valspoodle
Steve Chettle
That short discussion illustrates just how bleeding awful our recent history has been.
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Mark Arthur sacked
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Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
They wouldn't have taken us to L1 mate. The lowest we dropped to was 7th. You could stick 5 embargos on Billy, and he wouldn't get relegated.
Marthur inherited a Prem side at totally decimated that, flogging all our Prem kids in the process. Not to mention took 2 playoff sides, got one relegated and then almost got the next one relegated by skanking both managers.
Like I say, I think a longer term Marthur + Fawaz combo would have seen us League 2 material
In a long line of bad things to happen to the club this millennium, IMO Marthur was probably the worst. The damage others may have done is nothing compared to the damage he did do. Hell he employed Davies without taking the proper time to look into his nature or demands. He started the whole mess with him anyway.
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You do him an injustice. He was a top football administrator and we sometimes overlook his achievement in reducing a staggering £120k a week loss to a mere £6.25m a year when he sold all that talent and broke up Paul Hart's playoff team.
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
Marthur was an employee of the club not the owner.
I sat on the M1 in stationary traffic in the rain the morning after our collapse against Sheffield United in the
2003 play-offs.
It really summed up my mood when Marthur came on the radio and stated 'we are dealing in reality now'-which was
code for Nigel Doughty doesn't fancy investing more money into a lost cause.
The 'reality' was 3 years in the 3rd tier and our worst league position in the history of the club.
Bonalair
John Robertson
Senior Flange Technician
Andy!
Hey, I'm not saying he was any good I just think the Price debacle would have been worse if it lasted as long.
Otis Redding
Try A Little Tenderness
I think you either misunderstood or mis-read my post Alf. I spent over 40-years of my working life in the construction industry, yet I'm convinced that I could have done a far better job than that f***ing corrupt fraud, Price.
That's hardly a ringing endorsement of Arthur - a bloke who has his own special place in the history of the demise of NFFC.
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Timothy Pope
I know that Nuno that I know that Nuno that I know
To be fair. He employed Joe Kinnear to reduce the wage bill - and he saved millions every week. According to his diaries
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Steve Chettle
Times reporter sticking the boot into Marthur:
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https://mobile.twitter.com/legsidelizzy/status/1460563300408770564
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Otis Redding
Try A Little Tenderness
In the wake of the current racist scandal engulfing Yorkshire CCC, Simon Jordan offered an interesting opinion of Arthur on TalkSport this morning. Having dealt with him on a number of occasions when MA was Forest's CEO, Jordan found him to be a "weak and lightweight" character.
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Grenville Morris
We might be able to stick a rainbow corner flag up his arse in revenge for his uselessness
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Grenville Morris
Simon Jordan-now theres a titanic ego looking for validation. I can imagine him and Marthur being like chalk and cheese.
Despite my natural instinct to disagree 100% with everything the "Jordan" says within a microsecond, I think on this single occasion hes got it right...
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Azeem Rafiq: Every word from DCMS testimony statement as former player addresses Yorkshire racism crisis
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/cr...orkshire-racism-crisis-testimony-b966488.html
Needless to say, Marthur is mentioned a few time.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/cr...orkshire-racism-crisis-testimony-b966488.html
Needless to say, Marthur is mentioned a few time.
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Grenville Morris
There is no one associated with this awful situation who will come out of it without huge stains on their character.
Truth is people occupying positions of power, particularly people like Marthur need to understand its not just about drinking Gin and tonics with the great and the good and wearing a club tie, they are there to uphold the culture, image and integrity of the great sporting institutions they FORMALLY represent (and say what you like but YCCC is one). For this he was presumably paid serious money and he has clearly failed in his primary duty hands down. Its a desperate and sad indictment.
To my mind he should be utterly ashamed of himself and its quite right that his reputation is tarnished. I can't see how he will ever work again in any related industry and you know what that's probably fair enough...
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Grenville Morris
...and without getting too political, its also why I get so angry about the carryings on of MP's, turning a buck on the side for the highest bidder when they should be representing their constituents and doing the right thing for their country..
Leadership has to be about integrity.....
Leadership has to be about integrity.....
valspoodle
Steve Chettle
Agree wholeheartedly.
As with any job, you know what you're getting in to. If you're not prepared to give your whole time to the job, find something else to do.
Raymondo Ponte'
It's all about mid-table...
Time waits for no man.
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Good posts mate.
Leadership and integrity are to Marthur what sunlight & crucifixes are to vampires.
incapable hulk
Best served cold
One can only hope the offers he receives in future are derisory ones.
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Well at least YCCC fans have him sussed......
incapable hulk
Best served cold
It's just like old times. I am amazed he didn't end his statement talking about war chests and being careful what you wish for.
I am more astonished he didn’t point out two completely random cricketers who wanted to sign for Yorkshire?
incapable hulk
Best served cold
Or one of their dogs.
Just think.
If he hadn't try to supress that report and just published it and had Yorkshire take the hit, this would probably all have been forgotten about 6 months ago with barely any repercussions outside of an out of court settlement.
However, now his actions have bought the whole of English cricket to it's knees and bought a microscopic inspection of every action which it will almost definitely won't survive intact.
Mark Arthur. The man who destroyed English cricket.
If he hadn't try to supress that report and just published it and had Yorkshire take the hit, this would probably all have been forgotten about 6 months ago with barely any repercussions outside of an out of court settlement.
However, now his actions have bought the whole of English cricket to it's knees and bought a microscopic inspection of every action which it will almost definitely won't survive intact.
Mark Arthur. The man who destroyed English cricket.
To be honest, it's done well to survive this long with him involved