Jon Lansdown

[E.G.Red]

Although 6pm Wednesday on Radio Bristol is normally the Sports Store, tonight's  opening segment was an Interview with Jon Lansdown talking all things Bristol Sport but mainly City.

[Davefevs]

You can listen to this via BBC Sounds App.

[Robbored]

The invisible man has reappeared……..…….

[Mendip City]

Thought he came across well. He’s right to acknowledge that he expected us to be doing better.  Can’t remember whether he said that on the Radio or the Post article. 

[Simon bristol]

11 minutes ago, Mendip City said:

Thought he came across well. He’s right to acknowledge that he expected us to be doing better.  Can’t remember whether he said that on the Radio or the Post article. 

We dont hear from the chairman in months when we know hes been in bermuda, but he expects us to be doing better??!! Talk about do as i say not as i do.

[Desso]

13 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

We dont hear from the chairman in months when we know hes been in bermuda, but he expects us to be doing better??!! Talk about do as i say not as i do.

Didn't understand that.

[phantom]

25 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

We dont hear from the chairman in months when we know hes been in bermuda, but he expects us to be doing better??!! Talk about do as i say not as i do.

 

 

[Waconda]

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

The invisible man has reappeared……..…….

Been at the HPC this week,

[slartibartfast]

Is he chairman of just BCFC or B Sports ? He only seems to Tweet (or whatever) on the other BS teams, you know "well done Flyers" or "Hard luck Bears", never the City......does he even go to City matches ?

[Curr Avon]

1 minute ago, VT05763 said:

Been at the HPC this week,

Have you tried Vitamin C instead?

[Waconda]

3 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Is he chairman of just BCFC or B Sports ? He only seems to Tweet (or whatever) on the other BS teams, you know "well done Flyers" or "Hard luck Bears", never the City......does he even go to City matches ?

To be fair he is around more often than most people think.

Not sure about games though.

[ExiledAjax]

I still don't understand why people expect to hear from JL so much? Gould is CEO of Bristol City Football Club Limited, and he regularly makes statements and comments. JL might be on the board as director, and is on the board of the Holdco, but he's just a director - same as Doug Harman and no one calls him the 'invisible man'.

If it's because JL is referred to as the 'Chairman' well that's not automatically a reason to expect him to speak. If he's just chairman of the board of directors then he's got no reason to make statements, if it's 'Chairman' in the historic sense, well that role is now filled by the CEO and the 'Chairman' job title is a historic anachronism. It would be good for the club to clarify his role, and explain exactly what they mean by 'Chairman'.

4 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Is he chairman of just BCFC or B Sports ? He only seems to Tweet (or whatever) on the other BS teams, you know "well done Flyers" or "Hard luck Bears", never the City......does he even go to City matches ?

He's a director of almost every company in the Group. City, Bears, Flyers, Bristol Sport itself, he's on the board of every company bar the Women's football and Rugby teams.

[View from the Dolman]

6 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Is he chairman of just BCFC or B Sports ? He only seems to Tweet (or whatever) on the other BS teams, you know "well done Flyers" or "Hard luck Bears", never the City......does he even go to City matches ?

He's certainly been at some City Women matches recently and I'd pretty confidently say he'd have been at the men's games too.

[bcfc01]

Jon Lansdown - taking the heat off Zak Vyner.

[BCFCGav]

Think he spoke well about our finances, always appreciate hearing from the big wigs at the club. It’s good to hear that selling players isn’t the only string to our bow when it comes to fighting FFP, with the possibility of selling naming rights and pushing for tweaks to FFP rules in light of Covid also going on. Fwiw, I think we’re going to avoid any deductions, we’ve got options.

[Davefevs]

4 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

Think he spoke well about our finances, always appreciate hearing from the big wigs at the club. It’s good to hear that selling players isn’t the only string to our bow when it comes to fighting FFP, with the possibility of selling naming rights and pushing for tweaks to FFP rules in light of Covid also going on. Fwiw, I think we’re going to avoid any deductions, we’ve got options.

Shame it was an “eggs in one basket” approach previously, and that we thought paying higher wages was fine too.

Talk about riding the gravy train and never considering it might end.  If numpties like me thought it was risky what are the experts doing?

[Monkeh]

36 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

I still don't understand why people expect to hear from JL so much? Gould is CEO of Bristol City Football Club Limited, and he regularly makes statements and comments. JL might be on the board as director, and is on the board of the Holdco, but he's just a director - same as Doug Harman and no one calls him the 'invisible man'.

If it's because JL is referred to as the 'Chairman' well that's not automatically a reason to expect him to speak. If he's just chairman of the board of directors then he's got no reason to make statements, if it's 'Chairman' in the historic sense, well that role is now filled by the CEO and the 'Chairman' job title is a historic anachronism. It would be good for the club to clarify his role, and explain exactly what they mean by 'Chairman'.

He's a director of almost every company in the Group. City, Bears, Flyers, Bristol Sport itself, he's on the board of every company bar the Women's football and Rugby teams.

How often do you hear from kronke at arsenal, the glazers at man u the chuckle brothers at West ham, in fact how often do you hear from the majority of chairman in the football league.......you dont

[ExiledAjax]

3 minutes ago, Monkeh said:

How often do you hear from kronke at arsenal, the glazers at man u the chuckle brothers at West ham, in fact how often do you hear from the majority of chairman in the football league.......you dont

Of course not, and I'd not expect us to. Honestly I reckon we actually hear from Lansdown senior far more often than those owners that you mention in this post.

I have no problem with the set up really, although I'd like some clarification on exactly what JL's role is, and exactly why he has the title of "chairman". Just to clear it up as imo it's confusing to people as it is, and this thread demonstrates that. I will not get such confirmation though.

[Monkeh]

2 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Of course not, and I'd not expect us to. Honestly I reckon we actually hear from Lansdown senior far more often than those owners that you mention in this post.

I have no problem with the set up really, although I'd like some clarification on exactly what JL's role is, and exactly why he has the title of "chairman". Just to clear it up as imo it's confusing to people as it is, and this thread demonstrates that. I will not get such confirmation though.

Because he is the chairman of Bristol city football club, like John Laycock and Colin sexton, were

 

[chinapig]

26 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

Think he spoke well about our finances, always appreciate hearing from the big wigs at the club. It’s good to hear that selling players isn’t the only string to our bow when it comes to fighting FFP, with the possibility of selling naming rights and pushing for tweaks to FFP rules in light of Covid also going on. Fwiw, I think we’re going to avoid any deductions, we’ve got options.

What I would like to hear is an admission that we screwed up our finances ourselves before Covid had its impact. But that would require admitting that the Chairman failed to hold the Chief Executive to account.

And if we are demanding retrospective changes to FFP to suit our ends I assume Derby will be allowed to restate their accounts for the relevant period again on the same basis.

[Davefevs]

5 minutes ago, chinapig said:

What I would like to hear is an admission that we screwed up our finances ourselves before Covid had its impact. But that would require admitting that the Chairman failed to hold the Chief Executive to account.

And if we are demanding retrospective changes to FFP to suit our ends I assume Derby will be allowed to restate their accounts for the relevant period again on the same basis.

Yep, was hoping to hear that…although what we got was exactly what I expected.

By the end of the summer we will start to see the influence of Richard Gould, and this time next year we will see the first year”s accounts with him as CEO.

He is very interested in improving the club, not his ego.  That’s not a throwaway comment, that’s from others who’ve had dealings with him.

[Clevedon Red]

2 hours ago, Robbored said:

The invisible man has reappeared……..…….

Got him.

[Pezo]

49 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Of course not, and I'd not expect us to. Honestly I reckon we actually hear from Lansdown senior far more often than those owners that you mention in this post.

I have no problem with the set up really, although I'd like some clarification on exactly what JL's role is, and exactly why he has the title of "chairman". Just to clear it up as imo it's confusing to people as it is, and this thread demonstrates that. I will not get such confirmation though.

Think of him as figurehead.

It's a bit like the queen and government relationship with the JL being the queen (don't go there, your better than that) and CEO being the prime minister - you hear from the prime minister regularly about the direction of the country and policies, you hear from the queen once a year to reflect on how the year has been.

[Redrascal2]

2 hours ago, Mendip City said:

Thought he came across well. He’s right to acknowledge that he expected us to be doing better.  Can’t remember whether he said that on the Radio or the Post article. 

I would love to hear his explanation of why or how he thought he expected us to do better. With the quality of the squad some of which was recruited under his reign and the current injuries and the lack of any serious investment in the squad. Due to FFP and poor expensive purchases made before Pearson arrived. Just what was he doing when Ashton was being allowed to do what he wanted and plan his new career at Ipswich instead of looking out for the best interests of Bristol City.He should go back and play with his crayons and design some more club badges.

[ExiledAjax]

40 minutes ago, Pezo said:

Think of him as figurehead.

It's a bit like the queen and government relationship with the JL being the queen (don't go there, your better than that) and CEO being the prime minister - you hear from the prime minister regularly about the direction of the country and policies, you hear from the queen once a year to reflect on how the year has been.

Yep, I understand what a "chairman" means in normal Corp governance speak. But that doesn't seem to be how some fans expect him to behave.

[Pezo]

4 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Yep, I understand what a "chairman" means in normal Corp governance speak. But that doesn't seem to be how some fans expect him to behave.

Yeah some fans seem to want him to come out every time we've lost a few on the trot and say we're either going to buy the best 3 players in the world and **** FFP we don't need to worry about that or that he accepts all blame for losing a few in a row and is giving up his position.

I would prefer it if we heard from him once a year to talk about the benefits he/the board sees in the CEOs strategy. Anything more than that and he is either encroaching on the CEOs job or the managers job and that causes confusion.

[ExiledAjax]

2 minutes ago, Pezo said:

Yeah some fans seem to want him to come out every time we've lost a few on the trot and say we're either going to buy the best 3 players in the world and **** FFP we don't need to worry about that or that he accepts all blame for losing a few in a row and is giving up his position.

I would prefer it if we heard from him once a year to talk about the benefits he/the board sees in the CEOs strategy. Anything more than that and he is either encroaching on the CEOs job or the managers job and that causes confusion.

Yep agree completely.

[RobintheRed Red]

3 hours ago, Mendip City said:

Thought he came across well. He’s right to acknowledge that he expected us to be doing better.  Can’t remember whether he said that on the Radio or the Post article. 

Not when you sell your prized assets.

[Greedo]

Think we’re quite entitled to hear from him relatively consistently considering the wage he’s taking from us to be honest. 

[slartibartfast]

1 hour ago, Pezo said:

Think of him as figurehead.

It's a bit like the queen and government relationship with the JL being the queen (don't go there, your better than that) and CEO being the prime minister - you hear from the prime minister regularly about the direction of the country and policies, you hear from the queen once a year to reflect on how the year has been.

Oh Gawd, is RG going to start lying to us, and "misleading" the board ?

[Kid in the Riot]

I think in 15 or so years of him being part of the club hierarchy, I can't recall a single interesting thing he's ever said.

The sooner him and his father sell the better imo.

Not long now. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

4 hours ago, Robbored said:

The invisible man has reappeared……..…….

You are quite correct that we don't hear too much from our Chairman, and that is how it should be and why we appointed a Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Richard Gould is his name, and we hear from him quite frequently.

[Beni71]

7 hours ago, chinapig said:

What I would like to hear is an admission that we screwed up our finances ourselves before Covid had its impact. But that would require admitting that the Chairman failed to hold the Chief Executive to account.

And if we are demanding retrospective changes to FFP to suit our ends I assume Derby will be allowed to restate their accounts for the relevant period again on the same basis.

I don’t disagree re the chairman failing to hold the previous CEO to account. I’m surprised he (ex CEO) didn’t spend the Pension Fund.

That said football in the championship (& in other divisions) like Financial Services back pre 2008, is/was very short term focused. 
 

For all the horror of COVID I do think it will bring some equilibrium (excluding parachute payments) back to Championship football and it’s much needed.

Player/Agent power was ridiculous and as we see Championship accounts released over the few months it is a clear opportunity to press the reset button for clubs and the EFL.

Will be interesting to see over the decade if Championship clubs revert back to pre COVID times. I personally hope doesn’t.
 

[Oh Louie louie]

No offence to richard gould.

But talking about giving people 10 year contracts.

Hes playing to the crowd, and has no chance of delivering.

Actions speak louder than words.

[Son of Fred]

7 hours ago, Redrascal2 said:

I would love to hear his explanation of why or how he thought he expected us to do better. With the quality of the squad some of which was recruited under his reign and the current injuries and the lack of any serious investment in the squad. Due to FFP and poor expensive purchases made before Pearson arrived. Just what was he doing when Ashton was being allowed to do what he wanted and plan his new career at Ipswich instead of looking out for the best interests of Bristol City.He should go back and play with his crayons and design some more club badges.

Twas all very grey,,thoughtless and uninspiring.

Like a wet weekend in Darlington.

[Oh Louie louie]

Theres allready a steve, with the middle name intresting!

[Pezo]

8 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Oh Gawd, is RG going to start lying to us, and "misleading" the board ?

My experience almost certainly, not of RG but CEOs in general it seems to come with the role to at least dress things up.

[Isawjonshaw]

10 hours ago, Monkeh said:

Because he is the chairman of Bristol city football club, like John Laycock and Colin sexton, were

 

Colin the clown.  Forgot about him.

[Kid in the Riot]

3 hours ago, billywedlock said:

How long ??? 

Impossible to say for sure. But with the pandemic settling down it could be within 18 months. 

[Phileas Fogg]

37 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Impossible to say for sure. But with the pandemic settling down it could be within 18 months. 

Is it similar groups to who were interested before?

[Rocky]

New buyers within 18months?!

Shall we write letters and take out advertisements in Saudi newspapers & magazines?  Oh wait, another Bristol club tried that.

Edited February 17, 2022 by Rocky

[fatchers]

According to some on here, all you have to do is shake a tree and a billionaire sheik will drop out and splash hundreds of millions over us. 

[Wiltshire robin]

1 hour ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Impossible to say for sure. But with the pandemic settling down it could be within 18 months. 

I probably missed you speaking about this before but do you have any ideas on potential buyers? .

[Wiltshire robin]

7 minutes ago, fatchers said:

According to some on here, all you have to do is shake a tree and a billionaire sheik will drop out and splash hundreds of millions over us. 

We are a club with unlimited potential tbh. Huge catchment area without a prem team in anywhere near close proximity.

[Port Said Red]

14 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Shame it was an “eggs in one basket” approach previously, and that we thought paying higher wages was fine too.

Talk about riding the gravy train and never considering it might end.  If numpties like me thought it was risky what are the experts doing?

They wouldn't be the first (or last) experts to take a short term view or not to see all the consequences of their actions. Look at all those companies that took "Pension Plan Holidays" during the market boom in the 80's only to find a big hole in their funding when Black Monday occurred. 

16 minutes ago, fatchers said:

According to some on here, all you have to do is shake a tree and a billionaire sheik will drop out and splash hundreds of millions over us. 

And they do so without understanding that it makes no difference to the team how much money your owner has as long as FFP remains in place.

[Tin Soldier]

12 hours ago, Greedo said:

Think we’re quite entitled to hear from him relatively consistently considering the wage he’s taking from us to be honest. 

Jon Lansdown doing an interview is a bit like the Queens son Andrew doing an interview. Dangerous.

[Davefevs]

3 hours ago, Tin Soldier said:

Jon Lansdown doing an interview is a bit like the Queens son Andrew doing an interview. Dangerous.

Are you saying Engvall actually cost us £12m!!

[Red-Robbo]

6 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Are you saying Engvall actually cost us £12m!!

 

He certainly never broke into a sweat either...

[The Constant Rabbit]

21 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

I think in 15 or so years of him being part of the club hierarchy, I can't recall a single interesting thing he's ever said.

The sooner him and his father sell the better imo.

Not long now. 

I wouldn't be too sure of that.

One of the potential parties has come a bit of a cropper. Lets just say the Ukraine situation isn't helping matters, re: financial freedom of funds movement.

[HoldenBall]

Aaah yes the Kendall Roy of the lansdown family 

[Shelton’s Love Gravy]

Jon Lansdown is a complete cock.

(imho)

[Kid in the Riot]

1 hour ago, The Constant Rabbit said:

I wouldn't be too sure of that.

One of the potential parties has come a bit of a cropper. Lets just say the Ukraine situation isn't helping matters, re: financial freedom of funds movement.

Doesn't matter, there's serious interest from elsewhere now. Sporting Quarter approval should be April. Legal agreements will take a few months longer then the exit strategy is a step closer. 

[GrahamC]

41 minutes ago, HoldenBall said:

Aaah yes the Kendall Roy of the lansdown family 

No ******* way is he half as interesting as Kendall Roy!

“L to the OG..”

[RUSSEL85]

4 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Doesn't matter, there's serious interest from elsewhere now. Sporting Quarter approval should be April. Legal agreements will take a few months longer then the exit strategy is a step closer. 

Good news. People will say be careful what you wish for, but happy to take that risk. New faces required at this club to progress I feel.

[The Constant Rabbit]

2 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Doesn't matter, there's serious interest from elsewhere now. Sporting Quarter approval should be April. Legal agreements will take a few months longer then the exit strategy is a step closer. 

I know that, we all know that - it's public record - but 2 of the front runners will be hamstrung if fiscal limitations are imposed on overseas ownership, and transfer of funds.

Unless you are saying solely UK interests in new ownership are on the horizon now?

Is that what you are saying?

[slartibartfast]

3 hours ago, HoldenBall said:

Aaah yes the Kendall Roy of the lansdown family 

Ha, once again I had to Google  KR to find out who he is, thought he might be some mega rich head of a consortium looking to buy in, then I find.................he's from a ****** Netflicks series ! 

[The Humble Realist]

John lansdown has some cheek saying we are underperforming after the Holden debacle and shambles of comms over the the season ticket refunds etc during Covid. 

Like all of us...perhaps we should look in the mirror first sometimes. 

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

7 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Ha, once again I had to Google  KR to find out who he is, thought he might be some mega rich head of a consortium looking to buy in, then I find.................he's from a ****** Netflicks series ! 

I haven't a clue who Kendall Roy is. To my mind, JL is more a Forrest Gump.

[HoldenBall]

11 hours ago, GrahamC said:

No ******* way is he half as interesting as Kendall Roy!

“L to the OG..”

Maybe more like Connor then!?

[GrahamC]

6 minutes ago, HoldenBall said:

Maybe more like Connor then!?

That’s the one.

”Dad, any chance of another 50 mil”?

[Tin Soldier]

On 16/02/2022 at 23:58, Kid in the Riot said:

I think in 15 or so years of him being part of the club hierarchy, I can't recall a single interesting thing he's ever said.

The sooner him and his father sell the better imo.

Not long now. 

Agreed, would not be surprised if the Lansdownes will be gone in next 2 years. Obviously lost interest in the football club. It will all be about recouping there investment from now on. 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Tin Soldier