OK, it doesn't show any others when you click on the 'latest videos' link on the BCFC.com site and view the video thumbnails, but if you instead hover over the 'latest videos' link then new options appear and one of those is the introduction video as well as the Q & A.
Direct links -
Introduction - [www.bcfc.com]
Q & A - [www.bcfc.com]
‘The Alliance’ is all about people getting aligned with shared view
Yeah and I get that. On the whole it's a good thing and makes sense. But it doesn't mean everybody has to agree with every single decision without question does it. And they are business people who should understand that. That reaction feels a bit sulky to me. How about trying to understand why the Rooney appointment has been divisive and poorly received by some instead of writing off everybody who doesn't agree with it. You know, consulting as part of a genuine partnership/alliance.
It’s more about supporting the team and all involved with it. That wasn’t the case v Hull and tbh I find it bizarre and some of it shameful.
They haven’t said you can’t disagree with anything. Saying that is disingenuous
Rab C NesbittPRBlueFacts.What an effing ridiculous thing to say. Grow up.
The rather silly notion can equally be thrown at those who think it's okay for us to lose a few games now because Rooney will get us playing better football in the long run. I don't believe anybody on either side of this divide wants to see us lose but the accusation could be thrown both ways. It just depends on how you view it.
Rab C NesbittIt’s more about supporting the team and all involved with it. That wasn’t the case v Hull and tbh I find it bizarre and some of it shameful.
They haven’t said you can’t disagree with anything. Saying that is disingenuous
They didn't say it outright but it's in there. Football fans do express dissatisfaction and there is a lot around with Blues atm. Rightly or wrongly. They are clearly shocked their decision is being criticised. I get the point you make about supporting the team but there's more to it than that.
Have a Viennese Whirl and enjoy the ride
newblueFor all the complaints, however justified, about the sacking of the last manager and the appointment of a new one and the way it was done, I can’t think of a time when the board and management of the club has made such effort to comprehensively set out where they want to take it and us. If that’s Americanised, then I welcome that, because the disrespect our loyal supporters have been treated with for decades is the exact opposite. Whether we achieve it is another matter but I think it’s great that the ambition is there. It rarely (frankly if ever) has been and I go back even further than 68 (sadly).
A really good viewpoint, I like this.
BluestainesThat’s nothing to do with why I posted ‘facts’.Rab C NesbittPRBlueFacts.What an effing ridiculous thing to say. Grow up.
The rather silly notion can equally be thrown at those who think it's okay for us to lose a few games now because Rooney will get us playing better football in the long run. I don't believe anybody on either side of this divide wants to see us lose but the accusation could be thrown both ways. It just depends on how you view it.
I said some had posted less after we won on Saturday, than they had done when we hadn’t won
"The rather silly notion can equally be thrown at those who think it's okay for us to lose a few games now because Rooney will get us playing better football in the long run. I don't believe anybody on either side of this divide wants to see us lose but the accusation could be thrown both ways. It just depends on how you view it."
Fair.
Hagley BlueI'm glad Tom Wagner called out the Blues fans from the Hull game. Needed doing.
Not sure about that. Criticising your customers? He should be bigger than that. I do get tired of anybody blaming Blues fans for things.
If people are being stupid they deserve to be called out.
Fit in or eff off is what Cook said, they’re not short of a few bob, they won’t miss a few unhappy peoples’s £30 if it makes the atmosphere better and attracts more people who are willing to back the club and the board.
BluestainesHow can you be not sure.? The booing fans were bang out of order so deserve to be blamed for the toxicity during the match. Having different opinions or not agreeing to decions made regarding the sacking of JE.ustace and replacing with Rooney should not mean the toxic atmosphere we had at home to Hull. The idea of home advantage cheering on and supporting YOUR club but no lets boo and make it difficult for ourselves..its as if some wanted us to lose to prove a point. We need to be together as a fanbase moving forward and make St Andrews a fortress again.Hagley BlueI'm glad Tom Wagner called out the Blues fans from the Hull game. Needed doing.
Not sure about that. Criticising your customers? He should be bigger than that. I do get tired of anybody blaming Blues fans for things.
I have despaired the last few seasons and thought we were going to be relegated this season until Knighthead took over. However I was looking for our new owners to act with loyalty and integrity. So whilst I have stayed mostly quiet now re Rooney, I am also switched off.
I think you should reconsider
1.. Knighthead is as good a "dream come true" as we are likely to get. Whilst others may be more impressed with superficial (but welcome and important) changes, for me the fact that we are now untangled from the previous ownership model is the most essential part. Whilst it was a work of genius (something only a very few on here appreciate) and it may, as mayor often points out, have been the thing that saved us from administration over the last ten years, it was also a barrier to new ownership and investment.
2.. I don't think (and have never thought) that Knighthead are here for the short-term. hopefully by hearing that enforced repeatedly by Wagner the doubters will ease off their criticism of the owners (Moxley and Simon Jordan especially - this means you).
3.. Ours is a TINY business. It may be very high profile but we only have a revenue of about £18 million a year, i think) -- i pay out DOUBLE that PER MONTH to contractors where i work. Blues probably struggle to be in the top 40 clubs in the country in terms of revenue - and we lose an absolute fortune as a %. We should be grateful and thankful that someone is prepared to appoint very talented and motivated (and very highly paid) people with the ambition to drag us up from being a basket case (not due to previous owners alone) to somewhere where we compete with clubs in football's elite. Even the bloody Vile have an annual revenue ten times ours, and they access the same demographic and geographic areas
4.. Yes, it's very corporate and very Americanised - but most large businesses are these days, the one i work for is - but it's up to us, the fans, to adapt and get used to that. I mean, who the feck else would have us AND have access to the funds we need
5.. linked to 4 ... there will be other things we don't like too that feel "unBlues". Probably a Peaky Blinders theme park feel - perhaps special guest appearances - things done solely for social media hits - but to get where we want to get, these days, there isn't much choice - you sell your soul to the Corporate Devil and ride on that wave. Is it the destination that's the over-riding factor or the fact that the journey may not be the most picturesque ?
6.. Then there were some things that Cook said last night that hinted at things i'd emailed him about (i can be polite and eloquent when i want to be) and he'd emailed me about (or perhaps he got someone to email on his behalf) ... and i know that i'm not the only person (by a long way) he has had correspondence with.
a) Yes, in hindsight there was no need for the words used in the statement regarding JE's dismissal - and there was no need for him to sound so ungracious. He believes that his second statement (and Wagner admitting that Knighthead wouldn't have bought Blues if it wasn't for JE keeping us up last season) have righted that. I'm not in full agreement
b) but i am in agreement with the view that it's their club, their investment and their choice to employ whoever they want and whoever they think will be best for the club in the long run.... and the way they think that the club will get to where they want it to get is investment, investment, investment.... and the effects on investment will always form part of all decisions they make
c) Cook is very clear that he doesn't like mediocrity, he expects everything to be a step in the direction of being world class and doesn't like "yes men". He is open to criticism (that doesn't mean abuse and booing which i'm also dead against) and will always take on board suggestions and ideas that clash with his own. In fact he agrees that questioning, doubting and searching for evidential proof is the way that all major companies (and societies) grow - in the same way that he questions everything, and every working practice, he has walked into at Blues.
As i said last night,
" as CEO he's the public face of the business and he acts similarly to many of the better CEOs i've worked for. It's a lot about pushing ambition, excellence, positivity, teamwork, and setting the goal and teaching the vision and putting a team in place to pass that vision and ambition through his team leaders or departmental managers all the way through the business. For me he's about as good as it gets in British football as a CEO ...."
So, to repeat myself, i think you should reconsider. We know here we want to be, and in the world as it is today, we have to accept that there will be things and decisions that we may not agree with but i think that fans are correct to trust Knighthead and that if we want to get to "that place" then we, as individuals, have to accept that things are being done by Knighthead for the right reasons (in their belief) and for the long term good of the club.
To be honest, after the shit the fans have been served up and swallowed from our owners over the past 12 years, if you find this to be the straw that breaks the camel's back then you're a mentalist.
Wise words. Well said. Let’s enjoy the ride. We’re going places.