Gritt23
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He gets a lot of stick on here, where people essentially make him out to be the fall guy for everything and anything people dislike about the club, off, or even on, the field these days. Then, every now and again, I read someone offering a contrary view once they have had dealings with him. Today, that has included me, so here goes.
Background. I've been emailing the club fairly regularly, without response, about my plans to NOT renew, and my wishes for a couple of my friends to transfer into our seats. On my 4th attempt today, I cc'd Paul Barber. BANG, I get a response today, not much more than an hour after I send mine. It appears my emails were going into SPAM, but clearly Paul checks that, which is credit to him. Initially, my heckles were slightly up as he admonished me for one of my emails being rather terse, brusque even (my words, not his). But we got past that, and he probably did have a point - I was getting frustrated by the silence.
Not only has everything been progressed regarding my request but we have also been locked into a very enjoyable email conversation throughout the day. As anyone who has noticed my frothy ramblings on here will testify, I can go on a bit when I get typing. A couple of times I did ping across a reply to him and thought "meh, that went on too long, he'll never read all that." Nope, read, clearly digested it, and an equally lengthy response would come back. Not only that, but his lengthy replies were from his phone, so he's obviously staying in touch while dashing between meetings or similar. He's certainly not just sat at his desk tapping out the emails.
I won't divulge the exact email, I won't post them on here, not because they were especially personal, or private in their content, but simply because it's none of your business! LOL. But suffice to say he came across as someone very much like me as far as a football fan is concerned. Similar age, same sort of footballing background and experiences, albeit with a bigger club and therefore bigger occasions. Scratch the surface, and he is a very regular bloke, who has the business understanding to run our football club, and the football fan background to understand the wider picture.
I didn't come into today with a strong view of him either way, but I have to say, I'm now very impressed.
Background. I've been emailing the club fairly regularly, without response, about my plans to NOT renew, and my wishes for a couple of my friends to transfer into our seats. On my 4th attempt today, I cc'd Paul Barber. BANG, I get a response today, not much more than an hour after I send mine. It appears my emails were going into SPAM, but clearly Paul checks that, which is credit to him. Initially, my heckles were slightly up as he admonished me for one of my emails being rather terse, brusque even (my words, not his). But we got past that, and he probably did have a point - I was getting frustrated by the silence.
Not only has everything been progressed regarding my request but we have also been locked into a very enjoyable email conversation throughout the day. As anyone who has noticed my frothy ramblings on here will testify, I can go on a bit when I get typing. A couple of times I did ping across a reply to him and thought "meh, that went on too long, he'll never read all that." Nope, read, clearly digested it, and an equally lengthy response would come back. Not only that, but his lengthy replies were from his phone, so he's obviously staying in touch while dashing between meetings or similar. He's certainly not just sat at his desk tapping out the emails.
I won't divulge the exact email, I won't post them on here, not because they were especially personal, or private in their content, but simply because it's none of your business! LOL. But suffice to say he came across as someone very much like me as far as a football fan is concerned. Similar age, same sort of footballing background and experiences, albeit with a bigger club and therefore bigger occasions. Scratch the surface, and he is a very regular bloke, who has the business understanding to run our football club, and the football fan background to understand the wider picture.
I didn't come into today with a strong view of him either way, but I have to say, I'm now very impressed.
