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Please remove Peter Ridsdale. (Poll Reset)

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Please remove Peter Ridsdale. (Poll Reset)

Poll Poll Ridsdale out? - Reset 29/10/21

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Having seen the reaction to yesterdays debarcle at Deepdale it is very noticeable that the attention of the majority of fans has is focussed on Peter Ridsdale and the ownership of Trevor Hemmings.

We could all see this coming.

Yet whilst this is going on Ridsdale has now found himself on the board of the football club and the EFL.

Fiddling whilst Rome burns springs to mind.

Ridsdale oversaw the appointment of Graham Westley. He has overseen the loss of our biggest assets for peanuts. He introduced the ambassador and premier member schemes. He refuses to acknowledge the disgraceful treatment of the supporters over Ingol and why that still riles some supporters. The handling of the non-refund clause, the signing of Ched Evans.

He puts out statements which lecture the supporters and tells us he knows best, that we shouldn't be emotional and that he has been in football a long time.

He runs the football club in a way everyone is terrified of saying no to him or challenging him.

Meanwhile Trevor Hemmings employs his advisor whilst paying him significantly but still over rulling him on many matters, ticket policy/signings/contracts/ and even the bloody away kit.

People mention a lack of a plan? There is clearly some form of plan as he appointed his son as Chairman.. possibly the most pointless appointment in football history. Yesterday was the first time we've seen him in public.

Anyway to the main point. The football club has no direction, no leadership, no clear plan or engagement with its fans. Carrying a squad of which at least half are not good enough at this level. We have employed a unproven head coach.. who I think has an impossible job.

I have been greatful for Mr. Hemmings involvement in the club but this is only heading one way.

Therefore the only way I can see him getting the backing of the majority of the fanbase back is to remove Mr. Ridsdale from his position. Bring in a proper championship or better structured management team. This could be headed by Craig or by someone else, run the football club in a way that shows you actually care.

I've lost all faith in the current regime and I wouldn't want to call time on your ownership but without change we are only heading in one direction.
 
TheFulwoodEnd said:
Having seen the reaction to yesterdays debarcle at Deepdale it is very noticeable that the attention of the majority of fans has is focussed on Peter Ridsdale and the ownership of Trevor Hemmings.

We could all see this coming.

Yet whilst this is going on Ridsdale has now found himself on the board of the football club and the EFL.

Fiddling whilst Rome burns springs to mind.

Ridsdale oversaw the appointment of Graham Westley. He has overseen the loss of our biggest assets for peanuts. He introduced the ambassador and premier member schemes. He refuses to acknowledge the disgraceful treatment of the supporters over Ingol and why that still riles some supporters. The handling of the non-refund clause, the signing of Ched Evans.

He puts out statements which lecture the supporters and tells us he knows best, that we shouldn't be emotional and that he has been in football a long time.

He runs the football club in a way everyone is terrified of saying no to him or challenging him.

Meanwhile Trevor Hemmings employs his advisor whilst paying him significantly but still over rulling him on many matters, ticket policy/signings/contracts/ and even the bloody away kit.

People mention a lack of a plan? There is clearly some form of plan as he appointed his son as Chairman.. possibly the most pointless appointment in football history. Yesterday was the first time we've seen him in public.

Anyway to the main point. The football club has no direction, no leadership, no clear plan or engagement with its fans. Carrying a squad of which at least half are not good enough at this level. We have employed a unproven head coach.. who I think has an impossible job.

I have been greatful for Mr. Hemmings involvement in the club but this is only heading one way.

Therefore the only way I can see him getting the backing of the majority of the fanbase back is to remove Mr. Ridsdale from his position. Bring in a proper championship or better structured management team. This could be headed by Craig or by someone else, run the football club in a way that shows you actually care.

I've lost all faith in the current regime and I wouldn't want to call time on your ownership but without change we are only heading in one direction.
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Great post but even if Ridsdale was removed from all duties, it still leaves us with an owner who, for me should be held to account more than anybody else at this present moment in time.
The fact that Craig is here now, fills me with more worry. I've heard one statement from him upto now an that was on the day he was appointed. He just mirrors the way of his father to me
 
The whole David Nugent saga epitomises the North End upper crust to me, my view is that Ridsdale suggested we bring in Nugent to appease the fans, when in another era he may well have been right, marketing, and get the boo boys off his and their backs. Hemmings swallowed it and splashed his cash on Nuge's wages. Then during one match Ridsdale shouted some smart arse comment at Nugent when he was on the pitch, perhaps attempting to show Nugent or others who the boss was. The whole episode and I may have got it totally wrong, but either Ridsdale or Hemmings or both got the whole thing wrong, and I said so at the time. This is the way Ridsdale works, he is worming his way into as hot a seat as he can, he would dearly love to be the overall manager of PNE, God !!! imagine the shite we'd have then.
 
Think Ridsdale has already his eyes on a new role through his recently appointed league position, are his efforts 110% for North End?
 
Good post.

For as long as the memory of Maurice Lindsay remains fresh in my mind then I struggle to be as critical as Ridsdale as I want to be. Not that this is exactly setting a high bar but I’m pretty sure he does actually know his onions when it comes to the backstage practicalities of leading the administrative side of a football club.

That said, I’m getting more and more annoyed with the absence of anything remotely resembling a clear vision, strategy or plan. Insofar as it exists the overall ambition seems to be ‘Preston North End will play in the Premier League’ but I’m beyond clueless about how we’re intending to make that happen. We’re stacked with fairly average players, the ones we bring in never seem to add a great deal and if anyone else can work out what our footballing identity is then they’re a better man than me. As fans we end up debating who should be in the starting 11 but I can’t shake off a sense that we’ve slowly started to rot away and it won’t make any difference within our current model which players do or don’t start.

Of course, we’re one one game in. And yes, I’m having to check my tendency to be overly emotional or negative about where things are heading. But I just can’t shake the strong feeling that we are on a downwards trajectory with insufficient strategy and uninspiring leadership absolutely endemic throughout every corridor of the club.
 
I did a bit of reading up on Ridsdale this morning. He left Leeds in 2003 with 103 million pound debt. He left Cardiff in 2010 after a winding up order which saw the club in £66 million debt which resulted in him not being allowed any directorship for the next 10 years. This is the man that is currently running our football club.
 
TomPNEFC said:
I did a bit of reading up on Ridsdale this morning. He left Leeds in 2003 with 103 million pound debt. He left Cardiff in 2010 after a winding up order which saw the club in £66 million debt which resulted in him not being allowed any directorship for the next 10 years. This is the man that is currently running our football club.
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He won't be leaving us with that sort of debt. Trevor doesnt allow him near the cheque book 🤣
 
NORTHENDRTOPS said:
The whole David Nugent saga epitomises the North End upper crust to me, my view is that Ridsdale suggested we bring in Nugent to appease the fans, when in another era he may well have been right, marketing, and get the boo boys off his and their backs. Hemmings swallowed it and splashed his cash on Nuge's wages. Then during one match Ridsdale shouted some smart arse comment at Nugent when he was on the pitch, perhaps attempting to show Nugent or others who the boss was. The whole episode and I may have got it totally wrong, but either Ridsdale or Hemmings or both got the whole thing wrong, and I said so at the time. This is the way Ridsdale works, he is worming his way into as hot a seat as he can, he would dearly love to be the overall manager of PNE, God !!! imagine the shite we'd have then.
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He'd always have to have a fall guy though to carry the can. You have to remember that we have replaced Pearson and Davies with better, and now more recently we have a collection of outstanding young players coming through. Already preparing the ground to shower all blame on the head coach...
 
Ridsdale is obviously just a buffer between the fans and the owner.
The biggest mystery to me is why on earth does TH actually own the club? It's not a status symbol to him, that's his horses, he doesn't seem interested in growing "the business" he never speaks publicly about it. I just don't get it 🤔
 
Naughton's moustache said:
Great post but even if Ridsdale was removed from all duties, it still leaves us with an owner who, for me should be held to account more than anybody else at this present moment in time.
The fact that Craig is here now, fills me with more worry. I've heard one statement from him upto now an that was on the day he was appointed. He just mirrors the way of his father to me
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Is Craig Hemmings still alive?
 
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