Totally agree with you
@paulchapo for all of Garry Cook's foot in mouth moments, no one could ever accuse him of not fighting the club's and the fan's corner. I don't think it's the Sheikh or Mansour's job to be dealing with the gutter-press though, mate. They're a bit above that. But it certainly should be within Sorriano's remit to make sure we have a solid PR strategy that engages fans and creates a positive image of the club.
I am sure in his performance review's Khaldoon will take note of the good work Sorriano has done commercially. Well I hope he also takes not of the disasterous work he has done in terms of fan engagement with the club, and wider PR strategy. We've gone backwards 20 years to the days of Swales on that front.
We used to get loads of press under Cook, not all of it positive, but we got a damn site more positive back then than we do now. City was a "story" back then. The sleeping giant awakening. The Noisy Neighbours out to ruin the party. The team that could outplay you at football and out fight you if that's what you wanted. Now the press don't really give a shit about us. Even with the biggest name manager in the world. They only bother to report on us if it's a story taking the piss out of our attendances, or our fan's lacklustre support!
Something has gone horribly wrong with our PR strategy over the last 4 years, it needs to be torn up and started again.
@manchester blue I don't think they even need to be City fans to get it. Garry Cook wasn't really a City fan, but he always stood up for the fans because he was proud to represent the club. He engaged with the fans so he was very well liked. If people criticised the fans or the club, he'd come out and defend us because he had the attitude that we had each other's back.
Sorriano has gone out of his way to completely disassociate himself from City fans. Drive as big a wedge between the fans and the club as he can. So he's detached from us. He probably doesn't feel we've got his back, so in turn he's not got ours. He's made a huge error in not engaging with the fans more. He's used to the culture of a Super-Club owned by it's members with all of the politics that are involved in that. City are rather different. We're a local, family club really - our match going fan base is in the main anyway. We want to feel involved. We want to get our view across and feel like we're being valued and listened to. A questionnaire a month devised by SAP isn't going to cut it I'm afraid.
