Trevor Birch...

[grafikhaus]

...has just been interviewed in the business part of BBC Breakfast. It seems that, just weeks after his £400k p.a. 'performance' with United, he is now 'Head of Corporate Recovery' at PKF.

How do these people drift from one cushy job to another, with seemingly no consideration of previous performance?

 

[Torrix1889]

They are all over the place mate and they continue to demand high salaries on nothing but false promises and lies.....

 

[Compound_Legend]

Trevor Birch...one of the biggest wastes of money in our club since we signed John Ebbrell. Can anybody tell me exactly what he achieved whilst working for us?

(stands like Simon & Garfunkel to hear the sound of silence...)

Yep...thought as much.

 

[broomhillblade]

They are all over the place mate and they continue to demand high salaries on nothing but false promises and lies.....

I've encountered a few in my time. It's as though they are members of some exclusive club. They talk the talk (usually about "growing the business" - whatever that means), spend money recklessly, draw a fat salary, screw up, and then move on - with a bonus - and start the process all over again with another company. How do they get away with it?

 

[Kenilworth]

I've encountered a few in my time. It's as though they are members of some exclusive club. They talk the talk, spend money recklessly, draw a fat salary, screw up, and then move on - with a bonus - and start the process all over again with another company. How do they get away with it?

Sounds like a professional football player that Broomers.

 

[parisblade]

...has just been interviewed in the business part of BBC Breakfast. It seems that, just weeks after his £400k p.a. 'performance' with United, he is now 'Head of Corporate Recovery' at PKF.

How do these people drift from one cushy job to another, with seemingly no consideration of previous performance?

He can get a good price for a box at Chelsea?

 

[Foxy]

How do these people drift from one cushy job to another, with seemingly no consideration of previous performance?

I'd imagine that his new employers probably take a look at his skill set and speak to previous employers rather than asking the armchair experts who have no idea what his daily job entailed.

 

[Russ]

Perhaps his CV was nicely doctored like the ones that get sent to our place. Then when the guy arrives for an interview, it turns out to be Joey Deakin...

 

[Ollessendro]

I'd imagine that his new employers probably take a look at his skill set and speak to previous employers rather than asking the armchair experts who have no idea what his daily job entailed.

Indeed. Never mind the fact that he attracted no investment (his primary objective), saw over a relegation, 4 managers, a horrendously short sighted transfer policy system and records debts at the club and left the club with an unsustainable wage structure. All this whilst earning the most a Sheffield United Cheif Executive has ever earnt. I am sure he did other stuff really well. Warmed McCabe's seat for him, brought the tea and biscuit at baord meetings and he usually wrote back to my letters too. He seemed very cooperative at those BIFF meetings and we changed the opening music at the Lane during his time! 700k well spent by United.

 

[raul]

I always give good references to people I want shut of too.....

I suspect that, as ever, the real truth lies somewhere in the middle. I think every c.v will have one or two failures on it, but equally if you're not given the tools to do the job, or it's not what was in the brochure then that's understandable. However, cronyism and the old boys network is what made this country what it is today, nice chat at the 19th hole, an invite to the right function and the jobs yours.

 

[parisblade]

I'd imagine that his new employers probably take a look at his skill set and speak to previous employers rather than asking the armchair experts who have no idea what his daily job entailed.

Jokes aside, you're not Chief Exec at Chelsea and SUFC without making many business contacts along the way. That's undoubtedly why he got the job.

 

[MunXy]

surely no one can begrudge trevor his measley salery compared with al the good things he did during his tenure, for example he...erm and of course he...well there was when he...erm he replied to olles letters surely thats worth 700k a year?
and raul surely you aren't suggesting some form of neptism exists in modern football, school tie brigade etc, i mean when darren ferguson was sacked did his dad recall all the manure players he had loaned to darrens ex team....ok bad example, has the FA ever given jobs to inept, unknowledable "friends" of course no...well maybe but they certainly earned that right by knowing the game inside out or at least knowing how to do a funny handshake or having a good memory of the old school song which both make them eminantly qualified to run clubs or even governing body of football.
armchair supporters may not know the day to day running of a club but they can see the end results when things go wrong and have a right, thru paying for a match ticket to air their worries.

MunXy

 

[Nick Jansky]

Here's part of what he's now doing, landed in my inbox this morning:

FOOTBALL clubs are trying to keep their costs under control, despite player wage inflation, according to a survey of finance directors by accountants and business advisers PKF.

The firm commissioned research of more than 40 finance directors from across a wide range of English league clubs and the Scottish Premier League.

The report, entitled ‘Open to Attack’ reveals that clubs face uncertain revenues and new financial regulations, principally the UEFA Financial Fair Play rules and similar rules for Football League teams.

It highlights a number of challenges clubs are facing: although ticket sales remain the most important source of revenue more than half (51%) of respondents reported a fall in matchday sales last season.

Merchandising sales are under pressure too - 54% of clubs stated that revenue in this area had fallen.

The survey found that clubs are responding to economic and regulatory pressures by taking a firmer grip of player-related expenses - only 20% of FDs said their clubs intend to increase their first team payroll this season, compared with a peak of 59% in 2008.

Trevor Birch, head of corporate recovery at PKF and the former chief executive of a number of clubs including Chelsea, Everton, Leeds United, Derby County and, most recently, Sheffield United, said: "The absence of a meaningful economic recovery and looming financial fair play rules are forcing clubs at all levels of the professional game to peg their costs more closely to revenues, which remain under serious pressure.

"Merchandising income has been particularly badly hit as fans, struggling with rising inflation and an uncertain economic outlook, are being forced to view the latest replica shirt as a luxury rather than a necessity.

"We are also seeing the polarising of sponsorship, with only a small number of top Premier League teams having the profile and strength of brand to attract marketing spend from major corporations.

Mr Birch added: "Looking ahead, we do not expect any of the main revenue streams to show meaningful improvements, so clubs will have to continue to batten down the hatches for the foreseeable future.”

 

[super_pig]

>are being forced to view the latest replica shirt as a luxury rather than a necessity.
are being forced to view the latest replica shirt as a car wash rag after three washes