Glad Steff's connection held up long enough to share the World Class Lettuce Farm metaphor.
Great pod half way through listening Laurel & Hardy popped into my head take that as a complimentNEW POD ALERT - 266 NOT OUT
Milo and I lay down a rapid pod post Fulham, so fast, the recording and editing was done by the time Harry’s illness/fever became public.
Thank you, and I do mate. Loved them both. If your first listen, rifle through a few othersGreat pod half way through listening Laurel & Hardy popped into my head take that as a compliment
I will definitely check out some of the othersThank you, and I do mate. Loved them both. If your first listen, rifle through a few others
I really appreciate the rapid rebound pods, all of them raw and right on the money.
One remark: in your elaborate praise today of Harry in the wake of his goalscoring record - so special indeed that 'we have seen all 267 of them' - I was surprised that none of you mentioned that Harry has never had the kind of ego that so many other top players of the modern game have. Yesterday was a case in point. No 'premeditated and to be revealed' t-shirt with the number 267 under his match shirt - I just love him for not being like that. This, too, is what makes him stand out in this day and age, and what adds another layer to him being one of our own.
So listening to it
- One comment on the tone back from the club to the THST. I think it was intentional, I think where you missed the point is it wasn't a response to the fans, it was a response to the trust. The trust were the ones that was purposely trying to leverage the club by making all of this unnecessarily public and using inflammatory wording. Can't see why you would respond to that with empathy.
The club being better with PR is probably a fair point (longer conversation) but I don't think this was the time or place.
Their irritation in having to answer questions was clear. As Gareth says on the pod, there are some bridges that have been burnt between the Trust and the club, hopefully, the new chair on the Trust has success at rebuilding them. I do think that the club are excessively secretive and defensive, though
Well questions to the club were sent on the watch of the new co-chairs, so it's not a particularly great start to rebuilding the relationship at Board level.
Their irritation in having to answer questions was clear. As Gareth says on the pod, there are some bridges that have been burnt between the Trust and the club, hopefully, the new chair on the Trust has success at rebuilding them. I do think that the club are excessively secretive and defensive, though
While that might be 100% a fair statement, I'd make two points
1. Where is the model, PL club that is open, has regular updates and PR to fans? I feel like a lot with Spurs we are trying to hold the club to a standard that no one else does? What is the upside/value for the club? a few more pacified fans? see my point below (you have to help the club understand why they should do this)
2. I work with large enterprise executive boards, literally nothing in the way the trust tries to engage the club is going to work, it is horrendously amateur/naïve/arrogant (I'm not sure which one). If they are genuine, I feel for them because they are probably out of their depth.