Would more communication be a good thing?

I saw a comment yesterday which I thought raised a jolly good question. Plus it takes us away from the seemingly not-stop speculation that appears to be happening at the moment.

Anyway, the issue raised was about communication from the club and how it could be made better. Now I've always been of the mindset that more communication is a good thing, and with Alan Pardew at the helm we get that in my opinion. What about the men upstairs though? Would it be beneficial to hear more from them about the club?

That is the point made by Rinton man who offered this idea yesterday evening.

"Do any of you think, maybe it’s a little unheard of, maybe everyone would just think it was just a load of tosh at first. But, there is a massive amount of distrust between many fans and the people who run our club. In order to rebuild a bit of trust would it make sense to release a club statement (via the website/Pardew) at the close of the season detailing things like: during this transfer window: we are not going to sell these key players(…..) we are going to sign quality players in these positions (……) we are going to implement these changes to our training facilities(…..) ETC.. and then stick to what they say. I know there would have to be some leeway for stuff like stupidly inflated transfer fees or players who handed in transfer requests, but wouldn’t this do something to help instil a bit of faith?"

Personally I think it's a great idea, in theory. The problem is that football is not a static game so it's hard to outline things when you don't really know what is going to be happening.

If the club came out with a statement like that they would leave themselves wide open to criticism. We've seen how Alan Pardew gets ripped apart for answering press questions, so imagine what it would be like if Ashley and Llambias said something then had to go back on it for whatever reason. Not many people trust them at the minute so imagine what it would be like if they went back on a public statement. Anarchy.

Overall I'm pretty happy with the stuff we are getting from the club at the moment. It's not all good news, but at least it's better that "I won't be commenting on that today, sorry". Communication can be improved of course, but I don't think we are a million miles away from what fans of other clubs get when it come to news about their respective clubs.

Statements from Ashley and Llambias would be great, but they do have a habit of being rather ham-fisted when it comes to things like that. Anyone remember the "no capital outlay" debacle? Exactly. Misleading, confusing and lacking in clarity. In fact you could argue that it done more damage than good.

How would you improve the communication from the club? Do you think we get enough already? Would it be a smart move for Ashley or Llambias to pen an open letter to fans to clarify a few things or outline their intentions?

Interesting questions, but what are your answers to them?