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Post by luckycharms on Jun 17, 2015 15:27:53 GMT
Face-saving measure. Also the tremendous screw-ups that Fernandes has made of running QPR have not only cost him and Din money, but also Rueben's and his dad's.
My own take is that Fernandes incurring 200 million pound debts, then asking the shareholders to wipe out 60 million pounds, plus Air Asia's own financial issues over the past year or two that have led to Fernandes staying in Malaysia most of the time, means there was more leverage for the other shareholders to pressure Fernandes and outmuscle him since he still needs their money to prop up his QPR venture. Rueben and his dad probably decided 'enough is enough' with all the nonsense and won this concession from him.
And allegedly, Din and his alleged backers may have also had had enough.
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Post by luckycharms on Oct 6, 2014 10:44:58 GMT
He always has to make a whole song and dance about everything. Typical Fernandes exist strategy for getting out of sticky situations. Just like his spats with Malaysian airport authorities and during the aborted MAS-Air Asia swap fiasco. Make a lot of brouhaha about staying the course, then when public clamor is at its highest, does an about u-turn. He hates making hard decisions but he loves the ego stroking from his audience more.
Besides his consortium partners are also probably monitoring the situation and pressuring him to do something. Based on the vociferousness and childishness of his (Fernandes) excuses, Redknapp may just have a few days.
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Post by luckycharms on Sept 27, 2014 21:09:26 GMT
If you are going to say that he has to be judged on his achievements, then you have to give a reasonable amount of time. Long term plans take a long term to mature. 3 years does not constitute long-term. Of course the stadium is just talk. It takes years, perhaps decades, for a development project of that scope to be completed. You can't have it both ways. How much time is a 'reasonable' amount of time Dylan. And is that a reasonable amount of time purely because he is Chairman and majority owner? If he was the Chief Exec or other employee how much time would be given or would he indeed still be in employment at the club? What was going through Tf's mind when he considered letting Warnock go, or when he was considering giving Hughes more time after getting it wrong with Warnock, and what was/is going through his mind when he considers extending Redknapps contract, ok but why now? Is it that he fears he may lose Redknapp? If it all about timing, then I fear TF is hugely unlucky perhaps because he keeps getting the big ones wrong. The OP's question was about likeability, so yea he doesn't refer to us fans as £20 supporters, he dreams of us filling a huge new stadium but at what cost? As a fellow Malaysian I am all for Fernandes and think his moderate liberal views and material success are, despite a few flaws, good for Malaysia in an economic and social sense. So I wish him all the best in his business dealings, including the success of QPR. He's a typical post-colonial anglophile who got lucky, got the ear of the then PM, and made a fortune. But, as many have pointed out, being a football chairman just doesn't seem to suit him. He never fired anyone the way he did Warnock for example, the only time he ever did so before was all hush-hush and involved shifting the particular individual to board level. Even then, Fernandes never did it in person, nor did he do so with Hughes, which tells a lot about Fernandes's character. His own personal business philosophy and style which involves primarily building connections, networking, and delegation of authority mean that he is completely adrift when it comes to football. It's great if all your employees are prepared to work together for the greater good of the company and therefore their own plate. But in football with contracts that are not beholden to results, that is not always the case. After three years Fernandes still hasn't yet admitted to himself that delegating without strict scheduled supervision while he jet-sets around the world is not the best way to run a football club where things change daily (or every 45 minutes on match days). That depending on players and management personnel with iron clad individual contracts, that are not dependent on getting the best results for the club, mean you'd need to keep them on a tighter leash and be more proactive in the operations of the club. That finally players and management are not really beholden or loyal to anyone but themselves, and for Fernandes to be chummy with Warnock, then embrace Hughes, then Redknapp without calling them to account when they screw up - until it is far too late, is a recipe for repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Also his massive ego. That's why he wants to be chairman despite being so poor at it. He's deluded if he thinks that 'sold his house to finance Air Asia' story is ever treated as credible back home. |
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Post by luckycharms on Sept 21, 2014 16:14:16 GMT
Oh agreed.
But the point I'm making is he went and acted like a responsible business leader berating an employee. Fernandes is refusing to act like a chairman when it comes to Redknapp. Same as Hughes. Hopefully not until it is too late.
My perspective is of Fernandes as a corporate and business leader, not necessarily as a football man. Tune and Air Asia ruffles feathers back home constantly. They are bold, overly ambitious, arrogant, expansive, risk-takers etc. Much like the man at the helm, Fernandes. Notice how brazen the current PR campaign for your new stadium is. He even went around door to door canvassing support. It may be flashy, it may be too direct, offending delicate English sensibilities - but that is his personality.
When I watch QPR that's not what I see. The team is defensive, timid, negative. Complete opposite. i don't agree with those who suggest that QPRFC is a mess and has no vision. It has one, rightly or wrongly the Chairman's. You may disagree with his razzamattaz, publicity hogging, aggressive approach, but at least it is clear cut. But on the footballing side, that is missing.
It doesn't feel like a team owned by Tony Fernandes the high flying media-savvy air tycoon. This is where I see his failing. He's failed as a corporate leader to stamp his vision on the football team. By which I don't mean he's micromanaging in terms of player selection, tactics and strategy. But in terms of inculcating his dare-devil, risk taking, bold approach to problems and never say die attitude. He is always positive in mind and thought, and never dwells on insurmountables, always looking for solutions. The QPR football team doesn't seem to reflect much of this.
I see Fernandes's vision for QPR and Redknapp's cautious vision of the team as being at odds. And until Fernandes makes it clear his vision overrides Harry's or Harry acknowledges this and takes steps to implement them, or until there is a parting of ways, then I doubt the fans will have much to enjoy for the rest of the season.
And if anyone thinks Fernandes is happy about grinding out boring 1-0 wins and draws, he's just tolerating it. It's all about building a brand that will be attractive to the mass public. Fernandes needs a winning team that plays attractive football to get the fans onside, to get overseas fans excited, to get the stadium development support and eventually some of that sweet billions in renewable development opportunities in the Greater London.
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Post by luckycharms on Sept 21, 2014 14:47:16 GMT
This is where Fernandes's lack of football nous and leadership becomes very clear. The man should be calling Redknapp and telling him to watch the Leicester game and asking serious questions about why QPR are under-performing. For all his talk of staying with Harry even if it leads to another relegation, the reality is far different.
I've seen him tell off one of his CEOs on twitter since it seems the fool was blabbing about gaming rather than running one of Tune's subsidiaries, so why not be a boss and make it clear to Redknapp his remaining tenure is result and performance based. In all honesty, if QPR are in danger of relegation he will fire Redknapp because the stakes are too high - but if he keeps prevaricating and using the softy softy touch when he does have to make a decision the results will rushed and short-termist.
If he wants fan support for his 40k monstrosity of a stadium that will bring in him and partners untold billions in development money, he better make damn sure that the fans have something to look forward to on the field or eventually no-one will come and support for his projects will flag.
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 30, 2014 9:43:09 GMT
eh...lol
Rueben is no salesman...Long story short he's working for his father, managing WestPort. He's never had a problem selling anything because he never had to.
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Post by luckycharms on Apr 23, 2014 18:03:56 GMT
That poor media guy, working for Fernandes must surely have raised his blood pressure somewhat lol. Fernandes doesn't micro manage QPR and all these additions to the Fan Forum ( doing a panel with others) were definitely not his idea. Originally he was probably thinking of doing some sort of town house style meeting where he's on stage fielding live questions from the audience. He would be in his element there, the showman that he is. But I guess the QPR media/marketing/PR people talked him out of it.
nevertheless he has already promised another Fan Forum, this time to be done on your actual field. If QPR gets promoted.
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Post by luckycharms on Apr 6, 2014 15:23:47 GMT
I have no idea what tweets he saw... Maybe from Malaysia? yes...Fernandes's little spat with the Malaysian airport authorities has drawn out all the usual ultra-nationalist Malay racists. I have little sympathy for either side to be honest. Both are monopolistic, greedy, opportunists who stifle competition and ultimately it is the Malaysian consumer who will bear the costs. |
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Post by luckycharms on Feb 22, 2014 18:24:34 GMT
Fernandes will never get it right when hiring managers. You all wonder why he isn't aware of the problems associated with Redknap or Hughes the way football fans are. It's been an education for me personally. But Fernandes hiring MO is pretty simple - looks at CV, sees impressive results - hired. That's how he does with all his senior officers. They are relatively young, full of ideas, successful.
Plus their attire and 'professiona'l aura. If they wear a suit, have PP presentations and are snappy, dapper dressers and can talk business/strategy speak you're 99% there. It's why Fernandes's first choice was always Hughes even before Warnock's campaign stumbled, and how he saw Andres Villa Boas as his dream manager (back then)
Hiring Redknapp was born of desperation. He hired against type there.
He never bothers nor has time to read up on say Redknapp's spending at Portsmouth or Hughes failure at City. All he cares about is Hughes kept Blackburn up and Redknapp was manager of a flair Spurs side and was apparently in line to be England manager.
I find it incredibly old-fashioned/daft of him despite how connected he is to the latest fads and technologies that neither he nor his team bother to do simple background checks on prospective managers. It would take him 5-10 minutes to just google a name and read up on their work history.
So good news is until he does read up more, your next manager will be a young man in a suit, carrying an IPAD filled with snazzy football diagrams. Villas Boa and Laudrup are likely front runners.
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Post by luckycharms on Feb 11, 2014 11:52:27 GMT
Agreed gramps, I guess the big question is what's going to do us the most damage, going up or failing to go up? Will TF be gone if we don't go up, what happens to us then? Why would Fernandes and his backers throw away this chance at having a new stadium/entertainment venue and getting involved with the H2 Crossrail development and revitalise a part of London (pretty much rebuilding a new town)as well? That would be an incredibly stupid business decision. All this doom mongering about not making the promotions at the first opportunity confuses me since I have seen and heard Fernandes reiterate again and again that he is prepared to spend at least 2 seasons in the Championship if it means getting it all right in the end. Looking at the Board's behaviour and Harry's demeanour one can see that at times they have relented with his demands but have refused to sign players on massive contracts. Sorry to use a PR term but this whole period feels like a 'rebranding' exercise. The QPR 'brand' was damaged by Fernandes himself when he sanctioned silly money spending all the while you were in the PL. It also affected his brand and reputation as a savvy business man getting his pants 'pulled down' by football agents and others. Make no mistake Fernandes took QPR's relegation and failure as personal. He felt humiliated, his grandiose proclamations about 'bringing a new way of doing in football', about 'synergy and cross-marketing' were shown up to be the PR soundbites that they were, of zero susbtance. Not only that as he himself complains, watching players/employees on multi-million pound contracts lazing about, not doing their best and seemingly interested in spending in the latest nightclub, on his money - must have boiled his blood hard-core. Short-term the Board's reluctance to sanction major spending despite the alarm of losing key players in the recent window could risk QPR's promotion chances now. But long-term it establishes the new paradigm at QPR - that your club is no longer mugs and won't be indulging player demands (Ishak belfodil was one example, Ntep the other) or knee-jerk calls for expensive players like Rhodes. Loans till the end of the season seems to be the compromise solution. If they work great, back in the PL. If not, no major loss. Cut loose and get in new players. That bodes well for when you guys go up in the Prem and have to start spending again (as will happen). At the very least any agents and prospective managers won't be getting the Cheerful Village Idiot Tony but the Grim, All Business Tony...and he's all out of lube |
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Post by luckycharms on Dec 19, 2013 20:47:27 GMT
Ugh it was only a matter of time. The moment Cardiff were promoted wearing red, Tan's egomania was truly unleashed. It vindicated him and now not even god himself will stand in his way to do it Tan's way.
His business acumen is that of a shark. Had he not been buddies with Dr.M and his initial riches subsidised by the Malaysian government Tan would be running a back alley sweatshop somewhere in KL by now...
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Post by luckycharms on Nov 22, 2013 21:26:08 GMT
There is a lot of ignorance among the Malay Muslim community on the Jews. Many don't even know that Jews in the Qur'an are accorded the title Peoples of the Book' along with Christians, and that a great many Muslim prophets are actually Jewish prophets.
There is a strange paranoia among Malay Muslims that make them act ultra-defensively when it comes to religion even when it has no direct impact. Mainly because here Islam is identified with being Malay - and they are a small majority in the country.
The Israel-Palestinian issues is a good example. Malays have been taught to think indirectly that they are purer Muslims than Arabs, Pakistanis etc. They claim the Arabs are decadent and many are also Christians. It is a point of racial pride among Malays that apparently no Malay has ever been a non-Muslim ( which is of course a load of crap). Similarly, their reaction is far more over the top whenever it comes to Israel and Jews even compared to the Arabs and Palestinians themselves.
A few years back the Malaysian Foreign Minister had either 1) Said hello to his Israeli counterpart in the corridors of the UN 2) Paid a courtesy call - whatever it is the notion that a Malaysian FM had been the vicinity of an Israeli caused a massive controversy here. Never mind that some Arab nations have commenced diplomatic relations with Israel (e.g. Egypt). You could almost sense an almost physical disgust in the reactions of some Malays back then, as if he had been in contact with something unclean.
At the moment however the country's religious authorities are going after the Shi'ites ( they need something to do to justify their salaries.
Yossi Benyaoun being an Israeli or Jewish won't be an issue with the ruling government, until the right-wingers and radical Muslims start making it into a public one and if there is enough criticism they'll cave and bar him from entering the country.
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Post by luckycharms on Nov 11, 2013 12:41:04 GMT
It's a non-story in actuality. I had written a long-ass post but no-one would wanna read the intricacy of race politics in Malaysia, on a QPR messageboard of all places, so I'll be brief. Utusan (the Transmission/the Message) is a daily newspaper which is nothing more than a propaganda mouthpiece of Malay racial extremism, Malay superiority ( fascism by another name), belief in the ruling party UMNO's right to rule Malaysia forever. In a country where Chinese, Indians and others make up almost 49% of the population, extreme far right views are often used by the ruling Malay UMNO party to garner enough votes to maintain their majority rule.
But with every General Election that majority is thinning. More urbanisation, greater wealth distribution, globalisation, a growing Malay Middle Class more concerned with making money than stupid racial slogans disguising corruption and nepotism, and the world wide web being available even in the villages mean that the population as a whole is becoming more aware, educated and progressive. As well as being more aware of their rights and when these are infringed upon. Uusan's popularity among the Malay readership has plummeted, to the point where you had the PM asking government departments to advertise in the paper or purchase it in bulk.
Like the Tea Party and Fox News, when support falls for their far-right messages they do'nt stop and change course, but double down on the crazy rhetoric. Which is what is happening in Malaysia. The recent general election saw the UMNO coalition return to power with the lowest majority in its history, so the fear-mongering about a race war has been more intense in the aftermath. Utusan and others lead the charge of xenphobia and racial extremism against anyone, even fellow Malays that question or criticise their demagoguery.
That's what happened here. Azran, CEO of Air Asia is a well-educated, wealthy centre-right Malay who was critical of Utusan on twitter. Capitalising on this, Utusan made a big deal about it and Din Meranum apologised to Utusan on behalf of AirAsia, leaving Azran hanging out to dry.
The implications are this: Utusan is a racist xenophobic paper that has in the past attacked Fernandes whenever he is deemed to be stepping over the line e.g. the MAS-AIRASIA share swap issue and the KLIA 2nd Terminal issue or when he calls for more meritocracy or more inclusiveness in Malaysian society. It is perplexing why Air Asia would rush to apologise to Utusan and fuel the fantasy of their editorial team that they are still relevant to the country's social discourse.
That's because to do business in Malaysia one needs a local component on the board of directors, (in other words all businesses have a Malay presence on their board. Doesn't matter if its just a token fool who has no idea what the business is about). This is where a lot of corruption and nepotism comes in. Din Meranum is viewed as the Malay face of Air Asia.
There is a lot of suggestion that Din is a proxy for the super-rich Malay politicians and elites that back Fernandes. He is their voice in Air Asia, their man. This was not a Fernandes move. He probably hated it, but rationalised it as good business.
TL:DR Kemaruddin apologises to racist Malay paper instead of supporting Air Asia CEO over twitter row. |
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Post by luckycharms on Oct 9, 2013 10:14:13 GMT
23 year old Kazakhstani? LOL
Tan wouldn't be appointing anyone just because he is friends with his son. First check who the father is, and see any business connections. I'd expect this is Tan's way of getting into Kazakhtstan's oil and gas in some capacity.
Also the past few years a few of Malaysia's super rich have been quietly doing business in Kazakhstan. PM Najib himself has a daughter who married one of the Kazakhstani President's sons, shame it was the useless one who has an outstanding US warrant and is technically hiding out in our PM's mansion.
The Opposition here suspects the main reason is that if ever there was a change of government or revolution, the corrupt Malaysian government officials and business cronies would all flee to Kazakhstan, a county where international law holds little sway.
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 27, 2013 17:48:49 GMT
Fernandes is a wounded animal.
He's always tried to foster a personal relationship with senior officers in all his companies. He brought Warnock and a few players over to Dubai to show off. He persisted with Hughes for too long and, barely knowing Redknapp for a few months gave the man a car for his birthday.
Which is why Fernandes can casually refer to motorsport drivers, CEOs of multimillion dollar companies and until recently, QPR players on an amiable first name basis. Senior personnel in turn do the same for near subordinates.The same reason why Kamaruddin (Din)once brought the three Muslim players of QPR over to his place for an Open Fast once. At the same time Fernandes has a massive ego obviously. He was being serious when he said he was personally disappointed by the attitude of a few QPR players. His image and reputation have taken a beating.
Not sure why fans are not taking his warning seriously. He's been quoted as saying he is prepared to fore-go promotion and stay in the Championship beyond next season if that's what it takes. He's gone on about 'the right sort' and the 'right culture'. He's already clashed with Redknapp publicly concerning Wayne Bridge and tweeted the fining of four players and has been silent on Adel, where once he stated Adel would never be sold.
Maybe it's the wrong way to go about it if he wants to be promoted as per Harry's schedule. But i think he's been burned and is no longer available to play FIFA with prospective targets anymore.
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 15, 2013 19:32:06 GMT
Cisse and Muslim hardliners are hypocritical because their worldview demands a total rejection of the modern world. Because the modern world itself is a creature of Western, non-Muslim as well as Muslim influence.
These Muslim institutions though are hypocritical in the same sense that Christian players play football on Sunday - pragmatic engagement with the 21st century while paying lip-service to the literal meaning of the Divine Laws
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 15, 2013 17:37:37 GMT
According to a saying of the Prophet, there are only two types of transactions which is sales transactions and usury. And usury is forbidden (paraphrased)
So yes, conservative killjoy conservative Muslims and scholars would say that every Western financial institution and financial instrument is to be avoided. In their eyes a credit-based economy as the UK has is just another name for usury-based.
But living in the UK this is impossible. So Cisse doing this is just being silly. He'd have to completely renounce using all banks, all co-ops, all financial aid, and even refuse his salary because somewhere along the line it's been tainted by credit.
and those so-called Muslim institutions offering zero interest? depending on the method they're either engaging in buy-back or over-payments referred to as 'gifts' (to cover the interest rate). No Islamic financial institution is doing it out of the graciousness of their heart. They're making the profit somewhere...
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 15, 2013 12:54:11 GMT
On the question at hand
what happens when a Muslim is resident in a non-muslim country? follow the laws or defy them?
the answer will surprise many who are used to a belligerent Muslim minority trying to slip in Sharia law everywehre they go...
According to the Sunna (Practices) and Hadith (sayings) of the prophet, Muslims must abide by the laws of the land of residence. They have entered into a contract, or binding promise to abide by those laws in return for residency. If a Muslim refuses, it is on an individual basis only. if they still cannot live with it, then the Muslim should pack up and go live in a Muslim majority country where Sharia applies. Good luck with that one.
This case here is just silly. Even the definition of usury differs among scholars, especially the percentages. Also this was purely a personal decision I bet. Cisse has no fatwa (or religious ruling) of the Muslim authorities in charge in the UK to fall back on. Thirdly promoting a business that may or may not engage in usury is not literally the same as going against the prohibition against usury. No one is asking Cisse to engage in usury itself.
Also the moeny from Wonga does not go to Cisse himself first. It goes to Newcastle FC, then payment is made to Cisse. So unless it's all in cash and can be indvidually identified, no one knowswhich money came from the Wonga people and which may have come from some other means. It's all electronic numbers now inputting amounts into accounts.
Sue Cisse for breach of contract and be done with it.
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 8, 2013 14:01:10 GMT
don't believe for a second all this naivete talk. Fernandes would rather own up to being the nice guy who got conned by agents rather than what I suspect really happened. He deliberately authorised high salaries and long contracts because he implicitly believed the Premier League money would have taken care of it in the long run. That's why you had Phil Beard confidently claiming relegation was out the question or some such. The thinking was almost simplistically clear : stay in Prem and use TV money (especially the new increased rates)to eventually pay off all the costs including his initial 35 million pound investment. Meanwhile establish new stadium/entertainment venue and that will pay for itself too.
It's funny how earlier he claimed there was no financial pressure to offload players but now, is making every effort to cut down wages and offload those massive contracts.
He is a nice man in person, but his business persona is a carefully crafted one. Watch how he deals with failing ventures such as Air Asia X (Europe) and Air Asia X Japan.
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Post by luckycharms on Jun 18, 2013 15:30:21 GMT
If this has already been reported apologies and please merge with the appropriate thread. This is tangentially related to QPR (one hopes!) because I know quite a few QPR fans believing that some signings e.g that of Park and the Board's general marketing emphasis especially on Korea and the Far East has contributed somewhat to the disastrous performance of your team in the Premier. So this news might be of interest: AirAsia's Japan JV potential pull-out over differences in opinion Posted on 12 June 2013 - 05:38am sunbiz@thesundaily.com Print PETALING JAYA (June 12, 2013): Budget airline AirAsia Bhd said its likely decision to pull out of a partnership with Japan's All Nippon Airways Co (ANA) in AirAsia Japan barely a year after commencing operations was due to differences of opinion in managing the Japanese low-cost carrier. "AirAsia Japan (49% owned by AirAsia and 51% by ANA) have been facing some challenges attributed to a difference of opinion in management, most critically on the points of how to operate a low-cost business and operating from Narita (International Airport in Tokyo, Japan)," said AirAsia in a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday. It added that since AirAsia Japan was launch in August last year, it has failed to track its proposed business plan due to the inability to manage costs although it has seen customer adoption increasing as the AirAsia brand starts to resonate in the market. AirAsia also highlighted the fact that the AirAsia Japan management team predominantly comprised ANA staff, starting with but not limited to the CEO and CFO. AirAsia said it continues to be optimistic and committed to Japan and sees the potential for a low-cost airline to thrive in the market and would not rule out any options to make this happen, including dissolution of the joint venture. "The parties are exploring all available options and any decision will be further subject to respective corporate approvals of ANA and AirAsia," it added. AirAsia was responding to reports of the Malaysian carrier withdrawing from AirAsia Japan, after its group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes met with senior officials of ANA Holdings, which owns ANA, recently. It was reported that the Japanese airline plans to buy the 49% stake held by AirAsia and turn the joint venture airline into a 100% subsidiary. AirAsia was also reportedly looking to establish a new budget airline in Japan in partnership with another Japanese company. Alliance Research aviation analyst Angeline Chin views AirAsia's potential exit from the Japan market positively, given the uncertainty of AirAsia Japan's operation which may not turnaround in the near future. "The potential exit from the Japanese aviation market will have a neutral impact on AirAsia's earnings as equity accounting has ceased since accumulated losses have exceeded its capital in prior year," said Chin in a note to clients yesterday. "Nevertheless, the redeployment of existing aircraft to other more "productive" markets/routes may be earnings positive (for AirAsia) in the future," she added. AirAsia Japan currently operates four A320s and runs at a passenger load factor of about 70%. Shares of AirAsia closed unchanged at RM3.35 yesterday, with 10.02 million shares done. Related articles www.thesundaily.my/news/739631FYI The Korean flights would have taken off from Narita Airport under Air Asia Japan. Perhaps the cancellation of the Korea tour that would have occurred this summer was more to do with this as much as it did with being relegated? Who knows. I bet the cynics would welcome this as 'less Korean players for marketing purposes' but with Air Asia India starting, they might be replaced with a few from the Subcontinent  |
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Post by luckycharms on May 4, 2013 10:21:27 GMT
Actually Fernandes could be in a bit of trouble after this. Many of these emails and documents purporting to show the ferrying in of phantom voters is in the hands of Anwar Ibrahim, defacto Opposition leader and future PM. If the Opposition wins, Anwar has promised to prosecute all those involved with the vote-rigging attempts including Election Commission officials whom he accuses of being instruments of the ruling party/coalition. This type of evidence may well be used. Fernandes may find himself being summoned to explain/plead his case before Anwar.
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Post by luckycharms on Mar 20, 2013 7:21:53 GMT
Oh certainly i do not dispute they have brought some benefit. It's just the manner in which they do isn't doing any Malaysian proud.
It's more that in a collective sense these guys represent all Malaysians. Perhaps we're still in the old mindset here of vicariously sharing in the triumphs and tragedies as if it happened to one of us. Misplaced patriotism or sense of national unity? Probably. But after 55 years of being told that any Malaysian out there is representing the country and what they do good or ill reflects on us as a people and society, it's a hard mentality to break.
Mind you a year ago one Malay guy married his Irish partner in Ireland. It led to calls that the gayszzz!!!! were everywhere and Malaysian society was headed for moral disintegration etcetc. The fake opprobrium lasted about a month.
woops my last offtopic post
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Post by luckycharms on Mar 20, 2013 7:09:27 GMT
Fernandes won't learn enough to be the Football chairman you deserve. Despite his flamboyant claims, he does not micromanage any of his businesses.
He is far too busy jet-setting around the world, leaving the daily running of the club to Beard and the rest.
In terms of Beard, Fernandes needs him to peddle the new stadium venue when it gets built. But he is daft if he thinks he can go on as before. With Beard running the business side and lacking any nous regarding football culture and whoever the manager (previously Hughes) becoming the defacto Director of Football just because he was the manager and left to run the football side with little supervision.
Nah, if he's learnt anything it's to get a footballing man he can work with to run the footballing side.
Also I read how fans are unhappy with the way CEO Beard has dealt with complaints. Do what Air Asia travellers with a gripe do. Complain directly to Fernandes on Twitter. He doesn't know what the problems are until someone tweets him. I doubt CEO Beard tells him that the Club's interaction with the fans has been lacking for example.
People have complained about ticketing, baggage, queues etcetc and he's responded. So keep tweeting about the water pressure and how non-responsive the Club have been in terms of fan concerns. He won't ban anyone on Twitter for making a legitimate complaint.
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Post by luckycharms on Mar 20, 2013 6:57:01 GMT
at the risk of thread-jacking, it is sort of embarrassing to see that the three Malaysian presences in British football have been - less than stellar in one way or another.
Vincent Tan at Cardiff is a horrible PR disaster and tyrant
Fernandes has been shown up as a gullible fool with the footballing sense of a potato
and Shebby Singh at Blackburn has now achieved the impressive feat of being a laughing joke on this side of the Himalaya Mountains as well. The only positive is he no longer taints the viewing pleasure of football fans here back home lol
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Post by luckycharms on Feb 28, 2013 15:56:59 GMT
Yeah it's a pity that it was Vincent Tan that bought Cardiff City
He epitomises the Old-school Chinese businessman motif or stereotype in Malaysia - greedy, cunning, rapacious, conservative and set in his ways. A man who brooks no argument and acts pretty much like a Taiko or Big Boss in his business dealings. The only reason he is a billionaire is because he was friends with Dr. Mahathir, Malaysia's longest serving and likely most corrupt Prime Minister.
there are stories of him in the 80s renting a low cost single story house trying to make ends meet as a contractor. So, not many people in Malaysia are impressed with Vincent Tan, well known crony.
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Post by luckycharms on Dec 30, 2012 21:44:36 GMT
Tony Fernandes â€@tonyfernandes No excuse. Lost for words. Back to the drawing board. Woeful performace. RT @samcollar92: @tonyfernandes whats the excuse this week tony? Read more: qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=34527&page=1#ixzz2GZbhV0BITony Fernandes @tonyfernandes When we signed all those players. Everyone was full of praise. No one thought we would be in such a mess.not over yet though. Read more: qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=34527&page=2#ixzz2GZbvOSpa**************** Sounds like he hasn't learned his lesson and will license one final spending spree to avoid the drop. He seems focused on players rather than the lack of knowledge based leadership needed in the murky world of the transfer market. Or the short term goal of purchasing success rather than growing it. Really, until he becomes as well-versed in the Football business culture as say, Levy of Spurs, or barring that, hiring someone or two with footballing nous to advice him and Beard, he'll keep being publicly mugged again by two bit conmen. TBH this sort of setback was necessary. Fernandes had been coasting too easily in all his affairs up to now and underestimated the nature and scope of the football culture he'd jumped into. He'll either learn from this with a post-analysis or two (after relegation) and come out more wary and wise, or he'll give up and be forever known worldwide as a quitter |
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Post by luckycharms on Dec 8, 2012 18:17:05 GMT
Mr. Fernandes must shoulder some of the blame i think.
His lack of footballing know-how is forgivable had he appointed someone other than the manager to oversee the footballing side or at least supervise it, they way he has Beard oversee the business aspect of QPR FC.
His ego in being Chairman while being busy jet-setting around the world running his airline, meeting prime ministers and presidents and whatever else the rich do, personal time with his family and more. No person has the energy or vitality to focus on all things equally. His business style is interfering with the effective running of your club I feel. Either he gets PR, stays in London and keep an eye on things on a daily basis, keep everyone on their toes by his mere presence in the Loft, or get a Chairman who will.
His insistence on being in the Premier League at all costs has led to panic decisions such as the overspending on substandard players, accepting that the previous players are not good enough, then firing managers when results don't show improvement. As long as he is motivated by this, he will keep on making the same mistakes (Harry Redknapp is definitely a short term solution to me).
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 21, 2012 8:21:36 GMT
Tune Talk is a subsidiary company under Tune Group, which owns 66% of QPR FC so this is just another cross-marketing opportunity. Tune Talk is still a very young player in the Malaysian telecommunications arena. It's CEO Jason Lo use to be a minor singer song writer and the only reason why Tune Talk exists is because Fernandes is funding it.
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 20, 2012 10:20:40 GMT
Good turnout. I just hope tomorrow or after no-one tries to turn this into an issue ( almost always happens)
Maybe the local papers wont be revealing that number
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Post by luckycharms on Jul 20, 2012 10:11:55 GMT
Just a heads up. If the stadium doesn't look full (a few empty seats) then it isn't necessarily because Malaysian support for QPR has wavered but because many Malays (being Muslim) would be attending the Mosques for Terawih Prayers as tonight is the first night of Ramadan (fasting month) It is considered most beneficial for one's soul to attend the prayers during the first ten nights of Ramadan. I do wonder the if the allure of Paradise or watching QPR will win out with my fellow Malays this evening  |
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