by tomogull » 07 Aug 2014, 19:56
brucie wrote:No thats fair comment but did Baker really want to be chairman. Say what you like about him but at least he had the balls to step forward and have a go.
Thea may have had the job thrust on her perhaps but she was wheeled in front of the tv cameras during the Ling fiasco - it wasn't her fault that she wasn't good at that. Where was Rowe? hiding in the toilet perhaps.
I have no idea what has happen to cause the directors to resign - all I am saying is starting a "petition" showing our support seems pretty stupid to me when we havn't really got any idea why they went in the first place.
Yes they were part of the consortium that got is back into the football league. But they are just like the grand old duke of york - marched us back to the place we started from.
Perhaps its guilt over last seasons monumental cock up - who knows?
Don't disagree with most of what you're saying but feel you're being harsh on Alex Rowe ..... and you're re-gurgitating old issues ! At the time of the Ling fiasco, Alex Rowe was simply a director. Although he may well have supported Ling's dismissal, Simon Baker was the chairman and although he may be a nice bloke and unquestionably a true Gulls fan and had the balls to step into the chairman's role, it appeared that he quickly passed the buck when it came to contacting Martin Ling to tell him he was getting the chop. As for last season, this time last season most (but not all) on here, including me, were quite happy with Knill and Chris Brass' appointments - even Dave Thomas admits in the H.E. today that he tipped us to be in the Play Offs. Had we finished mid-table, Martin Ling would have hardly got a mention. Hindsight is a wonderful gift !
Hector is right - despite several asking on here - why are Bill Phillips and Simon Baker so despised? We never got any convincing answers, except that they haven't put any money into the club.
Finally, for all the words on here, including mine - Forever has probably hit the nail on the head with one sentence - I fully believe there has been no fall out in the Board whatsoever, but I'm also in no doubt the reasons behind these resignations are in no way positive either. Enough said.
[quote="brucie"]No thats fair comment but did Baker really want to be chairman. Say what you like about him but at least he had the balls to step forward and have a go.
Thea may have had the job thrust on her perhaps but she was wheeled in front of the tv cameras during the Ling fiasco - it wasn't her fault that she wasn't good at that. Where was Rowe? hiding in the toilet perhaps.
I have no idea what has happen to cause the directors to resign - all I am saying is starting a "petition" showing our support seems pretty stupid to me when we havn't really got any idea why they went in the first place.
Yes they were part of the consortium that got is back into the football league. But they are just like the grand old duke of york - marched us back to the place we started from.
Perhaps its guilt over last seasons monumental cock up - who knows?[/quote]
Don't disagree with most of what you're saying but feel you're being harsh on Alex Rowe ..... and you're re-gurgitating old issues ! At the time of the Ling fiasco, Alex Rowe was simply a director. Although he may well have supported Ling's dismissal, Simon Baker was the chairman and although he may be a nice bloke and unquestionably a true Gulls fan and had the balls to step into the chairman's role, it appeared that he quickly passed the buck when it came to contacting Martin Ling to tell him he was getting the chop. As for last season, this time last season most (but not all) on here, including me, were quite happy with Knill and Chris Brass' appointments - even Dave Thomas admits in the H.E. today that he tipped us to be in the Play Offs. Had we finished mid-table, Martin Ling would have hardly got a mention. Hindsight is a wonderful gift !
Hector is right - despite several asking on here - why are Bill Phillips and Simon Baker so despised? We never got any convincing answers, except that they haven't put any money into the club.
Finally, for all the words on here, including mine - Forever has probably hit the nail on the head with one sentence - I fully believe there has been no fall out in the Board whatsoever, but I'm also in no doubt the reasons behind these resignations are in no way positive either. Enough said.
