Ben Mansford

There’s no point comparing him with Karl. Has he been better than the interim board? I’d say yes. SS and BM are both looking to reshape the club, and do more than sound bites and empty gestures. There will be hiccups, but the combination of small things like tidying up the stadium, getting some decent merch, and bigger goals like getting *some* kind of training facility suggests that they’re on the right track. I’d rather he be a ‘boss’ and act professionally.
 
Rektseasider said:
I’m not sure if you’ve actually read my answer but no where in that did I compare him to Karl.

You’re trying to come back to me with points a few others have made.

Seems a bit odd to ask me something, when I give you an answer regarding the financial stability not being totally down to SS (which is from the horses mouth via a medium) and just dismiss it, is a bit bizarre.

I was actually quiet critical of him during the managerial search, as it really floundered at one point and showed his time away from English football had left gaps.

There are plenty of people out there that could have made a hash of rebuilding the club.

BM hasn’t, like I said he’s professionalised the club beyond all measure. That wasn’t a given, not a slight on them but look at the interim board, they were up against it, as BM was , but made a complete hash of signings and other things within the club I’m not going to go into on here.

Look at Hevsters post I think I got the poster right? About how he handled the fans memorial.
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No problem Rekt and apologies if I criticised what others said in responding to yourself.

I still feel in the same place as I was before though.

I have no reason to doubt Mansford's professionalism and that he has - or will in time - installed a professional approach around the club and I hope to see that pay dividends.

Personally, I am yet to see the results of what he has installed, I do not want him to fail nor I am suggesting that he will do but ultimately he will be judged on the success of the team on the pitch and the club financially and not on how he handled any memorial.

So once again in summary, I have no reason to doubt that Mansford is a thorough professional who is determined to improve the club however he can but I have not yet seen the results of the processes that he has introduced and I think that many appear to want to crown him before he is king.

When the visible results are there I will be the first to applaud his efforts.
 
Some of you really need to give your heads a good wobble/hard bang off the kitchen wall.

From where we were to where we are now, and you can still find a reason to complain about someone's personality who is literally transforming us from a joke club to the most sought after place to be in the league (new players and their comments prove this
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It's not an understatement to say that we have had the miracle we all desperately wished for and we have Ben Mansford who's high calibre speaks for itself to lead the ship.

You can already see the results on and off the pitch and the fantastic direction the club is facing is largely part in thanks to Ben.

If you can find reason to have a moan in this new golden era of our beloved club then I will gladly go on record and out you as pathetic!
You are the type of people that likes to go around finding a reason to complain about anything and cause a ruccus for the simple fact that you like to.
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
No problem Rekt and apologies if I criticised what others said in responding to yourself.

I still feel in the same place as I was before though.

I have no reason to doubt Mansford's professionalism and that he has - or will in time - installed a professional approach around the club and I hope to see that pay dividends.

Personally, I am yet to see the results of what he has installed, I do not want him to fail nor I am suggesting that he will do but ultimately he will be judged on the success of the team on the pitch and the club financially and not on how he handled any memorial.

So once again in summary, I have no reason to doubt that Mansford is a thorough professional who is determined to improve the club however he can but I have not yet seen the results of the processes that he has introduced and I think that many appear to want to crown him before he is king.

When the visible results are there I will be the first to applaud his efforts.
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No I appreciate that it’s not hard to improve on garbage, which is a slight compliment to Karl.

And I do get told the odd thing Joe Bloggs wouldn’t, but I assure you everything I’ve heard is positive and he’s setting the club up, with the help of others to be a real success.

There are successes to see even at this early stage, I’d point you to the transfers. We re probably about 75% percent f the way to having a very good squad in League One. That’s no mean feat given, COVID, time scales of leagues finishing and the uncertainty of next season. Part of that is SS as you say, that’s undeniable. A large part of the transfer credit rests with BM for organising the coach’s, scouts and striking up relationships with agents.
 
basilrobbie said:
That is a really, really weird thing to write. What on earth has he done to upset you?
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Nothing. Reading on here he seems to be doing a job with a performance level that wouldn't be out of place at a much bigger club, because believe me we are 'tin pot' and insignificant to clubs higher up the football ladder.

Maybe we are the stepping stone for him and as finest says we pulled off a coup to get him.
 
Guess till he appears at Bloomfield Road and gets out of a Range Rover with the number plate SH03 VIT and spray painted like a Friesian waving a tennis racquet to waft away a load of £20 notes wearing defunct fax machine shoes and offering to drive Neil Critchley to Deepdale then I'm prepared to give him the benefit of doubt with regard to this. He's got a lot of ground to make up if he truly wants to be disliked!
 
He is a mover and a shaker . Like Baz. He shook up the Civil Service so much they begged him to leave aged 19.
 
Rektseasider said:
No I appreciate that it’s not hard to improve on garbage, which is a slight compliment to Karl.

And I do get told the odd thing Joe Bloggs wouldn’t, but I assure you everything I’ve heard is positive and he’s setting the club up, with the help of others to be a real success.

There are successes to see even at this early stage, I’d point you to the transfers. We re probably about 75% percent f the way to having a very good squad in League One. That’s no mean feat given, COVID, time scales of leagues finishing and the uncertainty of next season. Part of that is SS as you say, that’s undeniable. A large part of the transfer credit rests with BM for organising the coach’s, scouts and striking up relationships with agents.
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Rekt

Please don't get me wrong, I want Mansford to do well.

If he is doing everything he can to make everything as good as it can be then that can only be a good thing.

I look forward to seeing the dividends of his efforts but I also appreciate that it's not an exact science and he can do everything in his powers to help us but still not be successful.

Hopefully, his professional approach to matters that you briefly describe will inspire those around him at the club.

All good Rekt.
 
fcblackpool said:
Nothing. Reading on here he seems to be doing a job with a performance level that wouldn't be out of place at a much bigger club, because believe me we are 'tin pot' and insignificant to clubs higher up the football ladder.

Maybe we are the stepping stone for him and as finest says we pulled off a coup to get him.
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Surely we are stepping stone - or a potential one - for everyone and I look on that as a good thing.

If Mansford was to move on to a bigger job/club after working for us, it is surely more likely that he will do so after having been successful during his period working for us ?
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
Rekt

Please don't get me wrong, I want Mansford to do well.

If he is doing everything he can to make everything as good as it can be then that can only be a good thing.

I look forward to seeing the dividends of his efforts but I also appreciate that it's not an exact science and he can do everything in his powers to help us but still not be successful.

Hopefully, his professional approach to matters that you briefly describe will inspire those around him at the club.

All good Rekt.
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sorry if it didn’t come across in my last post, but I agree with what you said from your point of view.

I’m lucky because I get told the odd bit from inside the club, so without that I may hold the same view as you.

All I’d say is with him as a decent operator, we’ve already gone along way to assemble a decent squad, early, trying to work around and within the confines of the new salary cap.
 
Rektseasider said:
sorry if it didn’t come across in my last post, but I agree with what you said from your point of view.

I’m lucky because I get told the odd bit from inside the club, so without that I may hold the same view as you.

All I’d say is with him as a decent operator, we’ve already gone along way to assemble a decent squad, early, trying to work around and within the confines of the new salary cap.
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That's all good Rekt.

I am pleased that you are hearing good things about him and the improvements made at the club.
 
fcblackpool said:
I'm not saying we are tin pot..
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But that is exactly what you DID say.

Moving on from the very odd choice of words, I'm still struggling to understand what has happened in his time at the club to make you have such a low opinion of him. Given what they inherited, both the Board and the Interim Board seem to have done a great many positive things, from where I sit.
 
basilrobbie said:
But that is exactly what you DID say.

Moving on from the very odd choice of words, I'm still struggling to understand what has happened in his time at the club to make you have such a low opinion of him. Given what they inherited, both the Board and the Interim Board seem to have done a great many positive things, from where I sit.
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I said if he was so good you'd think he would be a a much larger club and he would see BFC as relatively tin pot from that lofty position.

As for what he's done, it seems good, but we haven't kicked a ball in anger as of yet so we'll see if what he has done is good. I do have a reservation that he may also be a DoF, or see himself as that.
 
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