General Feedback from Friday's visit at OUFC

[RyanioBirdio]

Robinson should not be at this meeting, it‘s difficult to be critical of someone when they are in earshot. And especially so given his intimidating personality. That’s naughty of them to bring him along.

The group should’ve invited me along to wait in the car park so that after Robinson walked in, I walked in. Then it would’ve been a party. Like a s**t WWE promo with sandwiches and cups of tea.

 

[Pgyellow]

So when the staff were asked their opinions was KR present then too?

 

[unification]

'Did you see what he was doing?'
'No'
'Me neither'

'It seems he's got a song for us ...'

What do you get with a team of such crap?
An injury pile up and a dodgy left back
Losing Sykes, Forde and Taylor was a crying shame
You know exactly who's to blame

Robbo and his yes-men!

Liam, Kelly, doom-pa-dee-da
If you've sacked Robbo, then you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Liam Kelly doom-pa-dee-do

[Exits to Rochdale]

 

[Sarge]

So when the staff were asked their opinions was KR present then too?

good question

 

[werthersoriginal]

Robinson should not be at this meeting, it‘s difficult to be critical of someone when they are in earshot. And especially so given his intimidating personality. That’s naughty of them to bring him along.

You're expecting too much. No boss would invite people in to discuss a member of staff in public without them being present.

 

[Mad Dog]

I think it is a good thing he is there. I imagine he wasn't best pleased when TW sprung this on him either!

It’s a meeting where KR will be the main point of focus, I bet he f*****g loves it!!

 

[Bacon]

Yes but he shouldn’t be present when people want to ask about reasons for our poor performance & poor transfer windows, which were all through faults of his own unfortunately. So no, it stops people or makes people feel like they can’t actually ask the hard hitting questions they need to & knowing his personality he will take over & just spout rubbish to fill time & just generally chat bullshit like he normally does. That’s why.

Wait, let me get this straight…

The person who is solely responsible for our poor on pitch performance is available for questioning, and you don’t want him there?

Right, ok [emoji1360]

 

[Bicester Yellow]

You're expecting too much. No boss would invite people in to discuss a member of staff in public without them being present.

Then maybe the meeting should of taken place away from where Robinson was then, be that at the training ground or stadium, either/or

 

[Followtheox1]

It’s a meeting where KR will be the main point of focus, I bet he f*****g loves it!!

I imagine that would depend somewhat on the questions he is asked. Could be really uncomfortable for him.

 

[Bicester Yellow]

Wait, let me get this straight…

The person who is solely responsible for our poor on pitch performance is available for questioning, and you don’t want him there?

Right, ok [emoji1360]

No, because some of us know the reason for that poor performance & honestly it’s not something I’d wish to discuss in front of him because I’d imagine it would be quite uncomfortable for him to answer such questions in front of superiors. Especially if they aren’t aware of it.

 

[Mad Dog]

Maybe if you feel unable to criticise someone in front of them then you shouldn't criticise them

In my previous job, a number of us had an issue with our line manager, who we felt was lazy and underperforming, rude and bullying, so we organised a meeting with our main manager.

At the first meeting, said line manager also attended, and many of the people in attendance understandably clammed up (not me) and it was a waste of time, and nothing changed.

The next time we called a meeting with our manager, we insisted the line manager wasn’t allowed to attend, and it was much more productive, people opened up and got stuck in, and it really opened our managers eyes to what had been going on, and he made sure relevant action was taken.

 

[Yellow River]

The meeting at the training ground with TW & KR.
The five minutes fans forum on RadOx with KR.
@Scotchegg ’asked’ to spread the info that TW has spoken to everyone at the club and all is well.
Players on the OWS/Twitter being asked to push off field unity.

Quite a big PR exercise in the last 2 or 3 days, the main theme being pushed is that Robinson hasn’t lost the dressing room.

 

[Mad Dog]

I imagine that would depend somewhat on the questions he is asked. Could be really uncomfortable for him.

Nah, good or bad questions, he’s a huge egomaniac, and will be loving all the attention

 

[Carpy]

The group should’ve invited me along to wait in the car park so that after Robinson walked in, I walked in. Then it would’ve been a party. Like a s**t WWE promo with sandwiches and cups of tea.

Bet you'd have got naked

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Quite a big PR exercise in the last 2 or 3 days, the main theme being pushed is that Robinson hasn’t lost the dressing room.

Indeed. The problem being that, judging on all recent performances, if he hasn't 'lost the dressing toom' then he has a team full of willing workers whom he is unable to organise properly. Different cause, same result - both down to him.

 

[chuckbert]

In my previous job, a number of us had an issue with our line manager, who we felt was lazy and underperforming, rude and bullying, so we organised a meeting with our main manager.

At the first meeting, said line manager also attended, and many of the people in attendance understandably clammed up (not me) and it was a waste of time, and nothing changed.

The next time we called a meeting with our manager, we insisted the line manager wasn’t allowed to attend, and it was much more productive, people opened up and got stuck in, and it really opened our managers eyes to what had been going on, and he made sure relevant action was taken.

But you were employees. This is a situation with customers. The power relationship is inverted.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

All finished up.

Very interesting meeting. Lots of things spoken about.

 

[Berliner]

Nah, good or bad questions, he’s a huge egomaniac, and will be loving all the attention

Unless they are from Nathan Cooper, of course.

 

[yellowbow]

I await the proper debrief of todays meeting with interest.

But. At the start of this week I was of the opinion that, as a CEO of a professional football club, TW was horribly out of his depth, and that Thursday and Friday would go a long way in demonstrating if that was accurate.

Nothing I have learnt so far convinces me otherwise.

 

[Berliner]

I have a weird image in my head of you guys there as the golden ticket winners but KR and TW are playing the characters of Veruca Salt and Violet Beauregarde!

"I want an injury-prone winger. DADDY, buy me an injury-prone winger, right now!"

(one for the Roald Dahl purists there...)