Rod Taylor

by **redrobo** » Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:36 pm

It's common?knowledge that Rod's fellow Co Chairman will be leaving the club in a few weeks time.

Having not seen Rod at?recent games I wonder if he to has had enough of the antics of the owner and who could blame him. No idea who will be taking over. Maybe a new owner? Who knows.

by **Keith** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:59 am

Is this confirmed? If so, it is really bad news. The Board are not beyond criticism, but without a doubt, not having real fans at the helm, we'd have been screwed even sooner. I can't say I blame them though. :cry:

by **Redalert1970** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:35 am

Would be nice if this was confirmed as truth or like lots of things on here RUMOURS

by **Andy D** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:41 am

Rod & Graham stepping aside might not be a bad thing, it could force Jasons hand .

by **Redalert1970** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:46 am

He would probably put his own people on the board so don't know how that would help

by **Andy D** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:10 am

Redalert1970 wrote:He would probably put his own people on the board so don't know how that would help

But then Jason will have to pay new people to move here,, and they wont have a Scooby Doo.

Rod & Graham do they get paid off Jason for their hard work and stress it's causing them?

by **Hodgie1978** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:32 am

Imagine if they did it on mass the moment we were relegated?
They then released a heartfelt statement to the media bringing Jason down and a plea to get an independent regulator in football.

by **Billy bodger** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:41 am

If true who the hell could blame him? It was announced at the forum that Graham was stepping back and Rod from his response you could see he was finding it hard to justify to himself that he was staying.

I think we should thank them for their contributions to Morecambe FC over the many years they have been on the BOD’s. It must sadden them where we have ended up and how we have ended up were we are today.

I said when they made one of their BOD’s announcements that they should have walked, we know why they didn’t, but in the end it ended up a bluff that ultimately failed.

Thanks guys.

by **Phoenix Shrimp 2017** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:20 pm

Who could blame them indeed! The issues of running the club and trying to deal with Whittingham's shenanigans must be incredibly stress inducing. It's stressful enough just being a fan so the directors of the club have all gone above and beyond the call of duty dealing with the pressures involved. Rod Taylor is an absolute club legend and if he walks away from his life's passion you just know that things have reached rock bottom.

So where does that leave us. Probably administration with a best case scenario that someone who actually cares about the club picks up the pieces in a Bury/Macclesfield type of set up. So probably NWCFL level. At least we'd have a club to follow.

by **redrobo** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:30 pm

Graham and his son are both leaving the club.

At the moment Rod is I understand still with us thankfully but come the end of this horrible season...who knows?

We often talk of club legends. Non greater than the both of them considering what they have had to put up with and how they have done their best to keep their and our club afloat.

Feels at time as though everything is like the crumbling walls of Jericho.... :cry:

by **Wild Bill** » Sun Mar 16, 2025 4:46 pm

Grim times. Without Rod and Graham I can't see the club functioning. Jason can't afford to pay wages to replace them, so it might be the tipping point.

by **deadorred70** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:53 am

Is Graham's son not Oliver one of the club physio's ?

by **redrobo** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:19 pm

deadorred70 wrote:Is Graham's son not Oliver one of the club physio's ?

Head of Physio is Graham's son who is also calling it a day hence the recent recruitment ad for a qualified replacement reporting to DA.

by **deadorred70** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 2:52 pm

talk about deserting a sinking ship,can't blame them rearly.some thing needs bring to a head with that shitehawk owner. :evil:

by **redrobo** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 6:47 pm

If we are relegated then no blame on the manager or the players it's simply the result of our absent owner .

If he had sold our club earlier then there is no doubt in my mind that relegation would not have been on the horizon. His apparent insistence on getting a sale valued at well over the club's value is criminal. However maybe relegation will also hit him where it hurts...in his pocket as our value will I suspect have dropped significantly.

by **black morse** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:03 pm

redrobo wrote:If we are relegated then no blame on the manager or the players it's simply the result of our absent owner .

If he had sold our club earlier then there is no doubt in my mind that relegation would not have been on the horizon. His apparent insistence on getting a sale valued at well over the club's value is criminal. However maybe relegation will also hit him where it hurts...in his pocket as our value will I suspect have dropped significantly.

He needs hitting where it hurts..in his footBALLS!

by **lancaster shrimp** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:49 pm

Grim times. How long before tennis balls at home games?

by **Billy bodger** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:29 am

lancaster shrimp wrote:Grim times. How long before tennis balls at home games?

Here we are, your infantile response to the owner, punish the club!!

Is that really the best you can come up with to get attention focused on the ownership issue.

I await your reply, with trepidation.

The post is about Rod, what’s your thoughts if the rumour is true and he is stepping away?

by **Old Man Kensey** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:43 am

Nothing new at all here.
It has already been mentioned at the Fans Forum and it would appear that Redrobo is just guessing about Rod based on very little.

by **mrpotatohead** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:50 am

Are "rumour" and "common knowledge" now classed as twins ?

Neil states this as a fact yet no one else backs it up as yet, so let's not push a tireless and invaluable co chairman out eh?

by **Redalert1970** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:07 pm

Like lots of guff on this site

If people don't know stuff 100 percent they just stir the pot and spread rumours

by **KenH** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:38 pm

What causes that is poor official communication from the club and that it's a leaky sieve in terms of all the "insider" information that is passed on from within the club to their friends/family, etc. Far more is "leaked" than is officially announced, which is completely unfair to all the long term fans who aren't within the "cliques" of people who know things from within.

There's no reason why an open secret like Graham and son leaving shouldn't be made official - they've obviously told lots of people so it's in the public domain.

The whole thing creates an "us and them" situation which is ripe for rumour and speculation (most of it turns out true!!).

by **redrobo** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:45 pm

mrpotatohead wrote:Are "rumour" and "common knowledge" now classed as twins ?

Neil states this as a fact yet no one else backs it up as yet, so let's not push a tireless and invaluable co chairman out eh?

Absolute bollocks...... :cry: