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Prodigal Dragon 10th January 2020 08.38:41

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
[QUOTE=eosceiriog;2334474]It is also a symptom of how bad things are.

The club is a small business it needs much much less beuarocaracy, a lighter touch and to be fleeter of foot.[/QUOTE]

Amen to that.

Essentially, we have neither the money nor the personnel to have a complex structure in place. We seem unwilling or unable to employ a CEO to manage the club on a day-to-day basis, with a Board supervising him.

We currently — by necessity — have a Board doing the work and being responsible for supervising their actions and outcomes. Unless those individuals are very self-critical they cannot possibly do both roles well.

With the limited resources available, our best compromise, IMHO, is to have a genuine chairman — for ease, let’s call them the WST Chairman — who does no ‘hands on’ work but just supervises, and. Board below him that does a combination of work and supervision.

Ideally, we should have: a CEO who manages all non-football stuff, and reports to the Board; and a DoF who supports a competent manager.

Spencer has assumed too much work and responsibility, which inevitably means folk do too much to too low a standard.

Essentially, we have a structure that is not fit for purpose, and individuals who have been in post for too long and they have become unaccountable to the owners — the WST members, except we ain’t, because there is only one share and that is held by the WST Chairman.

Oh, and top of that, we have a crap football team and set-up. Mustn’t forget that.

eosceiriog 10th January 2020 11.11:35

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
[QUOTE=Prodigal Dragon;2334556]Amen to that.

Essentially, we have neither the money nor the personnel to have a complex structure in place. We seem unwilling or unable to employ a CEO to manage the club on a day-to-day basis, with a Board supervising him.

We currently — by necessity — have a Board doing the work and being responsible for supervising their actions and outcomes. Unless those individuals are very self-critical they cannot possibly do both roles well.

With the limited resources available, our best compromise, IMHO, is to have a genuine chairman — for ease, let’s call them the WST Chairman — who does no ‘hands on’ work but just supervises, and. Board below him that does a combination of work and supervision.

Ideally, we should have: a CEO who manages all non-football stuff, and reports to the Board; and a DoF who supports a competent manager.

Spencer has assumed too much work and responsibility, which inevitably means folk do too much to too low a standard.

Essentially, we have a structure that is not fit for purpose, and individuals who have been in post for too long and they have become unaccountable to the owners — the WST members, except we ain’t, because there is only one share and that is held by the WST Chairman.

Oh, and top of that, we have a crap football team and set-up. Mustn’t forget that.[/QUOTE]

I'm seriously afraid of it being Amen to the club.

cynprifathro 10th January 2020 11.18:24

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
We need to say goodbye to Spencer 'ego' Harris, 'history boy' Jones and the IT nerd!

Ruabon Red 10th January 2020 11.24:20

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
[QUOTE=Welsh Kiwi;2334441][/B]

Sadly, I agree with this. The structure and set up is wrong. It's a defensive territorial culture that exists amongst the two boards. [B]It doesn't embrace outside interests or even encourage talent from within the wider fan base, it obstinates and it resists change. [/B]

You can not be 100% risk adverse when running a football club and still hope for success. Football is a risk as soon as the ref blows the whistle.

Supporters Direct (SD) have already merged with Football Supporters Federation (FSF) to become the Football Supporters Association (FSA) and it would be helpful if this strategy inspired the WST board and WAFC board to do similar, so between them they could figure out the priorities of ownership and responsibility to trust members and the priorities of running a successful football club as a core business activity and principal income generator.

We all know too many cooks spoil the broth. And our club broth is sadly hard to stomach at the moment.[/QUOTE]

Totally agree WK

Ruabon Red 10th January 2020 11.25:56

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
[QUOTE=eosceiriog;2334474]It is also a symptom of how bad things are.

[B]The club is a small business it needs much much less beuarocaracy, a lighter touch and to be fleeter of foot[/B].[/QUOTE]

I agree and have been making this point for some time

Welsh Kiwi 10th January 2020 18.03:23

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
[QUOTE=Prodigal Dragon;2334556]Amen to that.

Essentially, we have neither the money nor the personnel to have a complex structure in place. We seem unwilling or unable to employ a CEO to manage the club on a day-to-day basis, with a Board supervising him.

We currently — by necessity — have a Board doing the work and being responsible for supervising their actions and outcomes. Unless those individuals are very self-critical they cannot possibly do both roles well.

With the limited resources available, our best compromise, IMHO, is to have a genuine chairman — for ease, let’s call them the WST Chairman — who does no ‘hands on’ work but just supervises, and. Board below him that does a combination of work and supervision.

Ideally, we should have: a CEO who manages all non-football stuff, and reports to the Board; and a DoF who supports a competent manager.

Spencer has assumed too much work and responsibility, which inevitably means folk do too much to too low a standard.

Essentially, we have a structure that is not fit for purpose, and individuals who have been in post for too long and they have become unaccountable to the owners — the WST members, except we ain’t, because there is only one share and that is held by the WST Chairman.

Oh, and top of that, we have a crap football team and set-up. Mustn’t forget that.[/QUOTE]

PD, very sadly I share your concerns and agree with your analysis. It is not so much an issue of having volunteers governing decisions of a commercial business entity, but more the structure and set up of the 2 operational boards and the insular mindset of some of the individuals who currently occupy the roles.

Though I do accept that a club CEO role might need to be paid for in some respects.

During our club's most successful ever period all the board members were unpaid volunteers who had to marry their time and commitment to the club with their own professional roles elsewhere. There was also only 1 board and not 2. The ownership and club governance was all covered within 1 board, which made strategy and the role responsibilities much easier for accountability.

Our then club chairman Fred Tomlinson had plenty of verbal assaults to deal with as all chairmans due, but it is often forgotten how instrumental he was in the world of football while being a local dairy farmer.

While being Chairman of Wrexham Fred also sat on the Milk Marketing Board and which used to have a regional hq in Wrexham.

It was Fred who helped to instigate and create the first major trophy to be sponsored in British football of football with the old League Cup becoming the Milk Cup in 1982 and first sponsored final.

When you consider how much corporate money and sponsorship has poured into football since then, it's interesting to think our own club chairman was instrumental in that development.

So perhaps the answer to all of this despair is to create the Wrexham Lager Cup.

Ooh aah Paskin 10th January 2020 18.15:45

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
[QUOTE=Welsh Kiwi;2334771]PD, very sadly I share your concerns and agree with your analysis. It is not so much an issue of having volunteers governing decisions of a commercial business entity, but more the structure and set up of the 2 operational boards and the insular mindset of some of the individuals who currently occupy the roles.

Though I do accept that a club CEO role might need to be paid for in some respects.

During our club's most successful ever period all the board members were unpaid volunteers who had to marry their time and commitment to the club with their own professional roles elsewhere. There was also only 1 board and not 2. The ownership and club governance was all covered within 1 board, which made strategy and the role responsibilities much easier for accountability.

Our then club chairman Fred Tomlinson had plenty of verbal assaults to deal with as all chairmans due, but it is often forgotten how instrumental he was in the world of football while being a local dairy farmer.

While being Chairman of Wrexham Fred also sat on the Milk Marketing Board and which used to have a regional hq in Wrexham.

It was Fred who helped to instigate and create the first major trophy to be sponsored in British football of football with the old League Cup becoming the Milk Cup in 1982 and first sponsored final.

When you consider how much corporate money and sponsorship has poured into football since then, it's interesting to think our own club chairman was instrumental in that development.

So perhaps the answer to all of this despair is to create the Wrexham Lager Cup.[/QUOTE]

We'd still lose to Gresford in the first round! :D

Willywill 10th January 2020 20.18:38

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
I certainly do think about how much money used to flow into the game. Thirty years ago, it was probably 10% of what goes into it today, but at least it was spread fairly equally throughout the top four tiers.
The premier league was established to concentrate the bulk of the tv and pools money within the top twenty two clubs. It was basically two fingers to the small town clubs - “I’m alright Jack !” The big glamour clubs have always been massive with their big grounds, attendances and income streams, but the Premier League forming was a right kick in the nuts. Not surprisingly, I don’t possess a Satellite dish !

Welsh Kiwi 10th January 2020 23.10:08

Re: Realistic Changes to Our Club
 
[QUOTE=Ooh aah Paskin;2334772]We'd still lose to Gresford in the first round! :D[/QUOTE]

As a Gresford lad myself, I can only agree... :D


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