Chinners wrote:Only a matter of time before ClickManchester, Caughtoffside or TalkSHIT started touting this one ... cunts.
Ex-Blackburn Rovers chairman Williams in line to succeed Cook at Manchester City
Former Blackburn Rovers chairman John Williams could be set to succeed beleagured Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook.
The Guardian claims the former Blackburn Rovers chairman could replace chief executive Garry Cook should the latter be dismissed from the Etihad Stadium following his recent e-mail controversy concerning Nedum Onuoha’s mother.
It is understood that City manager Roberto Mancini would be happy to see Cook leave after a deterioration in his working relationship with both him and Brian Marwood.
It is believed that Mancini is receptive to the idea of a new regime involving the former Blackburn Rovers chairman.
However, whether the man who was at Ewood Park for 13 years would replace Cook is open to debate and it may be the case the club’s billionaire owners in Abu Dhabi will want to appoint one of their own or headhunt a replacement.
This sort of appointment fits with the position that CITY should have in the scheme of things from the media biased viewpoint.
Low key, middle of the road and can do some normal ‘stuff’ regards running a football club – and also then fitting their ‘preferred’ stereotype of the CEO/manager relationship – Manicni would be positive etc. In reality that model is a dinosaur that leaves you dependent on 1 person (the manager) and is not the future of ‘leading’ football clubs.
It only emphasises how important someone of at least Cook’s level (and for the next 6-12 months Cook himself) is to our growth towards dominance – not mediocrity.
The role of the CEO is not nowadays some sort of ‘support the 1st team’ focus. Over the next 3 – 5 years it will be in growing the annual turnover by between 25 – 40% year on year – establishing major links in emerging markets, e.g. Asia, USA etc and to rapidly expand in Manchester through regeneration and the that means a continued and uninterrupted (if possible) relationship with the MCC.
No disrespect to Williams – he has done a goodish job in difficult circumstances these last few months – but what he has been doing is just taking a bit of a load of Marwood’s shoulders – nothing remotely that would position him to take on Cook’s role
The media are really out for Cook – I am not excusing any cock-up – but that should put CITY fans (IMO) on their guard and in defence of him – Mancini is becoming more and more important to the club with the need to deliver success on the field important to the business plan – but Cook’s activities are at least as important.
Without success in both areas CITY will fail and the media will be content as the status quo is secured.
If this situation had not arisen I believe that Cook would leave within the next 24 months anyway – his family want to be back in the US it has been reported. But this should be a planned activity with an identified business leader in the appropriate markets coming in and taking over through a period of transition – not a sudden change at the behest of the corrupt media and to the delight of that slimy twat Kia.
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