I’ve not made Tiger money, but I have done ok, thank you for asking . But I have worked directly , in a number of very senior roles, for a number of multi millionaires (and one billionaire), so I do have a pretty good idea of whether a business leader has got ‘it’. And trust me, Tiger hasn’t. But that’s not my point. I don’t care if he has a charisma bypass if he is sensible, and has a vision. But he clearly doesn’t . His interview in the Oxford Mail was woeful, as was his press conference, by all accounts. Serious business people do not go into key meetings (and in the context of an OUFC takeover they were both key meetings) so chronically ill prepared and incoherent. And , as someone has pointed out, if you don’t speak the language well, it ain’t a crime. Get an interpreter. I don’t know Charlie, but he will know, as I do, that you go into a meeting like that with 3-5 key messages, and you repeat them again and again and again. And if you are asked a question off topic, you employ a technique known as ‘bridging’ and you go back to your key messages. It’s really basic stuff. I could have prepped Tiger in about five minutes, and so could Charlie (I don’t work in PR btw, but I have had dozens of media interviews). And furthermore, I’m not going to go into the various rumours and stories, but all I will say is that if a major UK businessman has a reputation for (say) being rude or arrogant, then 99% of the time it’s because s/he is. People talk, and that is partly how reputations , both good and bad, are formed. I have a bucketload of concerns about this bloke. Based on my own observation, and intuition, I would say he appears to be wildly unsuitable to own our club. Massive alarm bells ring when you hear stories that he wants to give team talks. That is the act of a playboy dabbling in football. That is not the behaviour of a serious and credible businessman. I have supported this club for over 45 years, and this is honestly the most concerned about its future I have ever been. It’s called gut feel and intuition.
