Man City: Ex-chief executive Garry Cook felt he 'embarrassed

[Swales4ever]

mmhh... let me try and help you, mate, if I may....
if your hard understanding is particularly referred to the post above, that was deemed to be a slightly humorous attempt to praise a comment I do very much agree with, issued by a poster, whose posts I have already enjoyed and respected in the past.

On the contrary, if Your problem on getting me is more generalized, widespread.... I'd may consider to apply for a lobotomy, 'cause I'd really love to keep on comunicate with You.

cheers

Hahahaha I'm not sure if you're joking how or insulting me, but either way it's funny so carry on.

it appears I may not.
insulting You, Lad? why shudda I?
glad to bring some smiles on you, though.

[Kippax]

Won't join the argument as my views are well documented, was and still am a big fan of Garry's. You only have to speak to other people within the club and those that hold similar positions at other clubs to realise how highly he was and still is regarded,

Have some business in the states next month and am hoping to meet up with him for a chin wag, and will be glad to pass on the thanks and regards of RH and TB.

Not sure why people think he is not working because he most certainly is, you just have to dig a little to find out where.:)

Kippax.

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[Rag_hater]

Won't join the argument as my views are well documented, was and still am a big fan of Garry's. You only have to speak to other people within the club and those that hold similar positions at other clubs to realise how highly he was and still is regarded,

Have some business in the states next month and am hoping to meet up with him for a chin wag, and will be glad to pass on the thanks and regards of RH and TB.

Not sure why people think he is not working because he most certainly is, you just have to dig a little to find out where.:)

Kippax.

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No doubt he is a diamond geezer.Just think people admire the stuff he did a bit OTT.Think many people who have had the training that he had and got the opportunities he got,could have done equally as good or maybe even better.

[ant london]

No doubt he is a diamond geezer.Just think people admire the stuff he did a bit OTT.Think many people who have had the training that he had and got the opportunities he got,could have done equally as good or maybe even better.

That's the thing with you though RH...you appear to think that he just "got lucky". Do you not realise that for anyone to get to that level firstly in an organisation like Nike at the level Cook was at in order to get the training and opportunities along the way YOU HAVE TO BE TALENTED....and hard working....and able to apply that talent and yes, then you need a bit of good fortune.

Not many people would get the opportunities though as not many people have the natural aptitude

[Rag_hater]

No doubt he is a diamond geezer.Just think people admire the stuff he did a bit OTT.Think many people who have had the training that he had and got the opportunities he got,could have done equally as good or maybe even better.

That's the thing with you though RH...you appear to think that he just "got lucky". Do you not realise that for anyone to get to that level firstly in an organisation like Nike at the level Cook was at in order to get the training and opportunities along the way YOU HAVE TO BE TALENTED....and hard working....and able to apply that talent and yes, then you need a bit of good fortune.

Not many people would get the opportunities though as not many people have the natural aptitude

You think he was the only one with that talent.You may do, I do not.He has not exhibited such a unique talent to me and got more than his share of good fortune.The world is full of clever people.The world is full of CEO's who have as much talent as Cook

[Kippax]

You think he was the only one with that talent.You may do, I do not.He has not exhibited such a unique talent to me and got more than his share of good fortune.The world is full of clever people.The world is full of CEO's who have as much talent as Cook

But it's not just the having of talent, it's having the ability and the balls to push through your ideas.

When you look at how far the club has progressed on and off the field in the last few years it's barely recognisable. Yes the injection of money was a huge factor, but let's not forget how he steered us through some very difficult times under Thaksin, and veered us away from what could well have been administration. He was heavily involved with bringing the new owners in, to the degree of selling the history and sleeping giant side of the club as well as much of the financial side. Although much of the financial side was dealt with by Amanda Stavely (Thankyou Amanda)

But the pace with which the club has progressed is nothing short of phenomenal turnover increasing from about 87 million in 2008/09 to about 153 million in 2010/11, and that figure will rise significantly over the next two year returns. Yet again you could put much of this down to the injection of funds and the beginning of a succesful on field period.

But away from the pitch it is comforting to know that the club has at last started listening to the fans and treating them as partners as opposed to customers. With many of the ideas being taken up. You only have to look at our website to see how far ahead we are of the rest, couple that with the fanzone, the invite of fans to the kit launch and even the finalising of the detail to get the tram system to the ground. There are also the overseas initiatives, the agreements with U-tube, many other sponsorships and developements that are currently in progress, video games the list goes on and on. All of these have had Garry signature on them.

I agree that I have had the advantage of being able to speak to him on occasions at length and whenever I have he has always spoken with enthusiasm and passion about ongoing projects and the club and I believe that when you are passionate about something then you are prone to the odd gaff, I know I am, can you honestly say that you are not. With perhaps the exception of the Uwe incident, I don't really see much wrong with what he has said, I quite liked the Milan "bottling it" comment as it show how angry he was with Milan and how much he cared about the club. He's as much a Blue as many.

I for one would be more than happy to see him given a role within the club (possibly at the end of a cooling off period) perhaps heading up an overseas developement programme, or even back as chief Exec at some stage. A personal opinion is that we lost a fine CEO when he went and we are still finding it difficult to replace him. Which possibly goes to prove that he was very much indeed good at his job, and maybe there are CEO's with as much talent, but maybe not all can deliver.

There you go, I said I wouldn't get involved, and look what you've gone and made me do LOl

Kippax.

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[Tokyo Blue]

“If you could central-entity the top 10 teams to create a global empire called the Premier League, I would sacrifice my own club [Birmingham City] into another division for that. Do Saudi Arabians want to buy Stoke City? Or do they want to buy Newcastle, Villa, United, City? There are 10 clubs. I’d like not to have promotion and relegation.”

[Rag_hater]

You think he was the only one with that talent.You may do, I do not.He has not exhibited such a unique talent to me and got more than his share of good fortune.The world is full of clever people.The world is full of CEO's who have as much talent as Cook

But it's not just the having of talent, it's having the ability and the balls to push through your ideas.

When you look at how far the club has progressed on and off the field in the last few years it's barely recognisable. Yes the injection of money was a huge factor, but let's not forget how he steered us through some very difficult times under Thaksin, and veered us away from what could well have been administration. He was heavily involved with bringing the new owners in, to the degree of selling the history and sleeping giant side of the club as well as much of the financial side. Although much of the financial side was dealt with by Amanda Stavely (Thankyou Amanda)

But the pace with which the club has progressed is nothing short of phenomenal turnover increasing from about 87 million in 2008/09 to about 153 million in 2010/11, and that figure will rise significantly over the next two year returns. Yet again you could put much of this down to the injection of funds and the beginning of a succesful on field period.

But away from the pitch it is comforting to know that the club has at last started listening to the fans and treating them as partners as opposed to customers. With many of the ideas being taken up. You only have to look at our website to see how far ahead we are of the rest, couple that with the fanzone, the invite of fans to the kit launch and even the finalising of the detail to get the tram system to the ground. There are also the overseas initiatives, the agreements with U-tube, many other sponsorships and developements that are currently in progress, video games the list goes on and on. All of these have had Garry signature on them.

I agree that I have had the advantage of being able to speak to him on occasions at length and whenever I have he has always spoken with enthusiasm and passion about ongoing projects and the club and I believe that when you are passionate about something then you are prone to the odd gaff, I know I am, can you honestly say that you are not. With perhaps the exception of the Uwe incident, I don't really see much wrong with what he has said, I quite liked the Milan "bottling it" comment as it show how angry he was with Milan and how much he cared about the club. He's as much a Blue as many.

I for one would be more than happy to see him given a role within the club (possibly at the end of a cooling off period) perhaps heading up an overseas developement programme, or even back as chief Exec at some stage. A personal opinion is that we lost a fine CEO when he went and we are still finding it difficult to replace him. Which possibly goes to prove that he was very much indeed good at his job, and maybe there are CEO's with as much talent, but maybe not all can deliver.

There you go, I said I wouldn't get involved, and look what you've gone and made me do LOl

Kippax.

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If you have Billions of dollars backing you up then your balls are gonna get bigger.If your telling me he is the Messi of the financial world then I will stop arguing(saying we don't need him)but I don't think he is.

[Kippax]

If you have Billions of dollars backing you up then your balls are gonna get bigger.If your telling me he is the Messi of the financial world then I will stop arguing(saying we don't need him)but I don't think he is.

Lol..... No mate, he isn't Messi but then again he's no Lee Bradbury either, and maybe Messi isn't available so it may be better to stick with Aguero :))))

Just a final wave of the shield: There are many that would buckle under the pressure of having those billions of pounds (not dollars-They're American) on your shoulders all the time- just ask Nick Leeson. :)

Just as an after thoughtI know it has come far too early but my money would be on our very own Danny Wilson to make a very good Chief Exec in years to come.

Kippax.

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