I'm just surprised, very, that Kenwright is still Chairman and particularly so since Moshiri acquired the additional shares.
I could understand a transitional period of a year or two whilst Moshiri properly acquainted himself with the club but in almost every scenario, people want to make their own appointments eventually. If nothing else it is a show of control and authority, but more fundamentally, its a signal that things are under new management.
Clearly Kenwright still has influence beyond that which his track record at this club should bring to bear. It isn't a personal thing, I have never met or spoken to the man but as custodian of the club he did not have the ability to arrest our decline, such that it became managed decline and a gradual reset of ambition and expectation to match a mid-table outfit that we are today.
He has singularly failed to provide direction and leadership. You can't be in football as long as he has without acquiring a reputation as a good and experienced negotiator but there are others at the club that can perform those functions now. In the critical areas - financing, commercial, stadium, we have been found wanting and are so far behind it is both sobering and frightening to anyone who dreams of seeing us compete.
We then have the appointment of a new CEO which was a glorious opportunity for Moshiri to usher in a new era but the job goes to DBB, firmly from the Kenwright gene pool. We needed a football business leader, there was all of Europe and beyond from which to search and make the best appointment but it goes in-house - again. Why? The further announcement of the senior management team, as well as being full of bombast and pomp, also saw a return of familiar faces and others predominantly recruited from the North-West. Why so? We are certainly not a global club but should we not be global in outlook at least?
Ultimately the running of the club is Moshiri's responsibility however at the very least I think the experience to date has been one of confusion and under-achievement relative to resources. In part, that is due to a struggle at the club between the old and the new, perhaps that is becoming a thing of the past but if Moshiri had free rein to appoint a Chairman and CEO, I cannot accept that he would settle for Kenwright and DBB. The latter is a Kenwright appointee, as is Keith Harris. It tells me that Moshiri is for some strange reason, not as immersed in the day to day running of the club as he should be. That's what staff are for, of course, but the issue is they are not his.
