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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Airman Brown said:

    LuckyReds said:

    MountsfieldPark said:

    HarryLime said:

    I wonder what she is thinking now. We were told at Meire’s PowerPoint meeting that she would start in Feb. Since then including the Power Point itself, there have been all number of PR gaffs, Dublin being a classic, culminating in a car park full of protesters and Minty’s effort in the Standard. She must have followed events, would she have handled things differently. Is she still looking forward to starting?

    Or did she start early, and make contributions while not yet officially in post?
    If she's started already then she isn't doing too well; unless you mean by this weeks releases?
    Understand they've got an interim from the PL advising them.
    If they have had advice regarding the statement and the Fraeye revelations over the past couple of days then the Premier League employ chite staff.

  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868
    Head of Mistruth more like it.
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,395
    seth plum said:

    Airman Brown said:

    LuckyReds said:

    MountsfieldPark said:

    HarryLime said:

    I wonder what she is thinking now. We were told at Meire’s PowerPoint meeting that she would start in Feb. Since then including the Power Point itself, there have been all number of PR gaffs, Dublin being a classic, culminating in a car park full of protesters and Minty’s effort in the Standard. She must have followed events, would she have handled things differently. Is she still looking forward to starting?

    Or did she start early, and make contributions while not yet officially in post?
    If she's started already then she isn't doing too well; unless you mean by this weeks releases?
    Understand they've got an interim from the PL advising them.
    If they have had advice regarding the statement and the Fraeye revelations over the past couple of days then the Premier League employ chite staff.

    Either that or they don't heed the advice....
  • mogodon
    mogodon Posts: 3,438
    Airman Brown said:

    Understand they've got an interim from the PL advising them.

    Assume this is a typo and you mean intern? It would account for the past 36 hours ...

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,438
    Let's give her a chance.

    As far as we know she's not started yet so we can't blame her for this week. It will be a difficult enough job regardless.

    I share AB's concerns about the lack of editorial experience but let's wait and see.
  • mogodon
    mogodon Posts: 3,438
    Henry Irving said:

    Let's give her a chance.

    As far as we know she's not started yet so we can't blame her for this week. It will be a difficult enough job regardless.

    I share AB's concerns about the lack of editorial experience but let's wait and see.

    Agree. In my experience (from on the other side of the fence) the best communicatons/PR people I dealt with as a journalist were those who came from a similar background. They generally understand how the media works and what the demands are. That fosters a good working relationship based on mutual trust. Where it goes wrong is when the Head of Communications see themselves as a barrier rather than a facilitator, there to protect rather than filter, and to demand without offering anything back.

    That said, the last few weeks have clearly shown there is a chronic need of some expertise inside the club. Some of the PR gaffs have been so obvious that a trainee could have spotted them and headed them off ...
  • T
    T Posts: 1,349
    Is she going to just look after PR or is her remit wider communications?

  • Bubble
    Bubble Posts: 1,543
    Airman Brown said:

    The new head of comms, due to start at the beginning of February, is from a marketing background, it seems. She doesn't have football or substantial related editorial experience, as far as I understand from multiple sources.

    Let's not make an issue out of her being a woman, though. We've had some excellent women press officers at Charlton and I'm sure one of them would have made a good head of comms (and might take offence if I imply otherwise).

    The powerpoints should improve then?
  • Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch Posts: 1,866
    mistrollingin said:

    Head of Mistruth more like it.

    Mistruth rolling in from the Thames
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,207
    Considering most of the clubs' comms seem over recent months seem to have been directed by a panicky KM, I wish the new head of comms the best of luck as she attempts to tell the boss to keep her beak out.

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  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,313
    edited January 2016
    Doesn"t have football experience? Sounds a bit overqualified for us. Maybe we could try her as manager ( interim of course).
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,136
    If she proves as hopeless as our CEO, and interim head coach, where does that leave Olly?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,278
    Bedsaddick said:

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    Congratulations!!! First funny Appleton joke in 3 years.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,701
    Did someone say our new head of communications had a background in cinema's and restaurants?
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,443
    Was she interviewed on the centre circle?
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    Is it a return for Rachael, Airman?
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,789
    Dave2l said:

    Is it a return for Rachael, Airman?

    I rather think not ...
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,205
    Jeanette?
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,789
    edited January 2016
    Fumbluff said:

    Jeanette?

    Ditto. I don't have her name. Yet.
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,818
    They could appoint Alistair Campbell - though he might want a tad more than 40K - and it would not make any difference whatsoever.

    The "message" in football is delivered from 1500-1645 every Saturday and for the last couple of years we have been receiving it loud and clear.

    The team needs substantial investment to make it competitive or all there is no way in the world you can even begin to sell the good stuff RD is doing such as with the training ground development.

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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Stig said:

    Bedsaddick said:

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    Congratulations!!! First funny Appleton joke in 3 years.
    You did it beds

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  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,918
    Can we sing "We all know your salary's shite!"???
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    Airman Brown said:

    Dave2l said:

    Is it a return for Rachael, Airman?

    I rather think not ...
    Once again some bird that knows nothing about football but perhaps an older wiser head then KM in a business sense
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,099
    edited January 2016
    Airman Brown said:

    Dave2l said:

    Is it a return for Rachael, Airman?

    I rather think not ...
    Is she still in Australia Airman?

  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,213
    She's still doing Countdown.
  • addick2000
    addick2000 Posts: 346
    I think the new head of comms is in an extraordinarily strong position. Assuming that she is competent and has down her own due diligence, particularly in light of the recent press attention, any advice that she gives and is not taken leaves her in a position where she exits stating that she is wasting her time there. Only time will tell about her competence and whether she is listened to
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-hawley-368033a
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,030
    edited January 2016
    AFKABartram said:

    Airman Brown said:

    Dave2l said:

    Is it a return for Rachael, Airman?

    I rather think not ...
    Is she still in Australia Airman?

    Yes, started following her on Twitter, she backing the protests.

  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,227
    Just as a slightly amusing aside. The new Head of Comms for the large well-known entity I used to work for rang me up and she asked "so, what's the difference between a private warning and a public warning"?
    My reply, was "okay, a private warning is, well, private; a public one isn't." I hope the club's new employee is a little more astute.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    The only club in the country where office wallers are on more wedge than the pissin manager, interim or not

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