6pm Radio Humberside Sport

Great listen. Club 1878 Tee-shirt anyone?

Quoted from Humbercod

A bit disappointed the new ground has been put on the back burner but couldn’t fail to be impressed listening to them.

Need to concentrate getting right on the pitch first.

I thought that was very much as advertised - measured, well considered, positive comments without resorting to grand, unrealistic statements about the club’s long-term future. These guys aren’t going to promise anything they cannot deliver.

Still some questions in my mind about how any major improvements to the club’s infrastructure will be funded in the short-to-medium-term - bringing the club’s facilities in line with where they ought to be won’t come cheap amidst a backdrop of falling revenue. However, this is day one in the job and I suspect the answers to that will emerge over time.

I’m expecting to see baby steps throughout the club rather than any giant leaps, but simply moving in the right direction on all fronts will be a breath of fresh air after nearly two decades stuck in reverse gear with Fenty’s foot stuck firmly to the floor.

These guys are the tortoise to Fenty the hare, and that should not be seen as a negative in the slightest.

The future is bright. It’s black and white. UTM!

Quoted from barrattstandman

Apparently Wrexham have full coverage for this season by their own set up

All clubs do at that level this season, because fans aren't allowed in. Similar to how we can watch iFollow in the UK this season but have never been able to before.

I only caught about 15 minutes due to poor signal on my phone, and I liked what they were saying, but did they really say the new stadium was on the back burner? I can’t deny it, I’m disappointed in that.

Not a single mention of bringing in players that will make the hair on my neck stand on end.

Very disappointed 😉

Quoted from Heisenberg

I only caught about 15 minutes due to poor signal on my phone, and I liked what they were saying, but did they really say the new stadium was on the back burner? I can’t deny it, I’m disappointed in that.

On the back burner.....for now. Priorities must be to get a winning team and promotion back into the league. Who knows? Promotion next season and that back burner may be sparked back into life again.

They are, quite rightly, prioritising the things they can affect right now. As much as we all want a shiny new stadium, the prospect of such a thing won’t help us next season.

When you set priorities you can’t just focus on the commercial benefits - you have to consider the speed and ease at which they can be implemented. A new stadium is probably a top 3 long-term priority, but it’s also the single most difficult and expensive thing to deliver.

Improved training pitches might only offer a marginal benefit, but it’s a benefit that is achievable in the here and now.

Pragmatism isn’t always exciting, but it’s something the club has been grossly deficient in for many years. How many different sets of shiny, 3D renders of various stadium designs have spanned the Fenty era? I make it at least four. How many different proposed locations? Lots. I still don’t see a new stadium, and all the while our facilities have been rusting and crumbling.

They have this right in my opinion.  

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

On the back burner.....for now. Priorities must be to get a winning team and promotion back into the league. Who knows? Promotion next season and that back burner may be sparked back into life again.

Interesting that Tom, as in Shutes, was mentioned in the new stadium part of the interview.

[quote=491]I thought that was very much as advertised - measured, well considered, positive comments without resorting to grand, unrealistic statements about the club’s long-term future. These guys aren’t going to promise anything they cannot deliver.

Still some questions in my mind about how any major improvements to the club’s infrastructure will be funded in the short-to-medium-term - bringing the club’s facilities in line with where they ought to be won’t come cheap amidst a backdrop of falling revenue. However, this is day one in the job and I suspect the answers to that will emerge over time.

I recall early in the interview, perhaps when answering question on fan ownership, that they referred to having to fund expected losses in the first two years which I took to mean they will need to spend significant sums of their own money on upgrades to the infrastructure.