Time to back Jenkins and give him some support ?

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Excellent interview, the guy genuinely does seem to be having a go, and for a small fraction of the money pasid to our previous chairmen. he looks like he's aged about 10 years as well

He's also getting involved in stuff which ridsdale would have paid others severla times what Jenkins earns to sort out for him.

Jenkins has come in for a lot of criticism by some posters, surely its time to give him a chance.

If he manages with the obvious help of the Malaysians to get the emmbargo lifted AND new players in over the next few days then he will have done well.

Lawnmower I totally agree, I spoke to someone at the club this week and they said it is much better place to work and gj is easy to go to with new ideas where before everyone was treated like shit. They had nothing but praise for him.

excellent? he sounds like he's gonna crap himself, no confidence, sounds like a egg chasing poof and just repeats himself over and over again

Lawnmower I totally agree, I spoke to someone at the club this week and they said it is much better place to work and gj is easy to go to with new ideas where before everyone was treated like shit. They had nothing but praise for him.

fact is most of the guys in charge before have been there through their 'football history', or because their money wa sinvolved. GJ is the first to be brought in on a professional basis. I see the football side as Jones' job, and he should be left to get on with it, he's a good experienced manager with loads of contacts and a good name in the football world.

What we've needed for years (and I hoped Flitcroft was the man, but alas it seemed i was wrong) is an 'organiser' behind the scenes, someone to get things in place, oversee the details, just make sure that the place is run professioanlly. Fingers crossed Jenkins will do this. Its a hell of a job mind.

excellent? he sounds like he's gonna crap himself, no confidence, sounds like a egg chasing poof and just repeats himself over and over again

You would prefer someone like Ridsdale who could bullshit you all day long and you wouldn't even know you'd been taken in ?

Or someone who who swear white was black one minute and then the next day say it was blue like Sam ?

A bit of humility is fine with me.

Ben, I used to work with a guy who spoke worse than that and was as timid as a mouse and you always had the impresion he was 10 mins from a breakdown, but, he ran the most proffitable shop in the companys branches in the company because he knew his stuff !

Never judge a book and all that, give him a chance,

Jenkins walked into this mess, he didn't create. He deserves to have the benefit of the doubt.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/8890062.stm

Excellent interview, the guy genuinely does seem to be having a go, and for a small fraction of the money pasid to our previous chairmen. he looks like he's aged about 10 years as well

He's also getting involved in stuff which ridsdale would have paid others severla times what Jenkins earns to sort out for him.

Jenkins has come in for a lot of criticism by some posters, surely its time to give him a chance.

If he manages with the obvious help of the Malaysians to get the emmbargo lifted AND new players in over the next few days then he will have done well.

Agreed we all need to give him a chance, he would not have been put in that position if they didnt trust him..

I am septical. I have never met the man only what was said on here. I will reserve judgement for a while.

He seems to be doing alright for me.
Its clearly not an easy job and he would have had to hit the ground running but apart from his idiotic step of banning Gwyns book ive not seen anything to worry about with him.

he needs to be more careful what he says
the third embargo thing was a gaff.

Tim,

lets be honest it's hard to judge him by a tv interview.

Hes fallen out with Borley, Hes detested by Issacs, basically 2 board members which is strange and so quick since his arrival.

He makes a few gaffs in his short interview too " After the Premirship" was one, City have never been in the Prem, obviously he meant play off final, no doubt still adjusting to football terms instead of egg chasing.

He brags up 16,000 season ticket holders but fails to mention thousands were sold under pretence last August on the golden ticket scam.

I note he says regards the Malaysians " THEY " will be over this weekend, be interesting to see if VT attends his first home game .

Im very much 50 / 50 on the guy at the mo even though my opinions where heavily swayed against him at the beginning thanks to postings on here from men very much in the know but may have been a bit biased due to the book banning and a dislike by so many to the game of rugby union , plus if he's upset Borley then maybe the Borley lovers are spinning their view on it . Personally Ive emailed him twice and he's come back with good answers and even TG has referred to him as " my CEO " which tells me that TG is quite happy with him ........ but like most things time will tell and maybe he will get more experience going forward with TG and forget the crap when Riddler was around

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/8890062.stm

Excellent interview, the guy genuinely does seem to be having a go, and for a small fraction of the money pasid to our previous chairmen. he looks like he's aged about 10 years as well

He's also getting involved in stuff which ridsdale would have paid others severla times what Jenkins earns to sort out for him.

Jenkins has come in for a lot of criticism by some posters, surely its time to give him a chance.

If he manages with the obvious help of the Malaysians to get the emmbargo lifted AND new players in over the next few days then he will have done well.

Completely agree. Always felt the criticism from Annis and others was out of order given numerous circumstances; our prior Chairman, what he did and what he earned, the gravity of the situation we were and are in as a result, the fractional salary he picks up in comparison to prior incumbents, and his needing to find his feet in a new environment. For those of us who so desperately wanted Riddler out, we would do well to remember just how bad he was before criticising a man who is taking out a small fraction of what Riddler did, quite aside from the "dodginess" he brought and judge him at a more reasonable time. As for him being an "egg" and that seemingly being a sacrilage, speaking as someone who appreciates the round and oval game and supports both entities, I really done't see it as relevant, as long as they do a good job. That may not be the case with some with a rugby allegiance, but the Sam & Peter are supposed football men through and through, yet they have done more damage than anyone.

Like Annis, I would urge Gethin and the club to be more honest (some may call it transparency...) and treat the fans with respect, something all clubs are doing far less than they should.

Completely agree. Always felt the criticism from Annis and others was out of order given numerous circumstances.

Well I disagree. Jenkins first action was to remove the book "Valley of the Rams". This move still wrankles with me and will do for quite a while.

I have followed this club from the 70s and have seen our hooligan element grow out of control. The club and authorites failed to resolve/contain it and alot of other critics just complained and sat back in their arm chairs doing nothing. This problem was sorted by a bunch of people who accepted the problem, took it on face to face and overcame it to an acceptable level for the police authorites to handle it. I'm quite proud of these guys who did that due to the fact it made it alot safer for the likes of me to go and watch my club.

I stil cant understand how Jenkins can say the book is inappropriate. First impressions count.

Ben, I used to work with a guy who spoke worse than that and was as timid as a mouse and you always had the impresion he was 10 mins from a breakdown, but, he ran the most proffitable shop in the companys branches in the company because he knew his stuff !

Never judge a book and all that, give him a chance,

hes a spitt of a younger riddler u ask me either way this is not a corner shop hes running .

I've not read the book, so am unable to pass judgement as to whether removing it was valid, suffice to say I believe Gwyn is one of the most articulate, humorous, well intentioned posters on here and find it hard to believe that the action taken was proportionate. Whatever the rights and wrongs of this incident are though, I would suggest there are far more important matters in hand than what books we sell.

Ffs what is the obsession with books on here? If a shopkeeper doesn't weant to sell a certain product, it's his decision. If Jenkins doesn't want to have that book in the clubshop, who gives a flying f**k. He is running a football club not a bloody library.

So far he is doing a decent job. Honest, obviously working hard and seems to be wporking well with the Malaysians. But feck all that, let's get rid of him because he wouldn't sell a book.

Ffs what is the obsession with books on here? If a shopkeeper doesn't weant to sell a certain product, it's his decision. If Jenkins doesn't want to have that book in the clubshop, who gives a flying f**k. He is running a football club not a bloody library.

So far he is doing a decent job. Honest, obviously working hard and seems to be wporking well with the Malaysians. But feck all that, let's get rid of him because he wouldn't sell a book.

Yes I have an issue with that. I dont consider it just a book. It was a factual account of how we overcame the problem that had been tarnishing our club. To me Jenkins decision to remove the book was a kick in the head to some of our supporters who cared for the club and worked very hard to restore it into a family club as we know it today.

More than just a book in my eyes.

It was a cracking book. Once i started reading i just couldent put it down. No reason to ban the book. It was our history which certain indaviduals are trying to erase. Even Sam wanted to erase our past something all City fans are proud off.

Tim,

lets be honest it's hard to judge him by a tv interview.

Hes fallen out with Borley, Hes detested by Issacs, basically 2 board members which is strange and so quick since his arrival.

He makes a few gaffs in his short interview too " After the Premirship" was one, City have never been in the Prem, obviously he meant play off final, no doubt still adjusting to football terms instead of egg chasing.

He brags up 16,000 season ticket holders but fails to mention thousands were sold under pretence last August on the golden ticket scam.

I note he says regards the Malaysians " THEY " will be over this weekend, be interesting to see if VT attends his first home game .

Lets be honest Daya, bein detested by Isaacs is hardly a measure by which to judge a man. Isaacs is a leech anyway, wanted to buy the Jacks and another who only takes from the City, charging his loans at high interest rates. Nothing wrong with a bit of a shake up, it's sometimes the best thing that can happen to an organisation.....

It's just a book. Maybe be important to some of our fans, but it isn't important in running our football and isn't really important to the club itself. Maybe you should judge Jenkins on the things that mattered e.g. getting players in and helping get rid of embargo, which he has done.

Ben, I used to work with a guy who spoke worse than that and was as timid as a mouse and you always had the impresion he was 10 mins from a breakdown, but, he ran the most proffitable shop in the companys branches in the company because he knew his stuff !

Never judge a book and all that, give him a chance,

hes a spitt of a younger riddler u ask me either way this is not a corner shop hes running .

i thought that going by his interview!

Ben, I used to work with a guy who spoke worse than that and was as timid as a mouse and you always had the impresion he was 10 mins from a breakdown, but, he ran the most proffitable shop in the companys branches in the company because he knew his stuff !

Never judge a book and all that, give him a chance,

hes a spitt of a younger riddler u ask me either way this is not a corner shop hes running .

i thought that going by his interview!

You should know better than to judge this quickly.

All I'm asking is the guy is given a chance.

Too many using the 'book issue' which in fact was him refusing to restock adfter the Riddler had banned it rather than actually banning it -I even emailed him about it before finding this out, and the fact he worked for a rugby club (better experience than running abankrupt builders merchants) to judge hi rather on how he does his job.

Also dont forget he's Cheif Ex -so an employee of the club and not Chairman. He'll be doing what the board instruct him to, particularly TG who is in fact the Chairman.

A lot of the things Jenkins says have probably come from TG, hence we should back him and give him a chance.

Jenkins could also be TG's ears and eyes while he is in Malaysia. This may be the reason other directors have fallen out with him.