[Official Site] WATCH | Q&A WITH KHALED EL-AHMAD

Managed to last 1hr 40 mins.

The questioning was excellent. The answering was bright but not revealing.

I can't recall "The Covenant" getting a mention. It's the covenant, the covenant I tell ye (in a Corporal Fraser voice).

Is the last 50 mins or so worth watching? Cos it's become a bit like watching Boycott batting on a sticky wicket where they can't get him out.

 

It you enjoy hearing someone say "you'd have to ask the owners" "that was before my time" "someone else could answer that better than me" then yeah.

Actually it's all worth a listen even if the answers were **** because the way they were answered or deflected says a lot I guess

 

I was waiting for sticky Vicky to come out firing out ping pong balls.

 

For me the most disappointing utterance from the chap was the stuff about our pitch formation revolving around which players we'd got at any particular time.

There was me thinking that we had a style of play coming from the spreadsheet down, which dictated how we set up on the pitch. And thus dictated which player we recruited for a certain position. Nope. We get the cheap and childlike and cheerful in, then we look at a formation based upon how we can arrange what we've got.

 

Interesting hearing how thorough the process was for interviewing a new head coach. Then when asked if more experienced people had applied, essentially yes but they would be too expensive.
So we went with a unproven, unknown and inexperienced option. Inspiring.

 

If that is the case, given we lost Mowatt, Dike, Chaplin and Sollbauer, and added Gomes and Vita (loans), Benson, Iseka, Oulare and Cole…. I’m ever more concerned that it wasn’t just one rogue salary.

 

Yep. Absolutely everything is on the cheap. Think how low we’ll go without £6m from being a championship club and the vastly reduced season ticket sales.

 

Seems to be the process for every hire. I’m sure our CEO approves as he fits the same mould.

 

We also were working off the exceptional £500k playoff loss, still with covid uncertainty.

We must surely have paid wages for Dike though, directly on indirectly? I would expect a loan fee as well which are pretty standard.

All things considered, I’m surprised 21/22 wages were budgeted to be higher than 20/21.

 

So basically paul conway knows he isnt liked by a ever growing group of supporters, he said if people dont want him here he will leave but it will take someone to come in and buy them out with a subjective offer.

 

I thought you put that question across very well. I imagine they would want back what they have paid for the club 4 years ago. The longer it goes on with fans boycotting etc the more the club will de-value and they will struggle to get the money they want.

 

Havent the lads behind conway out saying they have a buyer? I could have that wrong so dont quote me.

 

It would be interesting to know what we did pay. However it was positioned. I’d be extremely unhappy at anything near £500k for such a short period when fans weren’t in grounds.