An Open Letter from Carol

[Bycarsbill]

Good on you  Carol! Thank you for your letter.  I hope that all PV fans will read it,  reflect upon it and give thanks for the ownership we've got. I for one, certainly do!

Carol and Kevin are nice people, good at business and PV and its fans owe a BIG debt of gratitude that it is they who saved us from the misery of the Smurf era and yet another potential administration.  

Secondly, Carol recognised early on that running a football club is like no other type of business and sensibly hired in DF, someone she felt was not only the right calibre of person but had sufficient footballing knowledge to help bring to life some of the aims for our club that she & Kevin had defined.

As is clearly shown in the open letter, what has been achieved in such a relatively short time span is nothing short of a minor miracle.  Of course mistakes have occurred as Carol freely admits. Perhaps one of those is the delay in reminding us all just what has been happening behind the scenes.  As fans we are always much more focused (understandably) and myopic, concentrating only on what is occurring on-pitch.  

However, I sincerely hope that Carol's letter makes us all reflect and temper the extremely harsh (and sometimes, vindictive) barbs that are appearing in too many recent posts. I finished that earlier post this week, by stating that while I obviously do not want us to be relegated, I would prefer to be solvent in League Two under sensible, caring ownership, than being run towards financial ruin by the unrealistic expectations of an ego-driven owner. 

Yes, on the playing side, I'm as disappointed as the next person that we don't have a big enough and better balanced squad.  At the end of the day in any business, (and football, for all its quirks and foibles, is still a business) costs always have to be balanced against revenue and, DF no doubt, like the other departmental sections of PV's business, has to work within budget constraints. Unfortunately in football that is where reality and expectations clash--see my same earlier post and its comments about some Premiership clubs and EFLclubs' with financial problems and subsequent official sanctions. I am not here to defend DF but consider this when taking a pop at him; added to the usual budgetary constraints he has to work to, there are also the complexities and complications always inherent in transfer market dealings with players' injuries, fitness, motivation, egos and sometimes, agents & salary expectations. 

Finally, a heartfelt plea: can we all please recognise how lucky we are to have a  Chair like Carol.  Please stop the totally unwarranted abuse and extreme criticism and get behind her, Kevin, the club's executives and, of course the next manager and team. One can clearly feel in that open letter, some of the frustration & hurt that Carol understandably must feel. In my humble opinion, she & Kevin are the best thing to happen to PV for many a long year.  The last thing we need, is for Carol to decide that the level of animosity to her being expressed by some individuals' is not worth the aggravation. 

UTV! 

[Nippy Naylor]

1 minute ago, DazFred said:

No

But I wouldn't expect her to

 

Flitcroft out over and over until he goes

9 minutes ago, davehartshill said:

“Dave understood the football industry inside out and aligned with my values. The only issue was Dave wasn’t working in football and had no plans to be. He had stepped away from football to be with his family.”

Didn’t have plans to get involved in football but walks in the door and manages to create a new position at a club he wasn’t involved with? Yeah, right. 

 

“[E] He has led the design of the Training Zone which the players change in with a physio room, boot room and ice baths as well as a new first team office for the coaching staff - both of which have been built. On top of this, he has created plans for a gym and offices overlooking the training pitches with work set to start this year.”

Eh? We have had more injuries in the squad over the last 3 seasons than I can ever remember us having. 

 

The money should have been spent on the playing squad ,

wake up carol 

Flitcroft is a conman 

[Vtid]

Just now, Packmoor_vale said:

80% negative fanbase anyway 

Can’t get there own way like little kids and I only got to page 3 😂

Your actually happy with all this <ovf censored>? 

[PVFC FAN]

2 minutes ago, Vtid said:

 

With good reasoning mate unless your lancy Tory, packmoor vale or pvfcfan 🙄

 Behave mate. Put a solid point on the table and I'll listen to you

[Playa Amodores]

1 minute ago, Bycarsbill said:

Good on you  Carol! Thank you for your letter.  I hope that all PV fans will read it,  reflect upon it and give thanks for the ownership we've got. I for one, certainly do!

Carol and Kevin are nice people, good at business and PV and its fans owe a BIG debt of gratitude that it is they who saved us from the misery of the Smurf era and yet another potential administration.  

Secondly, Carol recognised early on that running a football club is like no other type of business and sensibly hired in DF, someone she felt was not only the right calibre of person but had sufficient footballing knowledge to help bring to life some of the aims for our club that she & Kevin had defined.

As is clearly shown in the open letter, what has been achieved in such a relatively short time span is nothing short of a minor miracle.  Of course mistakes have occurred as Carol freely admits. Perhaps one of those is the delay in reminding us all just what has been happening behind the scenes.  As fans we are always much more focused (understandably) and myopic, concentrating only on what is occurring on-pitch.  

However, I sincerely hope that Carol's letter makes us all reflect and temper the extremely harsh (and sometimes, vindictive) barbs that are appearing in too many recent posts. I finished that earlier post this week, by stating that while I obviously do not want us to be relegated, I would prefer to be solvent in League Two under sensible, caring ownership, than being run towards financial ruin by the unrealistic expectations of an ego-driven owner. 

Yes, on the playing side, I'm as disappointed as the next person that we don't have a big enough and better balanced squad.  At the end of the day in any business, (and football, for all its quirks and foibles, is still a business) costs always have to be balanced against revenue and, DF no doubt, like the other departmental sections of PV's business, has to work within budget constraints. Unfortunately in football that is where reality and expectations clash--see my same earlier post and its comments about some Premiership clubs and EFLclubs' with financial problems and subsequent official sanctions. I am not here to defend DF but consider this when taking a pop at him; added to the usual budgetary constraints he has to work to, there are also the complexities and complications always inherent in transfer market dealings with players' injuries, fitness, motivation, egos and sometimes, agents & salary expectations. 

Finally, a heartfelt plea: can we all please recognise how lucky we are to have a  Chair like Carol.  Please stop the totally unwarranted abuse and extreme criticism and get behind her, Kevin, the club's executives and, of course the next manager and team. One can clearly feel in that open letter, some of the frustration & hurt that Carol understandably must feel. In my humble opinion, she & Kevin are the best thing to happen to PV for many a long year.  The last thing we need, is for Carol to decide that the level of animosity to her being expressed by some individuals' is not worth the aggravation. 

UTV! 

I fully support Kevin.

[andy jones]

17 minutes ago, Doha said:

Do you not see the juxtaposition there?

I do, but i suspect the finance being generated is insufficient to pay the going rate for a striker after all the other overheads.

[PVFC FAN]

1 minute ago, Vtid said:

Your actually happy with all this <ovf censored>? 

He's not wrong the fan base is negative as soon as we get in a bit of trouble

[Smallthorne clampet]

1 hour ago, lydiatevaliant said:

It's hard to imagine how that statement could have been any more tone deaf.

If that doesn't galvanise a 'gold and black until he's sacked' movement then nothing will.

It's Flitcroft or us, Carol.

That will be us then !

[geoff1]

An epic letter carol, well-done. From a supporters view, no one can argue with your case. I think the main problem is openess with regard to signings and the future of the ground.no one has come out and stated why we haven't signed any strikers, nothing has been said regarding where the monies from youth transfers has gone. A championship ground is no good in the lower divisions. too much emphasis has been put on looking after players, no team has ever won anything that didnt have nasty players in the team.  Leeds, arsenal, Liverpool, man utd etc. they are more competitive and will run through brick walls.as for flickers, now's the time to excell and sort the club out. Good luck 18 games to go, a lot has got to change.

[Nippy Naylor]

7 minutes ago, PVFC FAN said:

I hope you don't actually think Im flitcroft. Is that all you have to say is that he is a fraud. Got anything better to say?

The guy is full of shyte as well 

[Paul6754]

Due. to years of financial neglect pvfc both on and off the pitch is a work in progress and during her tenure carol has done a superb  job as she describes above.

unfortunately progress isn’t always linearly upwards and vale have hit a playing hiccup and survival in Lge 1 is going to be tough due to a number of reasons. 

Although the finger points at DF, Carol needs  him at the moment and further disruption would be detrimental imho. 
 

get behind carol, get players back from injury, appoint a manager as there’s still ample time to turn this around.

 

[SuperHuman]

Put it this way, the average Vale fan (my old man as a great example) loves Port Vale and goes to watch us to see what happens on the pitch. 

He is not bothered about where the players train, get changed or how they recover. He is not bothered about the community work. He is not bothered about what projects we have and what new office we have. He is not bothered about the under 14’s and selling them to Man City before anyone has ever seen them. He is not bothered about the abundance of technology we have. He is not bothered about the number of staff we have and what structure they fall under. 

His priority is the product on the pitch. He is bothered about what players and management we have. He is bothered about where we are in the league table. 

Carol - your priority has to be getting the football team right. The rest does have its value and I understand is also necessary in the modern game. However, without a successful team (an average team even) we will be back to square one

Our priority as fans is the product on the football pitch. That will and should always comes first. 

 

[Smallthorne clampet]

2 hours ago, Vale1995 said:

Out of interest how many  championship league one and two clubs have campuses? 🤣

HI de Hi !

[PVFC FAN]

1 minute ago, Nippy Naylor said:

The guy is full of shyte as well 

Not as much as you nippy

[Nippy Naylor]

9 minutes ago, PVFC FAN said:

Ye and its ready for league 1. Jog on kid

You talk more BS than Flitcroft

And that takes some doing by the way