well you say your making a point I'm not sure what that point is. but I do like the fact that to try and prove that the Coop Bank is a Blue Chip company you provide a link to some birds profile on a website....

it looks a top notch web site btw the woman at the bottom of the list with the 1970's look has strong Research and organisational skills. thats using google and tidying drawers ... and head of Security is a poodle............not one of your better links.

the coop in Essence is everything a blue chip company isnt. as its a mutual owned bys its members it does not appear in the FTSE 100 index. It hasnt traded on the stock market ever.* so no one has been able to cash in on those famous blue chip stocks.... you can become a member for a pound and you can get a dividend card and get points on what you spend thus getting some great money off vouchers twice a year... hardly blue chip !!

* until last month that is when due to the massive black hole in Coop bank funds it has had to turn bonds in to shares and float them on the Stock exchange - the founding fathers will be turning in their graves......

To me this appointment is driven purely by this guy's connections within the NW business community with a view to bringing more local businesses on board as sponsors and also for matchday income from corporate entertainment. I wouldn't view him as the sort of appointment to get involved in the details of running a rugby league club - from the outside it appears MK has his own views on how a lot of things should be run which may be why him and Farish didn't get on. This guy is probably more Trish than (I can't say Tarry as he was completely incompetant so I'll say) David Gill.

Incredible. How many of us could name the CEO of [iany[/i other club, yet our appointment of a new CEO is a discussion point for any Tom, Dick or Harry (Flying Biscuit is a Dick, obviously).

Back on to relevant things, in tonight's RL programme, he said (amongst other things) that his job is to improve the business side of the club, that there are two more signings already made but which can't be announced yet, that clubs are trebling transfer fees when Salford come knocking (can't help but think this is partly of our own doing) and Marwan won't pay over the odds for a player (which I took to be him hinting that the Rangi Chase deal might not go through), and that they're looking at moving matches to Sunday afternoon (yayyy!)

He also said he checks Twitter, Facebook, etc. to see what fans are thinking.

I was hoping you would go off and argue the 'blue chip' bit with one of the ladies shown on the link,and with your terminology it is a particular shame that you did not.
You have answered that age old age conundrum as to whether a cracker is a biscuit because you Mr biscuit are certainly a cracker !
Your cogent arguments have forced me into agreeing that the chairmen at Widnes and Bradford are superior and Dr Koukash has simply uttered empty words and will no doubt he will be 'found out' by the hoity toity at Royal Ascot as easily as he has been by the MENSA members at Castleford,Widnes and yourself at Warrington.
I know when I am beaten.Nothing will improve at Salford.David Matthews is NOT from a blue chip company and all I have to look forward to is a future of abject failure.
I have just heard Mr Matthews on the radio and feel I detected a certain regional accent.
Woe is me.
Your prescience is masterful.
I leave our disagreement in total awe of your brilliance.
Thank you for your enlightenment.
I now know the games I attend in 2014 will not be as exciting as I had hoped and only my intransigence will be forcing me to purchase my season ticket and only lemmings will be following me in their thousands.

Since when has David Gill been a yardstick for success?

David Tarry -> David Gill. That's the impression I got.

Probably since four Premier League titles, an FA Cup, three League Cups and the Champions League had all been added to the Old Trafford trophy cabinet during his near decade at the helm, while the value of the club has trebled to more than £2bn.

could someone please explain what the majority of this thread has to do with Salford RLFC?

And that's all down to David Gill? Not Fergie, the players underneath him and all the foundations they've set since 1986? Well whaddaya know, I've been wrong about football all these years.

I never said that it was all down to David Gill, however as CEO he naturally contributed and deserve recognition not just for the on field success but also the enormous commercial deals off the field. Therefore I dont think you can really argue with using David Gill as a yard stick for CEO success, no matter how anti Gill/Glazer/PLC you are.

Gill was fortunate to be involved at a time of record TV deals for both European cup and premier league, and also a time when they can charge pretty much whatever they want to get in due to all the success on the pitch, leading to inevitable record income. Despite bigging himself up pre takeover about his record in bringing sponsorship in, the massive increase in sponsorship deals (albeit mainly cringeworthy) since the Glazer takeover have shown how far off the mark he was.

Anyway, back to Salford.....

Talent Spotter has beaten me to it. Give it a rest.

Anyway, yes, Salford.

Give it a rest? Do you enjoy being a condescending tw@ on a regular basis or just when discussing anything Davi Gill related.

Your both right, Gill was fortunate and Uniteds recent success both and off the field has absolutely nothing to do with him whatsoever despite his role as CEO. Facts are if success is measured in numbers (record sponsorship deals, attendances, trophies, income, profit) then Gill will go down as one of the best directors. Obviously as face of the Glazer regime many so called "top Reds" jumped shipped and started supporting another club and hoping Gill fell on his sword. Must be hard for those ex fans like yourself to see him do such a sterling job.

Anyway, back to Salford...

Sadly the only people who can afford to go on a regular basis these days are the same people who can afford to drink in the likes of the John Gilbert.

Anyway, back to Salford....

What did he says on the GMR last night? any revelations or was it the usual rambling style questions from Statler and Waldorf with little regard for the answers?

The Co-op Bank can never be regarded as a `Blue Chip` Company now. More an `In the Red (Heavily) Chip`.

'New CEO starts today' has been on the club website for a week.
A minor irritation,I know, but takes 2 minutes to amend.
Best wishes to him in his new job

Tell you what, come and say hello on Friday, I'm fairly easy to find, I'll buy you a pint and we can have an adult discussion about Gill's record and people "jumping ship." I promise not to be condescending, but I am a "tw@".

You buy a pint



ps - you're right about being a tw@

The clue's in his name

I hope he is feeling a little better than Mr Thewlis,over at Huddersfield,will be feeling tonight,after Mason won his case and the salary of a number of other players were made public.

And Sale Sharks have updated their facebook page 35 times since Salford last updated theirs, and it's Sale's off season.

But remember, there's nothing poor about it, we're just a club being run on a shoe-string.

Oh...

Yep. Shocking stuff. The Club has missed a trick with its online presence for years. Great outlay for little input and they still don't bother.

The clubs social media is a joke and is beyond pathetic. The club shouldnt need reminding about how important the use of the official site, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc all are.