As a side point, all this does is further strengthen the point about not having a CEO here running things properly on a day to day basis. With a proper CEO, how much of this would have either been sorted by now or got as out of hand as it has? Controlling the narrative is difficult as it is, controlling it from Colorado is even harder.
There was no need for the tweet from Raelynn. There was no need for the official club statement. Choose the manager. Focus on getting THAT and their back room staff sorted. Oh and some players. Focus your energies on not making the same mistakes as last pre season. Please.
Yes WIOTOS but that is an unnecessarily aggressive statement.
So many people who read "incorrect" as "completely untrue".
Should have said nothing or at least no mentioned the press reports which are probably substantially correct (Garner is coming) but not 100% or at least not yet.(Garner and assistants are not yet a done deal).
Seems they can't win.
Airman was on here earlier saying Sandgaard's mrs shouldn't be saying stuff on twitter, and the club should do it through official channels. Now they've done that people are saying they should've said nothing at all.
That said i do agree it's all a bit of a mess, and i'm still convinced it'll be announced officially once TS arrives in London.
Not quite. I said: “If they have an issue with anything Rich puts out they can very easily contact him privately or they can publish a statement via the club setting the record straight if necessary.”
In this case I don’t think either the tweet or the statement was necessary or appropriate, but both arise from a failure to manage the message properly in the first place. I wouldn’t blame comms for that.
I think TS is struggling to handle completing all this from America with the privacy he wanted. He thought he could just quietly get on with it without outside interest like in any other business, he didn’t (quite naively) factor in that football is not like any other business and opinions, hype and speculations play a huge role in football, even at this level.
The ongoing negotiations are normal of business, but unusual in their length in a footballing sense.
I definitely think the biggest mistakes they’ve made in the last 30 days is responding on social media to people.
I am supportive of TS and totally believe he has the best interests of the club at heart but I think he needs to give the fans something positive soon just so we can all get behind the new manager and team ready for next season.
I think TS is struggling to handle completing all this from America with the privacy he wanted. He thought he could just quietly get on with it without outside interest like in any other business, he didn’t (quite naively) factor in that football is not like any other business and opinions, hype and speculations play a huge role in football, even at this level.
The ongoing negotiations are normal of business, but unusual in their length in a footballing sense.
I definitely think the biggest mistakes they’ve made in the last 30 days is responding on social media to people.
I am supportive of TS and totally believe he has the best interests of the club at heart but I think he needs to give the fans something positive soon just so we can all get behind the new manager and team ready for next season.
Said for a while, I think he got a complete shock to his system about the pressures of owning a football club, especially an underachieving one at this level.
If Garner is insisting that his coaching team come with him, that does give Swindon the upper hand. They can hold out for the full compensation they have stipulated in contracts if they know Garner won't go without them. Indeed, if the boot was on the other foot, I would be reticent for a cut-price deal to be made if there was leverage to get more value from losing 3 key staff members, especially if a Director of Football had just walked away for free.
TS therefore would need to potentially drag out the negotiations to see if Swindon flinch. It seems that now BG is in a position where he is more welcome here than at Swindon in the eyes of the average fan, which leaves the Swindon board in a difficult position. However, having lost BC, you could argue there is a win to be had from retaining Garner and his team even if the fans will have to re-establish a bond with Garner in the short term.
The delay is fine in and of itself, providing that Garner is able to put in place the plans he wants for Pre-season at CAFC. If talks are advanced as far as reports suggest, I doubt Swindon will have BG working all hours to plan for next season and I am sure Garner will be wanting to put the foundations in so that he can hit the ground running.
However the handling of this is amateurish. If they wanted to control the narrative, they needed to have a regular pro-active communication strategy in place that enabled them to do so. By sitting back and responding after the leaks, the rebuttals seem farcical. Especially as the truth is probably closer to Cawley's version than it is to the rebuttal.
This is like a rollercoaster ride 🙄🙄 I wish whoever has TS,'s ear would advise him to delete all social media channels! There is absolutely nothing to gain from any response that they put out. Big week coming up by the end of it we could either all be in a positive mood looking forward to the season ahead or in meltdown. No middle ground imo
5 weeks and still deciding is a disgrace. Clearly something is very very wrong.
FFS……..I can’t be specific but I’m pretty sure that in my 65 years of supporting the club, on several occasions we have spent at least as much time in appointing a new manager……. if not more.
5 weeks and still deciding is a disgrace. Clearly something is very very wrong.
FFS……..I can’t be specific but I’m pretty sure that in my 65 years of supporting the club, on several occasions we have spent at least as much time in appointing a new manager……. if not more.
How about at an end of a season? Slade was 30 days when Riga got the sack in 2016. Jackson is now 33 days since
Can't believe how toxic some posts here and on FB appear.
Shows what an entitled society we live in.
Social media at its very worst.
TEL….. very very well said fella, spot on.👏 Mind you, if you want toxicity extremus……”the forum whose name shall not be spoken” is the place to go……if you have the stomach that is.
maybe just maybe TS has alternatives lined up and hasn’t decided ?
More likely it’s just that he needs / wants to meet in person before confirming the appointment in case it changes any opinions from the zoom style interviews to date.
But actually this PR game may just be creating a small bit of drama/interest in what otherwise would be a relative non event in the close season and has actually made the choice of manager seem better than it was first perceived.
Faux outrage of amateur communication matters not a jot whilst we are third teir.
On balance I’m more inclined they are just trying to create a bit of noise and PR to big up the confirmation when it comes as otherwise we are barely newsworthy.
That’s the thing though it’s not newsworthy. It probably won’t even get a mention on Radio Five whilst it might on Talksport but it’ll be a one liner and move on. The only bit of noise it creates is amongst our fan base.
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Choose the manager.
Focus on getting THAT and their back room staff sorted.
Oh and some players.
Focus your energies on not making the same mistakes as last pre season.
Please.
In this case I don’t think either the tweet or the statement was necessary or appropriate, but both arise from a failure to manage the message properly in the first place. I wouldn’t blame comms for that.
The ongoing negotiations are normal of business, but unusual in their length in a footballing sense.
I am supportive of TS and totally believe he has the best interests of the club at heart but I think he needs to give the fans something positive soon just so we can all get behind the new manager and team ready for next season.
TS therefore would need to potentially drag out the negotiations to see if Swindon flinch. It seems that now BG is in a position where he is more welcome here than at Swindon in the eyes of the average fan, which leaves the Swindon board in a difficult position. However, having lost BC, you could argue there is a win to be had from retaining Garner and his team even if the fans will have to re-establish a bond with Garner in the short term.
The delay is fine in and of itself, providing that Garner is able to put in place the plans he wants for Pre-season at CAFC. If talks are advanced as far as reports suggest, I doubt Swindon will have BG working all hours to plan for next season and I am sure Garner will be wanting to put the foundations in so that he can hit the ground running.
However the handling of this is amateurish. If they wanted to control the narrative, they needed to have a regular pro-active communication strategy in place that enabled them to do so. By sitting back and responding after the leaks, the rebuttals seem farcical. Especially as the truth is probably closer to Cawley's version than it is to the rebuttal.
I wish whoever has TS,'s ear would advise him to delete all social media channels! There is absolutely nothing to gain from any response that they put out.
Big week coming up by the end of it we could either all be in a positive mood looking forward to the season ahead or in meltdown. No middle ground imo
Mind you, if you want toxicity extremus……”the forum whose name shall not be spoken” is the place to go……if you have the stomach that is.