[Archived] Has Karen Silk now official left Rovers now

[broadsword]

Get on yer bike eh, Jim?

[K-Hod]

Pretty disruptive to the lives of her kids to uproot them though?

Not like Rovers are the most stable club to work for these days!!!

[thenodrog]

Pretty disruptive to the lives of her kids to uproot them though?

Not like Rovers are the most stable club to work for these days!!!

Indeed so and no one knows what her husband's employment is.

Get on yer bike eh, Jim?

Nice to see that Norman Tebbitts wisdom and advice has been heeded.

[tomphil]

She lives in Stoke and didn't want to move her young family. Anyone who uses the M6 at peak times will understand that it's not an enjoyable commute.

For once this isn't a Venky f*** up. It's a mother of young kids sorting out her work - life balance.

Fair enough if true but im a bit suprised she didn't consider that when she first took the job then ? Also i don't recall reading anywhere that she was leaving for family reasons.

[Paul]

That's pathetic. She had a good well-paid job at Ewood so why couldn't she move the family to the area ?

If true, and I've no idea if it is or not, it's far from pathetic. I have a "good well paid job" in Knutsford but wouldn't have dreamt of moving the family away from all its local ties, especially as the kids were all below 7 when I took the offer.

Common kids leave all your friends behind because Dad wants to work 45 miles from home. The unselfish reaction is either work closer to home or commute.

[OJRovers]

When did KS get her reputation from as being one of the good guys (girls)whilst at Rovers?

She made a jump up in roles to join Rovers (standard practice for venkys) and has since overseen the probably administration of the club, as finance director could she not see the danger in the murthy/best/etuhu/Gomes contracts?

I know venkys were making the decisions but it doesn't sound like our FD was strong enough in advising the owners. At the end of the day it will be her name on the administration documents.

[thenodrog]

When did KS get her reputation from as being one of the good guys (girls)whilst at Rovers?

She made a jump up in roles to join Rovers (standard practice for venkys) and has since overseen the probably administration of the club, as finance director could she not see the danger in the murthy/best/etuhu/Gomes contracts?

I know venkys were making the decisions but it doesn't sound like our FD was strong enough in advising the owners. At the end of the day it will be her name on the administration documents.

I don't believe that she ever pretended to be one of the good/bad guys. She just hnad her job to do.

C'Mon OJ. Young family, middle class lifestyle to live up to and many graphic examples of all who stood up to the venkymob. Here's just one that would have been freshest in her thoughts....... This makes for excruciating reading. June 2011... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18005433

If you were in her position (given that she would have been unlikely to have an emotional interest in BRFC) what would you have done differently?

All gonna be over soon bar the shouting and it's no good crying over spilt milk but in that report Hunt was warning of administration back then. I can't help but wonder how we would be fairing if the venkymob had heeded Hunts words, taken his advice, sacked the crook and put him (Hunt) in overall control? Instead they took not the slightest bit of notice, threw the baby out with the bathwater and have effectively killed off the club. Ignorant keaning dickheads!

'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark Blackburn'

[jim mk2]

If true, and I've no idea if it is or not, it's far from pathetic. I have a "good well paid job" in Knutsford but wouldn't have dreamt of moving the family away from all its local ties, especially as the kids were all below 7 when I took the offer. Common kids leave all your friends behind because Dad wants to work 45 miles from home. The unselfish reaction is either work closer to home or commute.

Nonsense. Either she's serious about her career or she isn't. Most people when they take a job outside their region are prepared to move - if not they don't accept it. If she hadn't taken account of the logistical difficulties she shouldn't have taken the job.

[thenodrog]

Nonsense. Either she's serious about her career or she isn't. Most people when they take a job outside their region are prepared to move - if not they don't accept it. If she hadn't taken account of the logistical difficulties she shouldn't have taken the job.

Two words............ Robbie Savage.

Crikey Jim most of the bloody players live south of Manchester! might have made more sense to have a soddin great helicopter fly from Ringway to Brockhall and back every day.

btw what era are you from ffs? the internet, fax, email, conference calls etc etc means that she prob only needs to turn in at Ewood a couple of times a week anyway. Dunno how you go on / went on but personally I rarely see the inside of my office.

[OJRovers]

I don't believe that she ever pretended to be one of the good/bad guys. She just hnad her job to do.

C'Mon OJ. Young family, middle class lifestyle to live up to and many graphic examples of all who stood up to the venkymob. Here's just one that would have been freshest in her thoughts....... This makes for excruciating reading. June 2011... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18005433

If you were in her position (given that she would have been unlikely to have an emotional interest in BRFC) what would you have done differently?

All gonna be over soon bar the shouting and it's no good crying over spilt milk but in that report Hunt was warning of administration back then. I can't help but wonder how we would be fairing if the venkymob had heeded Hunts words, taken his advice, sacked the crook and put him (Hunt) in overall control? Instead they took not the slightest bit of notice, threw the baby out with the bathwater and have effectively killed off the club. Ignorant keaning dickheads!

'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark Blackburn'

It just seems like she's come through it without the flack that Agnew, Shaw, Shebby etc have been getting.

It is possible that she either kept quiet and hung on for the money (as you suggest), which puts her in the same bracket as the others OR there is something more sinister on her part and she's been complicit in the downfall. Someone had to sign off all those agents' cheques...

I'm not accusing her, but just wondering why the finger hasn't been pointed in her direction ever.

[Mike E]

Nonsense. Either she's serious about her career or she isn't. Most people when they take a job outside their region are prepared to move - if not they don't accept it. If she hadn't taken account of the logistical difficulties she shouldn't have taken the job.

Why does it HAVE to be 'career or family', when she now (quite clearly) has the best of both worlds?

[thenodrog]

Why does it HAVE to be 'career or family', when she now (quite clearly) has the best of both worlds?

Port Vale will represent a significant reduction in salary I'd imagine.

[Majiball]

when rovers go tits up what career minded person would want that on their cv? especially when they're not really in control of the finance. she has made the right move for herself and cannot have been tarred as she has walked into another club.

[Mike E]

Port Vale will represent a significant reduction in salary I'd imagine.

Yes, probably to one in line with normality rather than Venky-style

Again, why does that mean she isn't serious about her career? It's like feminists who claim sexism is equality if it's the right way round.

[AJW]

For those who are interested Karen Silk has left Port Vale now and no i dont know why and where she's going next , what i do know is a Port Vale /church mouse not much in it

[jim mk2]

Port Vale took far from her family - she's now looking for a club with 1 mile of home.

[philipl]

I don't know if this applies to Karen Silk. However, in the Chartered Accountancy/Finance Director fraternity of which she is one, you most certainly do not want to be around when the plc you are supposedly making sure is meeting debts as they fall due files for administration. You get hauled into asking questions hampering your ability to do another job, assuming you can get one with that big blob on your CV, and there is the risk of suspension/disqualification as a Chartered Accountant and even disqualification from being a Director at least for a period of years.

The professional thing to do is to advise the shareholders of what is needed to be done and if you feel that your advice is not being heeded then you resign.

What we do know for sure is there must have been very little time between the sacking of Appleton, the Chairman being described in the High Court by the Club's own QC as rogue and out of control and Karen Silk tendering her resignation.

As the Director supposedly controlling the purse strings, the £2m+ hit for the Henning Burg fiasco (at least in part) lands on her desk. In the normal course of events, the Finance Director is either culpable or incompetent when something like that happens.

In the event, Chairman Shaw got right royally stitched up by the club in Court and Karen Silk could go with her reputation intact for having done the right thing by resigning from a business which clearly was totally out of control with painfully visibly dysfunctional ownership and fellow directors. She would obviously have seen the financial numbers, read the FFP rules and might even have talked to the bank (Venky's apparently never spoke to Barclays...) and for all we know, concluded that there is nothing but trouble ahead making any thought of sticking it out pointless.

[Lancs Rover]

Dilbert might say...

[PAFELL]

Nonsense. Either she's serious about her career or she isn't. Most people when they take a job outside their region are prepared to move - if not they don't accept it. If she hadn't taken account of the logistical difficulties she shouldn't have taken the job.

Not really that simple though is it. Property market the way it is etc. Folk would need to sell up and move and probable can't move before they sell up.

[scotchrover]

I don't know if this applies to Karen Silk. However, in the Chartered Accountancy/Finance Director fraternity of which she is one, you most certainly do not want to be around when the plc you are supposedly making sure is meeting debts as they fall due files for administration. You get hauled into asking questions hampering your ability to do another job, assuming you can get one with that big blob on your CV, and there is the risk of suspension/disqualification as a Chartered Accountant and even disqualification from being a Director at least for a period of year

If this is the case, it makes you wonder how bad it really is behind the scenes at Ewood. Port Vale, who have been close to financial disaster on God knows how many occasions, are once again in a spot of financial bother.....

http://www.footballeconomy.com/content/new-financial-problems-port-vale

I dare suspect this is the reason behind her departure....

[Paul]

Note the Port Vale wage bill has "soared" from £1.3 to £2.5 million and is 60% of turnover.

Puts things in perspective.

[old darwen blue]

Note the Port Vale wage bill has "soared" from £1.3 to £2.5 million and is 60% of turnover. Puts things in perspective.

But that's the maximum allowed by the league. Therefore they won't be able to buy better players because they haven't got the income, hang on a minute, doesn't that make sense somehow?

[Paul]

Yes I know. I was thinking more about the point the wage bill is not much different from what a single PL star might earn annually.

Crackers

[Mercer]

Wrong thread

[Gav]

Wrong thread

Some would say that's your best contribution pal, I'm glad you're back.