Important resignation on the Yankee side of the pond.
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Borini
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But why Borini. Why have Kaplan & Levin invented a position for him as president of their sports group to return back to the USA. He was forced out by a 'He goes or I go' ultimatum. Don't believe a word of that B/S in that article.
Borini
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So who said he goes or I go?
Yankee_Jack
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This is going to be interesting. He did a lot of very good work ... yeoman's work ... after taking over a commercial operation that was in name only thanks to that mutton that kept tweeting nonsense (can't even remember his name ... HJ's buddy).
Do you mean Dineen?
Intrigued now, JF. Was there a clash with Birch?
Apparently yes. been told Birch made the ultimatum .
Yankee_Jack
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Yes ... Dineen .... the marketing muppet.
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CroJack
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Ultimatum about what?
Victoria Swan
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Does seem pretty precipitous. Usually you'd think there would be a replacement lined up already or at least notice given for some time in the future allowing time for a replacement to be found. Especially at this time of the year less than a month before the season starts. Let's hope none of this spills over onto the playing side.
As to who goes I presume, apparently there's been issues between them for a while.
CroJack
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But why would they fight each other? It doesn't make sense. They had totally different jobs within the club. What Pearlman did was the commercial part, which is sponsorships, lease agreement with the council, merchandise, club shop, web site, media, tickets..., nothing to do with the footballing part. Swansea need a person who can generate money from commercial activities, and Pearlman did it well while he was at Swansea.
I always thought he would leave after a couple of years. His job was to lift commercial activities from amateur to professional level. And that's exactly what he did. I remember how our web site looked like three years ago. It was a mess. Some people complain about his wages, he was allegedly on £500.000 a year but that's what Bony earned per month for not playing.
I would have thought everything and everyone at SCFC comes under the final jurisdiction of the chairman, which no doubt leaves things open to disagreement.
Pearlman wasn't quite as good at marketing as some would make out. opening and closing in 18 months of the retail outlet in the city centre was logged as a financial disaster.
Pearlman wasn't quite as good at marketing as some would make out. opening and closing in 18 months of the retail outlet in the city centre was logged as a financial disaster.