I have now finally listened/watched all 3 interviews, i haven't seen the Adver one but i am sure it is the same info but in print form. My take:
The Club interview was a PR stunt, and a bad one at that, edited together to make sure that Clems 5 or 6 key points that he wanted to get across did, and were repeated frequently - so put that one to one side.
The 2 worth listening to are the SM one and BBC, for 2 different reasons. In the SM LSPOD he mentioned that he was first in the queue and suggested this was a good thing, i actually disagree with that. (Obviously Sam is on here so he can respond if he feels the need) I actually think as far as interviews go, the BBC one was better because Clem was in grumpy mode by then, and Andrew Hawes was able to get under his skin remarkably easilty but in the usual professional, almost polite manner in which Andrew always conducts his interviews, but he did ask the more taxing questions and did follow up when the question was avoided, albeit Clem sometimes just repeating what he said first time around.
I would have liked to have heard Sam interviewing Clem in grumpy mode, as i believe that a few more techy responses to Sam may have lead to him being a bit more agressive with follow ups and without any BBC policies hanging over his head. Sam did mention once or twice in his LSPOD piece that there were a few topics that maybe he should have raised, and i also keep in mind that although we know Sam from previous, he is the new kid on the block in STFC journalism terms, so maybe timing of this wasn't ideal for him.
Having said that, although i thought that the BBC interview was the better one due to topics of question and the grumpiness, i got more out of the SM/LSPOD portion of the content. I know that it is probably not possible for Andrew Hawes to do this type of thing because of the BBC, but hearing some of the context around the interview and Sam's thoughts on the current situation, and comparing the goings on with previous regimes was great to hear, and I am hoping that once he is back into the swing of things properly that we will see some real investigative journalism back in town that we probably haven't seen since he was last around. This is no disprespect to Andrew and Joe from the Adver, but they are working under strict policies and financial governence that means that there is only so much they can do.
The likes of Ryan Whelan and The Lower Leagie look have been tweeting over the course of this week stating that the information about the goings on at the club is out there, and if they can find it then others can find it - my hope that one of the group will now get stuck in and find out what these people are alluding to in their tweets and start to expose the details more, but not in an ITK way that those guys do.
A few more things i think need mentioning from the interviews. When Sam mentioned nafarious individuals, Clem started off by saying that there aren't any, and then without prompting went on to mention Zav Austin and how much loyalty he has towards him - i think this on it's own tells you that Clem knows exactly what Zav is and has zero intention of making him leave the group that is controlling the club, so if that one is on your wishlist for Clem Bouncebackability, then it ain't gonna happen.
Also at the end of the BBC interview, Andrew ended it with handing over the platform to Clem so that he could articulate and convince the frustrated fanbase as to why they should stick around. He came up with, we are working really hard x2, we apologise and get behind Gav and the team, that was it.. your chance to sell the club and promote your vision for the future to get people back on side, and that was it.
I know that was a lot of guff to read, and most probably didn't want to read it or give a crap about my thoughts, but there you go, feel free to put me on ignore
