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With the possibility of Prince Abdullah Arzitgooin #gamechanger taking sole cotrol of the club, how realistic do you think it is that he would place Jim Phipps back in the boardroom?

For me it would be a complete backward step. I thought the guy was friendly, warm and open....... but not a football man in the slightest. I would rather have executives that were business savvy and not even on twitter than a PR man who gagues success by likes and retweets.

I know JP has his fans and friends on here and I am sorry if I cause offence. He just isn't for me. It just takes me back to the era of Baxter, Brayford, Clough......... We have moved on. We are better.

I am worried.
 



kingy1889 said:
With the possibility of Prince Abdullah Arzitgooin #gamechanger taking sole cotrol of the club, how realistic do you think it is that he would place Jim Phipps back in the boardroom?

For me it would be a complete backward step. I thought the guy was friendly, warm and open....... but not a football man in the slightest. I would rather have executives that were business savvy and not even on twitter than a PR man who gagues success by likes and retweets.

I know JP has his fans and friends on here and I am sorry if I cause offence. He just isn't for me. It just takes me back to the era of Baxter, Brayford, Clough......... We have moved on. We are better.

I am worried.
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He already said that "maybe" he might come back, its covered in one of the other eleventy four million threads on the matter.
 
I thought JP had gone back the the USA because of health issues?, not sure he would want to be travelling all the way back to Sheffield International Airport
 
sheffielder said:
Phipps as chairman, I hope not. Some of his tweets and messages cross over the line for me. Nothing personal but hard to suddenly turn off your accounts and be professional
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Unlike Wilder's bessie mate:)
 
kingy1889 said:
With the possibility of Prince Abdullah Arzitgooin #gamechanger taking sole cotrol of the club, how realistic do you think it is that he would place Jim Phipps back in the boardroom?

For me it would be a complete backward step. I thought the guy was friendly, warm and open....... but not a football man in the slightest. I would rather have executives that were business savvy and not even on twitter than a PR man who gagues success by likes and retweets.

I know JP has his fans and friends on here and I am sorry if I cause offence. He just isn't for me. It just takes me back to the era of Baxter, Brayford, Clough......... We have moved on. We are better.

I am worried.
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Be brave and tell him to his face man :) JimPhipps
 



You dont need all football men on the Board, and you could say now he does have some experience of the task :)

I think it's better when you say Jim Phipps, and think, Gulf War Veteran
 
Jim Phipps - lovely bloke and if brought back should do something involving fan liaison. Under no circumstances should he be allowed near the boardroom and the decisions that lay within it. That would be akin to letting a 3 year old loose with a meat cleaver.
 
Phipps was unlucky in that Clough went crackers in his second season. He was the football man and Phipps delegated to him as he should.

The amount Clough spent on JB suggested he thought we had endless cash when we didn’t. If that was indicative of Phipps ceding too much power, and not having enough oversight then that was his error.

I hope the club is better structured now.
 
Grappler said:
I thought JP had gone back the the USA because of health issues?, not sure he would want to be travelling all the way back to Sheffield International Airport
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He'll have a job on landing there, it's all offices now. Can get a Costa though.
 
Bert said:
Bert wouldn't be too upset if Big Jim came back. He wasn't a football man but he very quickly understood what the club means to Unitedites.
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Agree Bert. I think Jim Phipps "gets" SUFC and would be a good man to lead us day to day. Trusted by HRH too.
 
JohnDenver said:
Phipps was unlucky in that Clough went crackers in his second season. He was the football man and Phipps delegated to him as he should.

The amount Clough spent on JB suggested he thought we had endless cash when we didn’t. If that was indicative of Phipps ceding too much power, and not having enough oversight then that was his error.

I hope the club is better structured now.
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"Prince Abdullah became co-chairman alongside McCabe, with the prince’s son, Abdulraham Bin Abdullah, Phipps and Turkish businessman Selahattin Baki all subsequently installed as directors – Phipps later becoming joint chairman."
What were the rest of 'em doing? ;)
 
Harrisblade said:
"Prince Abdullah became co-chairman alongside McCabe, with the prince’s son, Abdulraham Bin Abdullah, Phipps and Turkish businessman Selahattin Baki all subsequently installed as directors – Phipps later becoming joint chairman."
What were the rest of 'em doing? ;)
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Indeed.
 
JimPhipps if you're coming back, can you bring me some Root Beer over please? It's not easy to get here :)
 
Comment from a Star reader:

Ramon Mohamed ·
Sheffield

"I have followed Sheffield United since the 1970s and as I write I am a season ticket holder and to put some context in to this post my wife is Saudi and I worked in Saudi Arabia from 2010-2016.

During this time I followed two football clubs in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Al Hilal and Al Nassr. Two clubs that the Prince was involved in. I spoke to some of the fans about the Prince and Sheffield United and they informed me that at their respective clubs he sold on most of the best players and made a handsome profit from the clubs and left. The royals have a habit of owning clubs in Saudi Arabia which have been badly managed.

I have also read local media reports in my home city of Sheffield that the Prince has spoken of himself as a self made millionaire. My knowledge of the House of Saud is that all Prince's are not born poor but have vast's amounts of wealth given to them procured from the sale of oil. So he's not been entirely truthful. Yes, he's invested his wealth but he certainly is not self-made and being royal, connections in high places helps.

Also the Prince has hardly spent anytime watching Sheffield United and as not much idea about the history and culture of the club and what the club means to ordinary fans like myself. He's hardly attended any meetings at the club.

The Prince also, as we know, became the Saudi Youth Sports Minister. However, during that time he spent most of his time in his Los Angeles mansion. So no commitment there then!

I for one have my reservations and have come across to many consultants in Saudi Arabia like Jim Phipps who are only there for the wealth that they themselves can accumulate at the expense of the local population.

I might be wrong but if you follow the news the House of Saud is at war with itself and if we are not careful, my club Sheffield United in some indirect way, may become part of the spoils of that fall-out."



Pinch of salt article, pig fan perhaps, but a couple of interesting points
 
JohnDenver said:
The amount Clough spent on JB suggested he thought we had endless cash when we didn’t.
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In fairness to Clough most people were ecstatic when he brought Brayford, a very small minority dissented at the time.
 
8lade said:
In fairness to Clough most people were ecstatic when he brought Brayford, a very small minority dissented at the time.
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It was great from our position of ignorance. If we knew the cost relative to the overall budget, I think very few would have approved.
 
JohnDenver said:
It was great from our position of ignorance. If we knew the cost relative to the overall budget, I think very few would have approved.
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Who thought that our budget was going to be much over 2 million? We were still thinking that was the cap this season. Most supporters voted with their hearts on this and if football simulations have taught me anything, blow your budget on one player he invariably gets injured. (And that player is usually a goal scorer not a right back.)
 



Blade58 said:
Comment from a Star reader:



Also the Prince has hardly spent anytime watching Sheffield United and as not much idea about the history and culture of the club and what the club means to ordinary fans like myself. He's hardly attended any meetings at the club.
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Watches games via a live feed and does meetings via video link.

Blade58 said:
I for one have my reservations and have come across to many consultants in Saudi Arabia like Jim Phipps who are only there for the wealth that they themselves can accumulate at the expense of the local population.
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It’s called a job. Many people, including lots on this forum, are working abroad as they can earn more than back home. I seem to remember Jim also has a keen interest in the Gulf and speaks Arabic (I think).
 
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