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Donna Cullen gone...first of the changes?

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Vivian Woodward
thfcsteff said:
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Donna-Maria Cullen, Executive Director, steps down from the Club’s Board | Tottenham Hotspur

Donna-Maria: “This has been such a hard decision to make. The Club has been my life for the past three decades. I have had the privilege of working with Daniel, whose vision and energy has driven the Club forward, and so many talented and wonderful colleagues."
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Big news.
The pathway to Levy's ear for Vinkateshum just became a lot easier...
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Didn't see that coming that's a big surprise
 
Her diverse responsibilities grew significantly and replacing her roles with a single individual will be impossible.

Sounds like we may be seeing some new faces incoming.

All the talk about a big shake-up behind the scenes over the summer led to speculation about manager, DOF, scouting staff etc. (which may well happen as well) but it looks like we may be seeing more at board and board -1 level.
 
First thought is, if the rumors are true (about DC disliking Poch), then that's an obstacle removed to his eventual return (though I think it will be post-2026 in any case). So, in that sense, utterly delighted (but only if it's true, mind).

In a broader sense, our leadership grew incredibly stale and out of touch with the realities of top-level Premier League football - both DC and Matthew Collecott (among others) fit the bill.

It's a fact that leading a club Premier League football today means dealing with contemporaries that are either giant investment groups with near-limitless funding, connections and influence, or backed by literal nation-states, transcending sport and entering the realm of geopolitics.

You cannot run a club of our size the way it was run in 1999, with the same group of people in charge for 20-25 years. You will be out-traded, outcompeted, and eventually outmoded by teams with literal armies of people at high levels.

In some areas, the club grew to match its status and this new reality of the Premier League being a global power players' game. But that core group around the chairman never changed, and eventually it held the club back.

If this is a change the new CEO bloke from Arsenal insisted on, good on him - it's a level of overhaul his predecessors never quite managed (Munn most recently). And the statement from Dan nails it when he says that replacing DC with one person is impossible - nor should it be the case. It's time for an expanded leadership group.
 
I see this of a continuation of our behind the scenes revamp over the last couple of seasons, post internal review that was spoke of a while back.

Will be interesting to see where Munn fits in all of this with Vini coming in at a high(er) level.
 
lurker of old said:
I just wrote on another thread, could be coincidence but the new man will re-shape the board, so now is the time to leave if you'd rather not report to him....
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The one thing that we would need to be wary of, is the role of Paratici in this new structure.

In the limited role he had as sporting director (pre-ban), he was imo excellent- but I'm guessing that his total influence was still limited by not being part of Levy's inner circle, with DC, Rebecca Caplehorn and Matthew Collecott. To be fair I think the same applies to all our sporting directors - Lange, Mitchell, Baldini, Comolli and Arnesen. All of them didn't really have that easy access to the chairman that football directors do at other clubs.

But the thing about Paratici is, he thrives in limited roles. Under Beppe Marotta at Juve, he was fantastic - a great scout with a genuine eye for talent. The problem came when he replaced Marotta as the football director, with direct access to Andrea Agnelli - that's when he started the plusvalenzia stuff and the deferred wages/stock market manipulation (which was what eventually got him), and took several bewildering decisions that did Juve no good.

If he comes back, and if he has easy access to Venkatesham, then care will need to be taken to ensure he's focused on his role identifying talent, full stop. I'd even extend that to playing talent - managers he chooses tend to be a) mostly Italian, and b) mostly duffers, going on past evidence.
 
DubaiSpur said:
First thought is, if the rumors are true (about DC disliking Poch), then that's an obstacle removed to his eventual return (though I think it will be post-2026 in any case). So, in that sense, utterly delighted (but only if it's true, mind).

In a broader sense, our leadership grew incredibly stale and out of touch with the realities of top-level Premier League football - both DC and Matthew Collecott (among others) fit the bill.

It's a fact that leading a club Premier League football today means dealing with contemporaries that are either giant investment groups with near-limitless funding, connections and influence, or backed by literal nation-states, transcending sport and entering the realm of geopolitics.

You cannot run a club of our size the way it was run in 1999, with the same group of people in charge for 20-25 years. You will be out-traded, outcompeted, and eventually outmoded by teams with literal armies of people at high levels.

In some areas, the club grew to match its status and this new reality of the Premier League being a global power players' game. But that core group around the chairman never changed, and eventually it held the club back.

If this is a change the new CEO bloke from Arsenal insisted on, good on him - it's a level of overhaul his predecessors never quite managed (Munn most recently). And the statement from Dan nails it when he says that replacing DC with one person is impossible - nor should it be the case. It's time for an expanded leadership group.
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I think thats a worthy appraisal Dubai.

If you're not quite getting it done, you leave no stone unturned.
We are obviously a different beast, just as you correctly pointed out the PL is, compared to 10-15-20 years ago.

Of course, getting a fresh fleet of executives in is no silver bullet, but it is a step forward, a change that shakes the cup with the dice in.

Just like your manager, you're only as good as the people you employ, and fingers crossed that either through thorough decision making or just damn sheer luck , we land on our feet.
 
DubaiSpur said:
The one thing that we would need to be wary of, is the role of Paratici in this new structure.

In the limited role he had as sporting director (pre-ban), he was imo excellent- but I'm guessing that his total influence was still limited by not being part of Levy's inner circle, with DC, Rebecca Caplehorn and Matthew Collecott. To be fair I think the same applies to all our sporting directors - Lange, Mitchell, Baldini, Comolli and Arnesen. All of them didn't really have that easy access to the chairman that football directors do at other clubs.

But the thing about Paratici is, he thrives in limited roles. Under Beppe Marotta at Juve, he was fantastic - a great scout with a genuine eye for talent. The problem came when he replaced Marotta as the football director, with direct access to Andrea Agnelli - that's when he started the plusvalenzia stuff and the deferred wages/stock market manipulation (which was what eventually got him), and took several bewildering decisions that did Juve no good.

If he comes back, and if he has easy access to Venkatesham, then care will need to be taken to ensure he's focused on his role identifying talent, full stop. I'd even extend that to playing talent - managers he chooses tend to be a) mostly Italian, and b) mostly duffers, going on past evidence.
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Paratici worries me
Not because he doesn’t have a role but because be is a bit “nuts”
(Also he signed Gil who was clearly a kid off the street)
His role needs real boundaries to use that talent
 
kb 1984 said:
Most rumours are. Thanks for putting the record straight
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Yep
Always bothered me when that kind of stuff got churned out
She lives down the road from me and has been helping my nephew get a job in the game (he starts at derby in the summer)
Every time I’ve spoke to her (probably about 10 times in the pub) she has been as avid a spurs fan as I’ve met and still super professional
We got drunk once when she came in for dinner and I asked her about poch
She started off by saying how classy he was as a man and also how polite too
Then said the decision to let him go was taken by the man in charge with much regret. Daniel and poch love each other and it was like a brotherly relationship (I’m paraphrasing what I remember)
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1929462156426121545

Companies House listed a change in the details of both Cullen and operations and finance director Matthew Collecott. Tottenham said there was no announcement planned on Collecott, but sources believe the Companies House notification indicates a change of role either inside the club or with Enic, who he joined in 1998.

(Taking Law at his word, I haven't looked at the Companies House info).

If Collecott is moving on, I'd expect a good 3-6 month handover to a new CFO in any case.
 
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