Management Team's Roles Explained

Those of you who attended the EGM back in May may recall that a number of changes were made to the structure of the club’s management, in order to improve the running of both on- and off-field matters.  The aims were to provide whoever runs the team selection and tactics with better back-up, to avoid isolating the Captain; and to reduce the ‘workload’ of the General Manager.

In the months that followed, two things happened accordingly: the club voted for a Captain and Vice-Captains; and I delegated a number of my tasks as General Manager to a couple of other members.

With all those changes now in place, there is now a group of EIGHT club members running the club. The rest of the club’s members should be aware that all 8 of the management team stand together, united on all aspects of how the club is run. As stated in the club’s ethos: we respect those who give up their time to manage the club. Decisions made by those people can be questioned if someone disagrees with a decision. But this should be done in person and never between the hours of 7-10pm on Thursdays. And in the end the fact that they give up their time to run the club for us makes their decisions final.

To ensure that everyone knows exactly who is doing what, here is a guide to the roles and details of which members currently occupy each position (NB these will be amended as and when any changes to personnel or job descriptions occur):

TEAM CAPTAIN

Name: Greg Rainey

Role: Ultimately responsible for team selection and tactics.  Liaises with the Vice-Captains re: all aspects of on-pitch affairs.  Oversees the communication with members each week in order to determine who is attending on match night.  Ensures that all members abide by the club’s ethos and code of conduct.  Updates the squad list on the NEXT EVENT section of the club’s blog.  Keeps track of the rota of players missing matches due to excess numbers.

TEAM VICE-CAPTAINS

Names: Lee Clifford, Tremayne Macdonald

Role: Supports, assists and liaises with the Team Captain in every aspect of his role, in particular in encouraging all players to ‘play for the team’.

GENERAL MANAGER & TREASURER

Name: Stuart Dade

Role: Supports, assists and liaises with all the other members of the management team.  Plays a leading part in communicating club matters to the membership.  Looks after the club’s income and outgoings and presents an annual finance report at the AGM.  Ensures that a referee officiates each match. ‘Edits’ the club’s blog.  Liaises with all members re: any new kit requirements and place orders accordingly with the club’s kit supplier.  Maintains the club’s records of results and statistics.

CLUB SECRETARY

Name: Andrew Dade

Role: To take minutes at all club meetings and distribute those minutes to all members within two weeks of a meeting.  To organise any club votes (except for awards votes).  To maintain a comprehensive database of contact info for members and associate members, past and present.

OPPOSITION LIAISON

Name: Simon Mesner

Role: To ensure there is opposition for every match night, ideally ensuring that the club doesn’t play the same team too frequently. To arrange cup ties where necessary.  To update the FORTHCOMING EVENTS section of the club’s blog accordingly. To liaise with opposition teams to ensure they have all relevant info.

PITCH BOOKINGS

Name: Phill Arnold

Role: To liaise with our venues to ensure that we have a pitch for each match night.  To be a point of contact for the venues in the event of the venues cancelling a booking for any reason.  To liaise with the General Manager and Social Secretary re: which nights we don’t need a pitch booked.

SOCIAL SECRETARY

Name: Simon Mesner

Role: To organise at least four social events in a calendar year, usually including a Summer Social and the end-of-year awards dinner.  To oversee the voting for the annual awards and liaise with the Club Secretary and General Manager re: any trophies, awards, engraving etc that is required.

CLUB CAPTAIN

Name: Andrew Dade

Role: To be the club’s figurehead at all appropriate times.

NB: the management team are also listed in a section on the right-hand side of the blog.

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Mascots observing the minutes silence

http://www.anorak.co.uk/374834/sports/football-mascots-observe-the-minutes-silences-photos.html/ Quite funny

A challenge

Gents

The past 2 weeks we have turned a corner and are definitely back on track. This past Thursday our play especially our defending was superb but I guarantee like myself you are all wondering how we didn't spank that team and how many missed chances did we have ! That being said the build up to these missed chances was brilliant , in the first half I thought Tremayne and Jon linked up well and that's where I saw our best chances coming from.

This week we have Grafton a team we are all familiar with and just for your information Joe will be taking charge this week.

My challenge to you lot is to finish the year undefeated and continue some of the great football in the past two weeks. And there's only a few weeks to stake a claim for an award !!

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Team Selection: New Info

Following recent discussion among the club management, the procedures for any week where we have too many players for the match squad have been tweaked.  Here's what you need to know:

From now on, if numbers are high, ALL players will still be asked "does anyone fancy missing out?" BUT if anyone DOES volunteer, it will NOT count in any tally of matches missed. The previous system was open to abuse, i.e. a player could easily opt to miss out on a night when he KNOWS he can't play, which defeats the object.  If a player KNOWS he can't play, then he can't play and he shouldn't benefit from that.  Players are welcome to volunteer to miss out but are also welcome to NEVER volunteer.

If insufficient people volunteer to miss out, then the selection panel of four (captain Greg and three vice-captains Tremayne, Lee and Joe) are empowered by the club to decide whether a player should miss a match for any reason.  Any player in financial debt to the club should expect to miss out.  Above and beyond that, the selection panel of four are empowered to decide if any other player deserves to miss out for any reason.  Click here to read more about the kind of thing which might lead to a player missing a match.  Any player being asked to miss out will be encouraged to still attend the match, and indeed it would be hugely in their favour if they DID attend the match, because (a) they might be needed if there are injuries or last-minute dropouts and (b) if we're losing 1-0 with 5 mins to go they could be ball boys to help give us a chance to draw level, or they could do some filming, or help run the substitutions, etc etc etc.   The club will absolutely trust the selection panel of four to manage players being told that they are getting less playing time because for whatever reason, they deserve less playing time.  Players are entitled to a full and frank explanation of why they're being asked to miss a match, and the selection panel of four will between them ensure that this is communicated.

Commitment to the club, both on and off the field of play, will play a big part in the selection criteria.  Commitment comes in many, many forms and I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence by going into detail here about the kind of things that constitute excellent commitment and the kind of things that represent poor commitment.  If you're interested, ask!

If we're STILL left with more than 14 players available for selection, then the selection panel of four should by all means have a "rota" for all players to miss the occasional match. Players who are asked to miss out will be under no obligation to attend and, while they will be asked to attend after all in the event of dropouts, will reserve the right not to do so.

Greg (or, in his absence, whichever of the vice-captains is running the show in a particular week) needs to know if you are available for selection by 8pm on Wednesday, the day before a match.  You will be notified by 12pm on the Thursday at the latest if you are missing out.  If for any reason you need to know earlier than that, you should let the selection panel of four know your special requirements – whether that's a permanent thing or just for a particular week.

The above guidelines will, it is hoped, foster and encourage all members to be shining examples of commitment and fair play.  These guidelines should help to keep our club healthy and happy.

If the selection panel of four ask you to miss a match for any reason, please make sure you listen carefully to their reasons, please understand that the selection panel of four is united in agreement, and is backed up 100% by the rest of the club's management team (Stuart, Simon, Andrew and Phill).  If you disagree with the selection panel of four's decision, you are welcome to raise any objections at the club's AGM.

If anyone has any questions or comments about any of the above, please speak to/email/text any of the club's management team.

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Where did that come from

Accies

What can I say about Thursdays 2-0 win. That performance was just what we needed and what I'd been hoping for. Every player ran there legs off even Steve who's legs are much smaller than normal people. Every player tackled and kept there position and even the start of the second half when we recently have crumbled we kept it nice and tight and we looked like the team always more likely to win. Thanks for trying the different formation and for Joe, Lee and Tremaynes feedback in the game regarding going back to our normal formation. A special mention to Scott who set my goal up and scored the 2nd and ran his socks off as he's recently been through a tough time at home with a recent bereavement but has continued to show his undoubted commitment.

Well done again boys

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Positive positive positive

Accies

Just a quick post regarding the past few weeks and some of what's been going on. Up until the beginning of the 2nd half against Hope and Horns our play and attitude was spot on. Since that 2nd half collapse things have changed and we all need to put a stop to this and get back to the positive attitudes we had which also brought positive football and winning results. We all need to pull together and get through this as a team which I'm 100% sure we can do beginning this Thursday. This means when someone makes a mistake we don't all jump on his back as we have all made mistakes and are all capable of making them but the point is that when a player does make a mistake they recognise it and they don't need 10 players shouting and screaming at them. Also some selfish aspects  have crept back into out play which we need to immediately stamp out. I'm sure you all agree that before that 2nd half the football we had been playing and the goals we have been scoring has been the best form we have shown in a long long time and by far the best spell I've been involved in as an Accies player.

Starting from this week we need to start warming up better not just taking pop shots at Ronnie which I'm just as guilty of, if you want to do that arrange to get there earlier so you are better prepared for the start of the match. Also any negative comments or moans will be dealt with by being substituted as discussed at the EGM. We need to start the 2nd half of games better and as I said before the pass from the centre should never go back to the defence it should go to a midfielder to stop us being put under immediate pressure.

These aren't major problems we have run into later and Lee Joe and myself have total faith in the squad that we can turn this around.

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Greg