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Why is it taking so long.
probably because replacements for Nick are 10 a penny and the industry breeds corporate civil servants.
want someone different, who can sell italy for €11.6Bn and pay down some debt etc
I always thought Nick would have made a good playgroup manager myself. But I like your term 'corporate civil servant' but I havent heard it before but understand British companies are infested with them !
"Why is it taking so long" Because the world is full of know it alls who are very good at criticising C.E.O.'s but would be completely useless at actually doing the job themself.
Whatever happened to last call? Did he or she make so much money shorting vod they dont need to work anymore?
We need last call to go long vod. Come on last call
Lot's of talk about rockets here, it's more like a sinking canal boat at the moment, but hope you are right, a good new CEO might help, can't do any more damage than the last one ?
Steady Rob.....Dan will be gunning for you.....
sotonspike. My finger was on the trigger, but he is normally such a nice chap? I thought I would let him off, this time! Us Amigo's stick together?
Daniel thinks posting positive or negative thoughts on here will influence Vodafone share price. The fact is that only a tiny tiny tiny fraction of people that could or would influence the price will ever read this rubbish.
Any comment here will make ZERO difference to the share price. ZZZEEEEERRRRRROOOOO DIFFERENCE O DANNY BOY
Soton, thanks for the warning, but he's a big softy really lol, just struggling with the positivity while this is under a pound, i have seen what's happened to directline since they cut the dividend it's now down around a third, despite what mole-man says i hope we don't go in that direction
just hope we can get above a £1 as soon as possible, let's hope something good can happen here for a change
daniel - so are you saying Nick was a reasonable CEO then ? I held moderately senior positions in a couple of large corporates in the tech industry, and I saw 3 main types of CEO 1) The politician that had clawed there way there and didnt know how to do the job when they got there 2)The figurehead that wasnt really a businessman but was very good at frothing things up for the stock market and most commonly 3)The CEO who saw a 2-3 years term where they could enrich themselves as much as possible until they got found out and even then got a golden parachute - I personally never saw a really good one in my industry. We seem good at criticizing them because so few are actually good !
mrcautious. The answer is obvious, You apply for the job then if you think you can do better. Goud luck with that one. Don't give up your day job though. You sound like someone who although held moderatly senior positions(as you said) but never quite made it to the B.O.D. or C.E.O. I wonder why? There are many like you out there, who never quite made it, time to move on, & get over it.
Danielh usual reply - wonder if he will ever admit he was wrong . Probably when the share is in the 60p’s but even then we will all be wrong not him . According to daniel anybody who is negative is sad , disgruntled , idiot or moron . We will see daniel we will see
daniel - I admit I never had the political makeup to make it to the top. But I have been pretty successful in my life financially up to my retirement. In fact aside from my career in the tech industry I set up a company in my spare time with loose bits of cash which I sold for over £200K - you on the other hand see yourself as a bit of a keyboard warrior and mr unpleasant which has been recognised by others on this board. I would suggest you continue to bathe in you own bile for a bit longer !
Mr Cautious don’t concern yourself with Danny boy, he is sitting on a hefty loss here with his stupid decisions to buy this crock of sh t when it was a lot higher & his feeble brain thinks that by insulting others who are simply making salient points it will make him feel better. He is the worst kind of keyboard warrior or telephone tough guy. An odious individual if ever there was one.
Thank you for all that, I am not quite sure what I did to upset you lot, but clearly some of you just don't it? Good luck to you all though. What is this keyboard warrior crap ? Someone better on the keyboard than you perhaps? What is your point? Yes I am loseing money on vod, & I am honest enough to admit it (unlike some on here) but I admit it, & don't moan about it, so what is this telephone tough guy crap all about. Just get a life you lot? Good luck from dan, the odious, feeble brain keyboard warrior, telephone tough guy? ( Is that Gary59 for real ??) please stop complaining about iinsulting, by insulting . & mrcautious of course who almost made it? If It wasn't for bathing in his own bile!?
Hello Mikey. Many on here may question why I bother to answer your posts, but I would like to answer your last post. You ask if I would ever admit that I was wrong? I assume you mean was I wrong to buy vodafone shares, & the answer is a big yes, it was a very big mistake, so Mikey I was wrong. I wish I had never bought vod shares, but I did, so I can sell at a big loss, or hold, hopeing they will recover. What I won't do(sorry to repeat myself) is whinge & moan about it. So Mikey, how about you returning the faviour & admitting you are wrong sometimes? That might work.
Daniel, what is your average Vod buying price?
Dan, i like your honest reply to Mikey, think most people are a bit disappointed with this share at the moment, will it go up or down from here nobody knows, a bit of banter is ok, but come on you guys stop being so grumpy, and it's much more helpful to others if people can just be honest and share there experiences good or bad
good luck Amigo, and come on vod get a move on
I have never made out that I am always right Daniel . What i never do - unless somebody has a go at me first - is use obnoxious words and call them idiots or morons etc etc . Everybody is entitled to their own opinion - thats what a forum is for . Not for attacking people who post negative remarks just because you dont like them .
Hello Wisebear. I would like to tell you, but unfortunately there are some on here who would just use it as an excuse to have another pop at me. Good luck to you though. We all need it at the moment..
Hello rob. Thank you for your comments. I think it is fair for me to add that after it was sugested on here that me & Mikey call a truce, I havn't criticised Mikey at all. Ironically this all seemed to kick off after a good humoured comment regarding Nick Read, from sotonspike, to you. It was then suggested that almost all C.E.O.'s are no good, which I think is a very unfair thing to say, & as I am often reminded this a free forum & I am entitled to my opinion, even though it would seem that demonising C.E.O.'s is the name of the game.. Anyway, lets hope we can all calm down a bit & move on. Cheers Amigo..
Daniel, I wish you all the best.
I believe there are some good news for Vodafone coming soon, hence why E& increasing stake quite rapidly (unless they want a merger in the near future). Malone also got a whiff of this good news. And he mentioned that he believes Vodafone is undervalued.
Institutions hold more than 75% of Vodafone shares (correct me if am wrong please). There may be a tug of war playing in the background.
More likely the sp will appreciate near term, so hold on. There are going to be tree shakes to gather more shares for E&. Patience
Hi , I'm sure you know it was just jokey comments from soton and myself, and it all just got a bit silly after that, personally i don't give a dam who the CEO is as long as the share price rises, the mood changes here when the share price is down and everyone's losing money , as another poster used to say events can change everything, let's hope we get some good ones and get above the £1 mark soon
chill out you guys
GLA
Rob, Come on,we know you have a passionate hatred for Nick Read, but I will forgive you. I am sure he is a very nice person really. It's a shame he doesn't read all this crap, because he might invite me around for Christmas if he did. I hear he is very good at stuffing turkeys!? It was all sotonspikes fault?? Stirring it up as usual?