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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 6:39:44 GMT
All clubs are 'made up', but some have history and deep roots in the community, whilst some are just vanity projects for sad vainglorious individuals. New money doesn't go down well in this country does it. From the landed gentry having working class footballers and lottery winners as neighbours, to football fans not wanting anyone new to join 'their' club . I daresay if Wael did start to splash the cash and we made it to the promised land (stop laughing at the back), the big boys would treat us with disdain and we would accuse them of snobbery Eh?
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Post by swissgas on May 13, 2019 7:11:13 GMT
All clubs are 'made up', but some have history and deep roots in the community, whilst some are just vanity projects for sad vainglorious individuals. New money doesn't go down well in this country does it. From the landed gentry having working class footballers and lottery winners as neighbours, to football fans not wanting anyone new to join 'their' club . I daresay if Wael did start to splash the cash and we made it to the promised land (stop laughing at the back), the big boys would treat us with disdain and we would accuse them of snobbery Hopefully most fans can now see that far from being an astute investment by a banking family the purchase of Rovers was indeed a vanity project for Wael But his family didn’t always make such bad decisions as witnessed by the excellent educational opportunities they gave their sons. And, probably because of an enormous chip on my shoulder, this is my biggest gripe with Wael. With his background and education he has no excuse for the way he chooses to communicate with fans. On the one hand pretending to be a “man of the people” and on the other hand maintaining the “ private club” mentality is poor form in my book. I’m all too familiar with the “new money” issues which Rex highlights and in an attempt to overcome this I’ve used the education route. But to spice up the mix my sons’ formative years included regular trips to watch Rovers at places like Bury and Rochdale together with all the “cultural activities” which that entailed. It might have benefited Rovers had Mr Al Qadi done the same sort of thing with his sons because if they lived in the real World we may have a happier club now.
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Post by warehamgas on May 13, 2019 9:07:00 GMT
Just for the avoidance of confusion. We've done this multiple times. Players will go where the salary and length of contract is. Manchester or Preston Vs Bristol, it's not as if they are being asked to play in Siberia. Of course, you'll always get some people who are settled in an area and will want to stay there, but it's just as likely that a player would want to get himself and his family away from certain other locations and move to Bristol. I don't see it myself, but our City always scores well on lists of desirable places to live. In fact, I seem to remember, The Sunday Times named Bristol the very best place to live about a year ago? Sorry for the repetition(!)
Bristol might be a very nice place to live, whereas I'd be pretty sure that Accrington would be a bit further down the list - but does your theory explain the map?
It’s an interesting map but they’ve got Workington and Barrow on there as former league clubs but don’t have Darlington who were league more recently. So not sure as to it’s total accuracy. Pay the players and they’ll come. Perhaps that might be the problem since 2014, we’re a bit more picky now about giving out 3 year contracts or more. And perhaps we’re not paying like we used to. I don’t know but perhaps we are more “sensible” about wages now. UTG!
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Post by a more piratey game on May 13, 2019 9:33:32 GMT
New money doesn't go down well in this country does it. From the landed gentry having working class footballers and lottery winners as neighbours, to football fans not wanting anyone new to join 'their' club . I daresay if Wael did start to splash the cash and we made it to the promised land (stop laughing at the back), the big boys would treat us with disdain and we would accuse them of snobbery Hopefully most fans can now see that far from being an astute investment by a banking family the purchase of Rovers was indeed a vanity project for Wael But his family didn’t always make such bad decisions as witnessed by the excellent educational opportunities they gave their sons. And, probably because of an enormous chip on my shoulder, this is my biggest gripe with Wael. With his background and education he has no excuse for the way he chooses to communicate with fans. On the one hand pretending to be a “man of the people” and on the other hand maintaining the “ private club” mentality is poor form in my book. I’m all too familiar with the “new money” issues which Rex highlights and in an attempt to overcome this I’ve used the education route. But to spice up the mix my sons’ formative years included regular trips to watch Rovers at places like Bury and Rochdale together with all the “cultural activities” which that entailed. It might have benefited Rovers had Mr Al Qadi done the same sort of thing with his sons because if they lived in the real World we may have a happier club now. Wael's business background is, I think, in private and commercial banking. In those circles I think a discreet approach is normal. This is what the family are used to Running a footie club is very different, with a high public profile. Wael wanted the role, though maybe not all of the exposure, though it is all new to him. The family have mainly (ie not exclusively) kept to their traditional role (background investors), with Wael having a traditional public-facing and decision-making CEO role (whatever his title), supported by experienced CEOs - ie running it on behalf of the family Wael has struggled to bridge the gap between silent investor and public CEO - culturally and practically. That's probably because it isn't easy for anyone, and he has little experience He is a 'man of the people' in that he likes watching football, like and with the rest of us. He also enjoys the private club atmosphere of his background, I guess. His role involves combining the two, and he has struggled with it. And this is made worse by; - Landing Lights Crazy Gang implying that it is the fans who don't understand the difference between the investing company and the club (ie our fault) when patronising interviewers
- Wael mixing his use of pronouns ('we', 'us', 'the family') when referring to the club and the investors and himself
Personally, I don't find the use of a classist lens to be helpful in understanding this. It isn't a case of pretending to be one or the other - he is both, but the roles he performs doesn't make it easy to combine the two and at times he doesn't help himself
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 9:48:15 GMT
All clubs are 'made up', but some have history and deep roots in the community, whilst some are just vanity projects for sad vainglorious individuals. New money doesn't go down well in this country does it. From the landed gentry having working class footballers and lottery winners as neighbours, to football fans not wanting anyone new to join 'their' club . I daresay if Wael did start to splash the cash and we made it to the promised land (stop laughing at the back), the big boys would treat us with disdain and we would accuse them of snobbery My experience of people who are born to money is that they aren't one bit judgemental.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 9:54:55 GMT
Hopefully most fans can now see that far from being an astute investment by a banking family the purchase of Rovers was indeed a vanity project for Wael But his family didn’t always make such bad decisions as witnessed by the excellent educational opportunities they gave their sons. And, probably because of an enormous chip on my shoulder, this is my biggest gripe with Wael. With his background and education he has no excuse for the way he chooses to communicate with fans. On the one hand pretending to be a “man of the people” and on the other hand maintaining the “ private club” mentality is poor form in my book. I’m all too familiar with the “new money” issues which Rex highlights and in an attempt to overcome this I’ve used the education route. But to spice up the mix my sons’ formative years included regular trips to watch Rovers at places like Bury and Rochdale together with all the “cultural activities” which that entailed. It might have benefited Rovers had Mr Al Qadi done the same sort of thing with his sons because if they lived in the real World we may have a happier club now. Wael's business background is, I think, in private and commercial banking. In those circles I think a discreet approach is normal. This is what the family are used to Running a footie club is very different, with a high public profile. Wael wanted the role, though maybe not all of the exposure, though it is all new to him. The family have mainly (ie not exclusively) kept to their traditional role (background investors), with Wael having a traditional public-facing and decision-making CEO role (whatever his title), supported by experienced CEOs - ie running it on behalf of the family Wael has struggled to bridge the gap between silent investor and public CEO - culturally and practically. That's probably because it isn't easy for anyone, and he has little experience He is a 'man of the people' in that he likes watching football, like and with the rest of us. He also enjoys the private club atmosphere of his background, I guess. His role involves combining the two, and he has struggled with it. And this is made worse by; - Landing Lights Crazy Gang implying that it is the fans who don't understand the difference between the investing company and the club (ie our fault) when patronising interviewers
- Wael mixing his use of pronouns ('we', 'us', 'the family') when referring to the club and the investors and himself
Personally, I don't find the use of a classist lens to be helpful in understanding this. It isn't a case of pretending to be one or the other - he is both, but the roles he performs doesn't make it easy to combine the two and at times he doesn't help himself Has Wael actually ever worked inside the families banking business?
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Post by a more piratey game on May 13, 2019 9:57:18 GMT
Wael's business background is, I think, in private and commercial banking. In those circles I think a discreet approach is normal. This is what the family are used to Running a footie club is very different, with a high public profile. Wael wanted the role, though maybe not all of the exposure, though it is all new to him. The family have mainly (ie not exclusively) kept to their traditional role (background investors), with Wael having a traditional public-facing and decision-making CEO role (whatever his title), supported by experienced CEOs - ie running it on behalf of the family Wael has struggled to bridge the gap between silent investor and public CEO - culturally and practically. That's probably because it isn't easy for anyone, and he has little experience He is a 'man of the people' in that he likes watching football, like and with the rest of us. He also enjoys the private club atmosphere of his background, I guess. His role involves combining the two, and he has struggled with it. And this is made worse by; - Landing Lights Crazy Gang implying that it is the fans who don't understand the difference between the investing company and the club (ie our fault) when patronising interviewers
- Wael mixing his use of pronouns ('we', 'us', 'the family') when referring to the club and the investors and himself
Personally, I don't find the use of a classist lens to be helpful in understanding this. It isn't a case of pretending to be one or the other - he is both, but the roles he performs doesn't make it easy to combine the two and at times he doesn't help himself Has Wael actually ever worked inside the families banking business? I dunno. I don't know anything else that he has done though, so my assumption is that he has. Must be someone on here who knows more?
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 10:02:40 GMT
Has Wael actually ever worked inside the families banking business? I dunno. I don't know anything else that he has done though, so my assumption is that he has. Must be someone on here who knows more? Or maybe he hasn't ever done anything?
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Post by a more piratey game on May 13, 2019 10:12:10 GMT
nowt in Wikipedia....
Wael Abdulkader Al-Qadi (born 25 November 1969 in Qatar)[1] is the President of Bristol Rovers Football Club.[2]
A member of the Al-Qadi family, who founded the Arab Jordan Investment Bank in Amman, Jordan,[1] Wael was educated at Westminster School in London. While at school in the UK capital in the early 1980s, he began regularly attending Chelsea matches. He earned a degree in Computer Science with Business Administration at Boston University, graduating in 1991.[3]
Al-Qadi became vice-chairman of the Asian Football Development Project in 2011,[4] an executive board member of the Jordan Football Association in 2014, an executive board member of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016, and was a member of the campaign team behind Prince Ali bin Hussein's campaign for the presidency of FIFA at the FIFA Extraordinary Congress in February 2016.[5]
He and his family purchased Bristol Rovers in February 2016, and immediately installed Steve Hamer as the club's chairman.
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Post by a more piratey game on May 13, 2019 10:19:21 GMT
this suggests he was Assistant General Manager at AJIB in April 2013? ibsintelligence.com/ibs-journal/ibs-news/c381-ibsj-archive/c483-ibs-journal-archive-2013/project-watch-arab-jordan-investment-bank-site-for-sore-eyes/Since the deployment of the ICS Banks core offering from ICSFS in 2010, Arab Jordan Investment Bank (AJIB) has not missed a beat. It has become a major reference site for the vendor, has migrated its operations in Cyprus and Qatar to the new system, and enhanced its services through the implementation of additional modules. IBS talks to the bank’s assistant general manager, Wael Al-Qadi. Since the deployment of the ICS Banks core offering from ICSFS in 2010, Arab Jordan Investment Bank (AJIB) has not missed a beat. It has become a major reference site for the vendor, has migrated its operations in Cyprus and Qatar to the new system, and enhanced its services through the implementation of additional modules. IBS talks to the bank’s assistant general manager, Wael Al-Qadi. ‘Complicated’ is how Al-Qadi describes a big-bang implementation of a core banking package in Jordan. He speaks from experience as AJIB itself, a private and investment bank which caters to high net-worth individuals across the region, underwent a three-year intensive core transformation project. The bank switched to ICSFS‘s core offering, ICS Banks, from its in-house developed system, in February 2010 at its head office and across 24 domestic branches. In the following year, ICS Banks also went live at AJIB’s operations in Cyprus and Qatar and the bank has recently become one of the main reference sites for the vendor. ICS Banks covers end-to-end operations at AJIB, including investment, commercial and private banking, trade finance and lending. The new system is interfaced to an electronic cheque-clearing solution from Jordanian vendor ProgressSoft Corporation, as well as its ATM network, SMS and internet banking, and workflows for letters of credit and guarantees. Arab Jordan Investment Bank, JordanAccording to Al-Qadi, the legacy system did not fit the bank’s ‘new, ambitious and expansionary strategy and was neither upgradable nor scalable’. The search for a new core banking system started in early 2007, with the help of international consultancy firm, Deloitte, to assist identifying the current and future needs of AJIB. Main requirements for the platform included a system built in the 4GL programming language, to cover all banking activities, to generate a wide range of reports, to support business continuity and quick restoration of data in case of failover and the ability to interface with other systems and applications using ISO standards, notes Al-Qadi. Having evaluated Oracle FSS with Flexcube, BML Istisharat with ICBS and ICSFS with ICS Banks, AJIB chose the latter. Level of local support, user-friendly technology and ease of integration were key selection factors, he adds. The contract was signed in August 2008 and the implementation process at the bank began immediately, says Al-Qadi. The project involved system design and build, training, gap analysis, data migration, and UAT testing before going live with a big-bang migration. A project management team comprised from the bank and the vendor reported the progress of the project to AJIB’s IT steering committee, says Al-Qadi. There were also auxiliary teams which consisted of technical and business specialists from different departments across the bank, he adds. ICS Banks’ default configuration was adapted based on ‘best international banking practices’ and some minor customisations were made to comply with the Central Bank of Jordan’s regulations. Wael Al-Qadi, Arab Jordan Investment BankParallel to the implementation of the core, AJIB also installed the business process management and SMS banking functionality. A train-the-trainer approach was used to train all staff before the go-live, says Al-Qadi, and 24/7 support was provided by the bank to help the users overcome any obstacles. He emphasises that ‘the involvement and buy-in of the senior management of the bank helped to overcome all barriers’. For AJIB, there were four major challenges, says Al-Qadi, these surrounded the data cleansing exercise, data migration (due to large volumes of the data), the cut-off day being a working day, and maintaining new customer numbers and old customer numbers for future references. ‘The best advice is to be prepared to quickly fix any unforeseen glitches, which is always part of implementing any new system.’ Other advice is to schedule data cleaning exercises for every two to three years, he says. Since the deployment of the core system, the bank has purchased additional modules from the vendor, comprising payables and receivables, as well as advice and loans designed to operate in a dynamic environment. ‘Investment and improvement of the bank’s IT capabilities is a continuous process at AJIB,’ he adds. ‘We are proud to say that the implementation of the new core banking system was a major success. It was completed within the allocated budget and timeframe and the system is operating smoothly,’ comments Al-Qadi. Since the switchover, departments are able to finish tasks much more quickly, since the system is more automated, which also means there are fewer errors. Al-Qadi states that the end-of-day process now takes ten to twelve minutes, compared with up to four hours previously. It is easy to follow transactions in the systems in terms of ‘who worked on it and when it was originated’, he says. It has now been more than three years since the go-live of ICS Banks at the head office and based on the real-time usage of the system and continuous support from the vendor, Al-Qadi states how satisfied AJIB is with the outcome. In addition, he is complimentary of the partnership AJIB built with the vendor. With regards to future plans of the bank’s IT, Al-Qadi comments, ‘we are constantly looking to enhance services rendered to our clients, which includes investing in IT and new applications’.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 10:41:39 GMT
Thanks for the research AMPG.
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Post by irishrover on May 13, 2019 12:36:59 GMT
Just for the avoidance of confusion. We've done this multiple times. Players will go where the salary and length of contract is. Manchester or Preston Vs Bristol, it's not as if they are being asked to play in Siberia. Of course, you'll always get some people who are settled in an area and will want to stay there, but it's just as likely that a player would want to get himself and his family away from certain other locations and move to Bristol. I don't see it myself, but our City always scores well on lists of desirable places to live. In fact, I seem to remember, The Sunday Times named Bristol the very best place to live about a year ago? It's almost as if footballers and their agents don't read The Sunday Times. I only have this anecdotally through occasional chats with scouts, ex-players, agents, coaches etc in North West but what they said is that locality and the critical mass of clubs in the area is a factor. Their arguments make sense to me.
1)Convenience. Why would I move across the country if I don't have to? Family, friends etc are here, cost of living is cheaper than in the South (something that matters more to lower league players) and there are many clubs within driving distance.
2)Networks. Footballers are deeply embedded in networks of players, coaches, agents, scouts in areas where they grew up as a Junior and most likely stayed in their early pro years. So they may have 20 years+ of connections developed and the vast majority of those links will be broadly within the same area. Ie. Mates at other local clubs, former coaches who moved on to other clubs in the area, people they know who work in other roles at local area clubs etc. If their contract is coming up they will be informally talking to people in their networks and so those local clubs have an inside track. Plus the player is likely to be attracted to a club where he knows and trusts some of the existing staff.
3)Future career moves. Connected to 2 -I've heard that some players and agents think 'what if it doesn't work out where do I go then?'. Ie. What other clubs are within striking distance of my new home or will I be having to uproot again in a couple of years?
That's all anecdotal and surely not universal. I'm sure contract amount and length are ultimately more important but when difference in offers is fairly marginal (which is often likely to be the case) then other factors come into it. I'm sure some players do see opportunities to move to other parts of the country etc. But those arguments make sense to me on a common sense level so I do think there's something in it (although it has also clearly served as a convenient excuse for poor recruitment in the past).
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Post by swissgas on May 13, 2019 20:58:36 GMT
Hopefully most fans can now see that far from being an astute investment by a banking family the purchase of Rovers was indeed a vanity project for Wael But his family didn’t always make such bad decisions as witnessed by the excellent educational opportunities they gave their sons. And, probably because of an enormous chip on my shoulder, this is my biggest gripe with Wael. With his background and education he has no excuse for the way he chooses to communicate with fans. On the one hand pretending to be a “man of the people” and on the other hand maintaining the “ private club” mentality is poor form in my book. I’m all too familiar with the “new money” issues which Rex highlights and in an attempt to overcome this I’ve used the education route. But to spice up the mix my sons’ formative years included regular trips to watch Rovers at places like Bury and Rochdale together with all the “cultural activities” which that entailed. It might have benefited Rovers had Mr Al Qadi done the same sort of thing with his sons because if they lived in the real World we may have a happier club now. Wael's business background is, I think, in private and commercial banking. In those circles I think a discreet approach is normal. This is what the family are used to Running a footie club is very different, with a high public profile. Wael wanted the role, though maybe not all of the exposure, though it is all new to him. The family have mainly (ie not exclusively) kept to their traditional role (background investors), with Wael having a traditional public-facing and decision-making CEO role (whatever his title), supported by experienced CEOs - ie running it on behalf of the family Wael has struggled to bridge the gap between silent investor and public CEO - culturally and practically. That's probably because it isn't easy for anyone, and he has little experience He is a 'man of the people' in that he likes watching football, like and with the rest of us. He also enjoys the private club atmosphere of his background, I guess. His role involves combining the two, and he has struggled with it. And this is made worse by; - Landing Lights Crazy Gang implying that it is the fans who don't understand the difference between the investing company and the club (ie our fault) when patronising interviewers
- Wael mixing his use of pronouns ('we', 'us', 'the family') when referring to the club and the investors and himself
Personally, I don't find the use of a classist lens to be helpful in understanding this. It isn't a case of pretending to be one or the other - he is both, but the roles he performs doesn't make it easy to combine the two and at times he doesn't help himself For reasons of space ampg I won’t quote your post about Wael and his supposed role as an assistant general manager at AJIB. The press release you posted consists of many words from “the vendors” PR agency but what does it actually say about Wael ? We know he graduated in computer science from Boston University 28 years ago but, as far as I can see, this 2013 press release is the only time he has been mentioned as having any role at AJIB between then and now. I honestly don’t think he has ever had a role as a CEO anywhere and I don’t believe he would ever be suited to one. What he has benefited from is having a successful man as his father who provided him with a good education and financial security. With very few achievements to his name so far and approaching the age of 50 I would suggest it is time for Wael to take stock and decide how he can use all the privileges he has been endowed with to do good. Of course his wife, children and wider family should come first but if wants to indulge his sporting passions he must be realistic about how to go about this. Being frank, with the disposable wealth and level of business ability he appears to have,I cannot see Wael being able to do much good at Rovers and in fact he could do a great deal of harm. But with the wealth he has and with his enthusiasm for football I think he could do a great deal of good in developing football, particularly youth football, in his home country of Jordan. There I feel he can make a positive contribution and fulfill many of his ambitions but in the English professional game I am afraid he does not have what it takes. No shame in that, very few people do. The end game at Rovers is going to involve Hani Al-Qadi and before events (by that I mean financial liabilities) spiral out of control it would be to everyone’s benefit if those with Rovers best interests at heart could sit around a table with Hani to hammer out a solution.
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Post by a more piratey game on May 13, 2019 23:34:14 GMT
Wael's business background is, I think, in private and commercial banking. In those circles I think a discreet approach is normal. This is what the family are used to Running a footie club is very different, with a high public profile. Wael wanted the role, though maybe not all of the exposure, though it is all new to him. The family have mainly (ie not exclusively) kept to their traditional role (background investors), with Wael having a traditional public-facing and decision-making CEO role (whatever his title), supported by experienced CEOs - ie running it on behalf of the family Wael has struggled to bridge the gap between silent investor and public CEO - culturally and practically. That's probably because it isn't easy for anyone, and he has little experience He is a 'man of the people' in that he likes watching football, like and with the rest of us. He also enjoys the private club atmosphere of his background, I guess. His role involves combining the two, and he has struggled with it. And this is made worse by; - Landing Lights Crazy Gang implying that it is the fans who don't understand the difference between the investing company and the club (ie our fault) when patronising interviewers
- Wael mixing his use of pronouns ('we', 'us', 'the family') when referring to the club and the investors and himself
Personally, I don't find the use of a classist lens to be helpful in understanding this. It isn't a case of pretending to be one or the other - he is both, but the roles he performs doesn't make it easy to combine the two and at times he doesn't help himself For reasons of space ampg I won’t quote your post about Wael and his supposed role as an assistant general manager at AJIB. The press release you posted consists of many words from “the vendors” PR agency but what does it actually say about Wael ? We know he graduated in computer science from Boston University 28 years ago but, as far as I can see, this 2013 press release is the only time he has been mentioned as having any role at AJIB between then and now. I honestly don’t think he has ever had a role as a CEO anywhere and I don’t believe he would ever be suited to one. What he has benefited from is having a successful man as his father who provided him with a good education and financial security. With very few achievements to his name so far and approaching the age of 50 I would suggest it is time for Wael to take stock and decide how he can use all the privileges he has been endowed with to do good. Of course his wife, children and wider family should come first but if wants to indulge his sporting passions he must be realistic about how to go about this. Being frank, with the disposable wealth and level of business ability he appears to have,I cannot see Wael being able to do much good at Rovers and in fact he could do a great deal of harm. But with the wealth he has and with his enthusiasm for football I think he could do a great deal of good in developing football, particularly youth football, in his home country of Jordan. There I feel he can make a positive contribution and fulfill many of his ambitions but in the English professional game I am afraid he does not have what it takes. No shame in that, very few people do. The end game at Rovers is going to involve Hani Al-Qadi and before events (by that I mean financial liabilities) spiral out of control it would be to everyone’s benefit if those with Rovers best interests at heart could sit around a table with Hani to hammer out a solution. I wonder what Wael would say to that?
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Post by a more piratey game on May 13, 2019 23:38:35 GMT
New money doesn't go down well in this country does it. From the landed gentry having working class footballers and lottery winners as neighbours, to football fans not wanting anyone new to join 'their' club . I daresay if Wael did start to splash the cash and we made it to the promised land (stop laughing at the back), the big boys would treat us with disdain and we would accuse them of snobbery Hopefully most fans can now see that far from being an astute investment by a banking family the purchase of Rovers was indeed a vanity project for Wael Have you seen 'Salmon fishing in the Yemen'?
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Post by eppinggas on May 14, 2019 7:12:22 GMT
For reasons of space ampg I won’t quote your post about Wael and his supposed role as an assistant general manager at AJIB. The press release you posted consists of many words from “the vendors” PR agency but what does it actually say about Wael ? We know he graduated in computer science from Boston University 28 years ago but, as far as I can see, this 2013 press release is the only time he has been mentioned as having any role at AJIB between then and now. I honestly don’t think he has ever had a role as a CEO anywhere and I don’t believe he would ever be suited to one. What he has benefited from is having a successful man as his father who provided him with a good education and financial security. With very few achievements to his name so far and approaching the age of 50 I would suggest it is time for Wael to take stock and decide how he can use all the privileges he has been endowed with to do good. Of course his wife, children and wider family should come first but if wants to indulge his sporting passions he must be realistic about how to go about this. Being frank, with the disposable wealth and level of business ability he appears to have,I cannot see Wael being able to do much good at Rovers and in fact he could do a great deal of harm. But with the wealth he has and with his enthusiasm for football I think he could do a great deal of good in developing football, particularly youth football, in his home country of Jordan. There I feel he can make a positive contribution and fulfill many of his ambitions but in the English professional game I am afraid he does not have what it takes. No shame in that, very few people do. The end game at Rovers is going to involve Hani Al-Qadi and before events (by that I mean financial liabilities) spiral out of control it would be to everyone’s benefit if those with Rovers best interests at heart could sit around a table with Hani to hammer out a solution. I wonder what Wael would say to that? He'd start waffling again. He'd use lots of buzzwords and repeat certain meaningless platitudes. Sorry Wael (& Steve & Martyn) - frankly it's been b*llsh*t ever since the UWE collapse. Maybe Hani has already had the chat with Wael? There would appear to be strong indications of budget cuts recently. Here's how the conversation may have gone: "No you can't spend any more money - balance your books and ensure that the level of debt you have racked up never exceeds the value of the Memorial Stadium. That way as BANKERS we will never lose any money on this venture. Try and find a buyer and get us out of this mess".
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