If you owned a company would you hire Khaled El-Ahmed based on his performance at Oakwell?

I reckon you could certainly give better interviews than El Ahmad too ;-)

 

In terms of a building if you are saying there is a risk to public health and that there is a risk of the structure collapsing/ death. I don’t think there are levels of risk you would take. Either somewhere is that dangerous and you shut it or it isn’t and you don’t.

We work in dangerous / unsafe structures and while under very strict controls you would allow professionals into buildings to rectify a problem you aren’t just going to let Joe public wonder around willy nilly.

Agree about stewarding that’s relatively minor. It’s much more likely an attempt to strong arm the council that badly misfired.

 

I'm not really getting into anything on here buddy. All I will say, is that I've enjoyed working here for six years under various CEO's, different ownership and despite results on the pitch this current campaign, I've never been as enthused as I am right now, working for the club I love. Alongside great colleagues, and friends.

I understand people have their issues and grievances.

If we - as staff - have made mistakes, then we can only apologise and try to do better in the future.

On Khaled, I love working with him. Day in, day out.

Some interesting reading on here though. And thus, the work to do is ever-growing.

Here's to three points for us and Cardiff tomorrow afternoon!

 

Don't post while drunk

 

Imo the problem is that Mr El-Ahmad has had several opportunities to clarify the position and close this down. He's failed to do that because he hasn't answered the fundamental questions people want answers to:

• What was the issue(s) that caused the closure. Not generalisations, specifically what was it?
• Exactly what remedial work was undertaken that enabled it to be reopened?

Given his vagueness when responding to those questions together with his suggestion during Loko and Gally's interview that there was some reallocation of stewards, it's hardly surprising that people are doubtful about the truth. The biggest reason to believe him appears to be because Beth said that she wouldn't want her family to sit in it. It doesn't reflect well on our CEO when the reason to accept what he says is a comment made by another club employee. His communication is at best poor, at worst deliberately opaque / confusing and questionably dishonest. And isn't this just one example?

His faux pas are totting up. Last season wasn't a success because we didn't sell players (so we wanted to change style), him not expecting relegation, vouchers are at the printers, etc. And even today re out of contract players, “We are negotiations with some and some we’re not. All players that we think are good, we’re in discussions with”, imo is pretty clumsy.

As the figurehead of the club, good communication skills are essential. He plays a really important role in maintaining and developing the relationship with supporters. Yes, he's faced with some challenges because of the actions or non-actions of our owners, but he's nevertheless responsible for communicating well about the things he can control and communicate about. But imo his communication skills are really poor. And it doesn't matter whether he speaks multiple languages and English isn't his first. He needs to communicate well in English and he's not doing that.

His position is already untenable in my view and the errors and awkward and tactless comms will continue as long as he's in role.

 

Not so sure mate. Even my Sheffield and leeds workmates needed translations.. As Juddy G can testify to lol.

 

The word Pedantic springs to mind but just for you l will add the following words "rest of "
Make sense to you now .....

 

PMG includes Paul Conway at 50% it seems. It can't be, PMG and Paul Conway can it.

http://www.pacificmedia.cn/

 

But that wasnt stated as the reason at the time? It was all to do with the West Stand being structurally unsafe and the toilets inaccessible disability wise.

 

You've got that the wring way round. The media team put out what they're told or allowed to by the owners and the CEO

So have the club told you the timetable for all that? Because the council said it was always safe.

 

I don't think H&S legislation can differentiate between occupations. Can club employees and press run faster if the stand collapses?

Tongue in cheek obviously, but it was a total disregard for long standing paying fans of the club. Until it's explained properly and he starts answering other questions with abit of honesty and substance then he will always be viewed with mistrust.

 

I personally wouldn’t have ever hired him due to his let’s say ‘checkered’ past. Sooner he’s gone the better, along with the head coach.

 

There's still been no acknowledgement of the fact that the lower tier 100% has no void and is a separate structure and doesn't have a roof either so the only safety reason left for it's closure is the wall but the wall excuse is just a blatant lie because the wall also has turnstiles for the ponty end in it and they remained open throughout. None of the wishy washy ********, drip fed, ever changing excuses for it's closure make any sense at all except the one that was at first outright denied but months later admitted which was reallocation of stewards to the away end

 

He's the monkey. I've got more problems with the organ grinder.

 

What works were carried out? Has Khaled actually answered this question?

If this has been answered then I apologise as I've missed it.

 

Thanks for answering @Gally. I wasn't sure from your first reply if you'd been told more about it.As I understand it, the council despite asking for these things/reports still deemed it safe for use though? That was also in the Chronicle. And even now it's back open we still haven't had a timetable or costs for the reports or remedial action that supposedly took place. My gut feeling is if there hadn't been the outcry and all the fans had taken up the tickets in the other 2 stands it would still be closed, the initial letter didn't give any sort of a timetable either of when it might reopen.