I can't see any names mentioned in this post ??

MELKSHAM BLUEBIRD wrote:

I can't see any names mentioned in this post ??

 5,13,14

Beatbox85 wrote:

None of the names are of board members. All people mentioned are true fans, we all got to know Rudgey through travelling to away games. If you came with us to away games you'd soon find out who we are. A little incentive there to see more of you follow the team. There is no conspiracy here, case closed.

 No conspiracy suggested and by board I ment message board ( forum would have been a better phrase) and i do go to away games frequently - last time out was at Totton - i have followed the team since before Wembley and have been accused in the past of "wearing rose coloured specs" Most of that time I have been a season ticket holder so i don't think my loyalty is in question. I can however make a judgement when I feel that all is not well. I have not entered in to open criticism of anyone connected with the club on this forum. I do not intend to do so. I just want a club that I'am proud to support as I used to have.
 

Beatbox85 wrote:

Righto, that's very sweet an' all, but what's it got to do with the original point? I'm not in hiding, everyone has a forum name. I know who the decent people on here are, names and faces, I see them week in week out. The people I don't know seem to be the ones willing to critique from afar, who seem to be in hiding. I'm under no illusion that our club is perfect, it isn't, but moaning like a miserable bunch isn't going to help anything. You want positive change for the future, get stuck in and support. Totton away was a long time ago boyo, get your travel bag out again. 

 
You're a pompous sod aren't you, the decent people are the one's whom you see week in week out, well bully for you, bit of an insult to all those who you don't know, there's some lovely people out there. Admire your dedication but not everyone has the funds, time or indeed motivation to go to every game. A lot of the criticsm or as you put it "moaning" is constructive or intended as such as we all want the best for the club, no matter what you may think.

Yes, the club isn't perfect but as paying customers we are entitled to our opinions and as for "get your travel bag out" I know many supporters including bluebird and others who have "done" many of the away grounds and when you've been to the same ground many times they sort of lose their appeal.

On a more positive note, nice to see you back on the forum beatbox, could swear you said you weren't coming back on here.

BTU wrote:

Mr. Rudge,
I have watched with some interest in the affairs and performance of Chippenham FC this last year and my advice is you are well out of the agro if it has effected you as described. But you need to take stock and self assess your strengths and weakness. To be manager at 34 for a semi-pro club/team is rather young unless you have real management and people skills which you may not have as yet such training you were always likely to find it tough and in the fickle world of football failure is inevitable. In industry and commerce to take a senior management post these days you need the trait; the will; the training in MANAGEMENT which is an art not a science. I recall you said last season you said in the press you were virtually a "social worker" this is very apt for today's manager in offices; factories and field services - the changes in society which have crept up on managers have seen a decrease in motivation and committment generally. Employees bring their personal problems to work so yes one is now a social worker. To be the office mouth piece or the biggest "gob" in the footie changing room may bring captancy and maybe the manager's job but without proper professional management training (including diversity) its not sustainable. I am a senior manager in the public sector in a vital service with a formal degree MA in management practice and have attended course after course on organisational and people managing skills. Its taken 4 decades to manage staff to a level but I never can rest on laurels there is always a new recruit who turns out not performing. I understand many players have left in the last 18 months of your rein as well as recruit a good manager has to train and develop staff.
I was particularly interested in your recruitment strategy pre-season - you stated in the press you were looking to recruit local young guys who had to be fit as starters and who you could turn into Southern League standard,,,,,,,,yet in watching the pre-season friendlies you had such 4-5 who fitted the player spec but you didn't give any of them a proper chance and gave them very few minutes on the pitch. You then courted overweight somewhat older players with a few League appearances on their CV's and evenone with a criminal record as long as the M4 into Wales and more clubs than Tiger Woods; then  you then sought loan players from lower League clubs ......confused? so were the supporters.......next time stick to one recruitment strategy
For you the way forward learn PEOPLE MANAGEMENT you may have the coaching badges but setting the cones out is not enough. The best footballers rarely make the best football managers they lack articulation for real management training too. Managers from semi-pro clubs aspire and can now become League managers but if you look at what continuing development programmes they have under gone you see how and why they have reached their goal
Chippenham FC for you was the wrong club to develop you - fickle deluded supporters not realising they are a small club few outside the SW have heard of ; dedicated balanced supporters who work hard to support the club and dream Chippenham could do a "Wimbledon" one day. All want instant success without real investment - thought the pitch was poor ; stadium ramshackle and iggledypiggledy.
A new stadium may launch Chippenham on who can predict?.........but in meantime my advice keep out of it ..............what is your day job by the way?
 

this must be post of the year.........

To be a good football manager you need good players and a tactical knowledge of the game.Fair play for you for writing war and peace it just isn't relevant in the local game.