Quote: devoniangiant "Pleased to see so many there and very impressed with Rick. He seems very level headed, clear on what he wants from the squad, and aware of the constraints of finance that he needs to work with. Very respectful of previous regime when it would have been very easy for him to criticise our poor season gone. Seems he is prepared to see how it goes first couple of games and happy enough with the squad and cover in most positions. Most happy to hear him give positive raps to the younger guys in the squad and those just joined and hoping that he will give those deserving a shot. These friendlies are the chance for the young guys to stake a claim.
Been to lots of these forums before but this one was much better than most thanks to the honesty, humility and common sense responses to questions. Good questions asked too ' not too negative either that would have been an easy trap to fall into.
Won a raffle prize too happy days!!!'"
Congrats - was it a early prize or a later one
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Thing is with these events - and indeed the monthly meetings, people come away having heard stuff a lot more positive and are often quite surprised how down to earth and honest the people within the club are....it's easy to sit behind a computer and complain/whine/criticise etc but when you here these people speak it does make you think that maybe things aren't that bad.
Must also say a positive word about Richard Thewlis, he gets some stick at times, some maybe justified, some not but i thought he was very open and honest and didn't try and deflect or get out of answering questions, like he said it's easier to tell the truth than to lie and i think he needs praising for the way he answered them....as all the guests did !!
