Ask the Owners

[ncfcog]

Ever thought about crowdfunding? Something like Crowdfunder, where there are no platform fees during the pandemic. Perhaps pledge a proportion of funds raised to a local charity, with the rest paying for domain and other IT costs. Since 2012 I've provided, at my own expense, a website for the village I live in so I know how the costs mount up. So far, like you, I've just taken the costs on the chin.

That’s a good idea 51, will have a look into that, thanks.

[queenslandpie]

If you migrate your site to wordpress.org you will be able to host it for free.

[ncfcog]

If you migrate your site to wordpress.org you will be able to host it for free.

Yeah I’ve looked at that before, I think it’s just I use Wix for a couple of work websites so comfortable with the formatting etc. The website and domain costs about £120 a year but I’m not using all the features yet that that offers. It’s other costs that are starting to build up, subscriptions for data, visualisations and api feeds etc, I think I spent about £550 last year. Suppose I’m looking at it as a hobby more than anything else.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

And why limit it to 30 minutes ?

I assume that like most of these events, the questions are carefully selected and responses prepared.

I don't think media training was a big factor. It was rather turgid.

However, we had no "ex Championship striker", "biggest budget in the NL", "exciting times ahead" type B.S.

“Media training” is overrated in my view. I want to see genuine real people interviewed not ones who have been fed how to respond and say things and what to say in front of a camera.

When discussing matters of business such as running the club it was pleasing to see a professional calm and composed manner. By nature these kind of interviews should be informative and educational with insight thrown in.

This club has been too much of a joke and circus for too long and thank goodness the club now has its respect back.

[magpie_mania]

“Media training” is overrated in my view. I want to see genuine real people interviewed not ones who have been fed how to respond and say things and what to say in front of a camera.

When discussing matters of business such as running the club it was pleasing to see a professional calm and composed manner. By nature these kind of interviews should be informative and educational with insight thrown in.

This club has been too much of a joke and circus for too long and thank goodness the club now has its respect back.

Some media training is useful.

If you have watched interviews with Ministers over Zoom in recent months, some are really good (not in what they say but how they put themselves over) while others are awful. Basic training would have been helpful.

Problem is when the media training becomes spin training.

[upthemaggies]

Short of a disaster beyond their control (such as non-league or lower league football being closed down indefinitely), I really can't imagine the short-medium term future of Notts County Football Club could feel any more secure than it does in the hands of these two people.

Whether or not they can make a success of it is another question and I believe Notts are now in the most difficult position they've found themselves in the past 70 years when it comes down to what happens on the pitch. 1950 was the last time there was only one promotion place available to us. Two automatic places with no play offs (the format above tier 4 until 1973) was easier then 1 auto and 1 play off for the better quipped clubs because play offs increase the chances of an unpredictable outcome.

Play offs are basically a mini cup competition. If you think back to when the FA Cup was THE trophy everybody wanted to win, the best teams often struggled to get their hands on the prize. Liverpool at the their peak in the late 70s and early 80s failed to win it at all between 1974 and 1986, Brian Clough never won it, Revie's great Leeds side only won it once and yet 2nd division sides Sunderland and Southampton both won it, as did Ipswich whilst teams like Fulham, Brighton and QPR reached the final.

In terms of regularly winning football matches, consistently challenging for promotion and finishing in the top third, we've never had an easier task, but to actually go up - No owners have faced a more difficult challenge since the days of the Third Division South.