benjii

We should have wrapped it up. at the booing though.

Are we going to miss Paul Wotton Football Genius on the bench today with both CMs now booked? Throw on the Goolie later?!

I've noticed the BBC live stats often freeze for long periods or are just mental.

The website doesn't write itself... statements don't write themselves... The only direct access the public has to what happens unless the club choses to put something out there is by watching matches and seeing/hearing the manadatory snippets immediately after matches. I don't think there's anything particularly Kafkaesque about wanting to have some sort of strategic direction to the additional output; it's not something that happens organically and requires effort and management. The danger is of over-management to the point where everything gets dismissed as PR - this often seemed to be the case with the endless "rallying cries" we got under Lowe's last hurrah. But choosing to put anything "out there" ie an interview with a paper, something on the OS, the radio, is inherently an act of public relations and such decisions have to be the responsibility of someone to manage. I think the answer to your question is "no" - you don't need a PR agency. You could do it inhouse but using an agency might make sense for certain businesses, in certain circumstances, at certain times. That's not to say ours is or isn't doing a great job. Ultimately, winning matches is good PR!

PR isn't a dirty word. Of course you want to manage the image you put in the public domain. If you don't, you either don't care or are an idiot.

So now you're ITK with respect to the knowledge of every single poster on here? Fook me, that's a whole new level of arrogance. Not nice being out of the loop is it?

Looks like Redflapps FFS!

We all told Patred we wouldn't.

He missed a sitter but was the only player who actually looked like scoring and was very good in the first half. Without Lallana we need him so I suggest people support him, as he desperately needs a goal, rather than get on his back. He knows a hell of a lot more about what to do out there than the majority of numpties who moan and whinge if he elects not to play a pointless sideways pass to Harding.

TBF, I don't know anything. Other than what's in the PMs.

You can't blame a striker for losing possession in the opponent's box whilst trying to create a goal for a goal conceded. You can blame him for not scoring or creating a goal if you want but not for the rest of the team failing to defend a counter-attack. Ridiculous point of view, really.

Jason - may I call you that? - even confirming it's a person would be putting too much at stake.

****** ******* is my prediction. Source: Patred.

We'll just deduct my winnings from what I owe you for the ST installments, right?

Peeedoh!!!11

Ok, I can confirm that "****shire" is ITK-****-head code for "Veneto".

FFS! Don't post Patred's PM on here. You've thrown the whole thing into doubt. On your head be it. Numpty.

Right - I can confirm that he scored 22 league goals last season in 43 league starts.

O'Grady - he looked good. I am going to google him.

Seriously? EDIT- I am referring to the Guly bit, not the O-C comment.

The ball actually went out of play during that tussle so we were shafted by the lino. FFS - lino, give us our club back!

I feel sorry for your friend's loss but that's clearly an unintended consequence of any dispute between the Echo and the club. It's not fair to castigate anyone over that in this particualr instance.

I can see Deppo getting us out of League One but I'm not sure if he can hack the pressure in the Prem, should we make it through the Championship.

Deppo is Paul Hart. I thought everyone knows that?

It's not even "positive" thinking, it's just evidence of the sensible application of a modest amount of intelligence.