We probably would got to the semis in the first ESL as no relegation hence no pressure gives us a idea of performances.
But with fans in a board meeting.
I don’t think have a fan on an advisory position at a board meeting would have made a difference. You could have imagined the response if they were there and said ‘yeah I know about the hundreds of millions of extra money coming I to the club, the blockbustet games we’d play weekly but have you though about Southend United because they’d be good for a little dosh” yeah can’t really see it myself. But at least our owners aren’t best buddies with a Mr Putin.
Mike
2 years ago
Look… tomato sachet quota deliberations are important. Let no-one say they’re not. Aside from that… I kind of agree that board meetings discussions cover points that have been discussed for some time in less formal channels. However…. even by the time a matter reaches the formal chambers of a boardroom there can be a long long time before things ‘come to a head’. So given the ESL example, I bet it was discussed over umbrellered cocktails on a pair of poolside loungers somewhere in Barbados. But even when it got later raised in the THFC boardroom… that wouldn’t have been the signed-stamped-delivered stage… there almost certainly would have been progress meetings, feedback, etc. So… having a non-voting ‘regular fan’ or two might have been enough for some bright spark to shout ‘eh Levy… yer avin a larf arn’t you.. this’n ain’t got a cat in hells chance of working’. Which… probably wouldn’t have stopped Mr Burns Levy’s plans dead in their tracks… but might have made him stop… ask around a bit more (maybe even insist on a ‘get-out-clause’ in the legal document jus tin case the whole house-of-cards came tumbling down). I second you… Mr H… it would be a good idea for THFC to have a few hoi peloi plebs on the board. I take your schilling and raise you two by saying why not elect each fan yearly by Sortition (rather than have the same twerps stand for election each year). In ancient Athenian Democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy. Basically any elected members in (a certain number of THFC recognised) Tottenham football fan clubs/societies/trusts can throw their hat in the ring and 1 (or 3?) get elected by random. You’ll get some real fans on the board then… not some Presidents of Trusts who stand for election and have a political agenda up their …
Last edited 2 years ago by Mike
Buffalo Soldier
2 years ago
This is almost my worst nightmare.
Like choosing between waking up with your head in a bucket of sh*t or a bucket of sick.
We probably would got to the semis in the first ESL as no relegation hence no pressure gives us a idea of performances.
But with fans in a board meeting.
I don’t think have a fan on an advisory position at a board meeting would have made a difference. You could have imagined the response if they were there and said ‘yeah I know about the hundreds of millions of extra money coming I to the club, the blockbustet games we’d play weekly but have you though about Southend United because they’d be good for a little dosh” yeah can’t really see it myself. But at least our owners aren’t best buddies with a Mr Putin.
Look… tomato sachet quota deliberations are important. Let no-one say they’re not. Aside from that… I kind of agree that board meetings discussions cover points that have been discussed for some time in less formal channels. However…. even by the time a matter reaches the formal chambers of a boardroom there can be a long long time before things ‘come to a head’. So given the ESL example, I bet it was discussed over umbrellered cocktails on a pair of poolside loungers somewhere in Barbados. But even when it got later raised in the THFC boardroom… that wouldn’t have been the signed-stamped-delivered stage… there almost certainly would have been progress meetings, feedback, etc. So… having a non-voting ‘regular fan’ or two might have been enough for some bright spark to shout ‘eh Levy… yer avin a larf arn’t you.. this’n ain’t got a cat in hells chance of working’. Which… probably wouldn’t have stopped
Mr BurnsLevy’s plans dead in their tracks… but might have made him stop… ask around a bit more (maybe even insist on a ‘get-out-clause’ in the legal document jus tin case the whole house-of-cards came tumbling down). I second you… Mr H… it would be a good idea for THFC to have a few hoi peloi plebs on the board. I take your schilling and raise you two by saying why not elect each fan yearly by Sortition (rather than have the same twerps stand for election each year). In ancient Athenian Democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy. Basically any elected members in (a certain number of THFC recognised) Tottenham football fan clubs/societies/trusts can throw their hat in the ring and 1 (or 3?) get elected by random. You’ll get some real fans on the board then… not some Presidents of Trusts who stand for election and have a political agenda up their …This is almost my worst nightmare.
Like choosing between waking up with your head in a bucket of sh*t or a bucket of sick.