Is Fitton Incompetent?

[axs]

It is for Ben, he lives for the TEF. It is his calling in life.

[flammableBen]

Ben, you should try starting a "controversial" thread and try responding to every single point. I can assure you its
not easy.

No of course not, and you don't have to. However if I was starting a controversial thread then I'd make some effort to explain why I had these point of view. It was clear from your initial question (blahblahblah) that you were concentrating on the negatives, but even when people had answered those points you didn't make any effort to back up your own view.

Why not just take the time now to write out where you think Fitton has failed and why? Ignore all the other posts if it takes you half an hour, some of my posts took me that amount of time to write out.

[chalkies_shorts]

My view is very simple. Off the pitch everything they've done is great. On the pitch they've just about fucked up everything. So now I've got a stable club that is fucking shit as against a club that was going to the wall playing shit. Going forward I think I know which I'd prefer.

[gasha1]

But hey, its worked. If rumours are true, Danny Wilson has been offered the job.

Who's to say it wasn't because the board weren't getting worried that people were beginning to question their "competence"?

[axs]

But hey, its worked. If rumours are true, Danny Wilson has been offered the job.

Who's to say it wasn't because the board weren't getting worried that people were beginning to question their "competence"?

Did you just try and take credit for the new managerial appointment?

Good work.

[Rich Pullen]

Did you just try and take credit for the new managerial appointment?

Good work.

I didn't see it coming.

A doth of the proverbial to the gasha.

[reeves4england]

But hey, its worked. If rumours are true, Danny Wilson has been offered the job.

Who's to say it wasn't because the board weren't getting worried that people were beginning to question their "competence"?

If I've learnt one thing from the past few weeks, it's that rumours are seldom true!

[flammableBen]

A banned gasha.

Nobody say I didn't give him enough opportunity to show he wasn't just on a wind up. A discussion about the new board is a good thing, but he had no interest about making it constructive. The forum is fucking messy enough at the moment without trolling thisis types.

[deltaincline]

Despite my big cunting gob, it's reality check time for me: I wouldn't say Fitton or the board are incompetent. They've fucked up a bit, as others have said but if I was offered a straight choice between life now, under Fitton's board, or life with the previous devious lying cunts, Fitton and co win hands down.

His words yesterday show that the bloke has humility. I interpreted his inteview as saying that he knows he fucked up with Malpas, he does not want to make the same obvious mistake again and that he's been fucked around at the last minute by his long-awaited first choice candidate to replace MM.

He came in after the takeover with all the right intentions and puffed his chest out a bit in public. Fuck me, did anyone begrudge him that having just ousted the stinking cunts from Newbury? As I've said before, I don't think Fitton or the board should be above criticism from fans, nor are they entitled to the sometimes vomit-inducing arse licking deference afforded to the Wills family over the years for apparently 'saving our club'. As long as they stay in touch with reality, don't fuck the club over and make progress - not fussed in the great scheme of things how fast they make it, though I reserve the right to bitch like fuck in the background from time to time - I'm going to be happy.

All the negative shit would be wiped out with the appointment of a decent Manager. FACT.

[Don Rogers Shop]

To answer the question i find it moronic to class a man as incompetent when he has cleared debt,offered good st offer, got good sponsorship deal with decent kit sponsor to come. He backed malpas financially and also knew the right time to sack him i could go on but cant be assed. The way you have written your post was to provoke reaction. Well done i have bit for the first time ever

[flammableBen]

Cheers delta, I was worried that I'd ruined the discussion for a bit.

I'm worried that Fitton is getting too involved the public appearance, what the fans want stuff. Seems weird to say after the last board were all hidden secrets.

The socks off blown jobby is a classic. Even though he said that they'd have to consider what was in the best interests of the club, it got us all excited. He may have been 75% certain that it would work out at the time, but if the 1 in 4 happens (like it has), then the public statement backfires horrendously (like it has).

But on the internal side, I don't really blame Fitton for the bizarre mess we've been in now, paticularly the last week. He always said it would take some time. We've obviously been a bit screwed over the management recruitment, it's fairly obvious now that we've lost out on 2-3 managers, probably for the combined reasons of the new board not wanting to pay over the odds, and other positions becoming available. It hasn't helped that we've had a few bad results in the mean time. It puts extra pressure on the situation.

I don't believe for a second that we're completely back to square 1, as much as I don't believe that the panic appointment is the way forward. I suppose we'll have to wait and see on that.

As I've tried to put forward in my Poker analogies, Malpas is obviously a mistake with hindsight, but was it wrong for us to take a risk on him at the time. I'm not convinced it was.

[Lumps]

If appointing the wrong fellah to manage your club is incompetent then their isn't a competent football club administrator  anywhere in the world. They all fuck that up once in a while. Other than the likes of Fergie and O'Neill it's all a bit of a punt finding a manager. To expect it to be perfect first time out for this board is a bit much to ask for.

[flammableBen]

Shhh. lumps. I was trying to hint at that sort of thing with all my poker analogies and other random posts. I was going for the classic "people are more likely to believe something if they work it out for themselves" approach.

Might have been a bit optimistic. The TEF standard has dropped heavily over the last week.

[herthab]

Ben in 'Banning A Board Member' shocker......

[flammableBen]

Haha, that would be ace.

Fucking cunts. coming on here on the wind up.