If Paul Newman's reporting it, it'll be true. Irani needs to remove himself from everything associated with the club before he reduces us back to Division Two cannon fodder for the sake of his own ego and the members should be forcing the issue.
Totally! The Club need to reflect very carefully on the division and unrest that Irani has caused, and given any opportunity, will continue to cause, across his Essex career, both playing and administrating. It should be relatively simple to debar him from holding any office at the Club, (clearly with the proviso that we are operating in the labyrinthine world of No Change Essex).
Otherwise, in a couple of years time, we'll be back to perennial division two status, with Irani as Chairman, and his mates popping up in positions of power; how about Tudor as 'Fitness' coach, Fletcher making a resurgence as first - team coach, ably abetted by 'my mate Goughy', backed up with Charl Willoughby taking care of the bowling!
I am incredulous as how this individual apparently continues to cast such a shadow over the Club. Let's be clear, he was a good and tireless all-rounder - he was also the most abysmal, inept and divisive captain in Essex's post World War II history.