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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by sambino » Sat Aug 07, 2021 9:44 am

Adam29 wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:41 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09rk25g

Mark was on our sports show tonight - spoke very well
Just catching up with on last nights show good interview with mc Quigley must have gone for some serious wages but with what we have got does not seem too concerned

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by blue nige » Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:05 am

Adam29 wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:41 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09rk25g

Mark was on our sports show tonight - spoke very well
Thanks for this Adam, it's embarrassing that we've got such an inspirational manager in Mark and we immediately let him down with inadequate facilities, I know this is being rectified but if we want to reach league one ( not my word's) we have to get our infrastructure much better and our decision making has to be more professional, I don't know how these decisions are made but we seriously need to get our act together moving forward !

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by whitty1969 » Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:11 am

blue nige wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:05 am
Adam29 wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:41 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09rk25g

Mark was on our sports show tonight - spoke very well
Thanks for this Adam, it's embarrassing that we've got such an inspirational manager in Mark and we immediately let him down with inadequate facilities, I know this is being rectified but if we want to reach league one ( not my word's) we have to get our infrastructure much better and our decision making has to be more professional, I don't know how these decisions are made but we seriously need to get our act together moving forward !
100% correct there Nige. We need to up our game massively off the field

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by MisterPleasant » Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:35 am

whitty1969 wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:11 am
blue nige wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:05 am

Thanks for this Adam, it's embarrassing that we've got such an inspirational manager in Mark and we immediately let him down with inadequate facilities, I know this is being rectified but if we want to reach league one ( not my word's) we have to get our infrastructure much better and our decision making has to be more professional, I don't know how these decisions are made but we seriously need to get our act together moving forward !
100% correct there Nige. We need to up our game massively off the field
Well, we haven't "let him down" as such, have we? He must have known when he accepted the appointment what the training facilities were.
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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by Matty » Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:21 pm

Great interview with Mark.

A bit off tangent but on the subject of the last couple of posts - has anyone on the board got experience running football side of things as opposed to a purely business background? This is no way a criticism of those in place at the moment but in scenarios like we've had with the training ground it makes you think that this is something we are badly missing.
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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by blue nige » Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:30 pm

MisterPleasant wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:35 am
whitty1969 wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:11 am

100% correct there Nige. We need to up our game massively off the field
Well, we haven't "let him down" as such, have we? He must have known when he accepted the appointment what the training facilities were.
I don't think when you have an interview that he would have to ask about training facilities as surely any half decent club would have had these in place! it's pretty obvious he DIDN'T KNOW about this situation as after all these weeks it still wrankles with him!

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by bluessupporter » Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:34 pm

What happened to the training facilities we used to have?

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by Moribund » Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:55 pm

blue nige wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:30 pm
MisterPleasant wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:35 am
Well, we haven't "let him down" as such, have we? He must have known when he accepted the appointment what the training facilities were.
I don't think when you have an interview that he would have to ask about training facilities as surely any half decent club would have had these in place! it's pretty obvious he DIDN'T KNOW about this situation as after all these weeks it still wrankles with him!
You're suggesting the club misled him about training facilities?

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by HenneysKnee » Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:04 pm

Matty wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:21 pm Great interview with Mark.

A bit off tangent but on the subject of the last couple of posts - has anyone on the board got experience running football side of things as opposed to a purely business background? This is no way a criticism of those in place at the moment but in scenarios like we've had with the training ground it makes you think that this is something we are badly missing.
I’m guessing Hetherington was more the actual football man on the board before he left

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by Clarkey1192 » Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:13 pm

Matty wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:21 pm Great interview with Mark.

A bit off tangent but on the subject of the last couple of posts - has anyone on the board got experience running football side of things as opposed to a purely business background? This is no way a criticism of those in place at the moment but in scenarios like we've had with the training ground it makes you think that this is something we are badly missing.
None - absolutely none. Some great businessmen on the board but not one has experience in football. Compound that with a CEO that has never run a business or played football (yet runs a football business...) and it's no wonder the club is now the shambles that it is.

Who actually sorted out the training facility and physio?

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by Clarkey1192 » Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:15 pm

Clarkey1192 wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:13 pm
Matty wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:21 pm Great interview with Mark.

A bit off tangent but on the subject of the last couple of posts - has anyone on the board got experience running football side of things as opposed to a purely business background? This is no way a criticism of those in place at the moment but in scenarios like we've had with the training ground it makes you think that this is something we are badly missing.
None - absolutely none. Some great businessmen on the board but not one has experience in football. Compound that with a CEO that has never run a business or played football (yet runs a football business...) and it's no wonder the club is now the shambles that it is.

Who actually sorted out the training facility and physio?
Apology for refrencing the training and physio - that should be discussed in the other thred.

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by MisterPleasant » Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:34 pm

blue nige wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:30 pm
MisterPleasant wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:35 am
Well, we haven't "let him down" as such, have we? He must have known when he accepted the appointment what the training facilities were.
I don't think when you have an interview that he would have to ask about training facilities as surely any half decent club would have had these in place! it's pretty obvious he DIDN'T KNOW about this situation as after all these weeks it still wrankles with him!
When you spend the vast majority of your working week at the training facility you think that wouldn't have been discussed?! :o
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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by blue nige » Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:48 pm

Moribund wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:55 pm
blue nige wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:30 pm

I don't think when you have an interview that he would have to ask about training facilities as surely any half decent club would have had these in place! it's pretty obvious he DIDN'T KNOW about this situation as after all these weeks it still wrankles with him!
You're suggesting the club misled him about training facilities?
Dear Mr know it all did you READ what i had written ( obviously not !🙄 )

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by Moribund » Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:52 pm

blue nige wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:48 pm
Moribund wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:55 pm

You're suggesting the club misled him about training facilities?
Dear Mr know it all did you READ what i had written ( obviously not !🙄 )
"It's pretty obvious he DIDN'T KNOW about this situation."

So either he was misled or he didn't think to ask - which is it?

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Re: Mark Cooper

Post by GazzaT » Sat Aug 07, 2021 5:08 pm

Moribund wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:52 pm
blue nige wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:48 pm

Dear Mr know it all did you READ what i had written ( obviously not !🙄 )
"It's pretty obvious he DIDN'T KNOW about this situation."

So either he was misled or he didn't think to ask - which is it?
Yes he maybe could have asked where it was but I wouldn't blame him for assuming we actually had one.

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