Today's Adver

[pauld]

And see my answer above - MM did answer the question, AF made very clear that MM is in charge of player recruitment, he just expanded on it a bit. Don't construct a whole thread of hypothesis on the back of one piece of misleading reporting

My original comment was based on comments AF has made on a number of occasions during the last week.  This is not the first time he has commented that 'fans' (generic) are being unrealistic etc.

Completely take your point about the reporting of these comments, but the fact is that most supporters - and certainly those living outside the Swindon area - use the online facilities provided by the local press as their main source of info.

Yes, fair point, but as with any source of information it's important to be aware of how reliable it is, how the stories are constructed etc. In this instance the Adver are clearly looking to drag a few days' worth of coverage out of the Fans' Forum which makes today's piece potentially misleading in not giving the context in which those comments were made, especially the fact that they've stitched together several separate points and made it look like one interview. Which is fair enough, standard journo practice and all, but people need to be aware of that when reading it.

[pauld]

Just as important shouldn’t Malpas be the one telling us what players we are and are not looking at.

 Not really...its the model, based on Europe, that chairmen or Directors of Football are involved in decisions on player recruitment.....AF obviously enjoys this part of it, he's in it for the football.  Look at the job Nicky Hammond has done for Reading.

 Th emanager obviosly has an input, but MM's main job is surely to coach.

And see my answer above - MM did answer the question, AF made very clear that MM is in charge of player recruitment, he just expanded on it a bit. Don't construct a whole thread of hypothesis on the back of one piece of misleading reporting

   Fair enough, but I stand by the opinion that AF is quite hands on when it comes to player recruitment...quite rightly.   I'm not suggesting that he makes all the decisions, but rather he will be involved somewhere.

Fair dos. I'd be inclined to agree with the "quite rightly" as well - no chairman can just give the manager carte blanche to sign whoever the hell. Well except for Peter Ridsdale at Leeds maybe

[Reg Smeeton]

It really bothers me that Fitton seems to think our fans are all fuckwits.

 If all you read was thisis, then it would be very easy to reach that conclusion.

  It would be entirely understandable, if the TEF wasn't taken seriously as a vox pop for the average Town fan.

  Which leaves Leroy and Riddel on MoS, as teh voice of sanity  :--

[flammableBen]

I only really read the tef and I've still managed to come to the conclusion that our fans are fuckwits.

[Tails]

Where is this facebook petition?!

It's all a lie anyway, Fitton just doesn't want us to think he's gonna sign Sam Parkin so we'll love him even more when he does. Very clever Mr. Fitton.

[Don Rogers Shop]

I only really read the tef and I've still managed to come to the conclusion that our fans are fuckwits.

I agree

[DV]

pah, Fitton out Parkin in!

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Boooooo Fitton out  

[Power to people]

Can someone set Fitton up with a user name and access rights to this forum, please?  He denies he reads internet forums, but he's clearly got his nose in the Adver site and he's taking the ill-informed drivel that he reads there as being representative of the views of the club's fans.

I don't know anyone that thinks that re-signing Parkin would be the best way to take the club forward.  It really bothers me that Fitton seems to think our fans are all fuckwits.

Fitton said he didn't need to read forum's as he had people that already do that (stated that Jeremy Wray does and Chris Tanner) and they keep him informed, has JW got access to this site then ?

[flammableBen]

Can someone set Fitton up with a user name and access rights to this forum, please?  He denies he reads internet forums, but he's clearly got his nose in the Adver site and he's taking the ill-informed drivel that he reads there as being representative of the views of the club's fans.

I don't know anyone that thinks that re-signing Parkin would be the best way to take the club forward.  It really bothers me that Fitton seems to think our fans are all fuckwits.

Fitton said he didn't need to read forum's as he had people that already do that (stated that Jeremy Wray does and Chris Tanner) and they keep him informed, has JW got access to this site then ?

Fuck knows.

[pumbaa]

Can someone set Fitton up with a user name and access rights to this forum, please?  He denies he reads internet forums, but he's clearly got his nose in the Adver site and he's taking the ill-informed drivel that he reads there as being representative of the views of the club's fans.

I don't know anyone that thinks that re-signing Parkin would be the best way to take the club forward.  It really bothers me that Fitton seems to think our fans are all fuckwits.

Fitton said he didn't need to read forum's as he had people that already do that (stated that Jeremy Wray does and Chris Tanner) and they keep him informed, has JW got access to this site then ?

Fuck knows.

Bloody well ask him then, you layabout  

[flammableBen]

What for?