Roam Ranger wrote:On the subject of articles/interviews this pre-season, I think that it's pretty obvious that the message FC are trying to project (and doing a good job of doing so IMO) is that of a fresh start. Forget last season (the last few seasons even), forget what you might have heard about what was going on behind the scenes because we're a new regime and we've made changes and will continue to make changes to try and be successful once more. This is being aimed at supporters to encourage pass sales and per match tickets but also a message to the wider game, particularly players and agents. They're marketing the club in the only way that they can until the season actually starts.
It's also got a completely different tone to previous years in that it comes across as grounded and realistic. Any talk of success and ambition is something that we are aiming to build towards rather than immediate promises. This isn't the bullish stuff of being up there competing for honours with a full cap and competitive squad that we've grown used to. It's different.
Completely agree with the above. As you say RR, the whole off-season media campaign has being about instilling some positive thinking into the fan base (fresh start, new broom, new objectives, etc.). It puts across the idea that everyone connected with the club is rolling their sleeves up and are tackling the numerous problems surrounding the club which need addressing if we are to make any progress. Communicating with the fan base is simply one aspect of the 'new-start' program we hope will bring results.
If Myler/Cartwright/Anybody else said nothing, we would all be up in arms asking (rightly) where is the interaction with supporters. At the other extreme, if Cartwright came out and said it's Old Trafford or bust in 2025 I reckon we would all be saying all he's done is set us up for an almighty fall!
But that clearly isn't the case. All JC has said, ever since he set foot in the place, is that he believes success will return to the club
in time, not necessarily immediately, but
in time.
He was asked a question in an interview and he answered it honestly and in a straightforward manner. What is he supposed to do exactly in that situation? sit there like a dumb waiter, staring into space, saying nothing!
He is the Hull Fc coach speaking, primarily, to Hull Fc fans as part of his duties as a Hull Fc coach, can't say I can see too much of a problem with this! nor, I suspect, will any other black & white.
Let's face it, he's hardly coming across like Jose Mourinho when he first arrived at Chelsea, is he, shouting the odds through a megaphone from the rooftops!! Seriously cannot see what the problem is here. Still, each to their own, eh!!
