Thanks to Don for looking after Arkwrights corner shop for the last few years

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  1. rot

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    I'm now hoping MoWat can put a better line of produce in, along with better advertising and a few more tills and just maybe we'll have a bit of an ASDA on our hands.

    Metaphor's r us
     
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    Isn't he coming in as board chairman rather than General Manager. Two very different roles?
     
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    Dunno whether the jobs are the same or not, I'm sure that will be come apparent in the next few days.


    it wasn't meant as a criticism of The Don, it was simply a tongue in cheek comment about my perception of the clubs level of ambition over the last few years and how the appointment of a strong figurehead with good connections and experience will hopefully move us to a new level.

    I'll try to be a little bit less metaphorical in future.
     
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    I could be wrong but I don't think his role will be running the football club on a daily basis like Don has done for the last 9 years or whatever.
    He seems to have a lot of other interests / roles for that to be possible. Certainly seems to have great credentials and connections to be a good a figurehead for the club
     
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    BFC Ambassador - campaign for The Don starts here :)
     
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    The club needs both, someone to run the nitty gritty of the club on a day to the basis and someone to provide, experience, direction, leadership, connections and influence.

    The latter isn't a 40hrs a week job, but it's by far the more important of the two.
     
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    I agree with you there - this is one of many of his Chairmanships - you can hardly expect him to be at the club 5 days a week. Typically this role would be more like one or two days a month at the most.

    It is exactly what the club needs though, IMO. A fresh approach, with an outsider who has vast experience and contacts coming in to take the club in a new direction. A very positive move, certainly, but I am absolutely positive that he is not replacing the GM. I would like to think that he has some possible replacements up his sleeves though - and I'm sure Rowing will welcome that too.
     
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