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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 20:18:25 GMT
Maybe that's because there has been nothing to communicate, aside from what has been, that is... Not sure what people want to hear. On the basis the owners surely shouldn't be wasting their time (or ours) with unsubstantiated rumours that appear on a forum such as this, what exactly should they be communicating that they're not already? We haven't heard from the club officially for months, do you feel that's a reasonable approach to take? Even Pantsdown gave a lengthy end of season interview to the BP. So much for us being an inclusive family club, would it take too much to thank the fans for their support this season, along with a quick update re the colony plans/the mem improvements? There were lots of "thank you for.your support" type messages at the end of the season. DC was full of that in his last few post match interviews and he's pretty senior in the club. I don't buy the matchday programme but would imagine there were similar messages in there from the Chairman. But even if there weren't, I'm not sure it warrants a Director of Communication! As for the Colony and Mem, if there's nothing to report, I'm not sure what they can say other than there's nothing to report. Darrell should be concerned about any delays to the Colony, not us. We all want to know what will happen at the Mem because it affects us directly, but let's give them a chance. It's less than a year since the UWE project collapsed. I'm no expert, but I would imagine drawing up realistic plans takes a lot longer than that. The Lansdown interview isn't so much about how City's communication with fans ìs better than ours, but instead highlights the way they market their club. Can't stand the bloke, but he has got the right people in there to market themselves far better than we do. Hopefully the appointment of Tom Gorringe will address that over coming months.
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Post by Topper Gas on May 24, 2018 20:49:54 GMT
We haven't heard from the club officially for months, do you feel that's a reasonable approach to take? Even Pantsdown gave a lengthy end of season interview to the BP. So much for us being an inclusive family club, would it take too much to thank the fans for their support this season, along with a quick update re the colony plans/the mem improvements? There were lots of "thank you for.your support" type messages at the end of the season. DC was full of that in his last few post match interviews and he's pretty senior in the club. I don't buy the matchday programme but would imagine there were similar messages in there from the Chairman. But even if there weren't, I'm not sure it warrants a Director of Communication! As for the Colony and Mem, if there's nothing to report, I'm not sure what they can say other than there's nothing to report. Darrell should be concerned about any delays to the Colony, not us. We all want to know what will happen at the Mem because it affects us directly, but let's give them a chance. It's less than a year since the UWE project collapsed. I'm no expert, but I would imagine drawing up realistic plans takes a lot longer than that. The Lansdown interview isn't so much about how City's communication with fans ìs better than ours, but instead highlights the way they market their club. Can't stand the bloke, but he has got the right people in there to market themselves far better than we do. Hopefully the appointment of Tom Gorringe will address that over coming months. Re the Mem there seems loads to report, the pitch improvements, at least two new stands, possibly a new club shop, as far as TG he's in charge of marketing not media/communication.
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Post by knowall on May 24, 2018 21:02:17 GMT
We were told at the AGM that the planning application for the Colony would submitted in "8 or 9 weeks". It would be nice if the owners provided an update as it is now overdue. something like "the planning ap is slightly delayed, we will let you know when it has been submitted" - there does that suit you?
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Post by aghast on May 24, 2018 21:40:26 GMT
We were told at the AGM that the planning application for the Colony would submitted in "8 or 9 weeks". It would be nice if the owners provided an update as it is now overdue. something like "the planning ap is slightly delayed, we will let you know when it has been submitted" - there does that suit you? That would be nice. Why not issue a truthful harmless release like that, hmm? Why are so many people defending a total news shutdown?
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 22:20:24 GMT
something like "the planning ap is slightly delayed, we will let you know when it has been submitted" - there does that suit you? That would be nice. Why not issue a truthful harmless release like that, hmm? Why are so many people defending a total news shutdown? It's hardly a total news shut down though. There's just not much going on right now, largely because it's not the football season. And it's not a case of defending it, more that it just doesn't seem that important.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 22:27:49 GMT
There were lots of "thank you for.your support" type messages at the end of the season. DC was full of that in his last few post match interviews and he's pretty senior in the club. I don't buy the matchday programme but would imagine there were similar messages in there from the Chairman. But even if there weren't, I'm not sure it warrants a Director of Communication! As for the Colony and Mem, if there's nothing to report, I'm not sure what they can say other than there's nothing to report. Darrell should be concerned about any delays to the Colony, not us. We all want to know what will happen at the Mem because it affects us directly, but let's give them a chance. It's less than a year since the UWE project collapsed. I'm no expert, but I would imagine drawing up realistic plans takes a lot longer than that. The Lansdown interview isn't so much about how City's communication with fans ìs better than ours, but instead highlights the way they market their club. Can't stand the bloke, but he has got the right people in there to market themselves far better than we do. Hopefully the appointment of Tom Gorringe will address that over coming months. Re the Mem there seems loads to report, the pitch improvements, at least two new stands, possibly a new club shop, as far as TG he's in charge of marketing not media/communication. That was my point about TG...it's marketing rather than communication that is/was in need of improvement and that his appointment will hopefully make a difference in the former. They said they would improve the pitch and have tweeted stuff since that started. Stands were referenced in communications about season tickets although given that no-one will be using them until the season starts, they are for the time being non-existent, like the shop. Surely though, as long as there's a communication of some kind before then, it's fine. I guess we're not going to agree on this one though! UTG
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Post by midlandgas213 on May 24, 2018 22:54:00 GMT
Why would this be a wind up we need experience at the club and Olly is a perfect fit Do you not think our manager is experienced now after four seasons? I’m sure a DOF would undermine him, Look at Mark McGhee, Ray Graydon they are both experienced and look what happened there. Bringing Ian Holloway in as a DOF is a crazy idea that is why I said what I said as you seem to be on a crusade against our current manager. No D C only has 2 years experience at this level and is learning as he goes along at our cost bringing Olly in would not only add experience but also give us all confidence in the future yes I am on a crusade against D C , I would have him out tomorrow if I had my way
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 23:02:19 GMT
Do you not think our manager is experienced now after four seasons? I’m sure a DOF would undermine him, Look at Mark McGhee, Ray Graydon they are both experienced and look what happened there. Bringing Ian Holloway in as a DOF is a crazy idea that is why I said what I said as you seem to be on a crusade against our current manager. No D C only has 2 years experience at this level and is learning as he goes along at our cost bringing Olly in would not only add experience but also give us all confidence in the future yes I am on a crusade against D C , I would have him out tomorrow if I had my way the man himself said tonight he would never go back so give it up Midland.
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Post by completewingback on May 25, 2018 1:36:55 GMT
I don't know how this became a thread about DoFs but I agree with the majority in that a club of our size doesn't need a Director of Communications - especially when that money is needed elsewhere.
But I do think one should be in the long-term plans.
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Post by completewingback on May 25, 2018 1:37:43 GMT
Do you not think our manager is experienced now after four seasons? I’m sure a DOF would undermine him, Look at Mark McGhee, Ray Graydon they are both experienced and look what happened there. Bringing Ian Holloway in as a DOF is a crazy idea that is why I said what I said as you seem to be on a crusade against our current manager. No D C only has 2 years experience at this level and is learning as he goes along at our cost bringing Olly in would not only add experience but also give us all confidence in the future yes I am on a crusade against D C , I would have him out tomorrow if I had my way Relax, kegandeg, please. It's off-season
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Post by peterparker on May 25, 2018 5:04:11 GMT
There were lots of "thank you for.your support" type messages at the end of the season. DC was full of that in his last few post match interviews and he's pretty senior in the club. I don't buy the matchday programme but would imagine there were similar messages in there from the Chairman. But even if there weren't, I'm not sure it warrants a Director of Communication! As for the Colony and Mem, if there's nothing to report, I'm not sure what they can say other than there's nothing to report. Darrell should be concerned about any delays to the Colony, not us. We all want to know what will happen at the Mem because it affects us directly, but let's give them a chance. It's less than a year since the UWE project collapsed. I'm no expert, but I would imagine drawing up realistic plans takes a lot longer than that. The Lansdown interview isn't so much about how City's communication with fans ìs better than ours, but instead highlights the way they market their club. Can't stand the bloke, but he has got the right people in there to market themselves far better than we do. Hopefully the appointment of Tom Gorringe will address that over coming months. Re the Mem there seems loads to report, the pitch improvements, at least two new stands, possibly a new club shop, as far as TG he's in charge of marketing not media/communication. There was a big peice about the pitch communicated though
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Post by Somersetgas on May 25, 2018 7:45:35 GMT
Do you not think our manager is experienced now after four seasons? I’m sure a DOF would undermine him, Look at Mark McGhee, Ray Graydon they are both experienced and look what happened there. Bringing Ian Holloway in as a DOF is a crazy idea that is why I said what I said as you seem to be on a crusade against our current manager. No D C only has 2 years experience at this level and is learning as he goes along at our cost bringing Olly in would not only add experience but also give us all confidence in the future yes I am on a crusade against D C , I would have him out tomorrow if I had my way He still has four years experience as a Manager with us and had done a good job. Keep going with your crusade but be careful what you wish for.
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Post by lpgas on May 28, 2018 0:21:36 GMT
The communication is appalling. But we wont get one because they don't want us to know anything except about the actual players, teams and so on. They don't want to talk about the Colony or ground development. To be honest I am embarrassed at the state of the ground . It looks like its set up as a pre Badminton Horse trial centre. Actually though one of the first thing to happen at the ground involved some tents and that was Buffalo Bills Wild West Show. Interestingly at the age of eleven I was introduced to a man who took part in it. You never realise any of this stuff is important until your old. He will be long gone now but I wish I had asked him some questions
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Post by lpgas on May 28, 2018 0:30:06 GMT
Do you not think our manager is experienced now after four seasons? I’m sure a DOF would undermine him, Look at Mark McGhee, Ray Graydon they are both experienced and look what happened there. Bringing Ian Holloway in as a DOF is a crazy idea that is why I said what I said as you seem to be on a crusade against our current manager. No D C only has 2 years experience at this level and is learning as he goes along at our cost bringing Olly in would not only add experience but also give us all confidence in the future yes I am on a crusade against D C , I would have him out tomorrow if I had my way And replace with Holloway? Nooooooo. Holloway got lucky with us. He just happened to have to right players at the right time, and to be honest he spent a lot of money. He also wasn't a "players manger". Some of them though he was a plonker for a better word. Then after everyone who was decent left he bought some real duffers, and had he stayed he would have taken us down
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Post by pirate on May 28, 2018 0:40:46 GMT
No D C only has 2 years experience at this level and is learning as he goes along at our cost bringing Olly in would not only add experience but also give us all confidence in the future yes I am on a crusade against D C , I would have him out tomorrow if I had my way And replace with Holloway? Nooooooo. Holloway got lucky with us. He just happened to have to right players at the right time, and to be honest he spent a lot of money. He also wasn't a "players manger". Some of them though he was a plonker for a better word. Then after everyone who was decent left he bought some real duffers, and had he stayed he would have taken us down "He just happened to have to right players at the right time, and to be honest he spent a lot of money." Who brought those "right players" to the club in the first place? If he spent a lot, then you have to say Ollie also made us about £8 million in transfer fees coming into the club.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on May 29, 2018 5:12:39 GMT
And replace with Holloway? Nooooooo. Holloway got lucky with us. He just happened to have to right players at the right time, and to be honest he spent a lot of money. He also wasn't a "players manger". Some of them though he was a plonker for a better word. Then after everyone who was decent left he bought some real duffers, and had he stayed he would have taken us down "He just happened to have to right players at the right time, and to be honest he spent a lot of money." Who brought those "right players" to the club in the first place? Gary Penrice.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 5:33:21 GMT
"He just happened to have to right players at the right time, and to be honest he spent a lot of money." Who brought those "right players" to the club in the first place? Gary Penrice. Apologies if I'm having a sense of humour bypass but on the basis you're not joking... So, to summarise the above posts, Ollie was lucky that he had the right players at the right time (despite his first job having to replace the departing Marcus Stewart). Ollie then spent lots of money on poor players but Penny was responsible for the good ones, thus making us lots of profit...? Could it be that some on here are rewriting history to fit their own agenda?
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Post by Hugo the Elder on May 29, 2018 6:08:58 GMT
Apologies if I'm having a sense of humour bypass but on the basis you're not joking... So, to summarise the above posts, Ollie was lucky that he had the right players at the right time (despite his first job having to replace the departing Marcus Stewart). Ollie then spent lots of money on poor players but Penny was responsible for the good ones, thus making us lots of profit...? Could it be that some on here are rewriting history to fit their own agenda? I don't know. I don't agree with most of what's written here but I do think Penrice was responsible for a lot of the players we unearthed during that spell.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 8:43:32 GMT
Apologies if I'm having a sense of humour bypass but on the basis you're not joking... So, to summarise the above posts, Ollie was lucky that he had the right players at the right time (despite his first job having to replace the departing Marcus Stewart). Ollie then spent lots of money on poor players but Penny was responsible for the good ones, thus making us lots of profit...? Could it be that some on here are rewriting history to fit their own agenda? I don't know. I don't agree with most of what's written here but I do think Penrice was responsible for a lot of the players we unearthed during that spell. I'd agree, Penrice was and is a very good spotter of players and undoubtedly played a big part in the recruitment of some gems at that time. However, it would surely be wrong to give him the credit for the good signings and say that Holloway made the bad ones.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on May 29, 2018 8:54:46 GMT
I don't know. I don't agree with most of what's written here but I do think Penrice was responsible for a lot of the players we unearthed during that spell. I'd agree, Penrice was and is a very good spotter of players and undoubtedly played a big part in the recruitment of some gems at that time. However, it would surely be wrong to give him the credit for the good signings and say that Holloway made the bad ones. Yeah probably but I think of the 2, Penrice was the bigger miss. Apples and Oranges I suppose.
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