Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

[BrainOfLevy]

The constraints will be the same BUT hopefully what he brings is another astute/experienced brain so we make better decisions.

Indeed - I think the constraints will be the same too, but there’s a really clear way that Levy operates within those constraints that we have seen play out for 20+ years.

It would be interesting to see how someone else would interpret those constraints. What decisions they might make differently, how they think about what advantages they can create. Or is it literally just a new front man? I’m very interested to see how it plays out.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

Indeed - I think the constraints will be the same too, but there’s a really clear way that Levy operates within those constraints that we have seen play out for 20+ years.

It would be interesting to see how someone else would interpret those constraints. What decisions they might make differently, how they think about what advantages they can create. Or is it literally just a new front man? I’m very interested to see how it plays out.

I think it might just be that VV will be a friendlier face, whether that be to fans, media, investors etc.
Levy has had to be rhino skinned and laser focused to get us where we were. To have such a long term vision and not be knocked off course is gonna take quite a bit of fighting your corner. Simon Jordan has a nice descriptive phrase for DL...'he never complains and never explains'. And that is so true.

But, DL has completed his vision, so as a club we don't need to operate in the hard nosed rhino skin way DL was. A new friendlier face can reset relationships (not saying DL is not friendly, he had to do what he had to, but he gained a reputation).

But as you say, the constraints are there. Tbh the football success (,or not) is going to be gained below this level with the d of f, Lange and the manager...and the decisions they make.
And those decisions will all be made within the constraint of budget, a constraint that ain't changing much (or ironically only changed by how successful THEY are in tournament prize money)

 

[Lilbaz]

I think it might just be that VV will be a friendlier face, whether that be to fans, media, investors etc.
Levy has had to be rhino skinned and laser focused to get us where we were. To have such a long term vision and not be knocked off course is gonna take quite a bit of fighting your corner. Simon Jordan has a nice descriptive phrase for DL...'he never complains and never explains'. And that is so true.

But, DL has completed his vision, so as a club we don't need to operate in the hard nosed rhino skin way DL was. A new friendlier face can reset relationships (not saying DL is not friendly, he had to do what he had to, but he gained a reputation).

But as you say, the constraints are there. Tbh the football success (,or not) is going to be gained below this level with the d of f, Lange and the manager...and the decisions they make.
And those decisions will all be made within the constraint of budget, a constraint that ain't changing much (or ironically only changed by how successful THEY are in tournament prize money)

Levy hasn't completed his vision.

 

[braineclipse]

Mods this doesn't belong here but I am replying to @braineclipse if you want me to delete & post somewhere else let me know

So I very rarely talk about my father because he was aggressive & violent until I turned 16. My father said it was about making us tough for the big bad world. At the age of 7 he took me boxing & made me fight a nine year old I got smashed yes that will toughen me up. in reality he couldn't leave his work at the door. as soon as he arrived home we would all disappear to our rooms & stay quiet. He didn't even eat with us we'd eat in the kitchen with the door closed he'd eat with my mum & sister playing happy families. The women in his life could never do any wrong. You had to live by his rules problem was only he knew the rules. None of my friends ever came to my house they were all to scared. It all stopped when I was 16 he punched me this time I returned serve then it was on for young & old. It is my biggest regret & something I will never forgive myself for. My old man was the meanest toughest man I've ever met & he succeeded in making his 3 sons the complete opposite of him.

The thing is I never met his parents even though they were alive because my father refused to talk to them. I assume he got the same treatment from his father. Luckily the three of us broke that chain

At my mother's funeral my eldest brother confronted my father his response I made you tough so you could survive this world. My brother pointed out that was a load of gonads & did he regret that he no relationship with his son's he replied that's your problem not mine. At his own funeral only my sister went. I wish I had buried the hatchet & told him despite everything we had been through he was still my father he had done the right thing by my mum & sister & for that I loved him

Sounds like some terrible experiences. Trying to think what that must have been like as a child and though both my imagination and empathy fail to fully understand it what I do understand creates both pain, sadness and anger on your behalf.

Hope you're doing well now, a massive congratulations on breaking that cycle. Generational trauma is a real thing and getting out of that often takes a lot.

Feel sorry for your dad too. Going through life with that kind of relationship to your own kids sounds awful. Not saying he didn't I need TP for my bunghole himself or you should have done anything different.