Tomy Khan Interview!

[StuinSalop]

Tony khan should risk an interview with me.
I want know how the hired magath or Ranieri as they were both guaranteed failures
I want to know why they didn't pin Marco down last Christmas because if he wouldn't sign then we had to start a proper process of getting in a new man

I also want to know in explicit terms what are the khan's plans... If it's mid table mediocrity we will all cope.... But if we have ambition why not get recruitment right and better... Brentford Brighton and Bournemouth are all models to admire...and tony bloom took that to hearts.

The CEO is not my idea of a sympathetic man, time for a change.

For the investment we have underachieved.. only Marco overachieved.... Why is unproven McKenna top of the shopping list ..he may be brilliant but one season, the ex Luton manager didn't fare well.

But top people in clubs don't talk to fans because we ask difficult questions

I know one thing, if he had done an interview with you it would not have lasted long Andrew.  Also, forget ever getting another chance.

Honestly mate, TK didn't need to do this, he did it because he thought it would clarify a few things and it certainly did that.

Jack didn't a great job and did ask some pretty tough questions about late signings, poor communications, lots to do in close season, Cuenca, etc.

The one thing I would have liked Jack to do is to put Mackintosh on the spot and ask why we never hear a peep from him and suggest a similar interview would hel0 us understand our CEO better.

The interview told me a lot and I am currently whilst grateful for Marco and what he has done for the club, very unhappy with his use of us to get the Benfica job whilst being less than honest with the truth.  Indeed I think Marco in the end, threw the Khans and the Club under a bus to get what he wanted.  Yes, I agree this makes the Khans Naive and yet again where was Mackintosh in off of this.

[JimmyConway]

Thought that there were some really interesting parts. Transfer wise, talking about no contact at all Re cuenca, tk stated he's keen on Chuk returning (if new manager agrees) and keen to get kusi asare back too.

Well done to tk for doing it, not his biggest fan but can't think of another football club person in his position doing the same thing.

Should that not be of concern though? TK stating he is keen on Chuckweze returning and getting Asare back? DoF wanting them back not necessarily the manager? Does TK watch every game when they are involved to come to this conclusion? From last night's interview this has to be a concern his role at the club?

[Hugh Janus]

"The one thing I would have liked Jack to do is to put Mackintosh on the spot and ask why we never hear a peep from him and suggest a similar interview would hel0 us understand our CEO better."


Do many other club CEOs give interviews?

Other than when a club is going down the pan I can't think of many. Last thing I want is another load of clichés and platitude that add up to nothing.

[Andrew]

Tony khan should risk an interview with me.
I want know how the hired magath or Ranieri as they were both guaranteed failures
I want to know why they didn't pin Marco down last Christmas because if he wouldn't sign then we had to start a proper process of getting in a new man

I also want to know in explicit terms what are the khan's plans... If it's mid table mediocrity we will all cope.... But if we have ambition why not get recruitment right and better... Brentford Brighton and Bournemouth are all models to admire...and tony bloom took that to hearts.

The CEO is not my idea of a sympathetic man, time for a change.

For the investment we have underachieved.. only Marco overachieved.... Why is unproven McKenna top of the shopping list ..he may be brilliant but one season, the ex Luton manager didn't fare well.

But top people in clubs don't talk to fans because we ask difficult questions

I know one thing, if he had done an interview with you it would not have lasted long Andrew.  Also, forget ever getting another chance.

Honestly mate, TK didn't need to do this, he did it because he thought it would clarify a few things and it certainly did that.

Jack didn't a great job and did ask some pretty tough questions about late signings, poor communications, lots to do in close season, Cuenca, etc.

The one thing I would have liked Jack to do is to put Mackintosh on the spot and ask why we never hear a peep from him and suggest a similar interview would hel0 us understand our CEO better.

The interview told me a lot and I am currently whilst grateful for Marco and what he has done for the club, very unhappy with his use of us to get the Benfica job whilst being less than honest with the truth.  Indeed I think Marco in the end, threw the Khans and the Club under a bus to get what he wanted.  Yes, I agree this makes the Khans Naive and yet again where was Mackintosh in off of this.

Actually I'd just like a chat to try and properly understand stuff.

I honestly don't have much faith in their judgement even if there intention is decent...they have clearly spent a lot. But other than Marco not much else to inspire. Slav was brilliant and could have gone on to do great things but they pulled the rug with mad underachieving expensive signings.... I just want a chat with proper answers not ones measured for a wide audience.

[cookieg]

Tony khan should risk an interview with me.
I want know how the hired magath or Ranieri as they were both guaranteed failures
I want to know why they didn't pin Marco down last Christmas because if he wouldn't sign then we had to start a proper process of getting in a new man

I also want to know in explicit terms what are the khan's plans... If it's mid table mediocrity we will all cope.... But if we have ambition why not get recruitment right and better... Brentford Brighton and Bournemouth are all models to admire...and tony bloom took that to hearts.

The CEO is not my idea of a sympathetic man, time for a change.

For the investment we have underachieved.. only Marco overachieved.... Why is unproven McKenna top of the shopping list ..he may be brilliant but one season, the ex Luton manager didn't fare well.

But top people in clubs don't talk to fans because we ask difficult questions

Can you share with us how you knew Magath and Ranieri were guaranteed failures? Both had track records which were considered worthy of being appointments.

As with players you can't force a manager to sign a contract. This sounds more and more like Silva's was stringing us along.

Of the 3 clubs you mention not everyone of their signings turned out to be gold but hopefully a new manager will get more out of the young players we have so that we can sell for a profit and not be stuck with older prem players Silva signed who will we be lucky to get any profit from.

Silva certainly didn't overachieve. The club bought the players he wanted and yet for the second season running our season ended in March. Silva just didn't know how to kick in form achieving safety.

[Jim©]

Thought that there were some really interesting parts. Transfer wise, talking about no contact at all Re cuenca, tk stated he's keen on Chuk returning (if new manager agrees) and keen to get kusi asare back too.

Well done to tk for doing it, not his biggest fan but can't think of another football club person in his position doing the same thing.

Should that not be of concern though? TK stating he is keen on Chuckweze returning and getting Asare back? DoF wanting them back not necessarily the manager? Does TK watch every game when they are involved to come to this conclusion? From last night's interview this has to be a concern his role at the club?

No, not really as he made it abundantly clear (3 or 4 times) that the new manager would have to agree to the moves too.

As to your comment in another post asking "are we a seriously run professional football club", what do you think? We're playing in front of the largest crowds for 50 odd years, we're playing in supposedly the best league in the world, in almost certainly one of the best grounds in Europe (with new additions), with owners that are happy to put their hand in their deep pockets etc etc.
It's a shame Marco's left (and seemingly pulled the wool over the owners' eyes at the end) but it's clear TK has been working his backside off to find a new manager.

[Marcus]

Main take is no way is McKenna coming despite 1/5 odds - and Silva chucked us under the bus. TK comes across well - good bloke. The abuse he gets from some is ridiculous. Give yourselves a slap.

[Thailand Mick]

One of the things I got from the interview is we can forget about any rumours about new players until the new manager is appointed. Even the planning for pre season might change on the request of the new manager.

[Yamus]

Let's hope that Shad has got more foresight than Tony.

[JimmyConway]

Thought that there were some really interesting parts. Transfer wise, talking about no contact at all Re cuenca, tk stated he's keen on Chuk returning (if new manager agrees) and keen to get kusi asare back too.

Well done to tk for doing it, not his biggest fan but can't think of another football club person in his position doing the same thing.

Should that not be of concern though? TK stating he is keen on Chuckweze returning and getting Asare back? DoF wanting them back not necessarily the manager? Does TK watch every game when they are involved to come to this conclusion? From last night's interview this has to be a concern his role at the club?

No, not really as he made it abundantly clear (3 or 4 times) that the new manager would have to agree to the moves too.

As to your comment in another post asking "are we a seriously run professional football club", what do you think? We're playing in front of the largest crowds for 50 odd years, we're playing in supposedly the best league in the world, in almost certainly one of the best grounds in Europe (with new additions), with owners that are happy to put their hand in their deep pockets etc etc.
It's a shame Marco's left (and seemingly pulled the wool over the owners' eyes at the end) but it's clear TK has been working his backside off to find a new manager.

He categorically says we have been working hard last "Week" to find a replacement not since Jan/Feb/March/April a Professional club would have had irons in the fire for this scenario. He also states Slav did not want Anguissa and yet?????
Lot of what you say is true Jim with regards to the ground but why has the owner had to keep digging deep? I would say transfers and recruitment are a fair reason for this.

[blingo]

Does anyone on here really think that TK SK or AM give a monkeys about what we think? They have a business plan which they try nd stick to and move forward with. Most things work and some don't, the nature of the beast. Some of you think you know better when the truth is you wouldn't have a clue if you were put into their positions.

As for being unprofessional, four consecutive seasons in the prem and our best ever points tally in our HISTORY tells me that SOMETHING ig going right.

Trust in the Khans, they won't fail because they want to and I believe they have the best interests of both the club and their investments at heart. Just look at the Riverside and tell me that's not a major improvement. When have we EVER bought 3 or 4 players at 30m plus? Some of you need a reality check.

[Andrew]

Tony khan should risk an interview with me.
I want know how the hired magath or Ranieri as they were both guaranteed failures
I want to know why they didn't pin Marco down last Christmas because if he wouldn't sign then we had to start a proper process of getting in a new man

I also want to know in explicit terms what are the khan's plans... If it's mid table mediocrity we will all cope.... But if we have ambition why not get recruitment right and better... Brentford Brighton and Bournemouth are all models to admire...and tony bloom took that to hearts.

The CEO is not my idea of a sympathetic man, time for a change.

For the investment we have underachieved.. only Marco overachieved.... Why is unproven McKenna top of the shopping list ..he may be brilliant but one season, the ex Luton manager didn't fare well.

But top people in clubs don't talk to fans because we ask difficult questions

Can you share with us how you knew Magath and Ranieri were guaranteed failures? Both had track records which were considered worthy of being appointments.

As with players you can't force a manager to sign a contract. This sounds more and more like Silva's was stringing us along.

Of the 3 clubs you mention not everyone of their signings turned out to be gold but hopefully a new manager will get more out of the young players we have so that we can sell for a profit and not be stuck with older prem players Silva signed who will we be lucky to get any profit from.

Silva certainly didn't overachieve. The club bought the players he wanted and yet for the second season running our season ended in March. Silva just didn't know how to kick in form achieving safety.

Ranieri and magath?
I used my knowledge of football and my brain to work that out and it played out as expected.

As for the rest, the signings have been late and piecemeal and not of the finest.
Marco over achieved on points total with what I consider a squad that is lacking.

And most important whatever your view of Marco, and I loved him,  when he was messing about not signing months ago the owner should have put his foot down and and do what any leader does and force the issue... As it is we are in no mans land.

The three clubs I mention have in recent years been exceptional in their way of running the club with long term planning. You just need to study that, we are where we are IMO because of Marco... I worry what is in front of us.

It's worth looking at those three clubs in detail and how tony bloom improved hearts using the same techniques as at Brighton.

It's my opinion and you can enjoy stating your own views at some point  as to how you anticipate the next season or two might look from where we are today

Sorry for any poor typing...it's on my fone and I'm struggling

[demeant0r]

Tony khan should risk an interview with me.
I want know how the hired magath or Ranieri as they were both guaranteed failures
I want to know why they didn't pin Marco down last Christmas because if he wouldn't sign then we had to start a proper process of getting in a new man

I also want to know in explicit terms what are the khan's plans... If it's mid table mediocrity we will all cope.... But if we have ambition why not get recruitment right and better... Brentford Brighton and Bournemouth are all models to admire...and tony bloom took that to hearts.

The CEO is not my idea of a sympathetic man, time for a change.

For the investment we have underachieved.. only Marco overachieved.... Why is unproven McKenna top of the shopping list ..he may be brilliant but one season, the ex Luton manager didn't fare well.

But top people in clubs don't talk to fans because we ask difficult questions

Can you share with us how you knew Magath and Ranieri were guaranteed failures? Both had track records which were considered worthy of being appointments.

As with players you can't force a manager to sign a contract. This sounds more and more like Silva's was stringing us along.

Of the 3 clubs you mention not everyone of their signings turned out to be gold but hopefully a new manager will get more out of the young players we have so that we can sell for a profit and not be stuck with older prem players Silva signed who will we be lucky to get any profit from.

Silva certainly didn't overachieve. The club bought the players he wanted and yet for the second season running our season ended in March. Silva just didn't know how to kick in form achieving safety.

Ranieri and magath?
I used my knowledge of football and my brain to work that out and it played out as expected.

As for the rest, the signings have been late and piecemeal and not of the finest.
Marco over achieved on points total with what I consider a squad that is lacking.

And most important whatever your view of Marco, and I loved him,  when he was messing about not signing months ago the owner should have put his foot down and and do what any leader does and force the issue... As it is we are in no mans land.

The three clubs I mention have in recent years been exceptional in their way of running the club with long term planning. You just need to study that, we are where we are IMO because of Marco... I worry what is in front of us.

It's worth looking at those three clubs in detail and how tony bloom improved hearts using the same techniques as at Brighton.

It's my opinion and you can enjoy stating your own views at some point  as to how you anticipate the next season or two might look from where we are today

Sorry for any poor typing...it's on my fone and I'm struggling

Are you serious? Ranieri won a PL title with Leicester not long before taking charge of us. Not sure how you could have used your footballing brain and assume he'd fail with us...

[Andrew]

Tony khan should risk an interview with me.
I want know how the hired magath or Ranieri as they were both guaranteed failures
I want to know why they didn't pin Marco down last Christmas because if he wouldn't sign then we had to start a proper process of getting in a new man

I also want to know in explicit terms what are the khan's plans... If it's mid table mediocrity we will all cope.... But if we have ambition why not get recruitment right and better... Brentford Brighton and Bournemouth are all models to admire...and tony bloom took that to hearts.

The CEO is not my idea of a sympathetic man, time for a change.

For the investment we have underachieved.. only Marco overachieved.... Why is unproven McKenna top of the shopping list ..he may be brilliant but one season, the ex Luton manager didn't fare well.

But top people in clubs don't talk to fans because we ask difficult questions

Can you share with us how you knew Magath and Ranieri were guaranteed failures? Both had track records which were considered worthy of being appointments.

As with players you can't force a manager to sign a contract. This sounds more and more like Silva's was stringing us along.

Of the 3 clubs you mention not everyone of their signings turned out to be gold but hopefully a new manager will get more out of the young players we have so that we can sell for a profit and not be stuck with older prem players Silva signed who will we be lucky to get any profit from.

Silva certainly didn't overachieve. The club bought the players he wanted and yet for the second season running our season ended in March. Silva just didn't know how to kick in form achieving safety.

Ranieri and magath?
I used my knowledge of football and my brain to work that out and it played out as expected.

As for the rest, the signings have been late and piecemeal and not of the finest.
Marco over achieved on points total with what I consider a squad that is lacking.

And most important whatever your view of Marco, and I loved him,  when he was messing about not signing months ago the owner should have put his foot down and and do what any leader does and force the issue... As it is we are in no mans land.

The three clubs I mention have in recent years been exceptional in their way of running the club with long term planning. You just need to study that, we are where we are IMO because of Marco... I worry what is in front of us.

It's worth looking at those three clubs in detail and how tony bloom improved hearts using the same techniques as at Brighton.

It's my opinion and you can enjoy stating your own views at some point  as to how you anticipate the next season or two might look from where we are today

Sorry for any poor typing...it's on my fone and I'm struggling

Are you serious? Ranieri won a PL title with Leicester not long before taking charge of us. Not sure how you could have used your footballing brain and assume he'd fail with us...

That was the argument at the time and Leicester was a genuine accident of fete. His career wasn't that clever and it was obvious he was the wrong man....he left Leicester to do not much and.... Was sacked not that long after winning the title. That's what makes it a football brain, understanding what is quality and what is a flash in the pan.

You are entitled to a different outlook... Perhaps you think magath was a good move because he once saved a club from relegation.

[Fulham 1879]

The interview was understandably pretty guarded but the key points seemed to be:
1. Leaving transfers late allows you to save £5m here and there and it's crucial to meeting financial fair play targets which, while pretty obvious, will hopefully persuade some critical of this policy that there's at least rhyme and reason to it.
2. There is no front runner to be manager so McKenna's odds are media driven. It's currently a pretty open race.
3. It looks like too little contingency planning was done because Khan expected Silva to sign a new contract. Seems a little negligent given that Silva had months to sign and hadn't.

[Andrew]

The interview was understandably pretty guarded but the key points seemed to be:
1. Leaving transfers late allows you to save £5m here and there and it's crucial to meeting financial fair play targets which, while pretty obvious, will hopefully persuade some critical of this policy that there's at least rhyme and reason to it.
2. There is no front runner to be manager so McKenna's odds are media driven. It's currently a pretty open race.
3. It looks like too little contingency planning was done because Khan expected Silva to sign a new contract. Seems a little negligent given that Silva had months to sign and hadn't.

I think your point one  is the big issue. It's not unreasonable to hold fire in order to make a saving but the balance is missing targets and players missing pre season.

I also think if it was obvious to us Marco was likely leaving then they should have realised that too but I'm sure tempting a new man before season end is a delicate matter.

[hopper]

The interview was understandably pretty guarded but the key points seemed to be:
1. Leaving transfers late allows you to save £5m here and there and it's crucial to meeting financial fair play targets which, while pretty obvious, will hopefully persuade some critical of this policy that there's at least rhyme and reason to it.
2. There is no front runner to be manager so McKenna's odds are media driven. It's currently a pretty open race.
3. It looks like too little contingency planning was done because Khan expected Silva to sign a new contract. Seems a little negligent given that Silva had months to sign and hadn't.

I think your point one  is the big issue. It's not unreasonable to hold fire in order to make a saving but the balance is missing targets and players missing pre season.

I also think if it was obvious to us Marco was likely leaving then they should have realised that too but I'm sure tempting a new man before season end is a delicate matter.

Another point regarding point 1 is that should we get them earlier we could maybe be in a better position in the table, where each position is worth £2.8m, and if you get Europe you'd get additional money through that.

I do understand the argument TK presents about saving money, but other clubs of our stature do their business in a different way and the extent to which we do it is unique. So I can't really accept it unchallenged.

[Jim©]

He categorically says we have been working hard last "Week" to find a replacement not since Jan/Feb/March/April a Professional club would have had irons in the fire for this scenario. He also states Slav did not want Anguissa and yet?????
Lot of what you say is true Jim with regards to the ground but why has the owner had to keep digging deep? I would say transfers and recruitment are a fair reason for this.

But how much of that is because Silva had told them he was staying and seemingly just negotiating his package? Seeing as TK had written a club statement on Tuesday, I guess it came as a shock. Just like Palace who have had 6 months to find a manager, or Man City who have had longer than us...

Re the Khans- he said from day 1 that he wanted the club to be self sustaining. He's put quite a lot in place to make that happen, especially the new stand. Whether that works or not, who knows but it shows willing and foresight.

[cookieg]

Tony khan should risk an interview with me.
I want know how the hired magath or Ranieri as they were both guaranteed failures
I want to know why they didn't pin Marco down last Christmas because if he wouldn't sign then we had to start a proper process of getting in a new man

I also want to know in explicit terms what are the khan's plans... If it's mid table mediocrity we will all cope.... But if we have ambition why not get recruitment right and better... Brentford Brighton and Bournemouth are all models to admire...and tony bloom took that to hearts.

The CEO is not my idea of a sympathetic man, time for a change.

For the investment we have underachieved.. only Marco overachieved.... Why is unproven McKenna top of the shopping list ..he may be brilliant but one season, the ex Luton manager didn't fare well.

But top people in clubs don't talk to fans because we ask difficult questions

Can you share with us how you knew Magath and Ranieri were guaranteed failures? Both had track records which were considered worthy of being appointments.

As with players you can't force a manager to sign a contract. This sounds more and more like Silva's was stringing us along.

Of the 3 clubs you mention not everyone of their signings turned out to be gold but hopefully a new manager will get more out of the young players we have so that we can sell for a profit and not be stuck with older prem players Silva signed who will we be lucky to get any profit from.

Silva certainly didn't overachieve. The club bought the players he wanted and yet for the second season running our season ended in March. Silva just didn't know how to kick in form achieving safety.

Ranieri and magath?
I used my knowledge of football and my brain to work that out and it played out as expected.

As for the rest, the signings have been late and piecemeal and not of the finest.
Marco over achieved on points total with what I consider a squad that is lacking.

And most important whatever your view of Marco, and I loved him,  when he was messing about not signing months ago the owner should have put his foot down and and do what any leader does and force the issue... As it is we are in no mans land.

The three clubs I mention have in recent years been exceptional in their way of running the club with long term planning. You just need to study that, we are where we are IMO because of Marco... I worry what is in front of us.

It's worth looking at those three clubs in detail and how tony bloom improved hearts using the same techniques as at Brighton.

It's my opinion and you can enjoy stating your own views at some point  as to how you anticipate the next season or two might look from where we are today

Sorry for any poor typing...it's on my fone and I'm struggling

I guess your footballing brain must have been horrified that we signed a manager who was relegated from the prem, got sacked for talking to another club and then got sacked again.

[Fulham 1879]

The interview was understandably pretty guarded but the key points seemed to be:
1. Leaving transfers late allows you to save £5m here and there and it's crucial to meeting financial fair play targets which, while pretty obvious, will hopefully persuade some critical of this policy that there's at least rhyme and reason to it.
2. There is no front runner to be manager so McKenna's odds are media driven. It's currently a pretty open race.
3. It looks like too little contingency planning was done because Khan expected Silva to sign a new contract. Seems a little negligent given that Silva had months to sign and hadn't.

I think your point one  is the big issue. It's not unreasonable to hold fire in order to make a saving but the balance is missing targets and players missing pre season.

I also think if it was obvious to us Marco was likely leaving then they should have realised that too but I'm sure tempting a new man before season end is a delicate matter.

Another point regarding point 1 is that should we get them earlier we could maybe be in a better position in the table, where each position is worth £2.8m, and if you get Europe you'd get additional money through that.

I do understand the argument TK presents about saving money, but other clubs of our stature do their business in a different way and the extent to which we do it is unique. So I can't really accept it unchallenged.

I agree there's a balance to be struck and we do seem to leave it till the season is underway, which costs points and, therefore, money by not finishing as high up the table as we could, because players need several weeks to integrate.