knows FA about football, loves a yes man as we know 

 

Got a feeling we could win the league by Christmas and sl would still get rid of him 

[Mr Popodopolous]

8 minutes ago, Ian M said:

Ok, presided over the playing squad whilst those things were done to him.

He has 71% of LJ’s wage budget and 18% of his transfer expenditure but the same objective.

I also believe SL bet on a couple of horses which looked in range but have since cleared 4 hurdles and  away into the distance in May and mid July but has stuck to his plan.

1) The post Brexit work permit rules were eased, wider pool of players to fish in.

2) The sudden change in gear in mid July. Look at the Championship during the last 6 weeks or so of the window. It's gone from 10 to 60, whereas we have remained in the slow lane. Ergo some will now be at a bigger advantage than we were anticipating.

We are a lot to blame though for not moving with the market and planning better, anticipating.

Edited September 4, 2023 by Mr Popodopolous

[Fodbarmyarmy]

12 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

I am going to go and listen to this interview because I have made the mistake of believing the interpretation of interviews on this forum before.

It seems it's not just the players and managers with had in the past that suddenly become "not good enough" for Bristol City the minute they walk through the door. Now we have an award winning Premier League CEO who is a worthless puppet, I am surprised that Crystal Palace have lasted so long.

To be fair Crystal Palace dont have as many experts as we have...

[And Its Smith]

Nothing surprising there.  Easy ride from interviewer. Towing the party line.  Just kept saying the same thing and was never pressed.  He will be pissing himself at how easy that was knowing he won’t be doing it again until February.  
 

Anyone who thinks Pearson is going to be offered a new contract, unless we are flying come January, is going to be very disappointed. 

[Ian M]

1 minute ago, Glen hump said:

Got a feeling we could win the league by Christmas and sl would still get rid of him 

Can we test that theory please? Would be a hell of a lot of fun up till Christmas, even if it became hella toxic on here after with the SL sycophants defending that decision.