Silence

[Ozyhibby]

The Silence from Easter road is deafening.
Apart from the brief statement to say Leanne had arrived and Collins departed we have had nothing.
No news on season ticket prices.
No news on the player budget for next season.
Silence from the manager on what he thought went wrong.
Silence from the manager on what his plan are to ensure an immediate return to the top flight.
No news on link up with Spartans.
No news on overhaul of the youth set up.
Nothing.

And they expect us to buy season tickets?
We are being treated with contempt.

[greenpaper55]

A bit weird i must admit, every week we had Butcher mouthing off when he should have let results do the talking now not a word or has he been gagged ?. Maybe those at the club are as shocked as we are and trying to work out what to do next, i doubt relegation was even thought of for next season.

[Brightside]

She's only just in the door. Expect an update end of week.

[Peevemor]

Maybe it's because the new "boss" has only been in the job two and a half days and is spending more time working behind the scenes to get things right rather than issue statements re. incomplete/hashed together plans.

We heard from TB every week during the season because there were after match interviews and scheduled pre-match press conferences every week. It's now the close season. I have no idea whether he's staying or not but I'm sure we'll hear something soon enough.

[Hibrandenburg]

The silence from Butcher and about Butcher I find positive. I would interpret it as confirmation that LD has been left to decide his future.

[Bobby's Cinema]

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The silence from Butcher and about Butcher I find positive. I would interpret it as confirmation that LD has been left to decide his future.

This is good news. She is supposedly pretty ruthless

[Gus Fring]

We've had 3 statements and 2 player updates in the 10 days since we were relegated. Everyone of them picked apart by people on here, Twitter and on Facebook. I'd rather they concentrated on the task in hand rather than waste their time releasing daft statements every few hours.

[DaveF]

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We've had 3 statements and 2 player updates in the 10 days since we were relegated. Everyone of them picked apart by people on here, Twitter and on Facebook. I'd rather they concentrated on the task in hand rather than waste their time releasing daft statements every few hours.

Agree to an extent, but the season ticket one is fairly important and could do with clarification IMO.

£405 for a championship team is extremely high. If that's the price and there is no movement on it, then so be it, but its a hot topic for a lot of people and should up there in terms of importance for the new CEO (although I realise she has a LOT on her plate right now!)

[Ozyhibby]

The season ticket price is high but most people would pay it IF the club articulated a plan going forward that we could get behind.
The silence is convincing nobody.
I know she has only been in the job since Monday but I expected her to arrive with a plan, not just show up on the first day and see how it goes.

[Peevemor]

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The season ticket price is high but most people would pay it IF the club articulated a plan going forward that we could get behind.
The silence is convincing nobody.
I know she has only been in the job since Monday but I expected her to arrive with a plan, not just show up on the first day and see how it goes.

You think that's what she did?

[The Gorf]

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The season ticket price is high but most people would pay it IF the club articulated a plan going forward that we could get behind.
The silence is convincing nobody.
I know she has only been in the job since Monday but I expected her to arrive with a plan, not just show up on the first day and see how it goes.

When she took the job she probably had a plan in mind based on an SPL club. Now though she has to completely restructure her plan due to the relegation and will have more decisions to come to than she originally thought.

[Hibstrooper]

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The silence from Butcher and about Butcher I find positive. I would interpret it as confirmation that LD has been left to decide his future.

The future of Butcher
The gamble on Bramble
The beastie that is Petrie

We need clarifications or they will need to face the ramifications.

[PeterboroHibee]

In some respects I dont really mind the silence from the club. Is a bog standard interview from the likes of Butcher or Petrie really going to make things better? Unless they are going to break down the plans for the club in any sort of detail, all Im interested in is hearing about signings, new kit release etc.

However, things such as season tickets are important to the fans, and I think they need to update everybody asap.

[CRAZYHIBBY]

We will do what we always do. .. wait til all the other clubs are finished the pick the best of the dross that's left. ..we will hear something when it is done

[Speedway]

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The future of Butcher
The gamble on Bramble
The beastie that is Petrie

We need clarifications or they will need to face the ramifications.

What about the impasse on Malpas?
The plan to explain by Paul Kane about the protest with mostest?
and whether to picket the season ticket?

[AlbertK86]

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In some respects I dont really mind the silence from the club. Is a bog standard interview from the likes of Butcher or Petrie really going to make things better? Unless they are going to break down the plans for the club in any sort of detail, all Im interested in is hearing about signings, new kit release etc. However, things such as season tickets are important to the fans, and I think they need to update everybody asap.

I and I think the majority would have liked some kind of rallying call that we are determined to bounce right back and the club will do everything in their power to make this happen.

Like others I'm very surprised TB hasn't spoken but that may be as he is on hols or has been gagged until Leeann makes a full assessment on the staffs future

Did find it strange that Leeann was quoted re Collins departure

I do suspect that Leeann will give so,e sort of informative statement prior to Saturdays protest but a more informative one after meeting the fans groups

[SlickShoes]

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We will do what we always do. .. wait til all the other clubs are finished the pick the best of the dross that's left. ..we will hear something when it is done

I laughed at that but it's painfully true and probably what most fans expect to happen.

[Lester B]

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What about the impasse on Malpas?
The plan to explain by Paul Kane about the protest with mostest?
and whether to picket the season ticket?

What about the fella called Marsella?
Who is he touting after scouting?
And the rest of the Board
Are their views being explored?

[Onion]

Silence could be a sign of a few things:

1. all the targets have gone to ground in hope that this all blows over.
2. LD has gagged them all as any comment would look stupid when they are removed from their jobs.
3. they're all on holiday and don't give a ****
4. STF has taken on role of PR exec

[PeterboroHibee]

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I and I think the majority would have liked some kind of rallying call that we are determined to bounce right back and the club will do everything in their power to make this happen.

Like others I'm very surprised TB hasn't spoken but that may be as he is on hols or has been gagged until Leeann makes a full assessment on the staffs future

Did find it strange that Leeann was quoted re Collins departure

I do suspect that Leeann will give so,e sort of informative statement prior to Saturdays protest but a more informative one after meeting the fans groups

As I suggested in my post, would them saying that make a huge amount of difference? Id rather see actions from the club rather than yet another statement. Its easy for them to say they will be trying to get us back up first time of asking, but if we start missing out on key targets and dithering with signings, it will suggest nothing has changed. The proof of their intentions will ultimately be in the squad we assemble imo.

[E10 Rifle]

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The Silence from Easter road is deafening.
Apart from the brief statement to say Leanne had arrived and Collins departed we have had nothing.
No news on season ticket prices.
No news on the player budget for next season.
Silence from the manager on what he thought went wrong.
Silence from the manager on what his plan are to ensure an immediate return to the top flight.
No news on link up with Spartans.
No news on overhaul of the youth set up.
Nothing.

And they expect us to buy season tickets?
We are being treated with contempt.

This is great. There's a lot wrong with the club at the minute but silence surely can't be one of them.

Monday - LD arrives
Tuesday - Hibs 'snub' fans
Wednesday - Collins leaves

I make that at least one back page story per day so far this week - not bad for any organisations Comms team.

[HibeeMassive]

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The season ticket price is high but most people would pay it IF the club articulated a plan going forward that we could get behind.
The silence is convincing nobody.

I think to be fair to the club, if they announce anything about ST's at the moment then they are doomed if they do and doomed if they don't.

To my mind, the ST clarification will come after the other positive (we live in hope!) announcements so that we can see what direction the club are going in. Some - not much though - of the negativity will hopefully have lifted on the back of these announcements which would then mean any announcement for backing the team next season would be a bit easier to take than they would at the moment!

[Beefster]

Anything the club says right now is being pulled apart, twisted and used as ammunition. If I was the CEO, I'd be keeping quiet until after Saturday too.

[greenpaper55]

Maybe they will announce that they will sign SPL players as we have SPL prices ?.

[NorthNorfolkHFC]

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The Silence from Easter road is deafening.
Apart from the brief statement to say Leanne had arrived and Collins departed we have had nothing.
No news on season ticket prices.
No news on the player budget for next season.
Silence from the manager on what he thought went wrong.
Silence from the manager on what his plan are to ensure an immediate return to the top flight.
No news on link up with Spartans.
No news on overhaul of the youth set up.
Nothing.

And they expect us to buy season tickets?
We are being treated with contempt.

Jesus, have some patience.

[Ozyhibby]

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Jesus, have some patience.

7 years seems like a lot of patience.

[Ozyhibby]

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As I suggested in my post, would them saying that make a huge amount of difference? Id rather see actions from the club rather than yet another statement. Its easy for them to say they will be trying to get us back up first time of asking, but if we start missing out on key targets and dithering with signings, it will suggest nothing has changed. The proof of their intentions will ultimately be in the squad we assemble imo.

Are you suggesting we don't set targets in case we miss them?
Maybe we should have another top secret 5 year plan, where no one knows the objectives and so no one could ever say it failed.

[AlbertK86]

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As I suggested in my post, would them saying that make a huge amount of difference? Id rather see actions from the club rather than yet another statement. Its easy for them to say they will be trying to get us back up first time of asking, but if we start missing out on key targets and dithering with signings, it will suggest nothing has changed. The proof of their intentions will ultimately be in the squad we assemble imo.

Don't get me wrong totally agree regarding dithering over signings and actions louder than words

Just felt some sort of rallying call would give hppe

[PeterboroHibee]

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Are you suggesting we don't set targets in case we miss them?
Maybe we should have another top secret 5 year plan, where no one knows the objectives and so no one could ever say it failed.

If you read my initial post Im actually suggesting the exact opposite of that. As I said, if they are going to break down their plans for us to see then brilliant, Id love to hear what they have to say. My point is if its another vague statement saying they are going to do all the can to get us up and have a plan in place, but without disclosing any detail, then whats the point? Weve heard it all before (eg the '5 year plan'), and hence Id rather see actions than words.

[NorthNorfolkHFC]

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7 years seems like a lot of patience.

I just mean this week. Everyone is raging and the constant desire to have us spoken to is embarrassing.

I'm desperate to find out what their battle plan is but there is almost a thread a day demanding some sore of statement.


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