[The Only Way Is Up]

From all the comments here and elsewhere, it is obvious that Dan has been a pillar in helping fans with some problems, and the best oof luck to him in his future choice of career.

Dan was obviously under a great deal of pressure of late, and the very positive comments highlight that he seemed to do everything alone, despite other colleagues being on site.

Under those circumstances, even if he was the only one to know the ins and outs of the job, there was a need to delegate to others. Maybe he was too busy to do the delegating - or there was no-one for him to delegate those tasks.

The changes in advertising and sponsorship might be a reflection on the Commercial Manager, but really? Why has it shot up this year and not before? It can't be Fleur's presence, because she's CEO not Commercial Director (as she was at Burton.) The simple answer is the opportunity brought about by two Hollywood stars, and the potential for advertisers and sponsors to be exposed to a much larger market than before, purely because of that.

Other sponsorship offer have been ignored. There is money waiting to be spent, but there has been no response for that to go ahead, and it was Fleur dealing with at least one of those offers. Why was she handling it and not Geoff Scott, and why hasn't he picked up the ball on that? Maybe he doesn't know about it. If that's the case, then Fleur perhaps isn't interested either, as she doesn't seem to be occupied by other public roles.

As far as Dan's now empty place is concerned, if most - maybe all - the ST selling has been accomplished, the Club feels he's no longer needed, and that volunteers can fulfil his role? Maybe those who accepted his resignation (let's call it that) were unaware of the lack of support he received from his bosses.

The next 4 weeks will be interesting.