Victor Meldrewwinchester_royalVictor Meldrew At the Mad Man's age now 2 years is a very long time and to commit himself to a project that he appeared to want to cash-in on last year to pursue other things makes me think that all is definitely not right at our club.
Please explain this logic to me
Writing as somebody fairly near to JM's age I saw it that after 20 years of involvement in a sport that he is not greatly interested in (by his own admission) he thought his role had reached an end.
He had done his significant bit in saving the club, helped it achieve a more lofty status than any of us might have dreamed of, gained a knighthood and it was now time (last year) to cash-in on the loans that he had made to protect his investment and who could blame him for sailing off into the sunset and sit peacefully looking at the cars he loves so much?-to do that it made sense to continue for just 18 months to ensure some stability at the club but no longer have the ultimate responsibility.
Sadly for him it looks as though the man with deep pockets hasn''t got deep pockets so JM ,still very keen to get the rest of the money,feels that he must remain (Sir) Johnny-on-the-spot and not be at arm's length to do what he can to get his dough.
He is an old bloke and I feel sure that there are other things that he would like to do while he can and having had a taste of retirement from the responsibilities of club ownership the last thing he might want is to carry on the chairmanship for a further 2 years with his co-owner having such little impact on the running of the business.
You don't think the fact that the only reason Sir John is able to stay on is because AZ asked him to kinda puts an end to your theory?
It's not being a chairman is a particularly strenuous role to play. He turns up for the odd photo-shoot and provides the occasional media sound bite and otherwise offers as a decent visual figurehead for the board.
