[Archived] Rovers new Chairman - Who will it be?!

[Fife Rover]

  On 09/02/2011 at 11:16, chris said:

I predict the new Chairman will be an old man with white hair.

He only has to look the part as he will have little else to do.

Hmmm......sounds just rght for me. I am off up the attic to find my old CV.

[Iceman]

Sorry Fife, but you are not a YES man. So you don't qualify

Sorry Fife, but you are not a YES man. So you don't qualify

[PAFELL]

  On 09/02/2011 at 18:54, Ste B said:

Other than one or two people I dare say nobody had heard of John Williams before he took over.

Maybe right. But now he has more than proved himself and has got one of the best reputations as a chairman in the premier league.

[neophox]

Michael Laudrup

[John]

Hoping Venky's don't go for someone odd here....

[Mercer]

One name I've heard mentioned in connection with Rovers is a guy called Sheth who has a similar status to Sugar in UK. Not sure it's as chairman but it's speculated that our new owners are keen to tap into his knowledge.

[Torgeir]

Maradona?

[alexanders]

  On 09/02/2011 at 17:19, rebelmswar said:

Bet he would for five. Just sell Andrews and Grella - that would be an acceptable trade off.

Scandanavian people need not apply.

That should cover it.

Sorry Alexanders, nothing personal, us Jews have to band together.

What?

I remember the trio of Gjelsten, Røkke and Egil Drillo Olsen doing a great job at Wimbledon some years back.

[philipl]

There is another piece on this subject in the LT tomorrow.

[Mr. E]

Surely the very first and top priority qualification for a chairman must be his loyalty to the club?

People can debate whether players or managers, or even owners should be fans of the clubs they represent, but if the chairman is not, there really is no hope. In extreme situations it is the chairman that can be the last line of defense for a club, and if he is just another employee working for a paycheck, you are finished.

[gumboots]

  On 10/02/2011 at 06:53, Mr. E said:

Surely the very first and top priority qualification for a chairman must be his loyalty to the club?

People can debate whether players or managers, or even owners should be fans of the clubs they represent, but if the chairman is not, there really is no hope. In extreme situations it is the chairman that can be the last line of defense for a club, and if he is just another employee working for a paycheck, you are finished.

That's exactly what JW was when he came to Rovers - he only became a fan through working here

[Ewood Spark]

  On 10/02/2011 at 06:53, Mr. E said:

Surely the very first and top priority qualification for a chairman must be his loyalty to the club?

People can debate whether players or managers, or even owners should be fans of the clubs they represent, but if the chairman is not, there really is no hope. In extreme situations it is the chairman that can be the last line of defense for a club, and if he is just another employee working for a paycheck, you are finished.

Do you think John Williams was a fan before Jack employed him?

Edit - Gumboots beat me to it! In actual fact John was a Southampton fan before he fell for Rovers.

[J*B]

Reports of Jonathon Hill (I think that's the name they said...), senior Kentaro taking over.

Oh well, if I paid 50million for something, I'd expect to make my own changes too. Just hope people know what they're doing here.

[broadsword]

  On 10/02/2011 at 08:45, J*B said:

Reports of Jonathon Hill (I think that's the name they said...), senior Kentaro taking over.

What was that Mrs desai said about the influence of Kentaro waning?

[deftangel]

  On 10/02/2011 at 10:58, Bryan said:

What was that Mrs desai said about the influence of Kentaro waning?

She was referring to Jerome Anderson when she made that comment.

If he didn't work for Kentaro, I don't see how anybody would be unhappy with a highly regarded former head of commercialisation from the FA. He sounds exactly like what we'd need. Our commercial operations have been panned several times over the years on these boards and could well present excellent potential for improvement, particularly in new markets.

JW had many successes during his tenure here but developing the commercial side of things isn't talked about as one of them very much. Yet, going forward with the new UEFA rules and potential risks to TV revenue it's possibly more important than ever before.

That's not a criticism of John. The taking back Ewood stuff and efforts to get the fairest prices possible in the league are all good things that hopefully, somebody else with some fresh ideas can come in and build upon.

[sparkspakespoke]

  On 10/02/2011 at 12:17, deftangel said:

She was referring to Jerome Anderson when she made that comment.

If he didn't work for Kentaro, I don't see how anybody would be unhappy with a highly regarded former head of commercialisation from the FA. He sounds exactly like what we'd need. Our commercial operations have been panned several times over the years on these boards and could well present excellent potential for improvement, particularly in new markets.

JW had many successes during his tenure here but developing the commercial side of things isn't talked about as one of them very much. Yet, going forward with the new UEFA rules and potential risks to TV revenue it's possibly more important than ever before.

That's not a criticism of John. The taking back Ewood stuff and efforts to get the fairest prices possible in the league are all good things that hopefully, somebody else with some fresh ideas can come in and build upon.

great post, spot on.

[broadsword]

  On 10/02/2011 at 12:17, deftangel said:

She was referring to Jerome Anderson when she made that comment.

If he didn't work for Kentaro,

But he does, and that may or may not be a cause for concern.

No need to run panicking through the streets just yet, but I am keeping my beady eye on developments. Whether it was Jerome Anderson or Kentaro itself that was being referred to I think it was a moot point. Mrs Desai was addressing concerns about undue influence on the club by a representative of Kentaro.

[Kelbo]

Can anyone tell me if or not a board of Directors can operate without a Chairman in English Company Law, I thought it had to do and thats why a Vice Chairman was also appointed at the AGM. Just wondered as we arent hearing much at the moment as to who the New Chairman will be or is the Vice Chairman currently holding that role?

[Parsonblue]

  On 14/02/2011 at 15:03, Kelbo said:

Can anyone tell me if or not a board of Directors can operate without a Chairman in English Company Law, I thought it had to do and thats why a Vice Chairman was also appointed at the AGM. Just wondered as we arent hearing much at the moment as to who the New Chairman will be or is the Vice Chairman currently holding that role?

I don't think we have a Vice Chairman do we? Wasn't that the role that David Brown filled and he left after the takeover.

[deftangel]

  On 10/02/2011 at 12:58, Bryan said:

But he does, and that may or may not be a cause for concern.

No need to run panicking through the streets just yet, but I am keeping my beady eye on developments. Whether it was Jerome Anderson or Kentaro itself that was being referred to I think it was a moot point. Mrs Desai was addressing concerns about undue influence on the club by a representative of Kentaro.

Like it or not, Kentaro are the Venky's advisor's. If they are doing their job as advisers properly, then they should be having an influence over the club. I would rather they leverage that relationship to the benefit of the club wherever possible. If that's through their extensive contacts in getting talented people to come here, all well and good.

As I see it, the legitimate reason to be very watchful over what Kentaro do is because they have a partnership with the football agency SEM.

Yet to date, I'm not aware of anything Jerome Anderson has explicitly done to the detriment of the club. Most of our fears appear to be based upon a few opinions/Guardian reports on what he did or didn't do at Manchester City. One particular fear is that we would stock up on overpaid not-up-to it players that would disrupt the dressing room, something he was alleged to have done at City.

As it turns out, I saw a post on here that pointed out nearly all of Anderson's signings at City are still playing at the highest club level, in January we brought in virtually no SEM clients and going by comments from Samba, Roberts and MGP, they appear to be happy with the club's direction. We've a report from one (demonstrably) well connected source in Nicko that Anderson was against the timing of Sam's dismissal.

It's imperative we keep our beady eyes on them. That goes without saying but seemingly we are not judging these people by their actions. Instead, it's seemingly just because they are Kentaro and we've been told they're the scary bogeymen.

[broadsword]

  On 14/02/2011 at 16:26, deftangel said:

Like it or not, Kentaro are the Venky's advisor's.

Are they? According to that interview with Mrs Desai, the influence of Kentaro is already waning, and they will work with anyone who can bring success.

[deftangel]

  On 14/02/2011 at 16:47, Bryan said:

Are they? According to that interview with Mrs Desai, the influence of Kentaro is already waning, and they will work with anyone who can bring success.

The explicit quote is this;-

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/8835527.Mrs_Desai__Why_John_Williams_left_Blackburn_Rovers/

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Mrs Desai said she remained impressed by the job that Kean is doing for Rovers and she played down the future role at the club of Mr Anderson, whose SEM/Kentaro group brokered the takeover deal.

She said: "Jerome has helped us but I want to be very clear that he does not run the club.

"We will be working with anybody and any agents to make this club successful but we are not controlled by his company. His role will now diminish."

She's referring directly to Anderson. It's an entirely valid question of course, how that actually works if the bloke is supposed to have Fat Sam's old office(!).

From what I've read, Kentaro are the Venky's advisers and she's not made any specific comments about them, the company, and their role diminishing. Jerome's specific role could be diminishing now that the January window is out of the way, for example.

Mrs Desai has made inconsistent comments before of course, specifically about Maradona so I don't think anything should be taken as gospel.

[chaddyrovers]

I am sure that Tom Finn as Managing Director is running Rovers at the minute. He could be our Chairman for the future but I would imagine that if Venkys want to improve our Marketing and Sponsorship then I think they would go for a guy who has a Commericial background and has improve a company marketing and sponsorship side of the business.

[broadsword]

  On 14/02/2011 at 17:19, deftangel said:

Mrs Desai has made inconsistent comments before of course, specifically about Maradona so I don't think anything should be taken as gospel.

That's the problem, no consistency whatsoever. It's maddening.

Why believe anything they say when they will contradict it tomorrow? Do they think we're simpletons or something?

[Iceman]

Was there not talk, that an announcement would be made? That was last week, so again, what to believe