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Power on bbc wilts at 6pm to take questions

Taking screened questions I should think.

I'll have a go at getting on.

Send us something in Audrey.

So far we've got questions to ask about Fanzai (and it's effectiveness), the club's media policy, the club's transfer policy and signings ahead of the transfer window closing.

What method is best?

Tweet @bbcwiltssport is best or text 81333 and start your message with the word Wiltshire. Would you be happy to come on and speak to the chairman?

Sure. Would you/he need to know my question beforehand?

Ideally yes.

As it stands, we have been sent questions about Fanzai, media policy and transfer policy but nobody is able to come on to put their questions directly to the chairman - those topics are still up for grabs when it comes to speaking to him directly.

From our point of view, the more fans who are available to talk to the chairman, the better.

We've already asked the chairman about his favourite cheese, so we don't really want to go over old ground there though ;)

Why were the Liverpool tickets cheaper than the Sheffield tickets?

Ha

I'm going for 18.14 for the Miles question incidentally, I think it will be pushed up the agenda by his cameo on Saturday

Insightful question that we still haven't had satisfactorily answered from the last phone in.

Regarding talking to LP directly, sure thing let me know how to submit my question and how/when to contact the programme.

Gonna be nice and early, 18:08 I think. #StoreyIsOurSaviour.

I'm going for 18:20

P 1 W 1 - The storey story. Glory.

Our supporters do worry me and questions like this just make me cringe:

@richmumford: @BBCWiltsSport Sorry but what happens when luck with spotting talent runs out and odd amazing loan player stop :-(

@richmumford: @BBCWiltsSport seems the loan players are very much used to help paint over cracks. Ie Take Turnbull and keeper out

I do often wonrder if some of our supporters actually understand the basics of football and that any signing needs an element of luck. Seems to be missing the point of loan players just slightly... Worryingly he's a financial adviser!

He may mean its riskier to bring in untried youngsters (than more established players) I guess.

He's just ignored that given (we are told) we can't afford established players there isn't much choice.

Actually, I think that was your point. Erm, yeah, I agree.

If we were continually crap I'd worry about our methods, we arent.

I expect that most league clubs would like to pick up young talent as we do to a degree. The difference is that we're good at it.

Any signing is a risk. I mean 'established' players like Prutton and Harley were just such a success. Some of our fans just don't seem to grasp the basics of football.

No doubt there are risks either way. And I'm not against the way we are doing things at all.

But there is a case to make in that, how many teams get promoted using our method? Most spend to bring in quality/experience. Some don't work out, but on balance to me it seems most who go up have spent.

Of course we could be the first to do so using our method. Yeovil have already done so on a low budget.

And the spending option isn't currently available to us - this is what needs to sink in across the fan base IMO.

Exactly. Anyone remember the Cureton/Thorpe dream team up front? That was a big roaring success.

Yeovil are hardly stands up to scrutiny. Heading back to non league at a rate of knots.

That'll teach that tosspot chairman of theirs

but they did show both sides of things, success on A shoestring and now...

It's exactly this. You look on Twitter and you get the same old idiots banging on that Power is stealing money and saying we should be spending the '£4 million' from the Luongo and Gladwin sale on players. They seem oblivious to the 2014 loss, or the training ground purchase or the 60% salary cap. It's embarrassing how much they moan about Power based more on their ignorance rather than anything he has done. That's why I can't listen to these phone ins or the texts after games as people just make a fool of themselves!

What do we think then. Simply following on his promise of more phone-ins or has Power got something to say/news?

He got mentioned bloody quickly.

I'd be surprised if it's not simply the former.

...and here come the barrage of mong comments (98% likely) On the phone-in obviously.

Was that Audrey?

Twas

Was I twattish

 :yes: I do think so, possibly it did seem like the question he was hinting at....

Don't think Sam M will be happy about the "cut and paste" comments.

I thought you did good. Challenged Power quite well, not sure Shaun was as impressed with his BBC hat on with his comment afterwards :D

Cut me off

Haha, you did well to get more than one question in...

Yeah I clicked at that. You did alright Aud  :pint:

My missus said I had a right ooooo-aaaaar accent

Fucking Londoner!

Somebody just said 'asset-stripping'

What a knob

Fuck i missed that?

cringe moment when he said it..

Just a thought. If you can listen to the phone in why don't you listen to the BBC game commentary instead of using Player

Online commentary is cut off.

It gets switched off during game time on-line. 

Bastards

Did power just liken something to 'buying a house' he is learning!

If you got a D.A.B though you can still listen, as Wilts has a D.A.B station. Obvs if you live in range you can listen on the old FM

Contractual

Andrew Steele-Davis is going to focus on the Ice Hockey this week.

 :upsetbye:

Think he might struggle in Bangkok though ;)

By Contractual bastards we all really mean BSkyB and Murdoch linked.

I don't even know what D.A.B. is.

Digital audio something

Balls, I forgot FH is over there.

Broadcasting

Bollocks

We need to sign some Watusis, apparently

I wonder what style of football this guy likes.

Get it up!

Preston styleeee

I'm going 5-0 Arsenal 66/1

Oh dear

Well done everyone. I cant hear the phone in, and I have absolutely no idea from this thread what was said :) Outstanding bollocks quota.

We got no debt except to Power - the most important thing

All outstanding debt in club owed to Power.
He's put in £3M, some has come back to him through player sales, some needs to go on training facilities.

On the iplayer from 8pm, I'm sure somebody will post the link.

I'm on my phone so not easy to post questions being asked...

Fucking right, Lee. We ARE a big(ISH) club in this league

Steeeeevvvveeeee Andddeerrrsonnn haha, Lee had to mention him again. The Myth.

So did anyone catch that at the end? Shaun Hodgetts asked Lee "Who will be captain on Saturday as we no longer have Mas, Wes or Yas..."

Thought Kasim still played for town?  :hmmm:

No this Saturday though!

Is it me or does Sam Moreshead and ASD have sour grapes. The club have made a decision about the app, and he keeps harping on about it.

Of course...I am an idiot.  :suicide:

It's not just you, Sippo.

well duuuh

Funniest thing about that was the old bloke harping on about the match commentary being cut off before kick off due to league rights. Where the fuck has he been for the past 10 years? Its been like that since the internet was invented!

Was a bit of a pants phone in really. Not necessarily anybody's fault, rather a case of there not being anything new to discuss since the last one.

I think Power comes across really well and I'm glad he's been open to doing phone-ins regularly. Listening to him I just get a sense that we have someone in charge who knows what he's doing, has a clear strategy and is a football man with much better nouse than most chairman.

He does say "as you say / like you say" far too much though

Did you not hear him say "buying a training ground is a bit like buying a house"...

Break out the orange hats


;)

Yeah. No, yeah.

But we'll never get any real insights - unless Lee inadvertently  let's something slip, which is always possible

The last phone in was more revealing, but then we'd not had one in a while.

Maybe Power's being too open with the press?

This?

Of course, the last one had Coops as well. I like Coops.

Quote from: StfcRusty on Today at 19:29:31
I think Power comes across really well and I'm glad he's been open to doing phone-ins regularly. Listening to him I just get a sense that we have someone in charge who knows what he's doing, has a clear strategy and is a football man with much better nouse than most chairman.

He does say "as you say / like you say" far too much though
Quote from FlashHeart: Yeah. No, yeah.
He was repetitive in the "they are all big strong boys" quote too. Got something to tell us Lee  :soapy tit wank: :pint:

Link up on BBC now


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p030kckw (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p030kckw)

Hopefully that will shut that fucking whinging Sutton up now ;)

Thanks. Nope, who the bloody hell was that old fart who wouldn't shut up about we need bigger players. Jeez He was OCD.

Rafa captain Saturday then!

Really?

I don't think power actually said that.

However, as much a Raffa terrifies me, I can also, somehow, see him going on to be a club legend.

For the right reasons?..  ;D

He may be halfway there already for 'that' forearm smash on Flint. So yeah, for the right reasons.

Ah yeah, of course.

Plus the goatee.

I reckon they might boost his confidence as he's started well. LP didn't know who it would be.

I reckon Turnbull will get the arm band.

Surely it should be Storey?

Be one of the 2, But Branco is my bet.

Surely you mean Him

Serious question PPA: why do you say this? I've known John Fry since semi-pro days. Runs a tight ship, won't put up with money- grabbing agents or players to the extent he'd rather they'd leave than upset the business model (Eg Paddy Madden after his one good season).

Got Yeovil to the Champ. with a budget up to 15 times smaller than some clubs in the 3rd Div, debt-free as far as I know and with no support from the local politicians ref plans to expand the income stream of the club.

Anything but a tosspot I'd say.

Can a mod do the word swap thingy, so everytime someone types Storey it become Him.

Like ages ago when cunt became babe, or the whole Franchise thing.

Can someone please get a Town shirt literally with "HIM" on the back?

Remind me tomorrow when I'm sober.

Just listened to this.  If we don't get it right under LP we never will is my assessment.

When Yeovil got promoted to the Championship there was a vote of the 24 clubs in that league about whether a fairer allocation of the money the FL received should given to L1 and L2 clubs. Fry voted against - which now, of course, has come back to bite him in the arse.

Just listened back. This guy - seriously, where on the earth was the producer vetting this.

Bad wasnt it

There was a massive pause like.... what the fuck do you expect you retard. Hilarious.

So, in summation, LP is either an evil genius and brilliant manipulator of people or just a semi-decent bloke doing his best and making decisions he sees fit...?

TBH, nobody will know what his legacy will be until his tenure as chairman finishes.

So far, nearly everything he has done has worked out well. It will be interesting to see how he reacts when things don't go well.

Judging from his over-reaction to some mildly critical headlines, extremely badly. Let's hope this remains as speculation and things continue to go well!

I see the Adver has picked up lots of positive points from the phone in to report on today.  Not to mention some of the fucking idiots who comment on those articles.