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Martin Samuel drops a tonne of excrement on Katrien Meire in The Mail...
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Thought I'd just have a look to see if I could identify a vacancy on the FA board. (Might even consider applying as I am a woman with a passion for football and lengthy track record in management/ business...)
I copy below an extract from the complex web of the FA Board and committees. There's a lot more via this link: FA Group Board and Committee Membership for 2016 / 2017
Worryingly, there seems to be a vacancy for an FA Council member on the Inclusion Advisory Board.
FA Group Board and Committee Membership for 2016 / 2017
THE FA LTD BOARD
Independent Non-Executive Directors
Greg Clarke (Chairman)
Roger Devlin
Heather Rabbatts DBE
National Game Directors
Barry Bright
Bob Cotter
Mervyn Leggett
Jack Pearce
Professional Game Directors
David Gill
Peter McCormick
Jez Moxey
Jim Rodwell
Executive Directors
Martin Glenn
WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM LTD BOARD
Martin Glenn (Chair)
Julie Harrington
Mark Burrows
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CENTRE LTD BOARD
Martin Glenn
Julie Harrington
Mark Burrows
FA BOARD COMMITTEES
GROUP AUDIT COMMITTEE
Ian Nunn (Chairman)
Vijay Vaghela
Roger Devlin
Mary Reilly
Tim Score
REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Heather Rabbatts DBE
Peter McCormick (Chair)
Jack Pearce
Greg Clarke
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
The Committee is constituted as and when required
FINANCE SUB-COMMITTEE
Greg Clarke
Martin Glenn
Roger Devlin (Chairman)
Bob Cotter
Jez Moxey
HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
Mervyn Leggett (Chairman)
FA Executive members
INCLUSION ADVISORY BOARD
FA Board Representative
Heather Rabbatts (Chair)
Council Members (x2)
Peter Clayton
1 x vacancy
Independent Advisors (x7)
Graeme Le Saux
Shelley Alexander
Rimla Akhtar
Rishi Jain
Paul Elliott
2 tbc
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Very good article.
The emphasis must be that she had/has no idea. Her actions have alienated Charlton fans. She has lied to us. A distinction needs to be made between Rolands misguided actions in owning a football club, and Miere who is incompetent and insulted the fans.8 -
It would be the ultimate insult for her to get that role, based on the number of people who feel excluded from Charlton as a result of her and the oafish little narcissus that employs her.Weegie Addick said:...Worryingly, there seems to be a vacancy for an FA Council member on the Inclusion Advisory Board...
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The FA don't like a scandal and the press sniffing around decisions like this. Can see them knocking the idea of hiring katrien on the head6
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I've said this before but I'll say it again - I know there are many on here who do not like the Mail but it has to be said they have probably been the most supportive of all of Fleet Street, running article after article highlighting our protests and the stupidity of our glorious leaders.35
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Not only does it paper of the cracks Mutts but it would exacerbate the FA's problems because she is kin useless
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She's desperately looking for a new role before Roland sells up.2
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I misread this and initially thought that our old Director Martin Simmonds had arranged for a load of manure to be dropped off at her gaff as a critique of her performance.1
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Well, that should wipe the smirk off her face for a few hours.
Well played Martin Samuel.3 -
I would love her to get the job at the FA. They won't know what hit them. She has proved her incompetence over and over again so, should fit right in. Could be quite a show.3
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Well said Mr Samuel.0
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Can you image her having anything to do with the selection of the next England manager!!!6
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Why are the Football League bothering with our hapless Katrien when they can choose Carolyn Still of mansfield Town who is younger, prettier and no doubt much better at her job than Ms Meire?0
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I'm older and uglier but would still be better at the job...thewolfboy said:Why are the Football League bothering with our hapless Katrien when they can choose Carolyn Still of mansfield Town who is younger, prettier and no doubt much better at her job than Ms Meire?
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Remember Meire didn't win a vote for a position on the FA Council. No one else wanted her place - although I hear some now wish they had organised against her. When Jez Moxey (Norwich and ex-Wolves chief exec) encouraged her to stand for the FL board it was quickly clear that she would get few if any votes.2
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Having just read the article my best guess is that KM will get the post she is chasing. I have some issues with positive discrimination, but don't like to discuss it as it is an emotive subject, but it does look like the FA's need to attract more women will be enough to overlook her past.
Ironically, given long enough, she might even learn how to do the job she's been given. I can't stand the thought of her being in English Football for the next three decades!2 -
If she needs a reference, then I will gladly pass one on to the FA.10
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God, Karel Fraeye as England manager!Bigbadbozman said:Can you image her having anything to do with the selection of the next England manager!!!
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I assume Karen Brady has turned down the roles in the past. She should be first choice.2
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Did Martin Samuel actually get a free lunch out of Katrien and he still wrote this?20
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...blimey is he still with us? I'd assumed he would have resigned by now, it's been a few weeks after all...RedChaser said:Excellent, great minds Henners. Tom Rubashore have you tried pushing water up hill? What's that Max Clifford doing these days? .........Scrap that.
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More disappointing revelations - I had such a stunning image of what you are like in real life Weegie.Weegie Addick said:
I'm older and uglier but would still be better at the job...thewolfboy said:Why are the Football League bothering with our hapless Katrien when they can choose Carolyn Still of mansfield Town who is younger, prettier and no doubt much better at her job than Ms Meire?
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Ha, ha, thanks! Obviously I was fishing for LOLs but don't seem to have got any... :-(Addick Addict said:
More disappointing revelations - I had such a stunning image of what you are like in real life Weegie.Weegie Addick said:
I'm older and uglier but would still be better at the job...thewolfboy said:Why are the Football League bothering with our hapless Katrien when they can choose Carolyn Still of mansfield Town who is younger, prettier and no doubt much better at her job than Ms Meire?
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I've told you before Weegie, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.Weegie Addick said:
Ha, ha, thanks! Obviously I was fishing for LOLs but don't seem to have got any... :-(Addick Addict said:
More disappointing revelations - I had such a stunning image of what you are like in real life Weegie.Weegie Addick said:
I'm older and uglier but would still be better at the job...thewolfboy said:Why are the Football League bothering with our hapless Katrien when they can choose Carolyn Still of mansfield Town who is younger, prettier and no doubt much better at her job than Ms Meire?
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The last line of the Mail article, one more time:
"So why should she be given the chance to make the big calls for the country, when she's made such a mess of Charlton?"
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Well researched article.0
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Wow! What a superb article!
I am all for women playing their full part in every corner of society, including sport, but it MUST be on merit, not just to tick a box.
Otherwise, by implication, the worth of women who have reached positions of leadership through ability and hard work will be tarred with the same brush as those who depend on nepotism for their advancement.13
