Football Operations Revamp - Hiring Technical Director, CEO, and Commercial Director - Rudkin moving 'upstairs'

[Out Foxed]

4 hours ago, LeePhilpottsBaldSpot said:

Basically corporate / Linkedin 'high performance' bollocks jarring with the messy reality of a struggling football club.

 

Best summary was when Aiden McGeady criticised him for flying in on a club-financed helicopter to make long-serving low-wage staff redundant.

 

Here's the most famous clip from where he thought he could turn a club in crisis around by playing a different song when the players are coming onto the pitch 

 

 

King Power are shit but this guy is still an absolute grifter.

hot take - he wasn't wrong

[MaidstoneFox]

4 hours ago, LeePhilpottsBaldSpot said:

Basically corporate / Linkedin 'high performance' bollocks jarring with the messy reality of a struggling football club.

 

Best summary was when Aiden McGeady criticised him for flying in on a club-financed helicopter to make long-serving low-wage staff redundant.

 

Here's the most famous clip from where he thought he could turn a club in crisis around by playing a different song when the players are coming onto the pitch 

 

 

King Power are shit but this guy is still an absolute grifter.

Comedy gold. It's as if they had all been hand-picked and cast by Ricky Gervais.

[Officer Doofy]

Couldn't give a **** who they hire. If he's working under or with Rudkin then it's pointless. 

[Pita]

Just now, Officer Doofy said:

Couldn't give a **** who they hire. If he's working under or with Rudkin then it's pointless. 

Very true. 

[BrilliantFox]

8 minutes ago, Officer Doofy said:

Couldn't give a **** who they hire. If he's working under or with Rudkin then it's pointless. 

We have to hope the Technical Director eventually undermines Rudkin and takes his job.

[Officer Doofy]

4 minutes ago, BrilliantFox said:

We have to hope the Technical Director eventually undermines Rudkin and takes his job.

Unfortunately we are past hoping where Rudkin is concerned. 

 

In this scenario people get to blame the new guy if it continues to go tits up and say Rudkin is pulling the strings if it goes well. 

 

 

The useless, club destroying, incompetent grifter needs to leave this club completely. 

 

I never want to see his twatty face in that stand again. 

 

[BrilliantFox]

11 minutes ago, Officer Doofy said:

Unfortunately we are past hoping where Rudkin is concerned. 

 

What other option is there? Our fanbase is full of weak and timid yes-men. In any serious fanbase you would have seen protests every week starting from the 2022 relegation.

 

Other than boycotting, how exactly do you force the parasites out? 

[Jimmy]

10 minutes ago, BrilliantFox said:

What other option is there? Our fanbase is full of weak and timid yes-men. In any serious fanbase you would have seen protests every week starting from the 2022 relegation.

 

Other than boycotting, how exactly do you force the parasites out? 

In this country no chance British fans simply aren't like that on the whole.

 

And the "I'm a better fan than them" attitude from the likes of yourself put others off from joining in any protests.

Edited 18 February by Jimmy

[BrilliantFox]

48 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

In this country no chance British fans simply aren't like that on the whole.

 

Precisely the problem with fans in this country. Could learn a lesson from our Continental neighbours.

 

 

Edited 18 February by BrilliantFox

[Claudio Fannieri]

I am clinging to the hope that this is the beginning of a phased Rudkin exit, let’s hope the new guy is appointed with a view to giving Rudkin a transitioned departure. I reckon he will be gone in the next 6-12 months. I actually think it will have been of his own choosing as well. 

[coolhandfox]

At 58 ish the best hope we have is Rudkin want to retire and count his money 

[davieG]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

At 58 ish the best hope we have is Rudkin want to retire and count his money 

Manage the Polo ponies

[CruzNoir]

I think the soon to be appointment of James McCarron is an exciting one.

 

 He’s only 38 and already has one hell of a CV! 
 

I see he comes from a deep rooted footballing background and in general sporting background from Semi pro football in the States too Global Director of Player Development for the power house that is CFG, as others have mentioned, they don’t hire mugs and he’s been there during the Pep years in various roles, each role getting bigger.

 

i think what excites me most is his connections, how many Clubs do CFG have? 13? In South America, France, Italy, Spain, all the popular destinations for scouting talent….his contacts book alone with all the connections he’s built up whilst at Lommel and as Director of player development must be juicy! and he’ll be bringing all that too us.

 

He's clearly an impressive young man that’s on the up which is surely exactly what we need no? 
 

My only worry is Rudkin, and what shackles he’ll apply too James? Although saying that, Tops description of what he requires of the new Sporting Director looks quite hands on and shackle free, which will hopefully be the case for James, he’s clearly talented, let him infect his principles and philosophies into the club and hope it goes the direction we so desperately bloody need it too go

 

Hopefully it’s announced soon and he can get too work.

 

good luck too the lad, he’s going too need it 

Edited 19 February by CruzNoir

[TamuffFox]

14 minutes ago, CruzNoir said:

I think the soon to be appointment of James McCarron is an exciting one.

 

 He’s only 38 and already has one hell of a CV! 
 

I see he comes from a deep rooted footballing background and in general sporting background from Semi pro football in the States too Global Director of Player Development for the power house that is CFG, as others have mentioned, they don’t hire mugs and he’s been there during the Pep years in various roles, each role getting bigger.

 

i think what excites me most is his connections, how many Clubs do CFG have? 13? In South America, France, Italy, Spain, all the popular destinations for scouting talent….his contacts book alone with all the connections he’s built up whilst at Lommel and as Director of player development must be juicy! and he’ll be bringing all that too us.

 

He's clearly an impressive young man that’s on the up which is surely exactly what we need no? 
 

My only worry is Rudkin, and what shackles he’ll apply too James? Although saying that, Tops description of what he requires of the new Sporting Director looks quite hands on and shackle free, which will hopefully be the case for James, he’s clearly talented, let him infect his principles and philosophies into the club and hope it’s the direction we so desperately bloody need.

 

Hopefully it’s announced soon and he can get too work.

 

good luck too the lad, he’s going too need it 

Evening James

[CruzNoir]

8 minutes ago, TamuffFox said:

Evening James

Evening 

[Lambert09]

Has anyone ever considered that Top actually keeps Rudkin around because everyone blames him and that removes or at least removed the blame from top himself? 
 

He might just be using Rudkin as cannon fodder 

[TamuffFox]

35 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

Has anyone ever considered that Top actually keeps Rudkin around because everyone blames him and that removes or at least removed the blame from top himself? 
 

He might just be using Rudkin as cannon fodder 

That would mean Khunt Bottom has a brain.....but as we all know, he's thick as shit 

 

[cityfanlee23]

Well it was either going to be someone from Southampton or City wasn't it. I guess the obsession with sideways ball is taking a temporary break to save the club then back to the plan in summer, because of the 8 seasons we've been obsessing over Pep ball, it's gone really well for us. 

[AjcW]

Tom Rawcliffe has just stepped down as Bristol City CEO to be able to move back to Nottingham ahead of the arrival of his first child. Might be one to watch. 5 years at Bristol City 

Edited 20 February by AjcW

[StanSP]

2 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Tom Rawcliffe has just stepped down as Bristol City CEO to be able to move back to Nottingham ahead of the arrival of his first child. Might be one to watch. 5 years at Bristol City 

His child will be our new DOF? 

[CloudFox]

4 minutes ago, StanSP said:

His child will be our new DOF? 

Just spat out my drink.

 

I mean I guess we already have a manchild...why not upgrade to a childchild?

[Death by Football]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

His child will be our new DOF? 

His child's sh!t-stained nappies would be an improvement on our current DoF so why not?

[Stadt]

1 hour ago, AjcW said:

Tom Rawcliffe has just stepped down as Bristol City CEO to be able to move back to Nottingham ahead of the arrival of his first child. Might be one to watch. 5 years at Bristol City 

Sorry I sound like broken record but do you think Top knows who he is? Rudkin may have met him at our away gams there perhaps but eh wouldn't remember. Incredibly agency-less man

[Brizzle Fox]

1 hour ago, CloudFox said:

Just spat out my drink.

 

I mean I guess we already have a manchild...why not upgrade to a childchild?

By the time we get around to appointing someone, he / she will probably be of age..

[AjcW]

32 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Sorry I sound like broken record but do you think Top knows who he is? Rudkin may have met him at our away gams there perhaps but eh wouldn't remember. Incredibly agency-less man

I mean we've outsourced commercial director and CEO to a recruitment agency.... so thankfully we're not relying on those two.