You seem to forget that McManus is also a fan and the fact that people on here think they know better than him with regards to the club is quite amusing.

I wonder how many Multi-Millionaire financial wizards we have in our midst on this forum.

In any case he has a majority shareholding, there are other directors, there are plenty of shareholders.

In reality though he is the main man and the money man or the person who sorts the money out.

I kind of like Mike's style, although he can be a bit jumpy with people comments about him online, only time will tell if this CEO role is really much different from what he was doing anyway and whether indeed he can excel at it.

Whether he likes me is a different story

I thought buying a five year season ticket , merchandise and refreshments did go some
way to contributing to the club rather than just subsidising a home for ex-pros and hangers on.

I was under the impression that it was seen as valued that 11-12K people felt the same
way for the ongoing viability of the club.

Not quite in the same league as buying a £20,000,000 stadium though is it.

Yes lets give Eamon his four million back and let him be like ourselves spending what we can which possibly averages 500 pounds a season or better still lets mirror the previous board some of whom actually used to pay themselves expenses for the privilge for looking after our club. This is a business decision the clubs business not the fans

If only others took your enlightened approach.

Can he be any worse than the pie and ten pints Nigel wood as a CEO??

He needs to sort out the club with regards to funds, player recruitment and most of all getting some bloddy atmosphere back to a souless ground!!!

If he can do all of that, then he's the man for the job long term!!

Well not personally.

Ok Eamonn we all accept that in a measuring contest you have a bigger wang than everybody else.

However for a £20M stadium I thought you would have at least had it clad.

In your role as site admin on one of the forums then I take it?

I'll bet it was that 'Saintsfan', she is always having digs at him.

Am I McManus now then?

A point worth making is that a lot of posters beef with the club in the last 5 years is that they have been so focused on getting the stadium sorted that the team has been neglected.

Previous appointments were made with a view to securing the stadium. This appointment would seem to say that the club is now focused on the pitch and not the books.

Given how many sports clubs are more interested in making money than winning trophies *cough* Lancashire CCC *cough* it is a good sign that the top man is an expert in Rugby not Finance.

Does Rush like cladding?

I haven't forgotten that at all. But he's first and foremost a businessman (top 50 banker in his prime) and he will want to protect his assets. Surrounding himself with buddies is the way forward in that regard.