[quote="RockNRolla":3m5jp4iu]Abdull has been advised to retire due to the severity of his knee problem.[/quote:3m5jp4iu] If that’s true it’s hardly the embarrassment for the club people are making out. It was always a risk given his injury record but let’s not forget it didn’t seem to stop us chasing other halfback targets it’s not like we put all our eggs in that basket, we announced Abdul way before we went for Lam and Sailor etc. It’s just desperately unlucky for Jordan, but if that’s the case you’d imagine they might be insurance and stuff that also might come into play. It does put us in an awkward situation though having to wait on what might or might not happen with Salfords finances and a player that might not fancy the move anyway dictating if we start the season a playmaker down. I’m sure the Cust signing was likely made with an eye on the Abdul situation also.

Personally think he's doing a decent job as DOR, given what he was up against when he joined and also effectively learning on the fly. He's still finding his feet as a DOR and should have been left to continue gaining experience in this role, so to throw the job of Chief Executive his way on top of that aswell, a role which he will have even less experience and knowledge in, seems a truly bizarre choice. I'm sure AT is guiding him and mentoring him along the way, but would have preferred to see a more experience hire in this role. Learning 2 such important positions simultaneously will not be an easy feat for the guy and could very easily lead to dropping the ball somewhere.

Is he in effect doing what James Clarke was doing - wasn't he doing both roles?

I hope they bring in some specialists like marketing and finance as the office team has been pared to the bone I recently years

[quote="ComeOnYouUll":mq3q7c52]Is he in effect doing what James Clarke was doing - wasn't he doing both roles?[/quote:mq3q7c52] Seems so and that didn't end well. It's not great that Richie will be approving contracts he's drawn up himself, a good CEO would at least be asking the DOR some questions to sense to check that club aren't yet again entering a bad player deal. Do realise that sometimes a Head Coach will demand a certain player regardless of what the DOR and/Or CEO think though.

Be interesting to see how FC's overall set up compares to this https://wiganwarriors.com/club/whos-who/

Be interesting to see how FC's overall set up compares to this https://wiganwarriors.com/club/whos-who/