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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2004 12:16:11 GMT 1
who is he??
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Post by welshshrew5 on Jan 26, 2004 12:30:29 GMT 1
Chief Executive / Striker.
Expected to go straight on the bench for Saturday.
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Post by faginy on Jan 26, 2004 12:33:43 GMT 1
is it just me that doesn't get the joke?
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Post by MRJPSHREW on Jan 26, 2004 12:34:34 GMT 1
Are we having a new secretary?
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Post by MRJPSHREW on Jan 26, 2004 12:37:48 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2004 12:39:03 GMT 1
Jeevsey - if you didn't subscribe to the SMS then you'll have to read it on Shrewsweb. No joke ... honest
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2004 12:41:06 GMT 1
Oh yes, that's the one, thanks JP "Formerly Chief Executive of Claims Direct" - isn't that the one that went bust?
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Post by faginy on Jan 26, 2004 12:41:35 GMT 1
is the SMS worth it?
can you opt out of getting halftime, fulltime, scorers etc etc ?
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Post by MRJPSHREW on Jan 26, 2004 12:47:23 GMT 1
Hasnt this Colin Poole got quite a bit of cash?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2004 12:47:30 GMT 1
I wouldn't woory about that faginy - you hardly get any scores or match reports ... (sorry whitters :
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Post by kickinpretty on Jan 26, 2004 12:48:18 GMT 1
Good appointment - Hes just what we need - Fresh ideas and the ability to pull it all off.
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Post by petetheloon on Jan 26, 2004 13:06:02 GMT 1
Just thought I'd add a bit of insight.
I used to work for Colin Pool at Claims Direct. They did eventually go in administration but were brought out and now operate in Birmingham. Colin Pool was not part of the company when this happened. In fact he had been forced out long before. He was the reason that they went down hill so fast. He was responsible for taking a percentage of peoples winnings and milked every last penny he could out of the company even though it was eventually seen as morally wrong, and was quickly removed after a very smug looking colin was slaughtered by Anne Robinson on watchdog. He was hated by every employee of Claims direct for the arrogant way that he treated his staff.
Yes he is very very rich and now owns Axcess magazine and a firm of personal injury specialist lawyers, but they way he acquired his money is morally questionable.
All in all, not a pleasent man.
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Post by welshshrew5 on Jan 26, 2004 13:09:15 GMT 1
I think we will be paying him, as it mentions nothing regarding him buying shares.....yet.
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Post by True_Shrew on Jan 26, 2004 13:30:34 GMT 1
Honest post Petetheloon, I have heard the same kind of things along similar lines as well, but we will have to wait and see.
Fair enough, he's obviously a good businessman with the skills to match and I wish him well, but be warned as has a well documented past.
I think a few will have to watch their backs as I'm sure he has been brought in to ring the changes.
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Post by ShrewsandRoyals on Jan 26, 2004 13:39:00 GMT 1
Just stop and think for a minute. WHY does HE want to be at The Meadow? Hold back on the fresh ideas. As someone supposedly having as much cash as he has, what is the real attraction? Perhaps I am a bit more cautious than most when someone with that much dosh and history suddenly turns up in a saleried post (?). Some more articles to peruse: observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4501242-102271,00.html observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4553208-102271,00.html money.guardian.co.uk/howtocomplain/story/0,11609,791691,00.html www.claimsmanagementcentre.co.uk/cdirect.html
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Post by MRJPSHREW on Jan 26, 2004 13:44:40 GMT 1
How much is the Chief Exec wage? or is it just a title?
"Money money money Must be funny In a rich man's world"
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Post by kickinpretty on Jan 26, 2004 13:45:51 GMT 1
What does an executive Chairman do anyway?
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Post by libel laws on Jan 26, 2004 13:49:42 GMT 1
How happy are the moderators with being sued by a solicitor?
Its rare to succeed in business without making enemies.
And rare to succeed without having a mean streak.
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Post by True_Shrew on Jan 26, 2004 13:51:05 GMT 1
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Post by libel laws on Jan 26, 2004 13:54:47 GMT 1
I didn't say he would be successful
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by kickinpretty on Jan 26, 2004 13:59:35 GMT 1
i think it is a little unfair to be dragging all this up, Colin Poole is in business to make money, all companies have disgruntled customers.
Move on, what happened at claims direct had nothing to do with Colin Poole as he had already left the company before it went belly up.
Hes a successful businessman who has now come on board so we should back him all the way.
I don't think Kieth would allow anyone to scupper all the good work done at the football club and Roland is still Chairman so we have nothing to worry about.
Dragging up the past does nobody any favours.
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Post by StrettonBlue on Jan 26, 2004 14:00:57 GMT 1
Interesting.
Does this Colin Poole own Nettley Hall and everything that goes with it ?
First reaction was great just what we need at the club.
But as always people put their two pence worth in and we get a slightly different view on it. Please lets try and take this as a positive step.
Does it also mean we will now have a different voice of the club ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2004 14:02:30 GMT 1
I played golf with this bloke once before realising who he was.
can't say he's really a good appointment in my view. He seemed to screw a lot of people over at claims direct.
I thought someone had made a fake ShrewsWeb page when I saw that stoy as I really couldn't believe we had emloyed him or why we had employed him.
Oh well, guess time will tell me weather or not this is the right decision.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2004 14:02:37 GMT 1
This is an interesting move indeed. People's opinions of the guy do raise certain questions, but as with any appointment to the staff at STFC I will give him time and see how he does/ what benefits he brings to the club.
I guess it's a case of only time will tell...
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Post by ShrewsandRoyals on Jan 26, 2004 14:28:59 GMT 1
He had left before it finally went into receivership. The problems arose because of concerns about the declarations at the time of the float which was prior to him leaving (and still exist with the CDAC). That led to fewer cases, and together with the bad publicity, less money, as stated in the articles.
I'm all for fans of clubs investing their well earnt money to help the club they have followed. Two have at Reading. Is he a fan or is The Town a potential business opportunity?
I'm suggesting caution (with hopefully optimism). Oxford United gave us a lot of stick when they got their big fish - Robert Maxwell. It's history what he tried to do to Reading when he " over". Perhaps it's because I've seen what can happen first hand that I am cautious and try and think the thing over - maybe too much. I can't think I'd be the only one to do so by a long way.
Nothing libelous either - the articles are in the public domain and anyone can suggest caution with a new appointment.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2004 14:32:54 GMT 1
Is he a Town fan?
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Post by petetheloon on Jan 26, 2004 14:44:40 GMT 1
With all fairness Kickin, I worked for Colin Pool for a long time. Yes businesses make enimies, but I don't think that they have regular death threats as I did on the phones. It is not a good thing working for a company and then all of a sudden it comes out that you have screwed over ALL of your existing customers.
And Colin Pool was very responsible for Claims Direct going into receivership. He had already done the damage and there was no way back even after a major product change which meant we no longer any of the customers winnings.
Even after the company had been brought he made a very high bid for the offices we were in and drove Claims Direct out of telford and he now sits in the office we once occupied!!!
I am not particularly happy he is on the town board. and I am sure he is not a town fan. He did have a box at Villa if I remember rightly.
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Post by Juan Kerr on Jan 26, 2004 15:03:07 GMT 1
His name was in the Star very recently. A bride to be and her Mother received, at very short notice, a phone call from Nettley Hall saying that, despite booking her wedding reception nearly a year previous, they had been unable to secure the drinks licence for the reception. So Mother and daughter had to go and get all the booze necessary for the do themselves about four days before the big event. If this is the extent of the new man's organisational skills-God help us!!
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Post by kickinpretty on Jan 26, 2004 15:05:17 GMT 1
I supplied the soundsystem ;D Maybe not that one but one a couple of weeks ago that had the same problems.
Its more a case of the local public houses ganging up to prevent him getting one than the fact that hes dodgy, in the small print it does actually say that they may not be able to provide a drinks licence for events held at netley Hall.
You pays your money - yous takes the risk.
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Post by Reverend on Jan 26, 2004 15:32:53 GMT 1
It seems as if our board have been trying to bring Mr. Poole to the club for sometime, why?, yes he did cash in his shares in claims direct then sometime later it went under, but did he take the firm under himself, has he learnt from this, has this made him a tough shrewd( no pun intended) business man.
Do we want to alienate someone who might be good for our club, even though he seems to be a Liverpool fan with a box at Anfield? Or rather perhaps that’s were he entertains for business purposes.
Someday he might wish to invest in the club who knows, RW is unlikely to put the clubs future in doubt.
So perhaps we should sit back and wait with interest to see what the man can do, after all what could he possibly make out of us?
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