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STFC: Fan's phone-in this FRIDAY at 6pm on BBC Wiltshire with @Official_STFC Chairman Lee Power https://t.co/IwTScFYbnt

That, to me, suggests signings today. Unless of course Power is so out of touch he doesn't realise the growing frustrations within the fan base.

Signings incoming then. Or he's completely lost his shit.

I saw that and the first thing that came to mind for me was signings also.

Exactly what I said on the fb group. Singings incoming..

Bet they're good, power will love bring able to tell fans to stfu. To be fair, if they are good then rightly so to an extent.
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The fb group isn't so bad if you ignore and don't debate the 'power is Satan' type posts..

Also to add to the signings incoming bit, luke williams has been to the gym pretty much every morning since Christmas, this morning however he has not.........

Yes I am clutching at straws...........

He's going to be in such a strop. :)

"I'm hurting too, Shaun."
"It's not been good enough, Shaun."
"We play Irish football, Shaun"
"You'll have to ask....., Shaun"
"He's a muggy little cant, Shaun."

The last one was under his breath.

Wonder how upset he's going to be when Sherwood gets criticised

#50ShadesOfRed

If it is Hodgetts doing the phone-in then it will be nothing more than a Friday evening love-in!!  Get Steve White to host it - he does not appear to be frightened to speak his mind.

I am guessing very. #theinvisibleman

I'm willing to bet that if signings are made today then Power will attribute it to Timmy. Hope someone manages to ask some decent questions this time, unfortunately I'll be travelling back from Southampton when it's broadcast.

Write your questions here and io will copy them onto a email if you want

Really looking forward to somebody asking where the dickie dosh has gone. That's a question that really needs asking, I'm surprised nobody's asked it yet.

"What do you feel about being judged every single minute, of every single day, by ill informed people on the Internet"?

It would be asked by BBC Wilts stop people phoning in.

All season we have had no pace, no direction and a lot of times we have had no desire.  Where has it all gone wrong Lee?

In the absence of any information, people are inclined to fill in the gaps with all sort of shit.

Can't really blame them.

And, imo, any signings today doesn't wipe out the pathetic recruitment policy in the last 2/3 windows.

He needs taking to task vigorously. I'll try my best.

Cheers.

1. Does Power admit that his model is flawed? I.e., does he accept that there is a need for an experienced spine, which would make us more competitive and actually help bring on the younger players.
2. What does Sherwood actually do? If he does, as was said at his unveiling, have responsibility for tactics, signings, team selection, etc, what does Williams do?
3. Sherwood said at his press conference that if things were going wrong on the pitch he'd be on the touch line. Things have been 'going wrong' for most of his time here and he's been on the touch line once. Why is this?
4. If the answer to question 2 confirms that Sherwood is in total control of the playing side, why doesn't he front up to the media post match? If Williams is now a bit part player, why is he wheeled out after every abject performance to basically say it isn't his fault?
5. It's gone very quiet on the training ground, can he provide an update?
6. Is he willing to admit that there is currently a growing disconnect between the club and supporters and has he any plans to improve this situation?

How do you think it compares with Di Canio?

People will point to the good players he signed, but his hit rate of decent players can't have been much better.

I guess when you have a budget that's 2 or 3 times the rest of the division (which we did in league 2) it's easier to do because you can just buy & discard players.

Success on the pitch covers up poor recruitment. Di Canio bought players for too much, paid them too much and they had very little sell-on value.

Power has done the complete opposite. All we really want is a happy medium.

I assumed he meant the approach (last minute desperation, total youth policy, hopefully get bailed out later when it doesn't work) .

There are always going to be hits and misses at clubs at every level.

edit: too slow

Here you go then:

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He-he!

Finding out about "one of the best appointments - Sherwood" has to be top of the priority.

Some very good points.

Cheers, going to be at work/traveling back. Probably already on the list. You can use my real name or I can email them in myself.

1. Given Tim Sherwood is in overall control on all aspects of the football side, why isn't he fronting up to the press/fans and influencing things from the sidelines. With the greatest respect to Luke Williams, he's just a coach, I don't care what he thinks anymore. Does Tim have a contractual reason not to do it himself (e.g. a compromise agreement clause with Villa)

2. Our summer recruitment for the last two seasons has been poor. We've left it last minute and invested on what in my opinion are unproven punts. This view has been backed up by January panics where we've had to rely on signing previous players on loan to try and bail us out.

While the pursuit of break even is both commendable and indeed necessary, isn't it time to tweak the formula slightly for next year. The team is crying out for more established experienced heads, and we won't always be lucky with former players availability, QPR, Brighton and Chelsea will move them on.

2b. Moreover sizeable number of fans are on the verge of giving up on regular support of the Town under this model, they can't see it ever improving and feel alienated from the club.

It would be foolish to dismiss this as the "outspoken few", I'm talking about people I've been going to football with for many many years and I hear it replicated in many quarters.

How are you going to address a) the transfer policy issue and b) the complete PR disaster that has resulted from the complete lack of communication and engagement from yourself and the DoF? Please convince them next year will be different.

3. What happened with being "stuck" with 7 loan players? Did a loan->perm deals not come off? Which parent clubs will allow them to be "rested" and which parent clubs will insist they play/charge us more for not playing them?

4. Were we remunerated in any way to terminate Murray's contract?

5. Do you feel time taken addressing Waterford's needs has been detrimental to Swindon Town?

6. Explain the thinking behind the Feruz loan and the Starkey buy. Feruz looks somewhat limited and no better that what we have - was he a condition of taking the other two? Starkey could be brilliant, but we have so many midfield options at the club it is hard to make sense of the signing. Is he one for the future?

Congratulations on getting Ince and Ajose, they could be the difference between relegation and survival.

cock sucker :)

Want to get in on Sunday.

Also £5 a go...;)

:D

The Mrs promised she wouldn't tell....

Ooooh, I see.

1) Why do we only appear to sign players who are unable to deal with the physical side of the game - Ince excepted.
2) Given the above and the the continued ineffectiveness of our midfield this season, why has Tom Smith not been given more of a go.
3) What message does this send to Smith, Young etc or any of our other youngsters who could do no worse than a lot of the existing players. When they play, they play ok. More experienced heads let them down so we bring in youngsters from other clubs on loan and they fall down the pecking order. Does that make sound commercial sense?
4) Why do people at the club continually talk about attacking football when it is the most boring, turgid in memory with very few opportunties to score
5) Why is there a clear lack of leadership both on and off the pitch. When things go wrong on the pitch, there is nobody to turn to.

I'm glad you asked 3. Guess its subjective and so they aren't considered good enough (though I disagree)

Are you serious about progressing the club or are you just using STFC as a showcase for young players you think you can make a profit from?

Missed this, Sherwood sort of speaks. ST renewals must be out next week :)

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/15063715.We_ve_tried_to_correct_recruitment_mistakes__admits_Town_director_of_football_Sherwood/?ref=mr&lp=3

https://twitter.com/FootballManager/status/826771474929299457 (https://twitter.com/FootballManager/status/826771474929299457)

Some of the replies here were mildly amusing.

Superb

All fair bar number 1. Norris, Jones, Thomas, Ince, Gladwin, JSW, Furlong, Dabo? - all signings this season off the top of my head that "can deal with physical side of the game".

This idea we only sign small, non-physical players is a myth. Plot your best XI and tell me how many can't cope physically.

A midfield 3 of Gladwin, Colkett, Goddard - which we have fielded recently - are not going to put a tackle in. Niggly trips and fouls, yes.

Hopefully, Ince will help rectify this, but it can't all be down to one player. The emphasis on passing at every opportunity seems to have morphed into a 'don't bother tackling, lads' philosophy.

Connor Thomas?? Physical?? Fuck me, I've heard it all now. Must be 6'2 & I've hardly seen him put a tackle in all season.

My question to him would be..

We hear a lot about how Mr Power has been a footballer and a businessman...but has he ever been a fan? What as a fan makes him excited to follow a football club?

I haven't got a clue what our best XI is at the moment. Out of your list though I recognised Ince as probably being able to deal with it, the others I would say not.
although Norris has played 30 odd games, I can't remember him putting in a decent tackle or intimidating his defender.
Jones is lightweight for a centre half. 
Thomas - lets not go there. You might want to retract that one.
Gladwin - good on the ball,  crap off it.
JSW - see Jones.
Furlong - see Jones and JSW
Dabo - possibly
Lets agree to disagree and maybe we have a different definition of physical. I regard it as being able to dish out a little bit and take it - most of our lot can't, hence I feel the need to sign some players that can to allow our "footballers" to play - protection if you like.

Lots of responses that we don't tackle enough. That's not what being able to cope physically means in my book, but appreciate I see things differently to most.

On the occasions I've seen Thomas, mostly at CB weirdly, he has seemed fine physically. And the only difference I see between Jones and Branco physically is Branco dives in more, because he needs to, because he's not as good. Jones is, I'd guess, quicker, stronger and an equal in the air.

Tackling has largely disappeared from the game, as players dive on physical contact and fouls lead to cards etc.  So your physicality has to be demonstrated by getting in and around an opponent to be able to nick the ball....what in this day and age is called pressing. It requires high levels of fitness and strength, and of course sometimes it will go wrong and you foul.

It is this which our players lack. 

Thinking about games v Oxford I recall 92/93 season, which many rate as one of our finer seasons, we actually had a good number of crap performances, which is why gates were not much higher than now for many matches.  We got stuffed by Leicester and Derby 4-2 back to back..... fans felt that a midfield of Hazard, Moncur and Ling was a bit lightweight. Hoddle's reaction was to bring in Andy Gray on loan from Palace...he made his debut at the Manor, we won 1-0. Gray had that extra physicality that he could press the ball and then when winning it drive the team forward, it was quite a revelation.  Hodle didn't keep him for long, but Lingy sort of ended up doing the job....namely drive the team forward by running froim midfield.  It's something that Luongo used to do for us, but no-one since. Ben Gladwin can sort of do it, but he often looks a bit confused as to what he's meant to be doing....which is a coaching weakness, + the way his career has moved.

This is physicality, an ability to impose yourself on the opposition.... you don't need to be a gorilla but sometimes it helps.

It always amuses me when meeting players off the pitch, how puny they often are....unlike rugby players, who are often freaks.

Agree with a lot of this, hence why I think Ince could be an excellent signing in there alongside Colkett.

What are the plans for the managerial situation, Tim Sherwood is not a long term appointment and Luke Williams has shown he is not up to doing the top job, can you confirm you will not promote Ross Embelton to the manager chair and that there will be a proper manager in place for next season who can also recruit his own staff and players.

So you expect him to open himself up to a constructive dismissal claim live on the radio, good luck with that.

Indeed.

Gladwin would be in my starting 11. But tackling, physical strength holding people off the ball and tracking back aren't his strong points.  Same with Goddard and CC.

That's the problem as I saw it. Ince is the attempted solution - he's going to be great and then go down isn't he..

Why is it that we never hear from our "in charge of everything to do with the team" Director of Football in post-match interviews etc but he's apparently quite happy to talk to some Football Manager marketing Q&A about what he's doing or not doing with our team? Does he understand how disrespectful that looks?

This.

More to the point, does he even care how disrespectful that looks?

That would be the obvious supplementary, but I'd already asked two questions, didn't want to be greedy :)

Yep agreed on the interview thing as a whole, important to note that no other DoF does post-match though?

But are the other DOFs picking the team, deciding tactics, substitutions, recruitment. washing the kit etc etc

No, but then no other DoF is described as being in charge of selecting the team, tactics etc. It's not the title, it's the function. If Sherwood's responsible for picking the team, shape, tactics etc then he is responsible for what happens on the pitch so he should be the one to explain it. Instead of wheeling Williams out to shrug his shoulders and say "I dunno" as to why it's gone wrong yet again, whether there are any new signings coming, where we need new signings etc etc. That's just humiliating for Williams and frustrating for fans. If Sherwood's responsible for the team he should take some fucking responsibility. If he's not, who is?

Either way, refusing to face up after we've just watched another load of old bollocks while happily trotting out shite to some PR crap for a fucking computer game speaks volumes about how low down the priority list we come.

No, because he was getting paid to get them some publicity

Using the old adage less is more and silence is golden it would serve Power right if no one phoned in. To be fair those that do will no doubt be brushed off with the usual bollocks and non answered questions.

Those that think Power is Satan won't change their view regardless of what he says during the phone in.

Quite. He's either going to say something wrong or be lying.
And no doubt someone will moan that their question wasn't asked, even though it was "WERE DA JOSE MONEY" written on a brick with crayon.

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But he should be asked the questions.  Some  aspects of the club are bordering on farcical.

He can either listen, or not. His choice. I do believe many people are being put off now, and not just the special ones.

To be honest I don't think I'll ever fully trust him given his closed shop approach. Now you can call that my problem, and it is because I'll be back next year. But it's the clubs problem if it really does start affecting bums on seats. Even if everything other than the team is rosy.

The phone in should be a two way thing.

But yes, once you think someone is full of shit, whatever they say will be shit to you.

Phone calls generally have to be. Otherwise, it's just a nuisance call :)

The Trust will be live tweeting the phone in for those who can't listen live..

I have sent in all questions that were asked here and just said they are from this forum.

Thanks DRS

Excellent thanks Dean, although I doubt Shaun will read out any even slightly pressing questions and if he does then he or Power will probably instantly dismiss them as "shit stirring" despite the fact they are asked genuinely and are all (or pretty much all) very relevant.

Fucking grass ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBrwaCjJIFU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlMdNcvCJo



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I'm phoning in. So many questions, not sure which one to ask.

If you can't tell the difference between fucking and whispering, I bet you'd cause a right scene in church :)

I wonder if anyone will call in with anything positive? Knowing our fans, probably not.

We have signed some good players in the transfer window - that surely has to be a credit to those in charge.

 What positives are there?

We've signed some good players, albeit on loan.

There is so much negativity.

Maybe. But there's only one person responsible for all the shit we're in now.

Trump?

I think that you are right Sippo. It was clear that this team was sliding into the League 2 abyss and TS and LP have addressed that by bringing in a total of 9 players, as well as keeping Vigs. Yes 7 of them are loans, but the Chelsea lads aren't on their books for a laugh. Getting Gladwin and Ajose back is great business and the team has been lacking bite and goals and so Ince and Ajose should being this. We have also taken a couple of punts on Conroy and Starkey so I don't think we can say we have done nothing.

On paper, we should have enough to be in league 1 next year. Hopefully we can and Tactics and Lee can flex some muscle in the summer.

Chelsea are trying to replicate what the likes of Real Madrid have been doing for years.....namely hoover up as many possibly useful young players as you can.  Loan them out and then sell them for a decent price...acting a bit like a glorified agency.  The most recent example Patrick Bamford trousered Chelsea  6 mill, but never played a game for them. I think John Terry was their last academy product to play for them, during which time I'd imagine near on a thousand kids have gone through their system mostly to be discarded as non league standard.

However you want to lok at it the squad is still unbalanced with too many of the wrong type of players on loan and in the wrong positions, staying up is going to require one hell of a battle, just the sort of thing, there has been a conspicuous lack of desire for.

I am not sure i agree with that. We have filled the positions needed. If they are good enough or not we will wait and see

We needed a battling midfielder. We signed one.

We needed a goal scorer. We signed one.

We needed a CB. We signed one.

Not sure what else people wanted.

MORRRREEEEEE!!!

We needed them in the summer. Not as an afterthought when we are staring relegation in the face.

Signing Ajose, at least gives us a chance, without a scorer we were as good as down. But, there's a lot of pressure on him to deliver.  Cureton returned in 05/06 scored something like 7 in the last 18 which got us 3 or 4 wins, but still not enough.

I think Ajose fits best into a 3-5-2 system, so I'd expect to see something like this for Sun.

                                     Vigs
               Dabo, Branco, Nathan, Jones,  BOO
                         Kasim, Ince, Gladwin
                                Norris, Ajose

  SUBS:  Henry, Hylton, Smith, Brophy, Starkey, Conroy, Thomas

I hardly think we're staring relegation in the face, yeah we're a bit shit but there are 5 shitter teams below us and I genuinely think we are better than all of them. I think we have enough about us to stay up.

No BOO for me. Thompson there, new fella at CB.

Kasim wont be seen in a Town shirt again. Midfield 3 of Colkett, Gladwin and Ince

Beaker and Ajose - hoping

True, but Reg Smeeton reliably foresees relegation and untold misery every season, and has surely never been wrong to date.

Blimey, you're either a mega optimist or just very complacent. I'd say, at this moment, there are only 3 shitter teams than us.

Brilliant....reminds me of when I pointed out to Ray Hardman in 95 at an AGM our plight, he wouldn't countenance that we were in trouble.....I advised him to look at a league table.

 If you do the same, then you'll observe there are 4 teams below us all of whom we have to play in the coming 5 or 6 weeks, and the 2 immediately below us, have already beaten us quite easily this season.

According to the Adver BOO is still not ready. If you have that midfield, then you can't have one of Jones, Dabo, Ajose.  It's about balance, you need a left footer, as a left wing back. Brophy really doesn't seem to have any way recovered from his mystery ailment.

Starkey on bench instead of Stewart?

Jones went off injured last week i wouldn't be suprised if he was the loan who misses out Sunday.

Anyway i have sent the questions and had an email back asking if i am available between 6/7 which i am not, so don't be shocked if they don't ask them.

The Adver is reporting that it was only cramp and he will be ok for Sunday.

You picked BOO to start with - So, who comes in for who?

Kasim/godard in for ince/gladwin/colkett to allow Dabo/Thompson wing backs?

As the qns are from the TEF can't somebody from here be available between 6 and 7, by proxy? Perhaps you could PM a copy of the email to said proxy volunteer, and let the Beeb know that there will be someone available...

 I only went BOO, as I think this is the way to go to get Nathan and Ajose into the side.  I'd have got shot of him after laughinggasgate.  I actually have no idea what the current thinking is....although I'm sure there must be some strategy  :hmmm:

Sounds like you're volunteering for the job..... how much does a phone call to Russia cost?

Happy to send you the email

Get on it Reg, you talk a good game & it'll keep you off those porn sites for an hour  :nerner:

I should sign up if you put Boo in the team,obviously you can't have ever seen him.He must have been a burger maker at Arsenal,i can't believe i've spent my hard earned cash watching this headless chicken.More non league than Goddard.

I'd happily quiz Power if there were such things as AGM's or even Fan's Forums these days....

I thought you would know that with your predilection for things Eastern European :) Talking of which, I'll be tucked up in bed between 9 and 10 here (with any luck ;) )

First question about Tim Sherwood's role at the club.

Remit was to come and look at the players, coaching staff, backroom staff etc.

Decisions made between the 3 (Williams, Embleton and Sherwood)

Each signing during the window was down to Tim.

Luke has tools to help him now.

Question about why TS hasn't done many interviews etc - Basically TS couldn't add much more than LW does.

LP taking responsibility about poor recruitment but we've now spent more money in January than most teams in League 1 to recruit players and correct mistakes made pre-season. 

Think Simon may have had too many Guinnesses!

Rohan Ince is going to be amazing and then get locked up, isn't he?

ooooh Ed isn't happy.

Wow! Good man

Ed's got a script.

What a fucking moron on now reading from a script. He'll be a facebook bod.

Ed is a twat

I think he's got a twitter/FB group.

Now he's off rant/script he's asking better stuff

I thought Power dealt with Ed quite easily/well.

He's gunna blow!

Nah he's a twat  Yeah you ed if any doubt.

I agree.

I love how Ed moaned about the amount of loans but was then reminded about the season we got to Wembley when we used the loan system well. People tend to forget these things.

He's still trading off the PO season, though.

Ed lost any credibility when he refused to give Power any credit for the playoff season.

Power so far talked about how poor we've been this season, no mention of how bad we were last season?

Hi I'm Ed and I'm the fans leader of the group Fight the Power  :-[  :smugfu: what a cock.

I actually like listening to power and think he speaks very well. We have spent money, we do spend money, recruitment hasn't worked. This happens at clubs up and down the country. As long as we have a club to support on decent financial footing we will have good times and bad times

I have to be honest and had forgotten that Power had brought Luongo et al in.

Fight the Power on FB / Twitter, guy is a absolute bellend

Now go and say that in that Facebook group...... and good luck.

hahaha it's funny as hell in there right now

Thing that always strikes me is he comes across as sincere. You really should do this more Lee, as it calms people down, well some people, the sensible ones..

What that man said.

It's about a month late but usually does them 3 times a season, start, middle and end, guessing it's hard to organise and don't want too many as go over same questions

I just think this one was a little too long since the last.

Nobody wants to know all the ins and outs at the club, but there really is no excuse for the complete lack of interaction since Sherwood's been here

It was but with Xmas and transfer window, you can see why...... it would be nice to do them more often but due to his residency in Switzerland and other stuff, it can't be easy.

Yeah he fudged that a bit, something not quite right there.

Not for me, the timescale is fine, I know how things work. It could have saved ed a carton of printer ink on his script though. Sutton, always thinking of the village idiots i guess...

Sorry Gareth, but that's bollocks. If Power wanted to have a phone in he could do it from anywhere. Switzerland have phones, internet, Skype.... I'm far from a Power hater, but come on.

Good, sensible stuff from Margaret in Oxfordshire.

Quarterly phone-ins are fine. People only demand them when it's shit.

I'd rather this than, Twitter conversations.

Amen

Want do people genuinely want Sherwood to come out and say out of curiosity? He's still paid by Villa, he's helping out Power with recruitment and his managerial experience in a director of football role. Do directors of football usually do regular interviews after matches and to the press? Luke Williams role hasn't changed from what I'm aware of , he is the first team coach? He did interviews before Sherwood and should carry them on. The ONLY reason people want Sherwood to do match reports is because we are playing shit. If we were playing well no one would give a flying fuck

They always do them when he is in the country, we don;t know why they do it that way...... maybe a question to put to the BBC?

Big big offer for Vigs turned down in the transfer window.

He doesn't have a clause in his contract.

Oh god I think this clown Christian is from the FB group also.

FUCKING KRISTIAN!!!!!!

Oh man, that could've been legendary

aggggggh  a christian its him isnt it

yep and says the same shit again "why don't we buy players"....... Considering we had 20+ permanents at the start of the season  ???

He's responsible for tactics and picking the team. It's him that should be answering questions post-match irrespective of performance or result.

Ha ha Shaun binned him

I think he realised that he was going to be a liability.

He was too nervous anyway.

ooh ooh ooh tunnel..

But luke is the first team coach, first team coaches are fine doing interviews. First team coaches can still see what their players are doing wrong and give reviews of the match. We don't have a manager I think your struggling with that thought. We have director/ head coach format however our director has a wealth of managerial experience compared to our first team coach and is being used to his maximum

Would you genuinely be bothered about interviews if we playing well and successful? No. Of all the things to be bothered about this must surely be bottom of the list.

It was a different Christian judging by posts on that group

A dumber one? Is that possible?

Nothing startling in that, as others have said I enjoy listening to Mr Power, I think he comes across well.

That chat with Ed was amusing!

Power handled that well enough. Didn't get flustered even when Ed the peoples' saviour called in.

Lee Power was far more defensive and pissy during the previous phone-in. That was a return to form for him because, let's be honest, he normally negotiates his way through them quite well.

Missed the infamous Ed, so will have to listen to it when it's available on iPlayer.

I think you're juggling semantics. Sherwood's responsibilities are that of a traditional manager despite what job title he has.

I presume Luke carries out Sherwood's instructions. It's a strange managerial structure however you look at it - magnified by poor performances.

What did ed say? My internet cut out beforehand

I think the fans that are demanding for Power to go need to ask themselves just who is going to come in and buy the club? Yes, its hardly exciting not losing money but would you rather be like Coventry City, Blackburn, Blackpool with dodgy foreign owner who care little for the fans.

It sounds like we are in talks with the Eady Trust about the training ground, which is a positive thing.

When listening, just try not to think of 'Park Life' by blur.

More interesting that we are still talking to the council - unless that was just a general 'fluff' comment.

I think I'm going to be judging any real/significant discontent on how the ST sales go during pre-season. Lose against Oxford and there will be mild anarchy but that would happened with we were sitting comfortably in mid-table.

That's a good point though. Some would argue correlation is not causation..

Would be if the club owned the training ground not Power.

Can't see them parting with the cash

Nice comparison. I just imagine less dribbling on Park life.

I'd suggest that's probably part of the negotiation, in that the structure or percentage of ownership changes more favorably to the club.

Must have missed any Qs abput why LW hasn't been sacked or at what stage results would impact on his continued employment?

Was it because Power mucked up the recruitment?

Was the "hopefully" comment in passing posted earlier in regard to our continued League One status really promising enough to dispel LWs goldplated status?  There seems to be a holy trinity of unaccountability.

You did miss it, and yes he admitted he mucked up.

Well put.

Interesting when questioned on the amount of loans he slipped in that one or two of them could be made permanent allowing all the loan players into the match day squad.

think everyone expected that, I can see Ajose and Gladwin as most likely, Jones as an outside chance, the rest I can't see yet but never know.

Cant make anyone permanent now surely? The windows shut

I sort of half-heard that, but thought that he was suggesting they might be signed for next season as the window is closed. Can we make loans permanent after the window has closed?

Nope, they would have to be done in the summer like we did for Vigs

Are free agents not allowed to join up now?

yes, if they don't have a club we can sign them anytime as long as they haven't played for 2 other teams in the same season.

In which case that wouldn't solve the problem at all would it as the loans also expire at the end of the season?

The last time we signed Ajose we did so after the window closed as he was a free agent. Posh(?) cancelled his contract. But I think I read that that loophole has been closed. not sure how true that is though.

Also rather fishy.

What situation? He admitted he got the recruitment wrong and has used extra loans to fill the gaps so we have a competitive team, it's not like we went into the season with 7 loans, but all the teams around us did...... the loans being bought would be for next season, preparation  ::)

Was Leeds not posh

Either way, is that loophole still open?

I would guess so as the player is officially without a club, Caddis is the same at the moment

Seems you can convert an existing loan player to a permanent transfer outside of the transfer window, which relates to the transfer of the players registration.

Pretty certain Power said numerous times there that this was his fault and that the buck stops with him.

I think what might be needed is some sort of interview where he explains what he has learned and how it will be different next time, set some expectations, then for the same outlet to follow-up part way through the next window.

The question (or similar) was asked but he went off on a tangent about budgets. I don't think it was necessarily a deliberate ploy to avoid it, rather he just misread it.

I didn't think it was, hence why Joey Barton couldn't sign for Burnley until January even though his contract had been cancelled by Rangers.

Don't know if that's just in the Premier League though

It doesn't matter, provided we have the players registration by having them on loan, we can convert them to permanent (obviously with the selling clubs consent!)

I thought it was interesting to hear LP accept that the loss of corporate seating is an issue, which together with his comments about the Eady Trust and the Council made me feel a bit hopeful that he could be starting to think about doing up the CG, which he had previously said was not a priority

The situation of having 7 loan players but only being able to field 5 of them in the squad which was the situation under discussion:

Coventry, Rovers and a few others have the same "situation" as us and have done all season, I would say it's a positive as we have an abundance of quality players who we can change if we need e.g. play Gladwin one game, play Colkett the next.

Do you actually go to games?

I think Conor Thomas is the lynchpin our midfield desperately needs.

Want to see my ticket stubs? I don't get there as much as I would like too but yes I still go  ::)

It's subjective but we do have quite a few quality players but they just haven't performed this year, we have ripped the hell out of teams when they want too but too often we lay back and let the opposition do one over us.

Thompson, obika, Kasim, JSW (injured), Vigs, Brophy, Goddard, are all quality players but due to injuries and other factors just not shown that enough.

Ajose, Colkett, Gladwin, Ince & Dabo are all extra quality we have added to that list

We should be mid-table but have been let down by piss poor performances and dodgy tactics, we should be mid table with this team which hopefully they can put a few good performances in and score a few more goals, we shouldn't be fighting relegation.

Play him alongside Ince and I would think he would shine, when he is the only defensive midfielder he seems out of his depth but he has played over 100 games in this league and before an injury, was set to join Liverpool so can't be that bad as some fans make him out to be

Did I catch it right, that Williams does in fact pick the team after all?
Did the question about having to play loan players contractually/financially get asked.
He did say he owns the training ground, so he can hardly keep playing "the club is better off" card on that. Which is fine while he's still here but then ..

From what I heard Power answered quite competently, but without saying much.
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Oh and GG its not subjective about the 'abundance of quality', the league table is qualification there isn't much. Whether Ince and Ajose turn that around we shall see,fair to middling chance
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So in summary, from what I heard, not much learned, no insight into how long term recruitment, communication or any other issues will be resolved.

My opinion on Sherwood diminishes by the day...

From what has been said previously, when he leaves it would be sold to the new owner of the club, at present it's on a long-term peppercorn lease as the club could never have raised the funds to buy the land and set up the training ground, he is only able to do it as he is using the rest of the land for his own purposes.

We won't know what will happen until it does but I can't see him wanting to keep the land and screw over the club BUT Kassam is doing it to Oxford (500k a year rent on their ground).

You've gone a bit KR/FB there. so I'll just start with what is "long term recruitment" in L1? Or your expectations of it? As in the current way the world is, I sure as hell can't see a footballer getting a gold watch these days.

I was ambiguous/unclear. I meant the recruitment in the summer - as in whether the long term approach to recruitment is to change to break the cycle of crap signings in September, bail out in January.

Sounds like he's going to keep doing as we do and hope that Sherwood (or whoever) gets it right next time.

I was hoping to see it tweaked a bit from academy rejects and hopeless cases. That said, I can see why he went for Murray - it just didn't work out.

I was taking the piss. I dont think ive ever seen him make a tackle. Awful

He hasn't played that badly when he has played in defence, who knows if he will get a chance with Ince now in midfield, maybe one of those who we try and get rid of at the end of the season (but he is on a 2 year I think).

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I've read through the thread but has anyone got a good summary of the q&a?

https://twitter.com/AdverSport

Let me tell you Gareth, this is right up there amongst the worst sides in our history, which fair enough Power has recognised and has tried to do something about it.

Looks like a sticking plaster job to me, but let's see. The big game on our horizon is at Gigg Lane a week today....I worry about James Vaughan, 7 goals in 3 games, more than out frontmen have scored all season....hopefully he'll have blown out his hot spell by next Sat.

thank you

Didn't get chance to listen last night but have read through. Was there any mention of Caddis or the experienced guy from Blackburn ghat Sherwood was 'rumoured' to have mentioned. Also I saw there is no release clause for Vigs but did LP confirm if the Scousers have a sell on clause (I'm assuming they do)?

Yes there was.

Reply to the effect "Caddis is a great player, but wages at Birmingham would have been high and he's probably got other options...if he were available to us we'd look at him"

Much as you'd expect.

Thought I heard that.

We are lumbered with him aren't we.

Cheers Batch.

Having a listen to it now, if you haven't heard it and want to catch up here is the link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04rjh2w

Ed made me chuckle :) not in a good way, but chuckle I did.

I can imagine that cunt wearing a beret.

He was very aggressive!

Someone added me to that fucking facebook fans group and they are bumming Ed on there.

It's funny how differently people see things. I thought Ed was fucking pathetic, but the majority on the Facebook page think he's some kind of hero and that Power was wriggling under his interrogation.
The media side has improved recently, which means more people are now moaning about the content, rather than the lack of coverage. We needed players, now people are moaning that we've got too many loans. People are staying away, while at the same time moaning that Power isn't spending enough.

I think some people are just moaning cunts.

Yes i see what you mean  :no:

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:D

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He let emotions get the better of him. He had prepared but it got to him.

To rattle Power you just need a mountain of facts (not opinion) and before you ask the questions ensure you dismiss all the defensive stuff he's going to say....highest position in 100 years....6 times in Admin...90 minutes from Championship blah blah.

He lost his cool, especially on the comeback. A bit more thought and Power would of lost it I reckon.

I did laugh as he referred to Ed as the minority....

Ed actually has some reasonable questions in there tough, just presented them badly/in a way Power won't respond to.

He actually tried too but Ed kept trying to read his script and talk over hiim, he didn't want to ask a question, he just wanted to read his lines and that was it, he was stumped and had to be asked a couple of times what his question was.

Why on earth was Ed trying to criticise Power for not using the Eady money for the training ground? Was he really not aware that Power doesn't get to choose what that is spent on?

So, what snippets of info did he let slip yesterday?

Training ground still awaiting some sort of planning application

Maybe there is something in the wind re a CG revamp

He is in talks re Eady

I'm not really any the wiser about Sherwood - doesn't seem a logical or workable management set up

Hopefully after admitting a couple of horrendous recruitment windows he's learnt his lesson

The thing with Power is that people either believe what he tells us or they don't. He doesn't exactly exude transparency.

It started off as a questionless rant from a script.
He went on to ask about the piss poor communication, training ground ownership, and the standard of recruits.

Was it Ed that also asked if we were running breakeven on the next set of accounts? The bullshit "one for my accountant" answer irks. It doesn't even matter unless Power is taking the piss on how the shortfall is met - so just answer it.

I agree that Power didn't have much chance to answer all the points, but he did at least tease out the Eady money answer.

We also learned Sherwood isn't really in charge of everything, other than player recruitment. And implied that Williams was sandbagging in the "don't know" answers on January transfers.

No, it was David and Power didn;t say "ask the accountants", he said, he wasn't sure so would have to speak to the accountants but then went on to say the club was made debt free and breaking even at the start of the seson but since has had to put money in to improve the cashflow. So going by that, it's a good possibility we are profit making in last years accounts (as they are to July 2016) but 2016-17 will likely see a loss unless we have a sudden improvement in gates and revenue.

"Sorry was out drinking"

Hahaha lad!!!

I said he said it was "one for the accountants" =  he would have to ask the accountants = he would need to speak to the accountants. What on earth are you on about?


But the point was I don't believe he doesn't have a handle on the accounts (to July 2016). I think its BS.

If he meant in 'we were breakeven at the start of the season' meaning that yes last year was breakeven then fair enough.

I assumed he was at that point talking about this years budget, because he also mention gates declining and the extra needed for new recruits.

Again not achieving breakeven isn't in itself a problem if the shortfall is met with a reasonable loan/out of his pocket - though I'd rather not rack up debt to him obviously.

I notice Ed has deleted his movements Twitter account. Conspiracy...?

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Did it contain any slanderous allegations? Mind you the Trump account is still running so maybe Twitter don't care about that.

Ed's dead baby, Ed's dead.

How else is a business meant to get meaningful finance without going to a bank with high interest, that's what got us £9m in debt which Fitton and Black wiped. Shareholder loans are the best form of finance as:

- it's only repaid when the business can afford it
- normally interest free but if has interest is much lower than a bank loan
- the owner can wipe it at any time (Bolton)
- Bank loans can be called in if the business doesn't meet it's payments (ala administration)

Any shortfalls at the moment is met by Power and that will be the same for most clubs in this division, Bolton had close to £170m of debt to their owner, if that was a traditional loan, they would have been stuffed many many years ago.

Thanks captain obvious.

If you think Power is lending the club money at no or low interest you need a kick in the bollocks from the tooth fairy.

Do you know that for a fact Bellend or merely an opinion?

The previous phone in he was asked what rate he was charging on loans to the club. He used the 'have to ask accountant' cop out answer.

He's stated many times he is here to make money so lending at zero rate isn't the way to do it.

And, btw, I wouldn't really expect him to. It's the rate he's charging we'll never know.

I didn't listen to the phone in, but I read a transcript of what Ed said and I don't think there is a lot wrong with it. Regardless of what some might think of his opinion, it was one Power needed to hear because I honestly think he is so deluded he doesn't realise (until maybe now) the level of discontent within our support for him.

He was obviously reading off a script to come out with all of that. But I don't think people should be hitting him too hard for that. It's better you work out what you want to say and prepare for it. Usually what happens is people just call up and ramble with whatever comes in to your head at that particular moment.

What I would have personally liked would have been more clarity on what debt the club has. Power often makes statements like the club "had no real debt at the start of the season" but then we hear of money the club owes him, money owed to Andrew Black if we redevelop the ground and other reports that the club is anywhere from £4m to £9m in debt. A lack of a clear answer just adds to his shifty image.

Oh and I sencirely hope whoever is in charge of signing off the Eady money is scrutinising where its going. The last thing that should be happening is it going towards a training ground the club doesn't own.

I think that is why its taking so long getting sorted, must be 2 years+ now?

I disagree. When Ed was asked questions in return he panicked and went as defensive as Power does. If he is going to scrutinize like he did at least back it up.

It was also the way he spoke to him which i found odd,i am calling on behalf of the power out group like it's some kind of movement. Power said he believes a lot of what is said on twitter is people hiding behind fake profiles and when they are asked questions themselves they disapear. Ed deleted his account within minutes

This was my take on Ed too.

To be fair I just read what he initiially said up to when he was pushed on if he actually had a question and responded "When are you leaving?" I'm not privy to what happened afterwards.

Regardless, what he said initially was a decent opinion on how a very large proportion of our fan base feels. The thing is these radio phone ins are magnets for morons so you're not likely to get someone very articulate. The people complaining it was scripted should be thankful because the cringe would have been tenfold if it wasn't.

I for one am very grateful for his scripted parklife impression, it gave me a chuckle.

I suspect it gave him a sense of enormous well-being.

Safe in the knowledge there will always be a piece of his heart devoted to it (Swindon Taaaaaaaaan)

It does fit Parklife, and I've managed to quickly edit a few bits of it together. Just need to work out how to share it.

https://instaud.io/

Cheers. Give me a minute as I just need to adjust the levels.

https://instaud.io/KAK

Here you go then. Bit rough but for a first attempt? Okay, very rough.

Nice work.

Has he resurfaced yet?

Cheers, Flashheart. Who resurfaced? Ed or Timmy

They are one and the same!

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:) :)

Great work. You should share it in that facebook fans group :)

Someone would have to do that for me. Don't know why I'm not invited.

I've posted the link to the washbag page

That is a work of art  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Someone please post their reaction to it.

Very good.
Did hear a sound bite on FB today, shortened to just cunt bumpkin
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Yeah, Jay requested that. No idea why. People seem to like swearing.

Don't forget there's a Wellens one today in about a minute, assuming it's still on

It is on... Now...

let us know if he mentions if the game is on or not :please:

Updates would be appreciated please as I'm stuck in work.

Re : game on/off. Nothing new added, the decision won't be made until tomorrow.

General updates, only got mobile so difficult. But loathed strangers (Rich) its tweeting

So far he's talked recruitment starting now, but sometimes it's easier to pick up players in January. He's got a list for dinner and is starting the scouting now.

He's talked Martin Smith and pointed out a couple of flaws that need addressing re: losing players.

He's talked 6 loans, basically saying better to have the players than not.

He's talked briefly about Robinson, saying he's the type of player that has spells of scoring and we need a player to do that right now. Can create space too

:ty:

He's talked Port Vale and Richards. Hasn't their chairman heard of email. Wants to keep him but understand other clubs offered longer contacts.

Nelson - will revisit in summer, but if they go down they might want to keep him!

Will look at loans and if they do well will try and keep.

Put circular out for our available players. Nobody interested speaks volumes!

Wellens doesn't like cheese.

Repeat Wellens doesn't like cheese.

Except on pizza

Only asked Ipswich re Wolfie on likelihood of recall in January, not about signing him. Thinks with a bit of aggression he'll be a great player

Knoyle ok after concussion.

Toumani a couple of weeks away. Going to be important powerhouse player, but going to be rusty.

Lancashire - calf injury- 10 days?

Said pryce and twine really needs game time to progress. Really complimentary of twine and says 10 minutes he and there is showing his progress

Question re training: we are still at Beaverbrook, obviously frozen right now

Questions re relationship with power (good) between power and fans (acknowledges you need the for success, will have to look at it when he has time) and agrees some of team needs to be perms and high turnover of players isn't good. That's why they've started recruitment now

Happy with both keepers. If contract situation is sorted he's happy to have them fight it out and will pick best keeper on form. Need to start getting clean sheets.

Taking about previous experiences, Nigel Pearson, SGE, etc

Are the new signings going to get regular game time?

Not signed them not to get in squad!

Jesus the standard of questions is a new low.

Happy with 4-3-3 away .. does like 2 strikers though. Still experimenting at home, has a new formation to try tomorrow..

Probably made mistake brining doughty off last week, needs to find his most effective position.

Says v Crawley penalty aside the full backs didn't attack wings enough

He wants 20 outfield players, 3 keepers.

We have too many here right now, wants to draw on youth but can't really right now..

You can't beat playing men's football. Pryce will benefit from being in that situation - players will soon let him know if he's not pulling his weight.

Pitman - I wish - too expensive

Thanks Batch, must admit I'd forgotten all about it. Sounds like I didn't miss any big revelations.

Talks of wanting to get results to get the atmosphere and buns on seats .

First and foremost results, will look at other ways too

Cheaper tickets might help !!!.

Re: budget where do we sit?
Don't know, knows some of the numbers from Mansfield's, Bury's and Lincoln's ... Are they having him on!

Hodgetts repeated powers talk of Accrington and not needing a big budget

Wellens says yeah but they had same team for 3 or 4 years and tweaked it. Goes back to what he was saying re squad turnover

And that's all folks.

I will say I was mega pissed off with him after Crawley, but tonight he's come across very well with common sense prevailing. I like his talk. Now walk

Oh and I paraphrased a lot, so if you can stand it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06zd6lb

Bit worrying saying such stuff about Accy....as not really the case.

Here's my analysis of their squad towards the end of last season....

I looked at the Accy squad from the game when they beat us in Jan. To get a bit of an insight into how to do it. Of the lads who got on the park, 2 have been there 3 seasons... a couple of key players (no pun intended) Billy Kee and Sean McConville, both played most games this season. The defender Coneely, was on the bench.

Then 5 lads on their second year. 3 in their first year, then 3 loans.  All of them either journeymen, or from non league, the bench made up of similar, only Coneely any experience.

PB, today's Adver pinpoints that if he's here next season then he will need to move out quite a few.  It's what the Accy model sort of shows.... you need a couple of old hands, which in todays game is 3 years, a core of second season players who know the managers style and then get the missing ingredient provided by the newbies.

We could potentially do most of that but haven't got anyone of the Div 4 quality of Kee or McConville... it'll be interesting to see how good they are next home game.

Or, as the fuckwit put it "is the new signings going to get regular game time?".

I imagine Wellens rolling his eyes, wondering what fuck he's doing at Swindon, at the dimwitedness of some of our fans. In particular the twat who  was desperate for him to join in the slagging off of Power.

I like Wellens. I thougt he came across really well (irritating cough aside). Very passionate and won't take shit from players who aren't putting the effort in.

Surprised our chief scout, Bamboo, didn't get a mention about the Sid negotiations though.

Might tempt the fatties anyway......

He should be aware that as soon as you start thinking like fans, you end up sitting with them. So I'm sure he'll be fine with our fans.

Cheers for the updates Batch.

I only caught the end of the broadcast but got to say what a dim witted load of fans they selected to ask questions, hand-picked by the twat in chief Hodgetts.  I did hear RW say he wanted the CG to be rocking before kick-off - could I suggest the Rocking Robin haka is despatched (pathetic) and the music played is a bit more mainstream and not the crap that the presenter likes.  As for the best in the west they hurl at us, laughable!!

Yeah that ‘best in the west’ shite needs to be dropped. Statistically aren’t we currently just about the worst in the west?

Also the ‘make some noise for the Swindon boys’ is pretty cringe. And since when did we stop playing wide men say just before kick off? (Or did I miss it?)

You missed it

Carrol backwards inside to McCourt....we rarely play wide men after kick off, that's for sure.

Oh really?

I seem to daydream as I get older! Jesus wept!

Hah, fair point :)

Thanks for those concise updates Batch, for all those of us that couldn't listen and can't be bothered to listen again :)

Wellens doesn't currently favour the dual winger approach ;)

Think if Wellens wanted to play wide men, he'd have gone for Akifenwa and McNulty in the window.

ok it was more Stacey Dooley and less Louis Theraux quality, but I guess BBC has to play the hand dealt them.

I got something out of it that I'd missed/wondered. his line is that TD isn't fit and that knoyle was a concussion concern.

also that he agrees high turnover every season isn't great and that signings have been made with next season in mind.
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Anyway I hope my quick notes didn't misrepresent his answers.

buns on seats is genius. power is fattening is up so he can charge us for 2 seats in the future

You did fine mate, thanks again.

I like big buns and I cannot lie...

Touch of shooting the messenger? Maybe they just put on air the ones who rang in? Might not have been any selection going on? And if you didn't like what they had to say, it was always open to you to ring on and provide some much-needed intellectual ballast :)

Madness!

I'm far more concerned about Wellens' saying he doesn't like cheese.

Is that even legal?

They had some who phone in, some on twitter and some who e-mailed.  They tend to ring back the ones they want, and I was too late to ring sd I was oout trying to ferry some older people home through the snow -I must have missed you!!

A scientific study including a group who like cheese  and a group who do not was conducted in France in 2016.  The results were published online on the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience website.


"The researchers then observed that the ventral pallidum, a small structure usually activated in people who are hungry, was totally inactive while the smell and image of cheese was being presented to individuals with an aversion to cheese, whereas it was activated for all other food types. Even more surprisingly, the researchers observed that areas of the brain, the globus pallidus and the substantia nigra, which participate in the reward circuit (activated when we love something), were more involved in people who do not like cheese than in those who do. These structures, typically involved in processing reward, may therefore also be triggered in response to an aversive stimulus. To explain this dual nature, the researchers suggest that these regions include two types of neurons with complementary activity: one related to the rewarding aspect of a food, the other to its aversive nature."

Vegan (ish) ?

Audrey(?) must have been lying then when he said his calls were just put through without being vetted whatsoever?

Wow now, we don't lump that maniac with us

Can only state my experience. I’ve phoned in 3 times, twice they never asked what my question was and the other time I was in Power Out mode and venting and they still put me through.

Wellens no longer has my full backing.

Based on the French research, even the most delicate Roquefort, the "King of Cheeses" expertly crafted from sheep's milk :shaun: is not going to change his mind,.......... unless it's on a pizza :chef:.


But, that begs the question, cheese on a pizza probably mozzarella-like processed cheeses and mozzarella variants, is still a form of cheese, but does that count. Is "Franken-Cheese" :footinmouth: a legitimate choice?

I have e-mailed in the past, got one acknowldegment that they may use it, but never did.  I do tend to ask the sort of question that Hodgetts SHOULD be asking, that may be the reason I am never chosen!

What is all of this rhetoric against Hodgetts?  He's a radio presenter for god sake..  Why blame Hodgetts because he works for the BBC and they have the contract with the EFL..

I see the usual twitter army going for him as well.  It's come to a new low when we are blaming the local sports radio presenter for things that we feel are wrong with the club..

Yes if we could all stick to blaming Power for everything wrong with the club, that would be great, thanks ;) .

Shaun Hodgetts has always kept a nice little sideline in hosting club events at the County Ground. I am sure he favours not upsetting the apple cart to keep those cosy club events going.

As Lee Power played for Norwich, Shaun is pretty close to a Wiltshire version of Alan Partridge. My favourite is when he interviews young supporters and asks 'Name, age, what school do you go to and no swearing you're live on the radio'.

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Even so, I still don't get the angst.

The claims against Hodgetts have been shown to be demonstrably false time and time again. That doesn't matter though to some, though. Once a rumour has set in it's very difficult to shift. I liken it to how people believe misleading\false headlines. The same paper could come out the following day and say it was all false but the damage would already be done. People would still believe what was printed the previous day.

We live in a society where rumour and speculation take precedence over fact. Hodgetts just happens to be one of those that got caught up in it.

Seems I’m in a minority here, but I love the fact he’s been covering town for as long as he has (when did he start - early 90s, or even before then?). He loves the club - has dedicated a career to it -  and will be a hell of a lot better and more knowledgable than the [pick top 4 Premier League club] fan that one day replaces him.

Demonstrably shown by our audrey the other day with Red Bull..

I don't mind Shaun at all and yes he is a fan and a reporter and he must keep the club on his side somewhat so won't overly upset the apple cart.

Hes been commentating on games since 1983 when GWR used to cover matches.

Absolutely this. there was zero substrance whatsoever other than a fan rumour on twitter/facebook etc etc thats started that pile of shit off.

+1 I like Shaun, I think he does a good job. He's not Paxman but that's not what local radio news reporters do, much less sports reporters. But this idea that he's some kind of filter preventing fans from having their say is bollocks. Too many keyboard warriors fronting up on Facebook but won't pick up the phone and ask "the questions we demand answers to" themselves.

I think the story at Swansea City, just shows how demanding football fans are.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47137239

Swansea nearly went into non-league in 2003 playing at a dilapidated Vetch field. The change at that club since then is staggering. But now because they are 'struggling' in the Championship, their fans have more or less forced him out.

Definately this, so many Billy Big Balls will shout their mouth off under the (fairly) anonymity of the internet yet don't have the balls to phone in and question themselves they just make excuses.

TBF I think he has himself admitted in his resgination statement that he's been acting as a front man for decisions made by the new American owners that he also didn't agree with. The discontent was more around a perceived "sell-out" of his role as a fans' representative in the boardroom than their league position per se.

Fair enough, to be honest I don't know a lot about Swansea but I do know they have had things a lot worse.

Going to be interesting to see what happens there now Jenkins has gone, its been a bubbling shitshow for a while.... I fear it may become the archetypal 'careful what you wish for'.

Can't get a punch in the face calling someone a twat from behind a keyboard. I'd love to transport some of the internet heroes back in time to the 80's or 90's. We'd soon see how their "important" opinions went then.

I don't know, somebody's going to catch up with Kostiuk one day. I look forward to seeing the video of him online begging for forgiveness and claiming he was only joking.

Its all about the bantz though isn't it....

Think he's landlord at the Brunel in Chippenham, perhaps Power will go there for a drink one evening.

Yes you're absolutely right there. I was just being a bit of a pedant tbh :)

As is your TEF right :)