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Post by leightonterrier on Jun 27, 2023 16:19:24 GMT 1
Has he got you on the payroll cueball? Imagine. I’m not getting carried away with this guy, he’s got a lot to do to convince me. What is it that you need convincing of? His intent? His financial backing? His sound judgement? His ambition? His seemingly genuine regard for the club history?
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Post by muffinman on Jun 27, 2023 16:27:35 GMT 1
Well being from The Whisky Isle (Islay) - I for one certainly hope so !!! 🥃 😊 🥃 Half-time Octomore, then! (If you know, you know) Octomore. Bloody hate the stuff. Give me an aged Speyside any day.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2023 16:31:13 GMT 1
Half-time Octomore, then! (If you know, you know) Octomore. Bloody hate the stuff. Give me an aged Speyside any day. Aye, if you're not a fan of peaty whiskies then the peatiest whisky in the World (so they say) won't be to your taste. Speyside malt fan myself. Goes well with a Steak Canadian.
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Post by westislandterrier on Jun 27, 2023 16:33:13 GMT 1
Well being from The Whisky Isle (Islay) - I for one certainly hope so !!! 🥃 😊 🥃 Half-time Octomore, then! (If you know, you know) Aye and a ‘Smokey’ song over The PA to compliment that ‘Smoky’ double dram ! NB : - It’s named in honour of the nearby farm that supplies the barley and where the cows enjoy the draff (a bye-product of the mashing process) and Farmer Broon’ aka ‘Sweetie’ given his fondness for a wee tasty whisky... James also supplies the quality reducing water (from still strength to cask strength) and is a true Highland Lad and local legend and a good piper as well if Kevin ever wants a tune... I wonder did he fly over The West Island on the way to Huddersfield - entirely possible as we see loads of flights going to The USA and Canada - in fact me and ma shift mate counted 33 on one back-shift way back in the good old days at the Distillery ! 😊
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Post by colnevalleyblue on Jun 27, 2023 16:40:39 GMT 1
Just watching the video about the takeover now. Fascinating stuff. Besides selling himself to Town fans it’s also important that Kevin Nagle sells the club and the town of Huddersfield to Sacramento, to California and to the whole of the USA and videos like this will go a long way to achieving this. They’ll love Town’s history. That legacy can never be taken from the club and the Americans will lap it up. All that exposure and publicity equals money. Encouraging start. Selling it to investors too, I can see others getting involved whilst he's here but I'd be surprised if Nagle hasn't already considered an 'exit strategy' and I do not mean this to sound negative but he alludes to having the finances to do this because he's sold his stake in the Sacramento Kings basketball side. I assume he will do something similar again with us. Seemed to be a successful venture with the Kings, both what he achieved in the community, as well as financially.
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Post by westislandterrier on Jun 27, 2023 16:41:12 GMT 1
Comes across really well - I like the cut of his jib. I know words are just that, but "Hudderstown" aside he said all of the right things, for me. IIRC Brighton, despite having a fair bit of money in the Championship, took a medium-term approach and built up the infrastructure over a few years - training facilities, scouting etc - without throwing huge wedges of cash at shiny new players. The way Nagle spoke, it sounds like his plans are along the same lines. Marginal gains, I think the stats bores call it. Look at Brighton now. Only bit I didn't get - he mentioned spirits twice, as in access to spirits at the ground. Are we talking half-time drams of fine 18yr-old single malts, or have swivel-eyed goons on Twitter been moaning they don't sell half time vodka and coke? westislandterrier is famous with Kevin already and he's already looking into a partnership with some of Islay's finest distilleries He could start with bringing out a quality cask strength bottling run and I’ve just thought of a good name for it’s Label... How about a 57.8% bottle of........ “Nagel’s Nectar” ! 🥃 ⭐️ 🥃
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Post by townarentbest on Jun 27, 2023 16:42:37 GMT 1
Yes, but it doesn't mean anything yet. I seem to remember our previous chairman coming across reasonably well in his first press conference/interview. You watched something different to what I did then - he came across like an aggressive arrogant arsehole!!
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Post by pilks123 on Jun 27, 2023 16:46:59 GMT 1
Good watch, comes across well in that episode and the earlier press conference. Not made huge waves yet but must be doing something right to convince Neil to stay on another year.
Had to cringe at the scripted dinner scenes but that's American TV for you. Fingers crossed this resembles the direction of Wrexham and not the first season of Sunderland till I die. Still get enjoyment in watching Simon Grayson tank that first season live on camera. Made the documentary even better!
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Post by ben1987 on Jun 27, 2023 16:50:59 GMT 1
Imagine. I’m not getting carried away with this guy, he’s got a lot to do to convince me. What is it that you need convincing of? His intent? His financial backing? His sound judgement? His ambition? His seemingly genuine regard for the club history? A press conference will not be enough to convince me of anything, that doesn’t mean I don’t support the guy and the club. I’m just not willing to get carried away.
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 27, 2023 16:52:49 GMT 1
What is it that you need convincing of? His intent? His financial backing? His sound judgement? His ambition? His seemingly genuine regard for the club history? A press conference will not be enough to convince me of anything, that doesn’t mean I don’t support the guy and the club. I’m just not willing to get carried away. These are my feelings as well.
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Post by kyg on Jun 27, 2023 16:58:56 GMT 1
What is it that you need convincing of? His intent? His financial backing? His sound judgement? His ambition? His seemingly genuine regard for the club history? A press conference will not be enough to convince me of anything, that doesn’t mean I don’t support the guy and the club. I’m just not willing to get carried away. I would not expect people to get carried away. He is clearly a guy who wants to win but acknowledges there is risk to buying this club. Also acknowledges that it will take time and not to expect overnight success. Of course some idiots will be complaining when we haven’t spent 20 million on a striker within the next two weeks.
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Post by runner76 on Jun 27, 2023 17:16:43 GMT 1
He gets 'PR' which I think is really important, but more important will be what the new CEO does and what happens with the staff and day to day running of the club.....
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Post by ben1987 on Jun 27, 2023 17:21:45 GMT 1
A press conference will not be enough to convince me of anything, that doesn’t mean I don’t support the guy and the club. I’m just not willing to get carried away. I would not expect people to get carried away. He is clearly a guy who wants to win but acknowledges there is risk to buying this club. Also acknowledges that it will take time and not to expect overnight success. Of course some idiots will be complaining when we haven’t spent 20 million on a striker within the next two weeks. Great, I’m glad he wants all that but that doesn’t mean I’m convinced yet. I’ll give him time, I haven’t criticised him. I’m just not getting carried away like I did when Hoyle came in.
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Post by Niggled on Jun 27, 2023 17:23:26 GMT 1
Yes, but it doesn't mean anything yet. I seem to remember our previous chairman coming across reasonably well in his first press conference/interview. You watched something different to what I did then - he came across like an aggressive arrogant arsehole!! I take it you mean Phil and not Kevin nagle, cos that's easily misread.
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Post by DuffMan on Jun 27, 2023 17:27:23 GMT 1
What is it that you need convincing of? His intent? His financial backing? His sound judgement? His ambition? His seemingly genuine regard for the club history? A press conference will not be enough to convince me of anything, that doesn’t mean I don’t support the guy and the club. I’m just not willing to get carried away. BOOOOO! Mr misery live a little and get carried away it makes the inevitable downfall more fun. We're going to the champions league Long Live King Kev!
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Post by tepidterrier on Jun 27, 2023 17:27:25 GMT 1
Cringing a bit at this documentary, very much in the American 'scripted reality' style
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Post by Leporid on Jun 27, 2023 17:29:35 GMT 1
Cringing a bit at this documentary, very much in the American 'scripted reality' style You seem a bit lukewarm about it tepid...
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Jun 27, 2023 17:31:55 GMT 1
Cringing a bit at this documentary, very much in the American 'scripted reality' style I really enjoyed it…
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Post by tepidterrier on Jun 27, 2023 17:40:21 GMT 1
Cringing a bit at this documentary, very much in the American 'scripted reality' style I really enjoyed it… I still quite like it, really good production values etc. Looking forward to the rest of it still. Some of the acted out scenes are hilariously bad though!
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Post by Dan on Jun 27, 2023 17:40:27 GMT 1
You look at some other foreign ownership in the top 2 leagues and fans barely know who their owners are and never hear from them.
Within a few weeks, Kevin has interacted with loads on twitter, flown over for a press conference within days of the deal going through and released an episode of a documentary which includes introducing his family inside his home.
As far as being open goes, he couldn't have done much more. Of course we need to wait a while to assess his stewardship properly but it's a really promising start.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jun 27, 2023 17:43:00 GMT 1
Makes me laugh how much concentration seems to go in to saying Huddersfield by any American. They might have said it 100 times before but they still have to think for a second to make sure they're saying it correctly
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Post by detox on Jun 27, 2023 17:51:28 GMT 1
This will go down like a lead balloon, but; I don’t hear any rhetoric that is different to when DH purchased the club way back when and in pressers since. There are a lot of similarities and in my mind, he’s been well briefed by DH. I’m not saying this is a bad thing, at all, I’m just pointing out that we’ve heard all this before. And they clearly have more cash to deliver it. He’s a likeable guy, but until I/we know more about the financial structure, the silent partners and their motivations, I’ll reserve my judgement and I’m not getting carried away - there’s still a lot more of this story to be told than nice sound bites, in my opinion. That’s what I hoped we’d start to hear from the club, but it was moped up. Just an honest reflection. [edit: although maybe he was coy given the release of the ‘Up the Town’ series and that may hold more answers / have a distinction from times gone by] I thought in the short space of time he's had that he covered a broad range of topics pretty well. He's articulate and obviously done his homework so overall I'm happy.. He's infinitely better than DH at joining up subjects and delivering a message. No false promises about the PL or big new year signings.. Low key all along which totally fine...and his 7 main points (or was it 6) were spot on..including agreeing to assist the ladies team in some way. No, he's a cool dude, not giving it the big I am, not making ridiculous promises.. In fact an honoury yorkshireman I'd say..
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Post by Tiro on Jun 27, 2023 17:55:05 GMT 1
Imagine. I’m not getting carried away with this guy, he’s got a lot to do to convince me. What is it that you need convincing of? His intent? His financial backing? His sound judgement? His ambition? His seemingly genuine regard for the club history? Promising start? Undoubtedly. And I can see why there is a buzz. He comes across as a really open, grounded and approachable bloke. Which is excellent. But it’s also what I’d expect of my team of film crew, directors and media buffs when I pay them a shed-load. We still don’t know anything of the scale of investment, the silent partners and their motivations. I don’t think I truly understand his own motivations other wanting a new vehicle / toy - this deal took 10 days (if that’s to be believed), prior to which he had no clue about stewardship in English football, a risk even he admits. What’s more, as I’ve said before, we’ve heard all of this for years just without the documentaries. So how anyone can be truly ‘convinced’ of anything following a short film and a presser is strange to me. I’m not looking to be negative or create conspiracies, but it will take more than a glossy documentary and well curated sound bites for me; hasn’t anyone queried why and how he had a film crew on him to capture all of this story before he even made a bid? I sincerely hope this is the start of a fantastic journey - it has all the ingredients. But let’s not get carried away.
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Post by Tiro on Jun 27, 2023 18:01:56 GMT 1
This will go down like a lead balloon, but; I don’t hear any rhetoric that is different to when DH purchased the club way back when and in pressers since. There are a lot of similarities and in my mind, he’s been well briefed by DH. I’m not saying this is a bad thing, at all, I’m just pointing out that we’ve heard all this before. And they clearly have more cash to deliver it. He’s a likeable guy, but until I/we know more about the financial structure, the silent partners and their motivations, I’ll reserve my judgement and I’m not getting carried away - there’s still a lot more of this story to be told than nice sound bites, in my opinion. That’s what I hoped we’d start to hear from the club, but it was moped up. Just an honest reflection. [edit: although maybe he was coy given the release of the ‘Up the Town’ series and that may hold more answers / have a distinction from times gone by] I thought in the short space of time he's had that he covered a broad range of topics pretty well. He's articulate and obviously done his homework so overall I'm happy.. He's infinitely better than DH at joining up subjects and delivering a message. No false promises about the PL or big new year signings.. Low key all along which totally fine...and his 7 main points (or was it 6) were spot on..including agreeing to assist the ladies team in some way. No, he's a cool dude, not giving it the big I am, not making ridiculous promises.. In fact an honoury yorkshireman I'd say.. Hell fire! He’s been in the door a day and he’s an ‘honourary Yorkshireman’!? I agree. He’s articulate etc. But let’s not convince ourselves that we didn’t think DH was the worlds best Chairman after surviving the inaugural premier league season. He too was just a local boy done good and we loved him for how humble he was, supping pints amongst the fans. And let’s not pretend that KN hasn’t already spoken about similar ambitions of promotion etc - whether he directly references one thing or another, it’s intimated. Doing his homework would be the least I expect of the man if he’s in charge of my cash.
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Post by 3Pipe on Jun 27, 2023 18:04:58 GMT 1
From Buzz to buzz then ey?
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Post by Macduff on Jun 27, 2023 18:07:59 GMT 1
I was looking for an American themed football story to follow post Ted Lasso, looks like I've found it. UTT
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Post by basil on Jun 27, 2023 18:09:58 GMT 1
What is it that you need convincing of? His intent? His financial backing? His sound judgement? His ambition? His seemingly genuine regard for the club history? Promising start? Undoubtedly. And I can see why there is a buzz. He comes across as a really open, grounded and approachable bloke. Which is excellent. But it’s also what I’d expect of my team of film crew, directors and media buffs when I pay them a shed-load. We still don’t know anything of the scale of investment, the silent partners and their motivations. I don’t think I truly understand his own motivations other wanting a new vehicle / toy - this deal took 10 days (if that’s to be believed), prior to which he had no clue about stewardship in English football, a risk even he admits. What’s more, as I’ve said before, we’ve heard all of this for years just without the documentaries. So how anyone can be truly ‘convinced’ of anything following a short film and a presser is strange to me. I’m not looking to be negative or create conspiracies, but it will take more than a glossy documentary and well curated sound bites for me; hasn’t anyone queried why and how he had a film crew on him to capture all of this story before he even made a bid? I sincerely hope this is the start of a fantastic journey - it has all the ingredients. But let’s not get carried away. He's hired an impressive CEO. He's hired an impressive manager. Neither would have come if they were not convinced about the guy. He's not promising us the earth. Ticks all the boxes for me. Happily looking forward to seeing how it all pans out.
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Post by leroy212 on Jun 27, 2023 18:12:04 GMT 1
Yes, but it doesn't mean anything yet. I seem to remember our previous chairman coming across reasonably well in his first press conference/interview. You watched something different to what I did then - he came across like an aggressive arrogant arsehole!! Totally agree, remember people on here saying he sounded cocky and aggressive
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Post by rockwall on Jun 27, 2023 18:29:28 GMT 1
You look at some other foreign ownership in the top 2 leagues and fans barely know who their owners are and never hear from them. Within a few weeks, Kevin has interacted with loads on twitter, flown over for a press conference within days of the deal going through and released an episode of a documentary which includes introducing his family inside his home. As far as being open goes, he couldn't have done much more. Of course we need to wait a while to assess his stewardship properly but it's a really promising start. Amazes me Dan. Fans last couple of years saying the club don't do enough PR, don't do enough communications etc. Kev has begun doing that and people are still moaning.
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Post by incognito on Jun 27, 2023 18:32:05 GMT 1
I still quite like it, really good production values etc. Looking forward to the rest of it still. Some of the acted out scenes are hilariously bad though! The CFO was my favourite
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