it is the way in which managers have been appointed during that period too

The Gunn appointment was extraordinary, but to follow that with Adams being confirmed in his job after caretaking it was just as bad.

Further back you had them consulting Dave Stringer, a man who'd been out of the game for more than a decade prior to Grant getting the job.

More recently, they brought Joe Royle in which as as much an admission of some of the failures and inadequacies on the Board as Neil Adams. He hung around for five minutes and wasn't replaced.

The rise of old brown-nose Ricky Martin during all this time has now concluded with him being in charge of recruitment.

Ed Balls got the Chairman's job on a nod and finally, Jez Moxey who may very well turn out to be a very good CEO for all I know, just happened to be looking for a job when one of Delia's best friends in football was selling up to the Chinese that Michael derided at the AGM.

All of these appointments (and the length of time it took to remove the likes of Worthington, Hughton and now Neil) have the whiff of Delia simply having too much influence.

Of course, they're the majority shareholders so they can pick who they like, but shoehorning Boy Tom into the owner's slot is more Blackpool than Wolves.

The Turners came and went after falling out with Delia and Bowkett and McNally's departures earlier this year have never been adequately explained. I am quite sure there were differences of opinion there, probably regarding the manager and whether such a large sum of money should be spent in January, and then about who stays or goes when it all went tits up.

Good leaders surround themselves with people who address their weaknesses, offer a different opinion and challenge the status quo, we've rarely done anything other than the opposite.

Posted By: Chalk Hill Bitter on December 12th 2016 at 11:35:01

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Form (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 12, 10:24:16
- Automatics are clearly out of reach now (NCFC) - Chalk Hill Bitter, Dec 12, 10:26:37
  - Negligence once again from our directors. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 12, 10:28:53
    - the one time they actually acted at the right time was when Gunn got the sack (NCFC) - Chalk Hill Bitter, Dec 12, 10:45:28
      - That's quite a sobering analysis (NCFC) - Old Man, Dec 12, 10:54:29
      - ^ A great post, and bloody sobering. (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Dec 12, 10:51:17
        
        it is the way in which managers have been appointed during that period too (NCFC) - Chalk Hill Bitter, Dec 12, 11:35:01
        
        I think the only spell where i've really felt we were on track was (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 12, 11:41:29
        
        Hughton should have been out at Christmas (NCFC) - Chalk Hill Bitter, Dec 12, 12:03:22
        
        I think McNally fucked it when he signed Wolfwinkel in March wasn't it (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Dec 12, 12:01:59
        
        One of the problems at that time was the influence of Ewan Chester (NCFC) - Chalk Hill Bitter, Dec 12, 12:05:42
      - Interesting stuff about the managers not going on to manage again (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 12, 10:50:07
- We know not much we can do about it though.. (NCFC) - loz, Dec 12, 10:25:18
  - Well one thing we can do is put some pressure on them. Its the only (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 12, 10:28:40
    - Agree. Throwing season ticket at Gunn and Clappers at Hughton made headlines &the differen (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Dec 12, 10:54:07
    - best you start a strongly-worded letter campaign then Jim (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 12, 10:31:52
      - Stick from the crowd at matches is the only thing they respond to (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 12, 10:37:24
      - do they really read on here then ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Dec 12, 10:36:30
        
        they are bucks... (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 12, 10:49:39

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