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PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

As the club descends into turmoil on the eve of almost certain demotion to non league voting has now opened on the new club crest

I am not even shitting you.

Dalton'sHaircut · **Joined:** Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:26 pm **Posts:** 1013

Bizarrely amongst the current utter shitfest that is Pools I found it a nice welcome distraction for 30 seconds when I checked out of curiosity. It's probably the most professional exercise the club has carried out in years as well, the irony of which is sadly not lost on me either

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2017 1:03 pm

How to deal with the media-

Acknowledge the question without answering it. (“That’s a good question, and I think we should consider the implications by looking at…” [avoiding an answer].)

Ignore the question completely. However, this is a high-risk approach because the interviewer may repeat the question or reword it slightly to return to the subject. This tends to make the interviewee look evasive.

Question the question.
(a) Request clarification or further information about the question. This works as a delaying tactic in a short interview.
(b) Reflect the question back to the interviewer (“Why do you ask me that?”). Some years ago an interviewer was floored by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, when in a famous response to “Some people are saying you are too autocratic,” she said “Name some of them.” The interviewer was caught by surprise and wasn’t able to think of a suitable response, which made him look a bit silly.

Attack the question, on the basis of:
(a) The question fails to tackle the important issue.
(b) The question is based on a false assumption.
(c) The question is factually inaccurate.
(d) The question is too personal or objectionable.

Decline to answer. Refuse to answer on the basis that it is not your area of responsibility. (“You will have to ask [name, or ‘someone else’] about that because I’m not involved at all in that part of the situation.”)

Give an incomplete answer.
(a) Partial answer.
(b) Start to answer but change the subject.
(c) Negative answer. You state what won’t happen instead of what will happen.

State or imply the question has already been answered (“I’m not going to go over old ground.”)

Defer to the will of others. Refer to the will of constituents or shareholders etc and imply you are doing your duty by complying with their will.

Launch a poll about a new badge design, even though you have just informed everybody you owe 1.2 Million!

Dalton'sHaircut · **Joined:** Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:26 pm **Posts:** 1013

Even Pools can't be stupid enough to think that would work today of all days....would they.......errrmmm

Andy McAvoy's Bleached Barnet · **Joined:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:46 am **Posts:** 357

monkeybutt wrote:

How to deal with the media-

Acknowledge the question without answering it. (“That’s a good question, and I think we should consider the implications by looking at…” [avoiding an answer].)

Ignore the question completely. However, this is a high-risk approach because the interviewer may repeat the question or reword it slightly to return to the subject. This tends to make the interviewee look evasive.

Question the question.
(a) Request clarification or further information about the question. This works as a delaying tactic in a short interview.
(b) Reflect the question back to the interviewer (“Why do you ask me that?”). Some years ago an interviewer was floored by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, when in a famous response to “Some people are saying you are too autocratic,” she said “Name some of them.” The interviewer was caught by surprise and wasn’t able to think of a suitable response, which made him look a bit silly.

Attack the question, on the basis of:
(a) The question fails to tackle the important issue.
(b) The question is based on a false assumption.
(c) The question is factually inaccurate.
(d) The question is too personal or objectionable.

Decline to answer. Refuse to answer on the basis that it is not your area of responsibility. (“You will have to ask [name, or ‘someone else’] about that because I’m not involved at all in that part of the situation.”)

Give an incomplete answer.
(a) Partial answer.
(b) Start to answer but change the subject.
(c) Negative answer. You state what won’t happen instead of what will happen.

State or imply the question has already been answered (“I’m not going to go over old ground.”)

Defer to the will of others. Refer to the will of constituents or shareholders etc and imply you are doing your duty by complying with their will.

Launch a poll about a new badge design, even though you have just informed everybody you owe 1.2 Million!

Stopped reading after your first sentence

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Fri May 05, 2017 1:55 pm

Andy McAvoy's Bleached Barnet wrote:

monkeybutt wrote:

How to deal with the media-

Acknowledge the question without answering it. (“That’s a good question, and I think we should consider the implications by looking at…” [avoiding an answer].)

Ignore the question completely. However, this is a high-risk approach because the interviewer may repeat the question or reword it slightly to return to the subject. This tends to make the interviewee look evasive.

Question the question.
(a) Request clarification or further information about the question. This works as a delaying tactic in a short interview.
(b) Reflect the question back to the interviewer (“Why do you ask me that?”). Some years ago an interviewer was floored by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, when in a famous response to “Some people are saying you are too autocratic,” she said “Name some of them.” The interviewer was caught by surprise and wasn’t able to think of a suitable response, which made him look a bit silly.

Attack the question, on the basis of:
(a) The question fails to tackle the important issue.
(b) The question is based on a false assumption.
(c) The question is factually inaccurate.
(d) The question is too personal or objectionable.

Decline to answer. Refuse to answer on the basis that it is not your area of responsibility. (“You will have to ask [name, or ‘someone else’] about that because I’m not involved at all in that part of the situation.”)

Give an incomplete answer.
(a) Partial answer.
(b) Start to answer but change the subject.
(c) Negative answer. You state what won’t happen instead of what will happen.

State or imply the question has already been answered (“I’m not going to go over old ground.”)

Defer to the will of others. Refer to the will of constituents or shareholders etc and imply you are doing your duty by complying with their will.

Launch a poll about a new badge design, even though you have just informed everybody you owe 1.2 Million!

Stopped reading after your first sentence

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Number 2 or 4 for me

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