miserableoldgit Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 More fodder for the forum "characters" to latch onto. From todays Charles Sale column:- "Southampton executive chairman Nicola Cortese described the club’s head of communications Julius Duncan on his appointment last December as bringing a ‘range of experience and skills that will help keep Southampton at the forefront of communications in the years ahead’. Yet less than three months later Duncan, recruited from financial PR, has resigned apparently because he was unsuited for the post. He certainly had little empathy for football, as shown by the botched PR handling of manager Nigel Adkins’s sacking." Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2291886/Charles-Sale-FA-issue-statement-Fergie-right-Rooney-gripe.html#ixzz2NJcjLoTt Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 If he was responsible for the way the Adkins sacking was handled then good. We do burn through staff at a rate of knots though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 If he was responsible for the way the Adkins sacking was handled then good. We do burn through staff at a rate of knots though. How come our PR manager decided to sack Adkins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 If he was responsible for the way the Adkins sacking was handled then good. We do burn through staff at a rate of knots though. It's the Southampton way, what price a new manager for pre-season next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Good news imo. Hopefully our new PR manager will be able to take us onto the next level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 How come our PR manager decided to sack Adkins? As you know not the sacking itself but the aftermath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paris Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Wasn't part of the new Cortese love in so had to go !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 How come our PR manager decided to sack Adkins? I think you might want to re-read the post......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 I think you might want to re-read the post......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 I won't believe this until it is on the official facebook and twitter feeds.... or Simon Peach tweats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToreSF Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 I heard he left crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Is he on gardening leave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirleysfc Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 I heard he left crying. Apparently he left a motivational message for Sibley on a white board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToreSF Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Apparently he left a motivational message for Sibley on a white board. Heartbreaking. What has this club become? :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 I don't get where Helen Flanagan fits in (whoever she is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 My bad, I get easily confused with who's being ironic and who's not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 !!!!!!ffs cortese out1!!!!!!!11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Mullet Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Big boobie gal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 I heard he left to go and join Beady Eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirleysfc Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Julius Duncan now 6/1 for the Reading job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 They recruited from the wrong industry. Pretty simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 According to the Echo, he has left after only 2 months in the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 I'm sure it was just a simple misunderstanding, a miscommunication if you will. I'm guessing we won't be hearing from him as he's bound and gagged, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 No Surprise there! must be a damn hard job in a regime more closed to the outside world than North Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Irony alert. Comms head goes - only source is the Echo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Is this that Julius weirdo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 I always had doubts about someone called Julius entering the football world. Seemed as unlikely as a man called Rupert fitting in to it. But what of a man called Nicola ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 My bad....Americanisms are banned - especially as I know 100% you are not American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Irony, humour and dry wit are lost upon this lad, he must be from the Orkney Isles or Bassett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 If he's gone how do we know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 If he's gone how do we know? He came round and told everyone personally. He's just left my place in Somerset and is heading up the M5 to Liverpool. Don't go to bed just yet, it's worth staying up for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 He came round and told everyone personally. He's just left my place in Somerset and is heading up the M5 to Liverpool. Don't go to bed just yet, it's worth staying up for. Sweet the personal touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 12 March, 2013 Share Posted 12 March, 2013 Sweet the personal touch. Yeah. Oh by the way, he has got some particularly nasty head wounds and doesn't seem to be able to stop crying. I spoke to him through the letterbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Yeah. Oh by the way, he has got some particularly nasty head wounds and doesn't seem to be able to stop crying. I spoke to him through the letterbox. I'll sort him no worries, a cup o tea and a sarnie, maybe a beer or two, I always look after me guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 No Surprise there! must be a damn hard job in a regime more closed to the outside world than North Korea. this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 They should also sack the person who came up with 3 Carllings for £10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Shocking decision at a key point in the season. I for one hope we get relegated now. Cortese out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Haven't we already got a thread on this entitled "more fodder"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Noticed MLG is posting more again........ coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 If they were going to get rid of him why do it part way through the season. It's the timing I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 If they were going to get rid of him why do it part way through the season. It's the timing I don't understand. I can't understand why there hasn't been an official statement praising his work to get us where we are today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Irony, humour and dry wit are lost upon this lad, he must be from the Orkney Isles or Bassett. Just so I know for future reference, which if these traits do you display? Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 In reality our recent PR form hadn't been that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 They recruited from the wrong industry. Pretty simple. Possibly, but he was young, hungry and willing to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 In reality our recent PR form hadn't been that bad. True - Adkin's dismissal was a triumph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so22saint Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 My sister is good mates with him. Says he was a nice bloke who had a hospital pass of the first job being to announce the sacking of Adkins - shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 In reality our recent PR form hadn't been that bad. There is no infomation to give out, never is in this regime, its cutting a job out thats not needed. North Koreans get more infomation on their Nation than we do of our club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 I'm guessing we won't be hearing from him as he's bound and gagged, right? May be not so this time Lungs, - He resigned. They may well have put some sort of compromise agreement together (Depending on his notice period) but essesntially he walked of his own accord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 When does the Comms Directors transfer window open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 May be not so this time Lungs, - He resigned. They may well have put some sort of compromise agreement together (Depending on his notice period) but essesntially he walked of his own accord. Al Capone, Boba Fett and the man with the golden gun were seen following him....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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