To play devil's advocate for a moment

Bowkett was a businessman, and it was great having a hardnosed businessman as our chairman. He brought business skills to the club (skills sadly lacking on the board). So seeing him undertake other business enterprises was never going to inflame any fans.

Balls has no business skills. He's a failed politician and an economist. So he didn't really bring anything to the club which we needed. Every time he goes off and does something "celebby" it just serves as a reminder to those people who thought he wasn't a very good appointment in the first place that his skill set isn't what we need.

I don't really give a toss any more, the Times article made me realise how futile it is getting annoyed about delia treating the club as her hobby because that's what it is. So if it makes her feel good to appoint Balls because she's Labour and he's a fan, there we go. No point getting irritated by it.

Posted By: Old Git on January 5th 2017 at 14:27:01

Message Thread

Main Focus (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 5, 13:43:57
- The best thing about the EN Balls article.. (NCFC) - Huge Small, Jan 5, 15:16:20
  - I'm an Evening News Balls frother. (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 5, 15:18:29
- Makes me sick (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 5, 14:04:17
- 2013? What's that about? (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jan 5, 13:59:26
  - That's his point. Bowkett did other stuff when he was chairman (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 5, 14:10:16
    - I don't but I do think that (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 5, 14:43:53
    - To play devil's advocate for a moment (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 5, 14:27:01
      - Very, very few polititians aren't failures. The world wouldn't be (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 5, 15:12:25
        
        He isnt a failed politician (NCFC) - CWC, Jan 5, 15:22:01
        
        His only post ever was Secretary of State for education (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 5, 18:54:53
        
        Heh - knew that'd get you (NCFC) - CWC, Jan 5, 20:52:24
        
        Yes, I know (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 5, 17:00:16
      - To be fair to Balls..he was hardly a failed politician (n/m) (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jan 5, 15:04:57
        
        Sssssh, he's OG's hate figure (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 5, 15:11:22
        
        Really?? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 5, 15:07:57
        
        I don't think so, if he is, then pretty much every politician at some point is. (n/m) (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jan 5, 15:11:07
        
        it's just OG being all tribal (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 5, 15:46:22
        
        Egzackerly. (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Jan 5, 15:46:04
      - I'm not sure to what extent he failed... (NCFC) - bird table, Jan 5, 15:01:16
        
        In power for 5 years (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 5, 15:06:41
        
        Bowkett never made it beyond the Ealing council (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 5, 15:06:15
        
        But was a highly successful businessman (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 5, 15:07:21
        
        and therefore, almost certainly, a crook (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 5, 15:13:21
      - I spoke to a couple of villa fans the other week before we beat them, (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 5, 14:57:31
        
        Look, it is what it is (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 5, 15:11:47
        
        We need money no doubt, our players earn unbelievable amounts of money (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 5, 15:19:29
        
        still have a better chance in the long term with money though. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Jan 5, 15:00:05
        
        Like QPR? (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 5, 15:00:48
      - He is a Kennedy former scholar and Harvard lecturer in economics. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 5, 14:47:05
        
        The Harvard thing is just an honorary research position isn;t it? (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 5, 15:47:12
        
        Jesus, everyone's a sceptic. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 5, 16:00:52
        
        Details (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 5, 16:18:07
        
        Qualified at what? (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 5, 14:53:30
        
        Being a lecturer is a job, last time I looked. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 5, 14:58:03
        
        Ha ha (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 5, 15:14:17
        
        Not at all. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 5, 15:21:11
        
        Cor! Imagine the boardroom shenanigans if you were Chairman. (NCFC) - Huge Small, Jan 5, 14:53:08
        
        He's be too busy pretending he's shagging other people's boyfriends. (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 5, 14:58:55
        
        That was a reply to you (NCFC) - Huge Small, Jan 5, 15:09:39
        
        Ha. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 5, 15:10:51
        
        He's also probably better at English than me. (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jan 5, 14:50:15
    - Fucking Balls and Neil. Pair of jokers. Who else should we all hate today please?? (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 5, 14:20:43
      - Wes - "shit house club" That's proper promotion of the club, that iss (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 5, 15:07:50
        
        Fuck em all. None of them wanna win as much as the fans want them to! (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 5, 16:11:06
    - When I worked for a large newspaper company the Chairman got paid a (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jan 5, 14:16:00
      - If you can't beat em, join em?? (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 5, 14:21:05
  - it was the year after 2012 (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 5, 14:08:30
- Yes - but Ed is going on Loose Women. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Jan 5, 13:49:27
- and a shit dancer, I bet (n/m) (NCFC) - shortfatb, Jan 5, 13:46:36
- The bastard. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jan 5, 13:45:03

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