The Exiled Robin

Perhaps it’s disillusionment. Maybe I was hoping more information would be forthcoming. More than likely there was a niggling doubt in my mind that I wanted to pen these views, bearing in mind for the first time I can remember they were so vehemently opposed to that of the people running my football club – your football club. Those of you that regularly read my posts and tweets will know this, but before I start I’d like to clarify I’m no whinger, have no agenda and don’t usually take opportunities to criticise the club or the people that run it. I’m not one of those half the squad and media team have blocked on Twitter for a continual barrage of boring criticism.   If anything I’m probably more of a ‘Happy Clapper’, with a desire to give people time to do their jobs properly and see the positives in statements and decisions that many see as almost obsessive. I have spent two to three years defending the club on countless occasions and that, I believe, is partly why I fee...

For the penultimate On the Social of the season - for the West Ham game on April 17th - I welcomed Bristol City's Head of Media, Adam Baker (@Bean_Head ), to the pages.   As one of the club’s key communicators the ever-growing role of social media has a constant impact on how the media team goes about their job, so I found out more: How has the ever-growing influence of Twitter affected the job of the media team? I think similarly to the times when internet forums came on the scene, it’s something we have to be aware of and monitor as best we can. That doesn’t mean sitting on Twitter 24/7, but equally if something’s happening it needs covering. Twitter is a great source of news, and therefore is somebody is reporting something about the club then it’s our job to be alert to that.   It’s often on Twitter where stories are broken these days, ahead of papers and websites. Could (and should) the club be doing more to embrace this new world? I think we were slow...