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Title: Better performance Post by: willc on January 17, 2009, 12:44:46 Couple of interesting interviews in Railnews with Mark Hopwood and Dave Ward about improved performance on FGW services, at
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/business/2009/01/08-fgw-initiatives-investment.html (http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/business/2009/01/08-fgw-initiatives-investment.html) http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/general/2009/01/08-great-western-performance.html (http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/general/2009/01/08-great-western-performance.html) Title: Re: Better performance Post by: Lee on January 17, 2009, 13:22:23 Quote Great Western performance has improved for the same reason Tottenham Hotspur climbed from the Premiership^s relegation zone, according to Dave Ward, Network Rail^s Western route director. ^When Harry Redknapp went to Spurs, he couldn^t clear out all the players. He said he didn^t want to. It was the same when I came to Western. It^s about a change in leadership style and how we do things. Interestingly, Tottenham Hotspur are now back in the bottom three, and have scored just seven goals in 10 home league games. But then I am a Portsmouth fan.... Title: Re: Better performance Post by: G.Uard on January 17, 2009, 18:44:37 Quote Great Western performance has improved for the same reason Tottenham Hotspur climbed from the Premiership^s relegation zone, according to Dave Ward, Network Rail^s Western route director. ^When Harry Redknapp went to Spurs, he couldn^t clear out all the players. He said he didn^t want to. It was the same when I came to Western. It^s about a change in leadership style and how we do things. Interestingly, Tottenham Hotspur are now back in the bottom three, and have scored just seven goals in 10 home league games. But then I am a Portsmouth fan.... FGW links to Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea and Plymouth will come in handy next season then! ;) Title: Re: Better performance Post by: bemmy on January 18, 2009, 11:50:10 Quote Great Western performance has improved for the same reason Tottenham Hotspur climbed from the Premiership’s relegation zone, according to Dave Ward, Network Rail’s Western route director. “When Harry Redknapp went to Spurs, he couldn’t clear out all the players. He said he didn’t want to. It was the same when I came to Western. It’s about a change in leadership style and how we do things. Interestingly, Tottenham Hotspur are now back in the bottom three, and have scored just seven goals in 10 home league games. But then I am a Portsmouth fan.... FGW links to Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea and Plymouth will come in handy next season then! ;) Unfortunately I see FGW as more Portsmouth than Spurs. A top manager (Andrew Haines = Harry Redknapp) has left to be replaced by one of his assistants (Mark Hopwood = Tony Adams), the best assets are past their prime (HSTs = David James, Peter Crouch, Sol Campbell, Kanu) and replacing them is difficult (no spare railway stock, Pompey lacking clout in the transfer market) and ridiculously expensive (train leasing charges, Premiership wages....). ;D Title: Re: Better performance Post by: John R on January 18, 2009, 15:43:39 And their finest moment in recent years was in May 08 (reinstatement of 3 car Wessex service, FA Cup).
Title: Re: Better performance Post by: thetrout on January 18, 2009, 19:04:08 And the players always sent off and considered the worst assets = Class 143 or 142 :D
Title: Re: Better performance Post by: Lee on January 19, 2009, 07:34:47 ;D ;D
FGW links to Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea and Plymouth will come in handy next season then! ;) Yes, I can see "Fletcher On Tour" taking on an entirely new meaning.... This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |