Flatman has been a disaster too

He's supposed to be the CEO of the club and the club is in a mess. I'd **** him off with the rest

 

Nah. He’s decent.

Also the first CEO to recognise that fans actually need some kind of figures to understand where the club are at financially.

He won’t get everything right, but he’s the right guy for the job in my eyes. Whoever is current CEO will face a struggle and will also be looking to out prices up.

 

Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub
Where's the Flatman?
He's the Flatman

 

I don't see what he's added to the club. I know that despite being made aware he's allowed the company he is CEO of to break advertising laws week after week.

 

Yep. Throwing a few sweeteners to the fans doesn't make up for the $hitshow on his watch.

 

I don't even see any sweeteners being thrown

 

From an outside perspective I really don’t know why he gets so much flack as he does?

We seem to be signing with a new partner every couple of weeks which means more money coming into the club.

Whenever I have been lucky enough to be invited into a box this season the hospitality experience is amazing every single time and people in there seem to have good things to say about him.

Could be better on the concourse but I think things have improved in areas, faster tills, staff seem to know what they’re doing more. But the prices are terrible still, can’t believe we charge £3.25 for a hot drink that’s an instant cappuccino. Still needs some work to get it all up to standard for sure.

Out of all those in leadership positions he seems to be the most competent (not hard to achieve) and he had a good track record at York (rugby club) I believe.

 

But if he goes who is going to be given his matchday programme page where he says nothing of note?

 

I don’t see how Flatman is the problem. He’s in charge of the commercial side. Ensuring we have sponsors, correct facilities, day-to-day staff etc.

The problem we have is the players, manager and football are all rubbish - which is Mladens remit.

 

But the commercial side has priced fans out of refreshments meaning we sell sod all compared to in the past. Commercial side raised season ticket prices meaning we lost thousands of sales this season

 

Are the reduced wait times for food and drink due to improved staff efficiencies or has the demand for refreshments diminished due to prices, coupled with the fact that far fewer supporters are attending?

 

I thought the CEO was responsible for the appointment of Mladen? Are you saying he isn’t?

 

I imagine James Cryne is the influence behind Mladen’s appointment. Word has it he’s an old uni mate of his.

 

They went to different universities. At different times.

 

Fair enough, just repeating what I’d heard. Pretty sure they are mates though.

 

I don't know as I don't know either of them, but I wouldn't be surprised if they knew one another before Sormaz was appointed sporting director; they were both involved in data analysis in the same industry. Not a guarantee but it's not difficult to imagine a scenario where they've crossed paths.

They may even have become friends. James may have even recommended Mladen for the role of sporting director at Barnsley.

Where all of this stops making sense to me is the claim that James gave Mladen the job. James is not in a position to do so, he doesn't make those decisions. Him recommending someone does not directly result in that person getting the job.

And that's if they are friends, they may not have known one another at all.

 

yeah i heard a few people saying cryne and mladen go way back too

 

0robl4is gally that these plans always get scaled back and changed or simply dropped so until the "plans" see the light of day ill continue to criticise how badly he's currently running these things

Examples.
Safe standing. I disagree with it as we all know but where is it? Straight after the Huddersfield match wasn't it?
Fanzone. Supposed to be with consultation. Changed to fab members seeing a plan and nobody else which in reality becomes a scaled back **** version with zero consultation
Ordering food from your seat. One of flstmans great announcements. Where is itM

******** promises mean sod all unfortunately