spyinthesky Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Any advice to the incoming CEO? Fwiw mine would be (in no particular order) 1. Create a better dialogue with the fans 2. Ditto with businesses in the area (note only about a third of Boxes seem to be taken compared to 100% in early years) 3. Get rid of the 15 min parking charge 4. Convert back to stripes 5. Review some of the previous new signings eg Forren, Mayuka, possibly Ramirez and Osvaldo 6. Assist with supporters travel expenses for some longer away games 7. Get rid of the £2.00 charge for pay on the day tickets. 8. Embrace the clubs history. Forge stronger links with Ex Saints individually and the Ex Saints organisation. 9. Review possibilities of Concerts at St Mary's 10. Continue progress with the Academy and continue the progress the previous Chairman was able to achieve 11. ...and probably most important..keep Katharina Liebherr sweet'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Like all of them. Dialogue with fans is an important one. It's been very much an us and them scenario for the last few years. It would be great for the fans not to feel like an inconvenience to be ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Any advice to the incoming CEO? Fwiw mine would be (in no particular order) 1. Create a better dialogue with the fans 2. Ditto with businesses in the area (note only about a third of Boxes seem to be taken compared to 100% in early years) 3. Get rid of the 15 min parking charge 4. Convert back to stripes 5. Review some of the previous new signings eg Forren, Mayuka, possibly Ramirez and Osvaldo 6. Assist with supporters travel expenses for some longer away games 7. Get rid of the £2.00 charge for pay on the day tickets. 8. Embrace the clubs history. Forge stronger links with Ex Saints individually and the Ex Saints organisation. 9. Review possibilities of Concerts at St Mary's 10. Continue progress with the Academy and continue the progress the previous Chairman was able to achieve 11. ...and probably most important..keep Katharina Liebherr sweet'.... Why get rid of the on the day ticket charge? I agree with this. It's to make fans buy before the day, if people can't organise themselves then why not get them to pay more. They want the stadium to sell out as early as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysaint Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Bring back David Luker to run the ticket office, he was very good at his job, always answered any queries and built up a good relationship with the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 My other ones would be price cup games sensibly and make more of an effort to sell tickets generally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 1. If you do as good a job as NC did then you will have done bloody well. 2. If you do as good a job as NC did with a little more humility then you will be the best CEO in the football world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 No doubt he will have a ton of things to do, and a wealth of people/journos offering opinions on what is important, so I will make it easy: 1. carry on with all the great things that NC did and keep taking the club forward 2. stop/change all of the things that NC did that were crass/ill considered/just plain wrong Simples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Convince those concerned that attempting to win the odd cup competition every now and then isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Most importantly, never ever read this site, so you don't end up assuming most of the fan base are utter morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Any advice to the incoming CEO? Fwiw mine would be (in no particular order) 1. Create a better dialogue with the fans 2. Ditto with businesses in the area (note only about a third of Boxes seem to be taken compared to 100% in early years) 3. Get rid of the 15 min parking charge 4. Convert back to stripes 5. Review some of the previous new signings eg Forren, Mayuka, possibly Ramirez and Osvaldo 6. Assist with supporters travel expenses for some longer away games 7. Get rid of the £2.00 charge for pay on the day tickets. 8. Embrace the clubs history. Forge stronger links with Ex Saints individually and the Ex Saints organisation. 9. Review possibilities of Concerts at St Mary's 10. Continue progress with the Academy and continue the progress the previous Chairman was able to achieve 11. ...and probably most important..keep Katharina Liebherr sweet'.... I like the current kit, like a lot of fans do. If we are to "revert back" it should be to proper traditional kits, not the stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mikey Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 (edited) 1. Create a better dialogue with the fans - Fair enough, as long as it doesn't get to 'fan on board' state of affairs. 2. Ditto with businesses in the area (note only about a third of Boxes seem to be taken compared to 100% in early years) - I would say that's more to do with the economy than Cortese's dialogue with local business. 3. Get rid of the 15 min parking charge - Tediously small. 4. Convert back to stripes - I just don't get this. I'm 36, when I was first supporting Saints we didn't have stripes til I was 12! 3 kits in a row, spanning 10 years and we didn't have stripes! What's the fuss?? 5. Review some of the previous new signings eg Forren, Mayuka, possibly Ramirez and Osvaldo - Every club in the land makes bad signings, the new CEO will too. As long as you get more right than wrong, you're doing a good job. 6. Assist with supporters travel expenses for some longer away games - Agree that the use of the money from the Prem was a farce, but are we getting it every year? 7. Get rid of the £2.00 charge for pay on the day tickets - Saint Garrett has nailed this on the head. 8. Embrace the clubs history. Forge stronger links with Ex Saints individually and the Ex Saints organisation - Agreed. 9. Review possibilities of Concerts at St Mary's - Not particularly important and could only happen in the off season and may jeopardise our fantastic playing surface. 10. Continue progress with the Academy and continue the progress the previous Chairman was able to achieve - Agreed. 11. ...and probably most important..keep Katharina Liebherr sweet' - Agreed. Edited 20 January, 2014 by Saint Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 I like the current kit, like a lot of fans do. If we are to "revert back" it should be to proper traditional kits, not the stripes. I would think a lot less people like this kit than stripes. It's a rubbish kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Don't listen to the fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Away kit is yellow, with a bit of blue. Build it and they will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Bring back stripes, never mention Europe or show any ambition beyond finishing 8th in the league (people get embarrassed by that), allow ex-saints free run of the place, sell Duncans book for him and get a good solid Prem manager in like Pulis and Fat Sam, sell players when the big teams come knocking because that's how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Bring back stripes, never mention Europe or show any ambition beyond finishing 8th in the league (people get embarrassed by that), allow ex-saints free run of the place, sell Duncans book for him and get a good solid Prem manager in like Pulis and Fat Sam, sell players when the big teams come knocking because that's how it works. Agree, but what about the league cup.... 1st priority I would presume...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Bring back stripes, never mention Europe or show any ambition beyond finishing 8th in the league (people get embarrassed by that), allow ex-saints free run of the place, sell Duncans book for him and get a good solid Prem manager in like Pulis and Fat Sam, sell players when the big teams come knocking because that's how it works. I'm sure thats what we will get. In a couple of years time we will be this club, just another West Ham, Stoke, or Norwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Any advice to the incoming CEO? Fwiw mine would be (in no particular order) 1. Create a better dialogue with the fans 2. Ditto with businesses in the area (note only about a third of Boxes seem to be taken compared to 100% in early years) 3. Get rid of the 15 min parking charge 4. Convert back to stripes 5. Review some of the previous new signings eg Forren, Mayuka, possibly Ramirez and Osvaldo 6. Assist with supporters travel expenses for some longer away games 7. Get rid of the £2.00 charge for pay on the day tickets. 8. Embrace the clubs history. Forge stronger links with Ex Saints individually and the Ex Saints organisation. 9. Review possibilities of Concerts at St Mary's 10. Continue progress with the Academy and continue the progress the previous Chairman was able to achieve 11. ...and probably most important..keep Katharina Liebherr sweet'.... Good post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Agree, but what about the league cup.... 1st priority I would presume...? Of course, the CEO should remember that it doesn't matter what league we are in, fans want a day out at Wembley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Bring back stripes, never mention Europe or show any ambition beyond finishing 8th in the league (people get embarrassed by that), allow ex-saints free run of the place, sell Duncans book for him and get a good solid Prem manager in like Pulis and Fat Sam, sell players when the big teams come knocking because that's how it works. Mentioning Europe on a forum surrounded by our own is different to going on a Nationwide one and saying it with purpose and belief without going red, the only two clubs on this planet at the moment who are not stepping stones are Barcelona and Real Madrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Of course, the CEO should remember that it doesn't matter what league we are in, fans want a day out at Wembley I would rather we finished 16th and won the League Cup, wouldn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 I'm sure thats what we will get. In a couple of years time we will be this club, just another West Ham, Stoke, or Norwich. Lol. We ARE just another West Ham, Stoke or Norwich - except West Ham have won more than us and have bigger crowds. I'm sorry if you bought into the Cortese CL puff which depended on someone (not him) writing another £150m cheque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Don't base opinion on Saintsweb or any other online forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 I would rather we finished 16th and won the League Cup, wouldn't you? Rather we were conference if it meant a day out to Wembley, don't you agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Lol. We ARE just another West Ham, Stoke or Norwich - except West Ham have won more than us and have bigger crowds. I'm sorry if you bought into the Cortese CL puff which depended on someone (not him) writing another £150m cheque. We haven't been over the last year or so. Much better run club with a younger squad of better players than those teams. With a (miles, miles) better Manager selected by the previous Chairman. No point pretending he didnt do a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 1. Ignore all advice on internet football forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Ensure that progression is not at the expense of tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Ditch the other 2 as quickly as you respectably can, only one place in the top seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Most importantly, never ever read this site, so you don't end up assuming most of the fan base are utter morons. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Rather we were conference if it meant a day out to Wembley, don't you agree? No finishing 16th in the Premiership and winning the League Cup, you disagree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 No finishing 16th in the Premiership and winning the League Cup, you disagree? No, my comment clearly showed that I would be forever happy with a proper cup win at Wembley so league position/relegations don't matter, you agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 12. Bring back the 'Early Bird' for us ST holders 13. Shelve the cut-off point in July/whatever it is to purchase STs 14. Bring back the half-ST just before Christmas 15. Join the Safe Standing campaign.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Ensure that progression is not at the expense of tradition. Hear, hear. We should only look backwards. Worship former glories (we are awash with them), keep the kit the same, etc etc etc. Don't bother looking to the future, and certainly have no ambitions of doing anything differently, or heavens forbid trying to upset the establishment. That would just be embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Hear, hear. We should only look backwards. Worship former glories (we are awash with them), keep the kit the same, etc etc etc. Don't bother looking to the future, and certainly have no ambitions of doing anything differently, or heavens forbid trying to upset the establishment. That would just be embarrassing. You're not very good at this sarcastic straw man thing. Its just a pastiche of Dig Dig, and he's crap at it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Hear, hear. We should only look backwards. Worship former glories (we are awash with them), keep the kit the same, etc etc etc. Don't bother looking to the future, and certainly have no ambitions of doing anything differently, or heavens forbid trying to upset the establishment. That would just be embarrassing. Yeah, because you can't embrace your history and look to the future at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 You're not very good at this sarcastic straw man thing. Its just a pastiche of Dig Dig, and he's crap at it too. I'm for reals. I want a nice stripey kit. That is all I care about. It's much more important than a club that is being well run and has been upwardly mobile for 4.5 years. Or a dynamic club that has been praised for how well run it is. Stripes and history for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Yeah, because you can't embrace your history and look to the future at the same time. I JUST WANT STRIPES!!! STRIPES ARE ALL THAT MATTER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Hear, hear. We should only look backwards. Worship former glories (we are awash with them), keep the kit the same, etc etc etc. Don't bother looking to the future, and certainly have no ambitions of doing anything differently, or heavens forbid trying to upset the establishment. That would just be embarrassing. Odd comment. How does ensuring progression is not at the expense of tradition translate to only looking backwards and do nothing differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 I'm for reals. I want a nice stripey kit. That is all I care about. It's much more important than a club that is being well run and has been upwardly mobile for 4.5 years. Or a dynamic club that has been praised for how well run it is. Stripes and history for me. Again, why are the two things exclusive? Why not have a well run upwardly mobile club that also has the other bits that some fans find important? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 You're not very good at this sarcastic straw man thing. Its just a pastiche of Dig Dig, and he's crap at it too. Shared any emails with KL lately Tim? I'm sure she would be glad to hear from you after recent developments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Dont wear a blue tie, unless you want to upset the natives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 quit whilst you're ahead, sort of half an hour after your appointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 No, my comment clearly showed that I would be forever happy with a proper cup win at Wembley so league position/relegations don't matter, you agree? Of course I would be happy floating between the Premiership and winning things, Christ its not like we have a great history of actually winning things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Shared any emails with KL lately Tim? I'm sure she would be glad to hear from you after recent developments. Actually its her cousin I've previously been in contact with through work, and she isn't directly involved in Saints, so I'm not sure its relevant. Keep up with comedy gags though, cracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 I JUST WANT STRIPES!!! STRIPES ARE ALL THAT MATTER! Why are you trying to ruin the thread with sarcastic comments on other poster's genuine points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 We are as successful as Clapham Rovers and Old Carthusians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 I JUST WANT STRIPES!!! STRIPES ARE ALL THAT MATTER! It's funny how you move on tho ain't it, like i was watching sunderland on sat + thinking you know, "Stripes look shit". It's hard to keep up with latest fashion trends i spose which is why we employ expert designers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 12. Bring back the 'Early Bird' for us ST holders 13. Shelve the cut-off point in July/whatever it is to purchase STs 14. Bring back the half-ST just before Christmas 15. Join the Safe Standing campaign.......................... 12-14 I totally agree and never understood why you turn away willing customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Improve the catering, which was once very good. Invite the corporate 'customer'back with the promise to do things much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 20 January, 2014 Share Posted 20 January, 2014 Why are you trying to ruin the thread with sarcastic comments on other poster's genuine points. I just find it hilarious that grown men get so worked up about what other grown men are wearing. Stripes aren't even that well ingrained in Saints history. If this is the criteria you want the man/woman who is potentially going to run the club to be judged upon, I would suggest your priorities are pretty askew. The past/history is for the fans. It's of little concern to players, staff bought in with no prior affiliation to the club. There concern is the future, and hopefully creating more memories to look back on. p.s. if you have such a problem with sarcasm this really ent the place for you pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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