Cabrone Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 For those of you who may be interested looks like the company our erstwhile ex-chairman is currently chairing is being examined by the SFA for dodgy dealings. http://news.sky.com/story/1025569/broker-widens-probe-into-suspicious-trades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 Get over it. It was time to move on three years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 For those of you who may be interested looks like the company our erstwhile ex-chairman is currently chairing is being examined by the SFA for dodgy dealings. http://news.sky.com/story/1025569/broker-widens-probe-into-suspicious-trades I think its the FSA (Financial Services Authority) who are investigating, not the Scottish Football Association. May as well be the latter though for all the good it will do when Tory Ministers are involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 I wonder what the Mail has to say about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 It is the CEO, not Lowe who is being investigated. The ruddy-faced one will probably win an award for overseeing the first class compliance facilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmacian_saint Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 To be absolutely impartial, Lowe is not a bad businessman. Yes he drowned us because of his juvenile hype when things started to go well in the run to Strachan's resignation in 03/04, and his lack of understanding of the football and the sports industry meant that all his experiments from then on were wrong and was never able to at least stop our downward spiral, but he had the right ideas all along. He invested well in SMS and Staplewood/Academy set-up, probably the club's most valuable assets. He guided us through the transition into a trading company business quite well, and gave us stability. It was exactly when he decided it was time to have a more visible say on the pitch that it all went wrong. Maybe he wanted more recognition, or simply got carried away? Maybe he should've just tried to sell the club in 2003, rather than turn it into something that he did not have the knowledge to turn into. In fact, looking back at his 12 years, I would say it was 50-50. 6 years of a reasonably OK work, and 6 years of going bonkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manji Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 For those of you who may be interested looks like the company our erstwhile ex-chairman is currently chairing is being examined by the SFA for dodgy dealings. http://news.sky.com/story/1025569/broker-widens-probe-into-suspicious-trades don't post about stuff you don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 To be absolutely impartial, Lowe is not a bad businessman. Yes he drowned us because of his juvenile hype when things started to go well in the run to Strachan's resignation in 03/04, and his lack of understanding of the football and the sports industry meant that all his experiments from then on were wrong and was never able to at least stop our downward spiral, but he had the right ideas all along. He invested well in SMS and Staplewood/Academy set-up, probably the club's most valuable assets. He guided us through the transition into a trading company business quite well, and gave us stability. It was exactly when he decided it was time to have a more visible say on the pitch that it all went wrong. Maybe he wanted more recognition, or simply got carried away? Maybe he should've just tried to sell the club in 2003, rather than turn it into something that he did not have the knowledge to turn into. In fact, looking back at his 12 years, I would say it was 50-50. 6 years of a reasonably OK work, and 6 years of going bonkers. It must be something about the football industry as Lowe is not alone in allowing his ego to go in to overdrive!!!! Over the years, English football has been littered with people who have somehow allowed their ego to rule their brain. Is it the high profile of the game, the money involved (but that's only a relatively newish feature and egos were wild in the 70s & 80s), the fact that stars aren't the bosses, the media interest????? I'd agree with you in that Lowe's early years saw some good developments and he dragged us in to the 21st century (straight from the 19th century given some of our set up at The Dell) with able support from Cowen. But then his ego and his desire to be seen as a mould breaker meant he lost the plot somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 It must be something about the football industry as Lowe is not alone in allowing his ego to go in to overdrive!!!! Over the years, English football has been littered with people who have somehow allowed their ego to rule their brain. Is it the high profile of the game, the money involved (but that's only a relatively newish feature and egos were wild in the 70s & 80s), the fact that stars aren't the bosses, the media interest????? I'd agree with you in that Lowe's early years saw some good developments and he dragged us in to the 21st century (straight from the 19th century given some of our set up at The Dell) with able support from Cowen. But then his ego and his desire to be seen as a mould breaker meant he lost the plot somewhat. I agree. It's not just limited to directors either, there have been a few fans have got carried away in the past as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 It must be something about the football industry as Lowe is not alone in allowing his ego to go in to overdrive!!!! Over the years, English football has been littered with people who have somehow allowed their ego to rule their brain. I'd agree with you in that Lowe's early years saw some good developments and he dragged us in to the 21st century (straight from the 19th century given some of our set up at The Dell) with able support from Cowen. But then his ego and his desire to be seen as a mould breaker meant he lost the plot somewhat. My opinion is that Lowe did the bare minimum that we could have expected from the floating of the club, certainly a lot less than someone with money could have done. I look back on the whole reverse takeover as a wasted opportunity, had the right person come in we really could have seen a real take off of the club. As it was the only good thing about Lowe was he didn't screw up ala Risdale or Storrie , but just think what a Marcus or NC would have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonroader07 Posted 27 December, 2012 Share Posted 27 December, 2012 there is no interest in this low life on the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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