Tony: My lifelong commitment

[Del]

Great chairman and board..... couldn't ask for any more.

[LoftusRoadLad]

At the end of the day we have nothing except to believe that Tony will back up his "Talk the Talk" so we might as well get right behind him cos thats all we have.

[Kirill]

Loves to do his heartwarming twitter speech when its needed. Very good at marketing himself is old Tone :-)

Have faith, never say never, only a flesh wound, etc.

[Jeems]

Quite simply, what has he said he would do, that he HAS NOT? I cant think of anything yet.

I dont see why anyone should start doubting him now.

[Ginger Ninja]

Quite simply, what has he said he would do, that he HAS NOT? I cant think of anything yet.

I dont see why anyone should start doubting him now.

You're not wrong.

[Del]

Key is if we go down we must re-assess, clear out dead wood or underachiving players but retain a significant amount of prem quality players to hopefully come back quickly. If we do the aim will be to come back stronger and learn from the mistakes. It never did Newcastle or West Brom any harm in the long run dropping for a season, it's just typical of us, if we do go down, that we do it just as the money gets massive, pretty much the same as in 96.

At the end of the day since TF came in we've struggled non stop for whatever reason. Maybe dropping and possibly having a positive year will be good for the club and the owners etc to get a positive vibe back around the club, and let us springboard from it. Big if, but if we came back 1st time, i'm certain we would be stronger when back in the prem as a result.

That said, obvioulsy i hope we stay up, and there;s still a lot to play for and there will be plenty of twists as with any run in.

[vblockranger]

Quite simply, what has he said he would do, that he HAS NOT? I cant think of anything yet.

I dont see why anyone should start doubting him now.

Two embarrassingly bad seasons (14 wins in 68 prem games) and huge amounts of money chucked at poorly performing players which now means we are desperately relying on Tony hanging around to keep paying the doubled (trebled?) wage bill. Talk of training grounds, talk of new stadiums, talk of academys. Sounds like a nice enough fella but either doesnt have a scooby when it comes to running a football club or has been naive and been taken for a ride by numerous managers, agents, players and anyone else who is looking for a rich punter and an easy pay out. Still his PR tweets about his "lifelong commitment" seems to placate most of the fans and we now NEED him to remain and keep paying the bills so i spose there is nothing that can be done except bend over and hope he treats us gently.

[casuallyqpr]

Two embarrassingly bad seasons (14 wins in 68 prem games) and huge amounts of money chucked at poorly performing players which now means we are desperately relying on Tony hanging around to keep paying the doubled (trebled?) wage bill. Talk of training grounds, talk of new stadiums, talk of academys. Sounds like a nice enough fella but either doesnt have a scooby when it comes to running a football club or has been naive and been taken for a ride by numerous managers, agents, players and anyone else who is looking for a rich punter and an easy pay out. Still his PR tweets about his "lifelong commitment" seems to placate most of the fans and we now NEED him to remain and keep paying the bills so i spose there is nothing that can be done except bend over and hope he treats us gently.

Great post

[Jeems]

Two embarrassingly bad seasons (14 wins in 68 prem games) and huge amounts of money chucked at poorly performing players which now means we are desperately relying on Tony hanging around to keep paying the doubled (trebled?) wage bill. Talk of training grounds, talk of new stadiums, talk of academys. Sounds like a nice enough fella but either doesnt have a scooby when it comes to running a football club or has been naive and been taken for a ride by numerous managers, agents, players and anyone else who is looking for a rich punter and an easy pay out. Still his PR tweets about his "lifelong commitment" seems to placate most of the fans and we now NEED him to remain and keep paying the bills so i spose there is nothing that can be done except bend over and hope he treats us gently.

He cant control what happens on the pitch, he cant control if a player or manager turns out to be ****. As owner, his objective is to back the manager and place his trust in him. NW/MH/HR told Tony he wanted players X Y and Z. He got them. Or do you want Briatore back, shouting for Gavin ****** Mahon to come on???

Apart from Anton Ferdinand (even though many were happy as he was an upgrade on Perone and Gabbidon), I cant think of one player anyone here was not happy with. Hindsight is a wonderful thing etc.

[Hitman34]

He will die a broke man if he keeps to his word

[MYU]

We had people say that GP was here to sell the ground, did it happen?

[CroydonCaptainJack]

He cant control what happens on the pitch, he cant control if a player or manager turns out to be ****. As owner, his objective is to back the manager and place his trust in him. NW/MH/HR told Tony he wanted players X Y and Z. He got them. Or do you want Briatore back, shouting for Gavin ****** Mahon to come on???

Apart from Anton Ferdinand (even though many were happy as he was an upgrade on Perone and Gabbidon), I cant think of one player anyone here was not happy with. Hindsight is a wonderful thing etc.

Great post.

[vblockranger]

So far his chairmanship has been abject faliure as far as we are concerned. His airline has probably benefited from us being a marketing vehicle so i suppose its not all bad as far as Tone is concerned. His inability to appoint the right staff in critical positions as hurt us badly this past 2 seasons and i am not convinced some of these signings of poor players on vast sums of money every week are purely the managers choice. Still he has got another season next year to get it right as we literally cannot survive without huge investment now on thanks to him and his backing (blind faith?). If it had been a success and we would have had a couple of seasons mid table then he would be riding the plaudits as a great owner. However it hasnt been a success at all and the buck stops with Tony.

[Del]

So far his chairmanship has been abject faliure as far as we are concerned. His airline has probably benefited from us being a marketing vehicle so i suppose its not all bad as far as Tone is concerned. His inability to appoint the right staff in critical positions as hurt us badly this past 2 seasons and i am not convinced some of these signings of poor players on vast sums of money every week are purely the managers choice. Still he has got another season next year to get it right as we literally cannot survive without huge investment now on thanks to him and his backing (blind faith?). If it had been a success and we would have had a couple of seasons mid table then he would be riding the plaudits as a great owner. However it hasnt been a success at all and the buck stops with Tony.

So you didnt think Hughes and Redknapp were good manager choices at the time then...?

[vblockranger]

So you didnt think Hughes and Redknapp were good manager choices at the time then...?

just like any other business if you employ someone to do a job and they cant do it then you replace them with someone who can before they inflict any long lasting damage to your business. Hughes should have gone a couple of months before he did. Dont know the intricacies of the deal nor the details of any promises made but Tony got into bed with Hughes and Kia and it was down to Tony to replace Hughes when it was clear it wasnt working. Buck stops with Tony. Cant just lump all the blame on Hughes.