Ron Noades Interview Part Two Online

[beesotted]

The second part of Beesotted's Exclusive Interview with Ron Noades is now online. Please post your comments on what he says on www.beesotted.com

 

[Chrisbee]

YAWN

 

[Edmundo]

Thanks Dave. It doesn't sound like he saying anything new - other than flatly denying any merger talk (thank god for that!). What really gets to me about him though is the way he blows hot and cold all the time. We've read in the Chronicle about how Bully says he's lost interest in the football side of things - and nothing I've seen would disprove that. What he really needs to do is start trying to convince us that he is serious about getting the business and ground side of things properly sorted out.

In the end, a chairman who shows no enthusiasm for the football team is bound to be on the receiving end of supporters views - I'm surprised he can't see that. Off the pitch, he still appears to be trying to get things right - although I think he is taking some alarming risks. But we need a chairman who wants promotion as much as we do - and that doesn't seem to be Ron Noades.

 

[Thorne In The Side]

Why should anyone trust what Noades says when the thruth comes out in interviews such as with Bully etc.

 

[Bucks Bee]

Quite an interview. I can see where he is coming from - the gates have dropped. But he should not have assumed that speding lots of money would mean improved gates. Its going to be a long-term thing, to bring in new fans and to get old ones back.

He also makes reference to the fans wish for money to buy new players - not really - all we need and ever needed was a striker - just one player to round off a squad that is capable of performing in Division 1. Why is it that every game I see, I compare their strikers to ours and we fall woefully short???

 

[Chrisbee]

I think BFC should concentrate on new fans as the older ones who have stopped going would appear to be lost forever

 

[B2B]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Chrisbee:
I think BFC should concentrate on new fans as the older ones who have stopped going would appear to be lost forever

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and where will they come from when we are stuck in a non-league ground miles away from our traditional fanbase?

 

[DJ_Fletch]

I think bringing Steve Coppel in would maybe bring some fans back for the opening few games and if things go well in those they might go more often as he is quite a big name (he is on every TV football show at one stage or another).

I haven't been to Griffen Park for the best part of 2 years, but next year I will be going to the first few games of the season, to see how things go.

Fletch

 

[Bigbee]

The worst piece of PR which did nothing to help our falling gates,came from the man himself last February.A pretty good time to declare our season dead and over.Also I take on board what Ron is saying but he knows damn well a decent striker would of had us in the play offs at least this season.Reading are there and they are sh*t hoof ballers,with a couple of good finishers,made even better now our Nicky has got them out of jail recently.Our gates wouldnt have fallen,we didnt need Van Wotsitsname etc,just someone to convert the many chances we were making.Ive just remembered he sold Scotty who was doing that.Shooting your self in the foot comes to mind Ronny, blinkered vision another,stubborn its my ball and if Im not playing I'll take it away.NOADES ,YOUVE DONE MORE TO REDUCE THE GATES THIS SEASON THAN ANYONE !!!! HAVE A GOOD LOOK IN THE MIRROR,NO NO THE DAILY ONE !!

 

[richy]

totally agree with above.

Ron keeps moaning about falling gates but he's got to understand that the constant stream of negative publicity put out by himself has a massive effect.

All the "stay aways" don't see the decent football. They see players sold, managers leaving, moaning chairmen etc. and think " same old Brentford, no ambition".

 

[Bigbee]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bigbee:


The worst piece of PR which did nothing to help our falling gates,came from the man himself last February.A pretty good time to declare our season dead and over.Also I take on board what Ron is saying but he knows damn well a decent striker would of had us in the play offs at least this season.Reading are there and they are sh*t hoof ballers,with a couple of good finishers,made even better now our Nicky has got them out of jail recently.Our gates wouldnt have fallen,we didnt need Van Wotsitsname etc,just someone to convert the many chances we were making.Ive just remembered he sold Scotty who was doing that.Shooting your self in the foot comes to mind Ronny, blinkered vision another,stubborn its my ball and if Im not playing I'll take it away.NOADES ,YOUVE DONE MORE TO REDUCE THE GATES THIS SEASON THAN ANYONE !!!! HAVE A GOOD LOOK IN THE MIRROR,NO NOT THE DAILY ONE !!</font>

 

[Edmundo]

Heard you the first time!

 

[South Acton Bee]

what can u say some good points some bad points still no nearer the true ! are we going to woking next season or NOT !

 

[crocodile dunbee]

he can say what he likes in interviews, the bottom line is;
get ready to say goodbye to griffin park.
get ready to say goodbye to bfc.
UNLESS we kick up a fuss and save the club.

 

[Baz Bee]

His bottom line in part Two appears to be that we're losing money and it cannot go on?

Well who has caused this problem? Answer; one Ron Noades himself. He naively assumed that gates would rise to a level which may give a level of revenue that would produce a more susutainable position. Why? Anyone with a modicum of knowledge of lower division football recognises that genearlly over the past 3 years or so gates have at the best stagnated unless a club was successful on the field.

He talks about the players and their associated costs. Who paid silly money for unproven player who are now a liabilty? Who agreed to contracts that gave these players salaries that were not justifiable in terms of revenue available, and more importantly the skill factor of the player.

Yes some supporters called for new faces, but in reality that was only a cry for a striker who could convert chances. We only wanted one whereas Ron you indulged your hobby with a team of maybes that we are now being told that we have to fund as you won't!!!

If Ron Noades creates the problem through his poor or bad risk taking in terms of players bought and attendance levels then he should be man enough to own the problem. To attempt to divert the blame somewhere else sums up his self centered and immature attitude to people and is an insult to the intelligence of the many.

 

[ChrisH]

Brentford could have made the play-offs if Noades hadn't made the mad sale of 2 crucial players mid-season. that gave out all the wrong signals and is when the gates started falling off. The team was effectively sabotaged at a turning point.

It was because he didn't see the improved performances as he was over in Spain all the time. A serious misjudgement.

Amen to Clubs living within their means but as everyone says on here....Noades does not give any positive publicity for the Club. Always depressing reading.

 

[shaggy]

I thought most of the comments, and not just from me, were not about him not spending money on BFC but about him running up debts! Don't know what he has been reading on the internet.

 

[Edmundo]

He seems to have whatever the opposite of rose-tinted specs is when he reads the internet.

 

[Baz Bee]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Edmundo:
He seems to have whatever the opposite of rose-tinted specs is when he reads the internet.</font>

unrose-untinted specs?