Wes Morgan

[Claudio Fannieri]

When Big Wes retired, there was talk he was going to step into a business administration role within the club and yet I have never seen an announcement or any reference to him being appointed to any specific role in the club since his retirement. 
 

Personally I think it would be good for Top to have some close advisors around him like Wes etc and longer term if they have good business and commercial acumen, longer term could step into some senior roles within the club. 

[mozartfox]

With all due respect, running a Tattoo parlour is not really a reason to get a role in running an EPL Club.  It needs a new CFO to come in as the current one fell asleep at the wheel.

[Claudio Fannieri]

7 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

With all due respect, running a Tattoo parlour is not really a reason to get a role in running an EPL Club.  It needs a new CFO to come in as the current one fell asleep at the wheel.

Hence why I put good commercial and business acumen, just because he has run a tattoo parlour doesn’t mean he is or isn’t fit or capable of being involved.
 

IIRC he had been taking some sort of business qualifications, i am in no way suggesting he becomes DoF but over time if he does demonstrate he has the necessary skills and competencies then there is no reason he cannot play a significant role in the club. 
 

Mark Noble has just been appointed as Sporting Director of West Ham so it’s not something that is completely out the question. 

[westernpark]

His character on the pitch was outstanding, but regardless of whatever qualifications he may gain, I question his actions off it. In his last season he attended that Covid party as club captain, as well as previous issues. I would really rather he wasn’t involved in running the club, although I believe he is working for the club at the moment anyway.

[volpeazzurro]

35 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

Hence why I put good commercial and business acumen, just because he has run a tattoo parlour doesn’t mean he is or isn’t fit or capable of being involved.
 

IIRC he had been taking some sort of business qualifications, i am in no way suggesting he becomes DoF but over time if he does demonstrate he has the necessary skills and competencies then there is no reason he cannot play a significant role in the club. 
 

Mark Noble has just been appointed as Sporting Director of West Ham so it’s not something that is completely out the question. 

Compared to Mark Noble, Wes never came over as the brightest lamp in the street albeit he was a very decent player for us. As someone has already mentioned, he probably queered his pitch trust wise when he hardly led by example as club captain at the covid party when supposedly he was an older guiding head to younger players. If you can't trust your captain to toe the club line who can you trust.

[Hamilton Fox]

I’d take him back in centre defence right now

[themightyfin]

He has a role with the club already 

And  joined  the MSc in Sports Directorship this month so he's well on his way to getting qualified for a SD role. 

Edited 29 September 2022 by themightyfin

[moore_94]

He is/was studying a Masters Degree in Sporting Directorship - which has involved auditing professional clubs

 

He is a board member of the Professional Footballers Association

He is also on the Premier League Black Participants' Advisory Group 

 

Edited 29 September 2022 by moore_94

[Ric Flair]

That's good to head although how old is Jon Rudkin? No-one is getting a sporting director / DOF gig here until he retires and/or Top sells up.

[sylofox]

36 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That's good to head although how old is Jon Rudkin? No-one is getting a sporting director / DOF gig here until he retires and/or Top sells up.

Really? To me its debatable who should go first. Neither Rudkin or Rodgers have a plan B. Both have fvcked the club over.

 

Would not trust either to walk a dog let alone the jobs they have.

[SemperEadem]

4 minutes ago, sylofox said:

Really? To me its debatable who should go first. Neither Rudkin or Rodgers have a plan B. Both have fvcked the club over.

 

Would not trust either to walk a dog let alone the jobs they have.

Try telling this to King Power.

[MattFox]

26 minutes ago, sylofox said:

Really? To me its debatable who should go first. Neither Rudkin or Rodgers have a plan B. Both have fvcked the club over.

 

Would not trust either to walk a dog let alone the jobs they have.

Wouldn’t surprise me if Rudkin genuinely walks Top’s dog tbh

 

Man has genuinely made himself a slave to the owners 

[Paninistickers]

1 hour ago, moore_94 said:

He is/was studying a Masters Degree in Sporting Directorship - which has involved auditing professional clubs

 

He is a board member of the Professional Footballers Association

He is also on the Premier League Black Participants' Advisory Group 

 

Indeed. No mean feat. That level of study requires lots of commitment. 

 

But, as others have said, instinctively he doesn't come across as brain box of Britain

[Fox92]

Obsession with wanting to promote old players into a role they have no clue about is weird.

 

Like everyone, they need to prove it elsewhere first.

[Nugent]

9 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

Indeed. No mean feat. That level of study requires lots of commitment. 

 

But, as others have said, instinctively he doesn't come across as brain box of Britain

Agree, his analysis on Sky after the Spurs game wasn't particularly inspiring. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Hasn't Huth also been studying for a Master's degree along similar lines?

 

Absolute boardroom dream  team. 

[Gamble92]

Will always love Wes for for obvious reasons but anyone who listens to his interviews or punditry will quickly realise it probably wasn't his motivational speeches that got us to the league title. 

[Lewis's Junior]

Don't we laugh at Liverpool in the 90s and ManUtd more recently for over-promoting former players? 

From his media appearances, I don't think Big Wes will quite be the leader and driving force off the pitch as he was on it. 

[Sampson]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Hasn't Huth also been studying for a Master's degree along similar lines?

 

Absolute boardroom dream  team. 

He already completed it and graduated with a distinction in the summer.

 

 

[filbertway]

Imagine being in a meeting with Wes. 40% would be him saying "eerrmm"

[volpeazzurro]

22 hours ago, moore_94 said:

He is/was studying a Masters Degree in Sporting Directorship - which has involved auditing professional clubs

 

He is a board member of the Professional Footballers Association

He is also on the Premier League Black Participants' Advisory Group 

 

To take a Masters Degree you firstly have to have usually qualified at Undergraduate level attaining usually an Upper Second mark to even get on a course. 

 

Seems Manchester University does one however part time without the need for any particular qualifications. For a man that's spent his life kicking a ball around,  is a University course going to suddenly give him the business acumen and know-how to fit such a role at a multimillion Premiership club? Wouldn't fill me full of confidence. 

 

[Paninistickers]

15 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said:

To take a Masters Degree you firstly have to have usually qualified at Undergraduate level attaining usually an Upper Second mark to even get on a course. 

 

Seems Manchester University does one however part time without the need for any particular qualifications. For a man that's spent his life kicking a ball around,  is a University course going to suddenly give him the business acumen and know-how to fit such a role at a multimillion Premiership club? Wouldn't fill me full of confidence. 

 

Hmmmmm. That kinda makes more sense. I was just assuming he'd done his degree level study on the quiet over the years

[moore_94]

1 hour ago, volpeazzurro said:

To take a Masters Degree you firstly have to have usually qualified at Undergraduate level attaining usually an Upper Second mark to even get on a course. 

 

Seems Manchester University does one however part time without the need for any particular qualifications. For a man that's spent his life kicking a ball around,  is a University course going to suddenly give him the business acumen and know-how to fit such a role at a multimillion Premiership club? Wouldn't fill me full of confidence. 

 

Well for a start we don’t even know what actual role he does have with the club, he isn’t named anywhere at all as having a senior role at the club

 

I also expect even if he was put straight into a sporting director role like Mark Noble, I very much doubt either of them are actually going to have much control or sway with anything serious within the club and for a start it would just be mainly a learning experience until they further understand the role and show they have a suitability for it

 

In an interview he did with The Times earlier this year he said the course he is does involve actual experiences within the workings of other professional clubs

Edited 30 September 2022 by moore_94

[filthyfox]

23 hours ago, sylofox said:

 

Would not trust either to walk a dog let alone the jobs they have.

I wouldn't trust them to tie your shoe laces