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Post by jimbo42 on Oct 17, 2024 7:14:50 GMT
For god's sake get rid of him. Causing immense damage to the club, the players and the fans. As stated previously, won't be back til he's gone. Board wake up and take note.
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Post by weerabwatt on Oct 17, 2024 11:43:53 GMT
It really is becoming more dire as each week goes by.
In the past 6 weeks, draws against each of the bottom 4 clubs in the league, a couple of them thanks to late equalisers. Apart from that, a 2-1 victory after extra time against the mighty Dunipace (who had just been pumped 0-5 at home by Hill of Beath Hawthorn), and a 2-1 exit of the Scottish Cup at the hands of Auchinleck Talbot.
The bright spots in the league have been one goal victories against bottom of the table Broomhill and Civil Service Strollers, currently in 11th place.
A real worry is that Rovers have not played any of East Kilbride, Celtic B, Hearts B, or Stirling Uni, 4 of the top 8 teams in the league.
Incidentally, I attended the East Kilbride v Cowdenbeath match last night. 8-1 with 2 or 3 minutes left, but ended up 8-3. E.K. are a much better team than last season and their finishing was ruthless.
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Post by tonythejambo on Oct 17, 2024 12:34:07 GMT
No idea why the board haven’t sacked him getting embarrassing now
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Post by sw21081990 on Oct 17, 2024 12:58:26 GMT
No idea why the board haven’t sacked him getting embarrassing now They are scared of him, he's effectively running the Club with his influence |
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Post by jordancampbell on Oct 17, 2024 13:13:30 GMT
When I resigned from the Board of Directors in February this year, I was quite confident that Sandy (and George) remained the right choice to lead the Club for the remainder of that season and for the 2024/2025 Lowland League campaign. Despite my concern around other big issues at Cliftonhill which I have detailed in other posts, I was relaxed that we weren’t that far off getting things right on the park.
Our maiden season in the Lowland League was far from a complete disaster. There were a few difficult results, but we competed in most games and had recruited relatively well given the quick turnaround from Sandy’s appointment until pre-season.
I was content that with a full season and pre-season under their belts, there would be a really strong recruitment drive over the close season and pre-season. The promise was made that they’d leave no stone unturned and that their new “scout” was working hard to identify targets – adding strength and depth to the squad. Talk of a “challenge” was ever present. I was confident that we’d add some experienced Lowland League players who could hit the ground running – the recruitment has, with one notable exception, been lacking. Paul Kennedy has been the only real shining light from the new crop. The rest (Kai Kirkpatrick, Peter Mendy, Marcus Lavery, Murray Mackintosh, Callum Home, and Conor Scullion) have been, largely, quite poor or good in flashes. Pair that with some disgruntled talent (Alex McCaw, Adam McMillan) and young loanees…what more can be expected?
There’s a few other things at play – most of which have already been covered here – and these only add to the anger and frustration most are feeling at this very early stage in 2024/2025. The season is, by all accounts, over in the eyes of most fans. We’ve been knocked out of the Scottish Cup, Trust Trophy, and are mid-table and toiling. The growing awareness around the nepotism at the Club is also now common knowledge and is causing concern even amongst some of the more indifferent regulars.
We are at a cross roads.
The real tipping point for me was the behaviour and conduct of the management team at full-time v Auchinleck.
We’re not all perfect, and sometimes get carried away, but the way in which both Sandy and George conducted themselves was beyond reproach and brought the Club into disrepute. Things haven’t improved since and all things point to a marked regression both on and off the park.
For me Sandy’s time is up. Unfortunately, that will include a root and branch clear out of everything currently in place at the Club. From top to bottom. Sandy is involved in more ways than the majority realise – from what I’ve heard, there is even an insistence on attending full Board meetings and angry outbursts at Directors who do not agree completely with him and his ideas. That is not on.
No one is bigger than the Club.
No one ever will be.
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Post by goalpost on Oct 17, 2024 13:19:17 GMT
Poor finishing & even worse defending. You could have sailed the Cutty Sark through the middle of that defence in the 2nd half of last night’s game.
If Broomhill aren’t relegated at the end of the season, I’d be amazed, there cannot be a worse team in the Lowland League than them.
The team are lacking in confidence, which is no surprise given the results since the start of the season.
I’m really pleased Bright scored late on to give the loyal supporters something to take back to Coatbridge.
One can only hope that someone somewhere grows a set of ….. & puts the supporters & players out of their misery.
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Post by jimbo42 on Oct 17, 2024 13:52:36 GMT
No idea why the board haven’t sacked him getting embarrassing now They are scared of him, he's effectively running the Club with his influence Well, the fans aren't. Get him and his mafia out. |
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Post by teekasule on Oct 17, 2024 14:06:01 GMT
When I resigned from the Board of Directors in February this year, I was quite confident that Sandy (and George) remained the right choice to lead the Club... For me Sandy’s time is up. Unfortunately, that will include a root and branch clear out of everything currently in place at the Club. From top to bottom. No one is bigger than the Club. No one ever will be. Hi - I certainly don't want you to break confidential info, but will there be a fee involved, If the club decide to Sack Sandy, George etc? Maybe we just can't sack due to lack of funds ? Thanks Tee. |
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Post by jordancampbell on Oct 17, 2024 14:10:04 GMT
From experience, a months wage will be due to both the Manager and Assistant Manger if it is decided they are no longer required.
This is common practice in SPFL2 and Lowland League.
Anyone who says otherwise is telling porkies.
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Post by tommysermanni on Oct 17, 2024 14:10:42 GMT
Some really good, constructive points here.
100% agree with Jordan in that the manager should have been sacked for his interaction with fans after our Scottish Cup exit. That was the tipping point.
Also agree with Wee Rab that by and large we have yet to face most of the strongest teams in the league.
I have to also say the fans have been magnificent this season. Incredible bunch of fans. They deserve better.
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Post by tommysermanni on Oct 17, 2024 14:13:01 GMT
Honestly we could start a 'Go Fund Me' to cover their wages. We would raise it in about 2 minutes.
Jimbo will start the ball rolling with £100.00
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Post by goalpost on Oct 17, 2024 14:20:04 GMT
Time to bring back Niyah.. someone who knew how to put the ball in the back of the net
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Post by jimbo42 on Oct 17, 2024 15:57:57 GMT
Honestly we could start a 'Go Fund Me' to cover their wages. We would raise it in about 2 minutes. Jimbo will start the ball rolling with £100.00 It'll need be robbed from my lecky bill money! |
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Post by weerabwatt on Oct 17, 2024 17:30:20 GMT
During my time on the BOD at Rovers, under the following Chairmen, Andrew Dick, David Shanks, Frank Meade, the manager was regularly invited to BOD meetings to allow him to raise issues that he, or the BOD, felt required to be discussed regarding the players and performance of the team. After doing so for a short period of time, the manager left the meeting and the BOD got on with other relevant business of the club. At no time did any manager exert undue influence during meetings. I'm sure that they would have been given short shrift if they had tried.
I am astonished to hear the extent of Sandy Clark's involvement and (presumably) his ability to influence decisions.
If what has been said above is accurate it reflects poorly on the qualities of the current board members, who are in place to run the football club on behalf of the shareholders, not to satisfy the opinions of the manager, especially when there are question marks about the capacity of the manager to perform his real duties to an acceptable standard. To put it in a nutshell, the Chairman and other Directors are delinquent in allowing this situation to develop, if it is true. I would hope that for their own self respect, that each and every one of them, with the obvious exception of Mrs Rizza, would grow a set of cojones and manage the club appropriately.
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Post by weerabwatt on Oct 17, 2024 21:31:45 GMT
Having had more time to think about the situation, it occurred to me that Sandy Clark's insistence on attending and his attitude at the BOD meetings, could be due to him believing that the club is being run ineffectively by Directors who have no experience of running a football club, and he is trying to advise/lead them in an attempt to get the club running more professionally.
None of us know what has been going on behind the scenes, Sandy might just be as pissed off as most of us are, but for different reasons.
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