older-codger
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In a somewhat puerile attempt to score points, Right Wing gave my name in a post followed by a confirmation by a member of the new Exeweb steering committee. Since there were only 2 or 3 people who actually knew my identity, I can only surmise where RW obtained his information.
I can confirm that I am NOT Paul Morrish – I am in fact his father. Paul has been a fanatical supporter of ECFC for over 40 years since I took him to his first game at the age of 7 (a 1-0 defeat by Alvechurch in the FA Cup). When he was appointed a Director following his work on V10, I made a specific point to myself that I would not discuss any aspect of his activity as a director or seek to use our relationship to obtain information that was not generally available and this stance has been maintained. All posts that I have made on Exeweb have been entirely my own views, not influenced by any knowledge of anything that is not available to any other member.
Because of our relationship, I have studiously tried to maintain my anonymity to avoid any suggestion that I was acting as a mouthpiece for Paul or the Directors. I have also not made myself available for election to the Trust BoS due to potential conflicting interests. That anonymity has now been compromised and it will be very difficult to post without some people making the link and viewing the post in that light. This, therefore, will be the last post that I shall make on Exeweb, although I shall no doubt lurk from time to time.
Finally, I would urge that members of Exeweb be very careful about taking rumour seriously and building up a head of steam on the basis of very dubious information. In particular, there are clearly those who, for reasons best know to themselves, appear intent on de-stabilising the Club. They are quite happy to throw pieces of meat into the pond and watch the piranhas swarm around it, even though the meat is subsequently shown to be of dubious quality. The danger is that it can appear to be perfectly plausible and done with the best of intentions. Nevertheless it can cause a disease to spread that can have serious consequences.
There will always be differences of opinion over the performances of the team or individual players. There will also be differing opinions over the managerial performance and this is perfectly understandable (and by the way, I understood from comments made by Norrie that the playing budget was increasing year on year. How Tis uses that sum of money is up to him – even to the extent of spending some of it on a new pitch).
When it comes to stirring up dissent within the Club however, I believe that there is a great danger, especially at times such as these, that the baby gets thrown out with the bath water.
Goodbye and good luck.
I can confirm that I am NOT Paul Morrish – I am in fact his father. Paul has been a fanatical supporter of ECFC for over 40 years since I took him to his first game at the age of 7 (a 1-0 defeat by Alvechurch in the FA Cup). When he was appointed a Director following his work on V10, I made a specific point to myself that I would not discuss any aspect of his activity as a director or seek to use our relationship to obtain information that was not generally available and this stance has been maintained. All posts that I have made on Exeweb have been entirely my own views, not influenced by any knowledge of anything that is not available to any other member.
Because of our relationship, I have studiously tried to maintain my anonymity to avoid any suggestion that I was acting as a mouthpiece for Paul or the Directors. I have also not made myself available for election to the Trust BoS due to potential conflicting interests. That anonymity has now been compromised and it will be very difficult to post without some people making the link and viewing the post in that light. This, therefore, will be the last post that I shall make on Exeweb, although I shall no doubt lurk from time to time.
Finally, I would urge that members of Exeweb be very careful about taking rumour seriously and building up a head of steam on the basis of very dubious information. In particular, there are clearly those who, for reasons best know to themselves, appear intent on de-stabilising the Club. They are quite happy to throw pieces of meat into the pond and watch the piranhas swarm around it, even though the meat is subsequently shown to be of dubious quality. The danger is that it can appear to be perfectly plausible and done with the best of intentions. Nevertheless it can cause a disease to spread that can have serious consequences.
There will always be differences of opinion over the performances of the team or individual players. There will also be differing opinions over the managerial performance and this is perfectly understandable (and by the way, I understood from comments made by Norrie that the playing budget was increasing year on year. How Tis uses that sum of money is up to him – even to the extent of spending some of it on a new pitch).
When it comes to stirring up dissent within the Club however, I believe that there is a great danger, especially at times such as these, that the baby gets thrown out with the bath water.
Goodbye and good luck.
