by Royal Biscuitman »
11 Aug 2014 13:51
As long as the fans are not too hostile towards the manager and nobody is filming / representing the media they tend to open up and be completely honest and give their opinions, maybe being a bit careful with their words when talking about the Chairman.
I remember once when SJM was at the forum he answered a few questions about the club and then left so that the manager could speak freely about the team without worrying about him being sat there.
I know we're not supposed to talk about them on here, so I'll pick an example from way back. Alan Pardew was the manager and he was asked about Matty Upson joining permanently, He said he had been assured we'd offer good money to keep him and fed that back to the player, they then went to the Chairman who was really keen to sign him and made him a derisory contract offer, The manager just looked at Upson and shook his head knowing there was no chance of signing him, so the reason we didn't get him was wages.
Also, look out for someone moaning to Adkins about the price of pies or stewarding, There's always one (probably the same one each time)..... Not a fans forum, but I remember going to an accounting seminar on football finance and the club accountant was there answering questions, then Andy Hughes comes on to talk about being a footballer and one of the questions put to him was about some accounting policy or treatment for football assets
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