Well Said Steve Bateman

[Windsor Rebel]

http://www.windsorexpress.co.uk/sport/article-22638-slough-town-fc-boss-angered-by-keyboard-cowards-/

[Irishadrian]

Whilst I fully agree that Steve Bateman had a right to respond to criticism on the forum thats what he did do and imo that was the correct place to do so. Our forum is a small forum with maybe a few dozen regular contributors and some more casual readers Whatever is said good or bad it remains within the forum community. I dont think its sensible to take essentially forum business to the local and national media( non league daily) because thats a two way street Take forum business to the press and that invites responses to the press which will be read by many thousands thats not a good thing imo..

[Windsor Rebel]

The point is Irishadrian, is that you should not post anything on here which you are not prepared to say to someone face to face. Like you say , we

are a small club and most people know each other. Steve Bateman is correct in this case.

[BFR]

Adrian

 

What is more likely to have happened is the journalist has read our forum and put a question to Bates about it.

[Sue]

And as Dave Anderson told me the press can sometmes misquote what you acutally say

[Irishadrian]

BFR and Sue Im sure both of you could be spot on. However,whenever a journalist ask you a question you can always decline to comment and of course if you are misquoted you can ask for a correction/retraction. If any of the more vitriolic exchanges on our forum recently had found their way into the local media it could have caused a lot of damage at a time when we really need the support of the local community regarding the proposed new ground.

[Windsor Rebel]

...and the support of the fans not running down the manager and the team.

[Mr Rebel]

nobody thats not closely associated with the club will not give two hoots about the whole situation i woulda thought

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

storm in a tea cup if you ask me.

[Fortunist]

storm in a tea cup if you ask me.

[Cookham Rebel]

I agree with what you are saying Irishadrian but the difference is we are not in the football league I suppose it is acceptable for a manager to air his views in the local press about supporters, we're not big time after all!!!

 

Even though it was aimed at me, Steve has a right to say what he did because of the level we play at, I doubt many VIP's read the sport section of the Express so it's hardly bad press, if anything it may have even had a positive effect, the headline stood out!!!

 

Thought we played ok Saturday at Thame for some reason, maybe I liked seeing us line up with Brown, NBH and Woozely in a 3-5-2 too much, ok we struggled to pass the ball like we can but it is more of a battle at our level, especially against teams of a lower stature!!! Roll on Saturday, and 3 points on the board....

[readingrebel]

OK, it was worth a try playing 3-5-2 with 3 centre backs but it certainly didn't work and I'll be more than a little surprised if SB tries it again on Saturday.

[Cookham Rebel]

I'm really not sure RR... I'm really intrigued to see how we line up!!!

 

Just a shame NBH arrived so late in pre-season, 3-5-2 hasn't really been given a chance and following my earlier comments regarding Alex Brown, he has come on leaps and bounds and it will be a shame if he is the one to miss out, I just can't see NBH or Woozely being on the bench... The biggest headache is the midfield, lots of talent there and a few will be disappointed!!!

[readingrebel]

SB's headache as who to play in midfield on Saturday might be eased by some players not being fit.

 

Paul Coyne was at the Thame game and was doing some a pre match warm up but didn't appear in the match.

 

Also Stuart Swift appeared to be limping a bit when substituted at Chesham and didn't make an appearance at Thame.