billyturleyscurlywurly
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Must admit, this did bring a smile to my faceGood interview, he’s a class act unlike others.
Nice to hear him contradict Tim’s statement about the club overcommunicating.
I was surprised to read your comment, WE, because that's not at all the impression I got from the interview. So I listened to it again, and I don't think there's much support for your view. I know where he lives, but he could just as easily have been living in Kidlington (or Tackley) and said as often "they tell me..." or "I've never been told" (I didn't catch one example of "I haven't heard" although I realize that these are just synonyms). For example, the planning team keeps him informed of the timeline, and what's he supposed to say instead of "I've heard reports that" some people aren't happy with the communication? He's not going to say that he's been reading this forum and sees on here that people are upset about the degree of communication. He also quite clearly said "I've never been told that we're maxed out [on money for new players]" but he's talking about hearing from the people with the money--the owners.Sounded like a man who lives in Malaysia and is chairman of a club across the other side of the world. "I haven't heard" was said a lot - is that supposed to encourage us?
Good interview, he’s a class act unlike others.
Nice to hear him contradict Tim’s statement about the club overcommunicating.
Don’t be silly. He’s merely decided to give an interview to the local media less than a week before a potentially difficult open forum - having previously only given one interview in the last year or so - because he’s such a decent fella.Call me a cynic, but this sounds a lot like an interview that can be referred back to at the fans forum in lieu of giving more in-depth answers:
‘As I said to Jerome…’
‘I’ve nothing to add to what I said…’
‘I’ve covered this elsewhere…’
It takes no more than a brief look at the forum to realise that there are many, many questions relating to the stadium development. All of them pose major queries over finance, ownership, cost etc. etc. Far more questions than could be answered, properly, in the limited timescale of a 1 1/2 hour Fans Forum. Perhaps a better structure in which to approach the forum would be following a comprehensive response from the Board and CEO detailing the points that have already arisen. This would allow everyone to see if the answers to their questions had been answered and then pose follow up questions at the forum proper.
Tim Williams thinks the club is over communicating, Grant Ferguson does not, so no, it's notDid Ferguson say anything that Williams hasn't said? With the excepting of "I don't think we're over communication but I don't think we're under communicating either" then the messages coming from the club are the same.
Tim Williams thinks the club is over communicating, Grant Ferguson does not, so no, it's not
With the exception of "I don't think we're over communication but I don't think we're under communicating either" then the messages coming from the club are the same.